"Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSPAM@.msn.com> schreef in bericht
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> Hi,
>
> I do not know.  It "should work," but I haven't written a service under VS
> 2005 to test it.  I will do that sometime soon, just as an experiment.
>
> However, it is perfectly acceptable to use System.Timers.Timer to poll.
> You will not (IMO) incure an perfomance degredation, and very little extra
> overhead.
>
> Dick
>
> --
> Richard Grier, MVP
> Hard & Software
> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
> Edition,
> ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
> 2006.
> See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.
>

"news.microsoft.com" <jean.p***@opelwilly.com> wrote in message
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| Hey Dick,
|
| The Timer question is solved with  the System.Timers.Timer so that is not
a
| problem but the SerialPort seems to be a bigger problem.
|
| I've created a test-service wich only a SerialPort as content.
| The serial port is picked from the toolbox in my service component, the
| baudrate etc is set with the property's in the designer.
| The SerialPort is constructed in the defaul component initialise of the
| service constructor where I also set a public counter to 0..
| In the OnStart I do an SerialPort.Open().
| In the OnStop I do the SerialPort.Close() and write the content of my
public
| counter to the eventlog,
| In the eventhandler I incr. the public counter.
|
| When now I send a string tot the serial port the counter is not
incremented
| (I have tried to trow an exeption to but noting happens)
|
| Next I have included a timer of 1000 ms testing the IsOpen from the
| SerialPort and writing the result of my public counter to the eventlog.
the
| port is ans stays open but the counter stays to 0
|
| When I use the same code in a WindowsForm app all works fine.
|
| When I try to use the SerialPort in a console application, It does not
work
| neighter.
|
| Strange but true, I searched the whole internet for somone or somthing
about
| the SerialPort and the WindowsService but all who ever published something
| in thes direction used a P/Invoke and the Win32 kernel.
|
| So far the story here.
|
| Greets
|
| Jean Paul
|
| "Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSPAM@.msn.com> schreef in bericht
| news:ui0UzyTxGHA.2260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| > Hi,
| >
| > I do not know.  It "should work," but I haven't written a service under
VS
| > 2005 to test it.  I will do that sometime soon, just as an experiment.
| >
| > However, it is perfectly acceptable to use System.Timers.Timer to poll.
| > You will not (IMO) incure an perfomance degredation, and very little
extra
| > overhead.
| >
| > Dick
| >
| > --
| > Richard Grier, MVP
| > Hard & Software
| > Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications,
Fourth
| > Edition,
| > ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised
March
| > 2006.
| > See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.
| >
|
|

"Jean Paul Mertens" <ON7AMI@newsgroups.nospam> schreef in bericht
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> Hello,
>
> Hereby my most simple testcode for the windows service.
>
>
> namespace WindowsService1
> {
>    public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
>    {
>        public Service1()
>        {
>            InitializeComponent();
>        }
>
>        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
>        {
>            // TODO: Add code here to start your service.
>            serialPort1.Open();
>        }
>
>        protected override void OnStop()
>        {
>            // TODO: Add code here to perform any tear-down necessary to
> stop your service.
>            serialPort1.Close();
>        }
>
>        private void serialPort1_DataReceived(object sender,
> System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
>        {
>            EventLog.WriteEntry("byte", "byte!",
> EventLogEntryType.Warning);
>        }
>    }
> }
>
>
> private void InitializeComponent()
> {
>    this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
>    this.serialPort1 = new System.IO.Ports.SerialPort(this.components);
>    //
>    // serialPort1
>    //
>    this.serialPort1.BaudRate = 2400;
>    this.serialPort1.DataReceived += new
> System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(this.serialPort1_DataReceived);
>    //
>    // Service1
>    //
>    this.ServiceName = "Service1";
> }
>
> Greetings,
>
> Jean Paul
>
>
>

"Jean Paul Mertens" <ON7AMI@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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| Hello to all,
|
| I think I've found the reason, I'm using a USB-Serial port and there was
| something wrong with the drivers. I first tried it out  with the build in
| serial port and averything worked fine. With the USB serial port it worked
| only in a windows form. I upgraded the USB-Serial drivers tot a newer
| version and now the ports works in a service too.
|
| tnx for coorperation anyway, mankind can still search but has to know
where
| :-)
|
| For every one who ever encounters the same problem:
| the used hardware: Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port
| Hardware ID: USB\VID_067B&PID_2303\5&106AD93B&0&2
| Working driver: ser2pl.sys Version 2,0,0,18
|
| Greeting
|
| Jean Paul
|
| "Jean Paul Mertens" <ON7AMI@newsgroups.nospam> schreef in bericht
| news:e6gAI7axGHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| > Hello,
| >
| > Hereby my most simple testcode for the windows service.
| >
| >
| > namespace WindowsService1
| > {
| >    public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
| >    {
| >        public Service1()
| >        {
| >            InitializeComponent();
| >        }
| >
| >        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
| >        {
| >            // TODO: Add code here to start your service.
| >            serialPort1.Open();
| >        }
| >
| >        protected override void OnStop()
| >        {
| >            // TODO: Add code here to perform any tear-down necessary to
| > stop your service.
| >            serialPort1.Close();
| >        }
| >
| >        private void serialPort1_DataReceived(object sender,
| > System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
| >        {
| >            EventLog.WriteEntry("byte", "byte!",
| > EventLogEntryType.Warning);
| >        }
| >    }
| > }
| >
| >
| > private void InitializeComponent()
| > {
| >    this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
| >    this.serialPort1 = new System.IO.Ports.SerialPort(this.components);
| >    //
| >    // serialPort1
| >    //
| >    this.serialPort1.BaudRate = 2400;
| >    this.serialPort1.DataReceived += new
| >

| >    //
| >    // Service1
| >    //
| >    this.ServiceName = "Service1";
| > }
| >
| > Greetings,
| >
| > Jean Paul
| >
| >
| >
|
|

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <willy.denoye***@telenet.be> schreef in bericht
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> Weird.... The drivers don't know or don't (shouldn't) behave differently
> whether they are driven by a Windows application versus a Service or
> whatever.
>
> Willy.
>
> "Jean Paul Mertens" <ON7AMI@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eJUZbvcxGHA.4444@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> | Hello to all,
> |
Snip...
>