How to use SER: in AmigaDOS to receive data?

[patrik]

Transmitting data with SER: in AmigaDOS is very easy, by just copying a file to SER: och echoing something to SER: the data will be sent over the serial cable to for example a terminal-program in the other end.

Now to the question - how do you do to receive data with SER: in AmigaDOS? I have tried obvious things like trying to copying from it or typing it, but that stuff just locks the process, any suggestions?


/Patrik

[patrik]

I am trying to find out if it is possible to transfer data to an amiga with a nullmodem-cable using only the software supplied on the workbench disk(s).

Tried AUX: a while ago, but the nicest thing I managed todo was to run a remote-shell in the terminal-software .


/Patrik

[patrik]

iamaboringperson wrote:
are you using the copy command?
like:
copy ser: filename

Yes, that is the part that doesnt work. If I do it the ther way:
copy filename ser:

the file will be sent over the serialport and as it is right now - outputed in a terminal-program in the other end so that works just fine. But thats not the way I am eager to get work.


/Patrik

[patrik]

Do you know what the break-character is?


/Patrik

[patrik]

Wrote a program which sends every kind of byte-combination there is (from 0x00 to 0xFF) over the serialport to the amiga. But as it still locks up when trying to copy from SER: to a file, it is not waiting for any special EOF-character.

There must be a way , I dont think they designed SER: only to be send data with.


/Patrik

[patrik]

Perhaps this text helps you: http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/homepage/c725/c72578/amiga/adfsenderterminal/methods.html

Thank you very much, it definately helped .


/Patrik