/* * Copyright 2025 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved. * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License. * * Authors: * cafeina * * Corresponds to: * headers/os/device/SerialPort.h hrev59228 * src/kits/device/SerialPort.cpp hrev59228 */ /*! \file SerialPort.h \ingroup device \ingroup libdevice \brief Provides the BSerialPort class and its supporting enumerations. */ /*! \enum data_rate \brief Defines constants for common baud rates used in serial transmissions, which represents the amount of bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_0_BPS \brief Instructs the port to "hang up". \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_50_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 50 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_75_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 75 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_110_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 110 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_134_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 134 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_150_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 150 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_200_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 200 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_300_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 300 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_600_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 600 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_1200_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 1200 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_1800_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 1800 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_2400_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 2400 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_4800_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 4800 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_9600_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 9600 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_19200_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 19200 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_38400_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 38400 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_57600_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 57600 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_115200_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 115200 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_230400_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 230400 bits per second. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_rate::B_31250_BPS \brief Represents a data rate of 31250 bits per second. This data rate is mostly used for communications of MIDI messages. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \enum data_bits \brief Defines constants for number of bits per character. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_bits::B_DATA_BITS_7 \brief Each character comprises 7 bits. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var data_bits::B_DATA_BITS_8 \brief Each character comprises 8 bits. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \enum stop_bits \brief Defines constants for the number of bits used to signal the end of a character. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var stop_bits::B_STOP_BITS_1 \brief Stops are made of one bit. Alias: \c B_STOP_BIT_1. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var stop_bits::B_STOP_BITS_2 \brief Stops are made of two bits. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \enum parity_mode \brief Defines constants to set the parity mode of the transmission, used for detecting communication errors. This sends an additional bit in addition to the character bits, where the number of "1" found in the character plus the parity bit is always odd or even (depending on the kind of parity_mode). A non-matching number means there was an error. The parity bit can be disabled with \c B_NO_PARITY. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var parity_mode::B_NO_PARITY \brief No parity bit is sent. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var parity_mode::B_ODD_PARITY \brief A parity bit is appended and set to have an odd number of "1" bits in the transmission. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var parity_mode::B_EVEN_PARITY \brief A parity bit is appended and set to have an even number of "1" bits in the transmission. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var ::B_NOFLOW_CONTROL \brief No flow control is performed. The communication may fail if the transmitter sends data faster than the receiver is able to process, unless additional preventing measures are taken. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var ::B_HARDWARE_CONTROL \brief The flow control is performed using the Request To Send (RTS) and Clear To Send (CTS) pins. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \var ::B_SOFTWARE_CONTROL \brief The flow control is done via software, using ASCII control characters XON and XOFF. