Rs232

This is a rs-232 implementation as a Ruby extension in C.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'rs_232'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install rs_232

Usage

require "rs_232"

###### Windows

@adapter = Rs232::Adapter.new("COM3")

###### Linux

@adapter = Rs232::Adapter.new("/dev/tty.usb00000")

###### Darwin

@adapter = Rs232::Adapter.new("/dev/ttyACM0")

###### or implement your own adapter, here is example

class MyAdapter
    attr_reader :interface

    # == Top level module ::CommPort constants
    #
    # :VERSION,
    #
    # :BAUD_110,
    # :BAUD_300,
    # :BAUD_600,
    # :BAUD_1200,
    # :BAUD_2400,
    # :BAUD_4800,
    # :BAUD_9600,
    # :BAUD_19200,
    # :BAUD_38400,
    # :BAUD_57600,
    # :BAUD_115200,
    #
    # :DATA_BITS_5,
    # :DATA_BITS_6,
    # :DATA_BITS_7,
    # :DATA_BITS_8,
    #
    # :PAR_NONE,
    # :PAR_ODD,
    # :PAR_EVEN,
    #
    # :STOP_BITS_1,
    # :STOP_BITS_3,
    #
    # :FLOW_OFF,
    # :FLOW_HARDWARE,
    # :FLOW_XONXOFF,
    #
    # :Impl
    #


    # == constructor with default params
    #
    def initialize(port)
      @interface = CommPort::Rs232.new(port)
      connect
    end

    # Open and configure interface
    #
    # @return [Bool]
    #
    def connect
      @interface.open

      @interface.baud_rate    = CommPort::BAUD_115200
      @interface.data_bits    = CommPort::DATA_BITS_8
      @interface.parity       = CommPort::PAR_NONE
      @interface.stop_bits    = CommPort::STOP_BITS_1
      @interface.flow_control = CommPort::FLOW_OFF

      @open                   = open?
    end

    # == Write function implementation
    #
    # @param [String] bytes
    # @return [Int]
    #
    def write(bytes)
      @interface.write(bytes)
    end

    # == Closing interface and freeing structures
    #
    #  @return  [Bool]
    #
    def close
      @interface.close
      @open = open?
      !open?
    end

    # == Flashing buffer function
    #
    def flush
      @interface.flush
    end

    # @return [Bool]
    #
    def open?
      @interface && !@interface.closed?
    end

    # == read() implementation example
    #
    # @param +count+ [Int]
    # @param +blocking+ [Bool]
    #
    # @return [String]
    #
    # === Alternative implementation:
    # @usage:
    #
    #  +timeout+ = blocking_value ? 15000 : 0
    #  +@interface.timeout+ = +timeout+
    #  +@interface.read( +count+ )+
    #
    def read(count, blocking = false)
      array = []

      bytes_count = (count == -1) ? @interface.available? : count

      if blocking
        bytes = read_io_until(count, count)
        array.push bytes if bytes
      else
        bytes_count.times do
          byte = @interface.read(1)
          array.push byte if byte
        end
      end
      array.empty? ? nil : array.join
    end

    private

    # == simulate blocking function
    #
    # @param +count+ [Int]
    # @param +up_to+ [Int]
    #
    # no direct ruby usage
    #
    def block_io_until(count, up_to)
      while @interface.available? < count && up_to > 0
        up_to -= 1
      end
      up_to > 0
    end

    # == simulate blocking function
    #
    # @param +count+ [Int]
    # @param +up_to+ [Int]
    #
    # no direct ruby usage
    #
    def read_io_until(count, up_to)
      until block_io_until(count, up_to)
        sleep 0.001
      end
      read(count)
    end

end

###### Then =>

adapter = MyAdapter.new("/dev/ttyACM0")

adapter.open? #=> true

adapter.write 'Hello, world!"  #=> 13

Contributing