Do you actually need terminal emulation, or just
a way to get raw data in and out of the device
through a serial port? Are the data-collection
devices expecting to talk to a vt100 or whatever?
I guess in order to make suggestions, I'd need
more info about what exactly you are trying to do :-)
-- Joe
Peck Dickens wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Does anybody out there know of a serial terminal emulation program that has an
> API? I need to be able to download information from handheld data collection
> devices to a few Linux machines I am going to be installing at a customer site.
> What I have in mind is using TK/TCL as the front end to a serial terminal
> emuation program that has an API so the user(s) can have a consistant interface
> and not be forced to putz around with having a full blown serial terminal
> emulation program embedded in the application.
>
> Or if anybody has a better idea, please share it with me!
>
> Best
>
> Peck Dickens
>
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