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \class BSerialPort \ingroup device \ingroup libdevice \brief BSerialPort provides an interface for communicating with devices connected through a serial port. To start a connection with a serial port: - Create a BSerialPort object - Use Open() to open a specific serial port - If the port is successfully open, use Read() and Write() to communicate. For example: \code{.cpp} status_t SendDataToSerialPort(const char* port, const void* data, size_t length) { // Creates an object and configures it. // At this point the object is not yet connected to any serial port BSerialPort serialPort; serialPort.SetDataRate(B_57600_BPS); serialPort.SetFlowControl(B_SOFTWARE_CONTROL); // Opens the serial port if (serialPort.Open(port) <= 0) return B_ERROR; // Performs any operations... ssize_t writtenBytes = serialPort.Write(data, length); // ... serialPort.Close(); return (writtenBytes >= 0) ? B_OK : B_IO_ERROR; } \endcode To know which serial ports are available to the system, the methods CountDevices() and GetDeviceName() allow to retrieve a list of them: \code{.cpp} void GetSerialPortsNames(BStringList& outPortList) { BSerialPort serialPort; char portName[B_OS_NAME_LENGTH]; // Ports paths temporary storage outPortList.MakeEmpty(); for (int32 i = 0; i < serialPort.CountDevices(); i++) { // For each found port... if (serialPort.GetDeviceName(i, portName) == B_OK) { // try to open it to know if it is available to us if (serialPort.Open(portName) > 0) { // Add it to the list because we can access it, // and close it so we can test the next outPortList.Add(portName); serialPort.Close(); } } } } \endcode \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn BSerialPort::BSerialPort() \brief Creates and initializes a BSerialPort object. Queries the driver, and builds a list of the available serial ports. The BSerialPort object is initialized to these values: - \c B_19200_BPS - \c B_DATA_BITS_8 - \c B_STOP_BIT_1 - \c B_NO_PARITY - \c B_HARDWARE_CONTROL - \c B_INFINITE_TIMEOUT - Blocking mode enabled At this point the object does not have any specific serial port selected. To connect and work with a serial port it has to be opened using Open(). \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn BSerialPort::~BSerialPort() \brief Frees the resources associated with the object. Closes the port, if it is open, and deletes the devices list. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::Open(const char *portName) \brief Opens a serial port represented by \a portName. \param[in] portName A valid port name (i.e. \c "/dev/ports/serial2"). \return A positive number (a file descriptor) if the serial port has been succesfully opened or an error code (negative integer) if an error has occurred. \retval B_BAD_BALUE \a portName is \c NULL. \sa Close() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::Close() \brief Closes the port. \sa Open() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn ssize_t BSerialPort::Read(void *buf, size_t count) \brief Reads some bytes from the serial port. If blocking mode is enabled, Read() will block, returning either after the whole \a count bytes arrive or the time limit set with SetTimeout() is not infinite and reaches zero. If the timeout is \c B_INFINITE_TIMEOUT it will keep blocking forever. With blocking mode disabled, it takes as much bytes as there are in the port's input buffer up to \a count bytes, if any, and returns immediately. \param[out] buf The buffer where to copy the data. \param[in] count The maximum amount of bytes to read. \return The amount of data read or an error code. \retval B_FILE_ERROR The serial port is not available or it was closed. \retval B_WOULD_BLOCK The operation cannot be performed immediately and the request must not block. \retval B_TIMED_OUT Blocking mode is enabled and the timeout period has ended before the \a count amount of data arrived at the serial port. \retval B_INTERRUPTED The operation was interrupted by a signal. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn ssize_t BSerialPort::Write(const void *buf, size_t count) \brief Writes some bytes to the serial port. In blocking mode, Write() will write exactly the full contents of \a buf, even if this makes it to wait. In non-blocking mode, it will write as many bytes as it can, which may not be the complete buffer, and then returns immediately. \param[in] buf The buffer from where to copy the data. \param[in] count The amount of bytes to write. \return The amount of data written or an error code. \retval B_FILE_ERROR The serial port is not available or it was closed. \retval B_WOULD_BLOCK The operation cannot be performed immediately and the request must not block. \retval B_INTERRUPTED The operation was interrupted by a signal. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::SetBlocking(bool blocking) \brief Sets the blocking mode. \param[in] blocking If \c true, enables the blocking mode. If \c false, disables it. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::SetTimeout(bigtime_t microSeconds) \brief Sets the timeout period for how long Read() and WaitForInput() will wait for the data to arrive to the port's input buffer before returning. The timeout period only applies when in blocking mode. In non-blocking mode it takes no effect. \param[in] microSeconds The timeout for the port. Valid values are: - \c B_INFINITE_TIMEOUT to wait forever - Any value between 0 and 25000000 microseconds. \retval B_OK Timeout changed successfully. \retval B_BAD_VALUE The timeout value provided by \a microSeconds was invalid. