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Rob,

After you install the drivers you need to figure what serial ports your 
device is configured as (COM4? check the driver docs). After that just 
write your code using the Asynch32 procedures.

You can configure the port using the object inspector or a  run time 
(after opening the port).

If you need examples just ask.

Tom Woodrow


Rob wrote:
> Tom Woodrow <tomwoodrow@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>>Open and use a USB serial port just like a regular serial port. How you 
>>determine the port number (COMX) depends on the device. There are a few 
>>USB serial ports out there.
>>
>>I havs had great luck using TMS Software (www.tmssoftware.com) Asynch 32 
>>under C++Builder 5.
>>
>>Best Buy has one for $29 that works very well. Edgeport has a four port 
>>one that works OK also. Saelig (www.saelig.com) has a bunch of 1, 2, 4 
>>and 8 port (great deal at $199US) devices that also work great.
>>
>>Good luck
>>Tom Woodrow
>>www.dacworks.com
> 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> I have installed TMS and my C++ window now sports a new tab with various icons.
> I'm still not quite sure how it works though. I have a driver disk for the USB device I need to communicate with. How does this interact with the C code? Do I simply plug in the devcice, install the driver and then use the various icons on TMS to communicate?
> 
> Confused.
> 
> Rob D