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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# cross-platform example6

use strict;
use vars qw( $OS_win $ob $file );

BEGIN {
        $OS_win = ($^O eq "MSWin32") ? 1 : 0;
        if ($OS_win) {
            eval "use Win32::SerialPort 0.11";
	    die "$@\n" if ($@);
        }
        else {
            eval "use Device::SerialPort";
	    die "$@\n" if ($@);
        }
} # End BEGIN

$file = 'tpj4.cfg';

if ($OS_win) {
    $ob = Win32::SerialPort->start ($file);
}
else {
    $ob = Device::SerialPort->start ($file);
}
die "Can't open serial port from $file: $^E\n" unless ($ob);

$ob->write("ATE0X4\r");
$ob->read_interval(100) if ($OS_win);
$ob->read_const_time(1000);
my ($count, $result) = $ob->read(20);
print "count = $count,  result = $result\n";

$ob->read_interval(0) if ($OS_win);
$ob->read_const_time(5000);
$ob->write("AT&V\r");
($count, $result) = $ob->read(40);
print "count = $count,  result = $result\n";
($count, $result) = $ob->read(4000);
print "count = $count,  result = $result\n";

undef $ob;