Functions/GenXdev.Helpers/Out-Serial.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Helpers Original cmdlet filename : Out-Serial.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.264.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Sends a string to a serial port .DESCRIPTION Allows you to send a string to a serial communication port .PARAMETER Portname The port to use (for example, COM1). .PARAMETER BaudRate The baud rate. .PARAMETER MaxBytesToRead Limits the nr of bytes to read. .PARAMETER ReadTimeout Enables reading with a specified timeout in milliseconds. .PARAMETER WriteTimeout Enables writing with a specified timeout in milliseconds. .PARAMETER Parity One of the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Parity values. .PARAMETER DataBits The data bits value. .PARAMETER StopBits One of the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.StopBits values. .PARAMETER Text Text to sent to serial port. .PARAMETER AddCRLinefeeds Add linefeeds to input text parts. #> function Out-Serial { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The port to use (for example, COM1).')] [string]$Portname = 'COM5', [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The baud rate.')] [int]$BaudRate = 9600, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Limits the nr of bytes to read.')] [uint]$MaxBytesToRead = 0, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Enables reading with a specified timeout in milliseconds.')] [uint]$ReadTimeout, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Enables writing with a specified timeout in milliseconds.')] [uint]$WriteTimeout, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'One of the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Parity values.')] [string]$Parity = 'None', [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The data bits value.')] [int]$DataBits = 8, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'One of the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.StopBits values.')] [string]$StopBits = 'One', [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, HelpMessage = 'Text to sent to serial port.')] [object]$Text, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Add linefeeds to input text parts.')] [switch]$AddCRLinefeeds = $false ) begin { $serialPort = Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\New-Object System.IO.Ports.SerialPort -ArgumentList $Portname, $BaudRate, $Parity, $DataBits, $StopBits $serialPort.ReadTimeout = if ($ReadTimeout) { $ReadTimeout } else { 100 } $serialPort.WriteTimeout = if ($WriteTimeout) { $WriteTimeout } else { 100 } $serialPort.Open() } process { try { if ($Text -is [string]) { if ($AddCRLinefeeds) { $serialPort.WriteLine($Text) } else { $serialPort.Write($Text) } } if ($ReadTimeout -or $MaxBytesToRead -gt 0) { $serialPort.ReadTimeout = $ReadTimeout Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $serialPort.ReadTimeout $bytes = Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\New-Object byte[] ($MaxBytesToRead -gt 0 ? $MaxBytesToRead : 1024) $readTotal = 0 while ($readTotal -lt $bytes.Length) { try { $read = $serialPort.Read($bytes, $readTotal, $bytes.Length - $readTotal) if ($read -eq 0) { break } $readTotal += $read } catch { if ($readTotal -gt 0) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Output ([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($bytes, 0, $readTotal)) } break } } if ($readTotal -gt 0) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Output ([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($bytes, 0, $readTotal)) } } } catch { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Error occured: $PSItem" } } end { $serialPort.Close() } } |