Serial Communications

Serial Communications Developer's Guide, 2nd Edition focuses on
writing programs that use the RS-232 ports. It also helps you explore the
intricacies involved in developing software to interface computers to RS-232
hardware. Author Mark Nelson, a programmer for Cisco Systems and a seasoned
technical writer, has sequenced the information so that each chapter builds on
the one previous to it; some of the topics he addresses include…

• Typical implementations of RS-232 and how to work with it
  
• The most common interfaces used to perform serial communications under the
  16-bit DOS operating system
• DOS and Windows terminal emulator programs
  
• Serial programming for both 16-bit and 32-bit Windows operating systems
  
• Interfacing programs to standard intelligent modems
  
• Writing a file transfer protocol drivers that uses the classes developed in
  the rest of the book

The CD-ROM that accompanies this book contains the source code for all the
sample programs and classes covered in each chapter.

Table of contents

Preface
Chapter 1: RS-232 Overview
Chapter 2: The RS232 Class
Chapter 3: The PC8250 Class
Chapter 4: Shared Interrupt Devices
Chapter 5: Intelligent Multiport Boards
Chapter 6: The BIOS and EBIOS classes
Chapter 7: The FOSSIL Interface
Chapter 8: Terminal Emulation
Chapter 9: The Win16 Driver
Chapter 10: The Win32 Comm API
Chapter 11: The Win32Port Class
Chapter 12: The Win32Test Program
Chapter 13: Win32 Terminal Emulation
Chapter 14: Using Modems Under MS-DOS
Chapter 15: Using Modems Under Win32 - TAPI
Chapter 16: File Transfers and ZMODEM
Appendix
Glossary
Index