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I need to write a perl script running WINDOWS XP. The program needs to send some command to a device which is connected to the PC using USB port. One approache is to send the text to the device throught an created hyperterminal. Can you tell me is there any way I can do that?
thanks
David Zou
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by: jmcgPosted on 2007-02-13 at 22:13:57ID: 18529008
I take it that the device presents itself as a serial port (COM2, COM3, etc) over USB. Your perl script should be able to open this device by its proper name and interact with it without necessarily using Hyperterminal.