From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonas Steverud Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Controlling an external device with elisp Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 20:52:04 +0200 Organization: A customer of B2 Bredbandsbolaget (www.bredband.com) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87u1cazl6v.fsf@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052074302 1911 80.91.224.249 (4 May 2003 18:51:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 18:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 04 20:51:41 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19COa1-0000Tm-00 for ; Sun, 04 May 2003 20:51:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19COZW-0005JN-0A for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 May 2003 14:50:50 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1!bredband!newsspool1.bredband.com!news2.bredband.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090018 (Oort Gnus v0.18) Emacs/21.2 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bfQXVYZ4+0M+Grqnlipll1+6d+4= Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.114.83.162 Original-X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@bredband.com Original-X-Trace: news2.bredband.com 1052074162 213.114.83.162 (Sun, 04 May 2003 20:49:22 CEST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 20:49:22 CEST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112761 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9256 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9256 upro writes: > Now this might be a strange question, but is it possible to control an > external device, through parallel or serial port, using elisp as > programming language? It should be possible if the device has a text-based protocol and supports a tcp/ip connection. Gnus, which I use right now, does that to my ISP's newsserver. But if you mean on a lower level, if the device is stupid, like an thermometer or simple motor; I do not know. Depends on the device, a bit. -- ( http://hem.bredband.net/steverud ! Wei Wu Wei ) ( Meaning of U2 Lyrics, Roleplaying ! To Do Without Do )