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- From: imj@phadfa.ph.adfa.oz.au (Ian Jamie)
- Subject: VB and External Devices
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.055452.851@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Summary: Looking for Hardware Drivers
- Keywords: VB, Hardware Drivers, RS232
- Sender: news@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au
- Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:54:52 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- G'Day,
-
- I am engaged in a project which requires VB to talk to and control a
- number of external devices. I want to keep my programming to the
- minimum (because I am not a very good programmer and I want to actually
- do something with the instrument, not spend a lot of time developing
- drivers). I have two enquiries concerning this problem.
-
- a) MULTIPORT RS232: Has anybody had experience with multiport RS232
- boards under Windows (and VB in particular)? I have come across only one
- brand that claims to have a Windows driver, but I have no information on
- the driver. I would like to have up to eight RS232 lines available.
-
- b) STEPPER MOTOR CONTROLLERS: I have not as yet found a stepper motor
- controller board that comes with Windows/VB compatible drivers. Does
- anybody know of such a beast?
-
- Any help will be much appreciated. I am surprised at the lack of
- drivers for such pieces of hardware, as Windows has been around long
- enough to require them to be written.
-
- Regards,
- Ian
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- Ian Jamie - imj@phadfa.ph.adfa.oz.au - ph (06) 268 8764, fax (06) 268 8786
- Physics, A.D.F.A., Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2600
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