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SerialPort Class too slow & CPU Hog?

Does anyone out there happen to have experience using VC# (or
any .NET
really) to control the serial port for demanding use? My ultimate
goal would be to stream an arbitrarily large size (MB+) file out over
the serial port with zero down time at speeds ranging from 9600 to
480600 baud.

While using the SerialPort Control, I cannot come up with an
implimentation that doesn't A) hog the CPU at 100% and B) is able to
continually fill the TX buffer before it empties itself.
If anyone has done this, or even come close, I'd be very appreciative
of your help and suggestions. Thanks!
- Kevin
Dec 6 '07 #1
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Hi,

I do not know how the SerialPort class is implemented, but why don't you try
the managed wrapper that we had to use in 1.1?

I know that it was posted time ago in MSDN magazine.

--
Ignacio Machin
http://www.laceupsolutions.com
Mobile & warehouse Solutions.
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Does anyone out there happen to have experience using VC# (or
any .NET
really) to control the serial port for demanding use? My ultimate
goal would be to stream an arbitrarily large size (MB+) file out over
the serial port with zero down time at speeds ranging from 9600 to
480600 baud.

While using the SerialPort Control, I cannot come up with an
implimentation that doesn't A) hog the CPU at 100% and B) is able to
continually fill the TX buffer before it empties itself.
If anyone has done this, or even come close, I'd be very appreciative
of your help and suggestions. Thanks!
- Kevin

Dec 6 '07 #2
Thanks, I'll look into that. In the mean time, I've just had some
decent luck instantiating a new 'sender' thread which manages the
filling of the buffer. I haven't scoped the line out yet, but I think
it might be good enough.

- Kevin

On Dec 6, 10:28 am, "Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)" <machin TA
laceupsolutions .comwrote:
Hi,

I do not know how the SerialPort class is implemented, but why don't you try
the managed wrapper that we had to use in 1.1?

I know that it was posted time ago in MSDN magazine.

--
Ignacio Machinhttp://www.laceupsolut ions.com
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Does anyone out there happen to have experience using VC# (or
any .NET
really) to control the serial port for demanding use? My ultimate
goal would be to stream an arbitrarily large size (MB+) file out over
the serial port with zero down time at speeds ranging from 9600 to
480600 baud.
While using the SerialPort Control, I cannot come up with an
implimentation that doesn't A) hog the CPU at 100% and B) is able to
continually fill the TX buffer before it empties itself.
If anyone has done this, or even come close, I'd be very appreciative
of your help and suggestions. Thanks!
- Kevin- Hide quoted text -

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