<?php // HOW TO USE PHP TO WRITE TO YOUR SERIAL PORT: TWO METHODS $serproxy=true; if ($serproxy) { // Use this code in conjunction with SERPROXY.EXE // (http://www.lspace.nildram.co.uk/freeware.html) // which converts a Serial stream to a TCP/IP stream $fp = fsockopen ("localhost", 5331, $errno, $errstr, 30); if (!$fp) { echo "$errstr ($errno)"; } else { $e = chr(27); $string = $e . "A" . $e . "H300"; $string .= $e . "V100" . $e . "XL1SATO"; $string .= $e . "Q1" . $e . "Z"; echo $string; fputs ($fp, $string ); fclose ($fp); } } elseif ($com1) { // Use this code to write directly to the COM1 serial port // First, you want to set the mode of the port. You need to set // it only once; it will remain the same until you reboot. // Note: the backticks on the following line will execute the // DOS 'mode' command from within PHP `mode com1: BAUD=9600 PARITY=N data=8 stop=1 xon=off`; $fp = fopen ("COM1:", "w+"); if (!$fp) { echo "Uh-oh. Port not opened."; } else { $e = chr(27); $string = $e . "A" . $e . "H300"; $string .= $e . "V100" . $e . "XL1SATO"; $string .= $e . "Q1" . $e . "Z"; echo $string; fputs ($fp, $string ); fclose ($fp); } } ?>