Aw: Re: Streaming Serial Octave

[Stefan Mahr]

> >> [fid,msg]=fopen('\\.\COM24','r+')
> >> fid=-1
> >> msg= Permission denied
> >
> > Why??? Is there a workaround or a patch?

You could try octave and instrument-control under cygwin. Your serial port 
should be available as /dev/ttySxx.


> Have you tried the instrument-control package?
> http://octave.sourceforge.net/instrument-control/overview.html

Serial interface of instrument-control doesn't work with native windows yet. I 
already have some code that works with native windows, but I had no time to 
make it ready for commit.

BR,
Stefan