CommAPI

CommAPI translates the communications functions of Windows API to AutoIt functions.

Scripts

• CommAPIStructures.au3
• CommAPI.au3
• CommAPIHelper.au3
• CommUtilities.au3
• CommInterface.au3

Features

• No need to install DLL's
• Using Windows API calls (kernel32.dll)
• Possibility of serial communication (serial port, COM port, RS-232)
• Possibility of parallel communication (parallel port, LPT port)
• No use of global variables
• Uniform namespace _CommAPI_XXX
• Modular organization into files
• A lot of additional utility and helper functions

History

• 2008-09-12 Creation of cfx.au3 (V1.0)
• 2011-02-18 Conversation of cfx.au3 into cfxUDF.au3 (V2.0)
• 2011-02-28 Update V2.0to V2.1
• 2011-04-27 Update V2.1 to V2.2 (german forum)
• 2013-07-10 Modify V2.1 to V2.1mod
• 2013-10-24 Creation of CommAPI.au3

Resources

• MSDN Library of communications functions
• WIN32API.TXT
• cfxUDF.au3 (see section above)
• GetCOMPorts (german forum)
• ParseCommState

Functions

Implemented API functions

• BuildCommDCB
• BuildCommDCBAndTimeouts
• ClearCommBreak
• ClearCommError
• EscapeCommFunction
• GetCommMask
• GetCommModemStatus
• GetCommProperties
• GetCommState
• GetCommTimeouts
• PurgeComm
• SetCommBreak
• SetCommMask
• SetCommState
• SetCommTimeouts
• SetupComm
• TransmitCommChar
• WaitCommEvent

Unimplemented API functions

• CommConfigDialog
• GetCommConfig
• GetDefaultCommConfig
• SetCommConfig
• SetDefaultCommConfig

API helper functions

• ChangeCommStateElement
• ChangeCommTimeoutsElement
• GetCommStateElement
• GetCommTimeoutsElement
• IsOnCTS
• IsOnDCD
• IsOnDSR
• IsOnRI
• SetCommStateElement
• SetCommTimeoutsElement
• SetOnDTR
• SetOnRTS

Utility functions

• CommStateToString
• CommTimeoutsToString
• CreateModeString
• GetCOMPorts

Interface functions

• ClosePort
• OpenCOMPort
• OpenPort
• ReceiveData
• TransmitData