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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] howto - Read Data from Serial Port?
From:       Curt Grimley <Curt () CGSS ! net>
Date:       2008-02-29 6:34:31
Message-ID: 47C7A777.8090400 () CGSS ! net
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David C. Rankin wrote:
> Banning someone out of personal spite is uncalled for fascism wrote:
>> David C. Rankin wrote:
>>> Listmates,
>>>
>>>     A linux question. I have a phone system that will output call
>>> logs through an rs-232 cable. I would like to write a script that
>>> will read the data from the serial port and input it into a mysql
>>> table.
>>
>> cat /dev/ttyS_  | data_storing_program
>>

You might check out the program called "minicom".  It can handle the
port initialization for you.

Also, it can write out to a file - just make that a named pipe and you
can run your mysql or whatever script to load your data.

Curt
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