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::SetDataRate(data_rate bitsPerSecond) \brief Sets the baud rate for the port. To set a custom data rate not defined in the data_rate enumeration you can pass the number of bits per second directly in \a bitsPerSecond, but the value has to be above 50. \param[in] bitsPerSecond The baud rate. \return \c B_OK if successful, or an error code if something went wrong. \sa DataRate() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn data_rate BSerialPort::DataRate() \brief Gets the current baud rate. \return The current baud rate. \sa SetDataRate() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::SetDataBits(data_bits numBits) \brief Sets the data bits. This operation will fail silently if the driver does not support the requested number of data bits. To make sure the setting was applied it is required to check DataBits(). \param[in] numBits The number of data bits. \sa DataBits() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn data_bits BSerialPort::DataBits() \brief Gets the current data bits. \return The current data bits. \sa SetDataBits() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::SetStopBits(stop_bits numBits) \brief Sets the stop bits. This operation will fail silently if the driver does not support the requested number of stop bits. To make sure the setting was applied it is required to check StopBits(). \param[in] numBits The number of stop bits. \sa StopBits() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn stop_bits BSerialPort::StopBits() \brief Gets the current stop bits. \return The current stop bits. \sa SetStopBits() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::SetParityMode(parity_mode which) \brief Sets the parity mode. Valid values for \a which are: - ::B_NO_PARITY to not send a parity bit. - ::B_ODD_PARITY to send a parity bit and set it to have an odd number of "1" bits in the transmission. - ::B_EVEN_PARITY to send a parity bit and set it to have an even number of "1" bits in the transmission. \param[in] which The parity mode to set. \sa ParityMode() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn parity_mode BSerialPort::ParityMode() \brief Gets the parity mode. \return The current parity mode. \sa SetParityMode() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::ClearInput() \brief Clears the input buffer. This discards the data received but not read by Read(). \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::ClearOutput() \brief Clears the output buffer. This discards the data written to the output buffer with Write() but not yet transmitted to the other endpoint. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn void BSerialPort::SetFlowControl(uint32 method) \brief Sets the flow control. Valid values for \a method are: - \c ::B_NOFLOW_CONTROL to not perform flow control. - \c ::B_HARDWARE_CONTROL to perform flow control via hardware. - \c ::B_SOFTWARE_CONTROL to perform flow control via software. - \c ::B_HARDWARE_CONTROL | \c ::B_SOFTWARE_CONTROL to perform flow control via both hardware and software. \param[in] method The type of flow control. \sa FlowControl() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn uint32 BSerialPort::FlowControl() \brief Returns the selected flow control. \return The flow control for the current open port. \sa SetFlowControl() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::SetDTR(bool asserted) \brief Sets the Data Terminal Ready (DTR) pin active if \a asserted is \c true, or inactive if it is \c false. \param[in] asserted The DTR status wanted. \retval B_OK DTR pin state was changed. \retval B_ERROR DTR pin state could not be changed or an error has occurred. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::SetRTS(bool asserted) \brief Sets the Request To Send (RTS) pin active if \a asserted is \c true, or inactive if it is \c false. \param[in] asserted The RTS status wanted. \retval B_OK RTS pin state was changed. \retval B_ERROR RTS pin state could not be changed or an error has occurred. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::NumCharsAvailable(int32* waitThisMany) \brief Unimplemented. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn bool BSerialPort::IsCTS() \brief Checks if the Clear To Send (CTS) pin is asserted (in an active state). \retval true CTS is asserted. \retval false CTS is not asserted. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn bool BSerialPort::IsDSR() \brief Checks if the Data Set Ready (DSR) pin is asserted (in an active state). \retval true DSR is asserted. \retval false DSR is not asserted. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn bool BSerialPort::IsRI() \brief Checks if the Ring Indicator (RI) pin is asserted (in an active state). \retval true RI is asserted. \retval false RI is not asserted. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn bool BSerialPort::IsDCD() \brief Checks if the Data Carrier Detect (DCD) pin is asserted (in an active state). \retval true DCD is asserted. \retval false DCD is not asserted. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn ssize_t BSerialPort::WaitForInput() \brief Waits until there is something to read from the serial port. If no data is ready, it will always block, ignoring the value of SetBlocking(); however, it respects the timeout set by SetTimeout(). \return The number of bytes available to be read or an error code. \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn int32 BSerialPort::CountDevices() \brief Counts the number of available serial ports. \return An integer which represents the number of available serial ports. \sa GetDeviceName() \since BeOS R3 */ /*! \fn status_t BSerialPort::GetDeviceName(int32 index, char* name, size_t bufSize = B_OS_NAME_LENGTH) \brief Gets the device name by the given \a index. \param[in] index Index number of the device to know the name of. \param[out] name The buffer where to store the name. \param[in] bufSize The size of the buffer. \retval B_OK The device name of the device at \a index was copied successfully. \retval B_ERROR No device was found at \a index. \sa CountDevices() \since BeOS R3 */