Jason

Feeling somewhat responsible -

I just tried it here at work (Win 2K)
M:\>mode com1: 19200, n, 8, 1

Worked fine for me.

(I had also tried it at home last night on my laptop (WinXP). Failed.
I tried several variations - all no good. Then I realised that I
didn't have a com port on the laptop! It didn't lockup or cause other
problems however, I just got an error message)

RP

On 26/10/06, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
> Jason wrote:
>
> > From: "Richard Prosser" <rhprosser@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:52 PM
> >
> >> The mode command?
> >
> > The "DOS" with winXP is practically useless.
>
> I hear that a lot, yet I have still to find something that MS-DOS could
> that WinXP can't. Most of the "uselessnesses" are caused by the device
> between keyboard and chair and they often can be remedied by RTFM :)
>
> > I typed mode com1:,n,8,1 or something similar, and my command prompt froze.
>
> I didn't try that command, but given the command line help for mode, I
> wouldn't... :)
>
> E:\>mode /?
> Configures system devices.
>
> Serial port:       MODE COMm[:] [BAUD=b] [PARITY=p] [DATA=d] [STOP=s]
>                                [to=on|off] [xon=on|off] [odsr=on|off]
>                                [octs=on|off] [dtr=on|off|hs]
>                                [rts=on|off|hs|tg] [idsr=on|off]
>
> Device Status:     MODE [device] [/STATUS]
>
> Redirect printing: MODE LPTn[:]=COMm[:]
>
> Select code page:  MODE CON[:] CP SELECT=yyy
>
> Code page status:  MODE CON[:] CP [/STATUS]
>
> Display mode:      MODE CON[:] [COLS=c] [LINES=n]
>
> Typematic rate:    MODE CON[:] [RATE=r DELAY=d]
>
> E:\>mode COM1: /status
>
> Status for device COM1:
> -----------------------
>    Baud:            115200
>    Parity:          None
>    Data Bits:       8
>    Stop Bits:       2
>    Timeout:         OFF
>    XON/XOFF:        OFF
>    CTS handshaking: OFF
>    DSR handshaking: OFF
>    DSR sensitivity: OFF
>    DTR circuit:     ON
>    RTS circuit:     ON
>
>
> E:\>MODE COM1 baud=300
> Default to 7 data bits.
> Default to 1 stop bits.
> Default to even parity.
>
> Status for device COM1:
> -----------------------
>    Baud:            300
>    Parity:          Even
>    Data Bits:       7
>    Stop Bits:       1
>    Timeout:         OFF
>    XON/XOFF:        OFF
>    CTS handshaking: OFF
>    DSR handshaking: OFF
>    DSR sensitivity: OFF
>    DTR circuit:     ON
>    RTS circuit:     ON
>
>
> Alternatively, you can try the serial port configuration in the device
> manager. Its defaults possibly are being picked up when you open a shell.
>
> ------------------------
>
> Besides wget/redirection, there is also the possibility of using scripting.
> Many script languages provide a means to access web pages -- among many
> others, the ones that come with WinXP.
>
> Home page of Windows Scripting http://tinyurl.com/4h52e
> Explains some basics of how to use the Internet Explorer objects
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20011215.asp
>
> Gerhard
>
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