TestSerialPort

TestSerialPort.exe is built as part of asyn and should be in your path after a config_env.bat

For full list of options run

TestSerialPort.exe --help

general syntax is

testSerialPort [options] COMPORT [outputString] [outputEos] [inputEos]

To write a string with \r\n terminator and print reply

testserialport com5 "stuff_to_write" "\r\n"

To write string, see reply and also log all serial events (as per WIN32 SetCommMask())

testserialport com5 "stuff_to_write" "\r\n" --eventmask=0x1ff

To see serial port status (need to have stopped IOC)

testserialport com5 --noread --report=5

The command uses escaped characters as per printf/epicsStrnRawFromEscaped e.g. for eurotherm

testserialport COM7 "\0040011PV" "\005" "\003" --eventmask=0x1ff