Launch Data (ActiveX Classname): PH_Comm.phcomm

Initialization Data: The COM port, a space, the comma separated settings string. Can be left blank to establish a connection manually. In all cases where a "settings" string is required, it consists of the BPS, the data bits, the parity, and the stop bits all separated by commas. An example of 9600 BPS, 8 data bits, No parity, and 1 stop bit would be: 9600,N,8,1

This plugin provides raw COM port functionality for PowerHome. If a COM port and settings string is supplied in the Init Data parameter then the connection will be established when the plugin is loaded. Several commands are available using the ph_picmd function. Command 1 will send the string in data3 out the COM if a connection is already established. This string can contain binary characters by escaping them with the "\" character followed by 3 digits for a decimal representation of the ASCII code or followed by an "x" and 2 digits for a hexadecimal representation of the ASCII code. Command 2 will send a single character represented by the ASCII value contained in the data1 parameter (assuming the COM is connected). Command 3 will manually connect to the COM port in data1 using the settings supplied in data3 (you must be disconnected first). Command 4 disconnect the COM port if already connected. Command 5 will return the current connection status (0 = connected, 1 = disconnected). Command 6 will return the COM port. Command 7 will return the settings.

This plugin will also fire a generic plugin trigger whenever data is received on a connected COM port. The trigger fired will be command 1, option 1 with the length of the data, the string data with binary characters escaped, and the string data with ALL characters escaped available in the [TEMP] variables.