External Interfaces |
Specify the platform-specific serial port name
Description
You configure Port
to be the name of a serial port on your platform. Port
specifies the physical port associated with the object and the device.
When you create a serial port object, Port
is automatically assigned the port name specified for the serial
function.
You can configure Port
only when the object is disconnected from the device. You disconnect an object with the fclose
function. A disconnected object has a Status
property value of closed
.
Characteristics
Read only |
While open |
Data type |
String |
Values
The Port
value is determined when the serial port object is created.
Example
Suppose you create a serial port object associated with serial port COM1.
The value of the Port
property is COM1
.
Functions
fclose
, serial
Properties
PinStatusFcn | ReadAsyncMode |
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