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Serial Port Complete [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Jan Axelson (Author) "This book explores one corner of the computer universe: computers that are linked together to monitor and control the world outside themselves ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 306 pages
  • Publisher: ebrandedbooks.com,US; illustrated edition edition (1 Mar 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0965081923
  • ISBN-13: 978-0965081924
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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This is the first book to have extensive detail on RS-485, a widely used, industry-standard interface for networks. This reference features original content based on the author's firsthand research and experience, not just rewritten specifications and marketing materials. Programmers, engineers, and developers will use the designs in this book to get projects up and running quickly. Installation and maintenance staff will find tips for ensuring reliable operation and problem tracking. Students and computer enthusiasts can use the book's complete, original examples and tools to design experimental projects for several computer platforms.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent worthwhile buy, RS232, 485 and win api speciality, 26 Jan 2001
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The book Serial Port Complete takes an excellent look of the hardware and the software response of using the RS-232 and RS-485 network transceivers. There is loads of code in it to help you and the disk it comes with contains a good protion of code written in vb5. While it has many usefull examples for the Visual Basic user, most of these cannot be extended to the C++ user in a simple clean manner. The Section on using the Windows API's is ridiculed since the mscomm control in vb6 does much of the work for you now (even the author indicates its limitations). All round a very worth while purchase.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Serial Port Complete is for the Visual Basic user, 8 Jan 1999
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The book Serial Port Complete is an excellent review of the hardware and signal handling aspects of using the RS-232 and RS-485 systems. It deals well with many of the "rules of thumb" that many have had to learn the hard way over time. The book is limited in its help for the PC user. While it has many usefull examples for the Visual Basic user, most of these can not be extended to the C++ user in a simple clean manner. The Section on using the Windows API's is much too simplified to actually use it for anything usefull (even the author indicates it is limited).
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! "The" authority on COMM programming, 21 Sep 1998
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Once again, Jan Axelson has done an outstanding job of taking a difficult subject and explaining it to those of us who aren't rocket scientists. The source code works wonderfully and unlike many other books, she provides real-world examples.

My only complaint is that she left out examples for the popular PowerBASIC compilers for Windows (although the VB code ports fairly easily).

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