 
		|  | Serial_Open | 
Opens a serial port with this name and the specified parameters.
Syntax
Serial_Open( switches ; portname ; settings ; filename ; scriptname ;
             matchstring ) 
		|  | Serial_Open | 
Opens a serial port with this name and the specified parameters.

Serial_Open( switches ; portname ; settings ; filename ; scriptname ;
             matchstring ) 
		|  | Serial_Receive | 
Receives data from a serial port with the specified name. The port needs to be opened first (see Serial_Open). If no data is available an empty string is returned: “”.

Serial_Receive ( switches ; portname ) 
		|  | Serial_Reinitialize | 
Tell the plug-in to re-initialize itself and look which serial ports are available on the system now.

Serial_Reinitialize ( switches ) 
		|  | Serial_Send | 
Sends data to the serial port with the specified name. The port needs to be opened first (see also Serial_Open).

Serial_Send ( switches ; portname ; data ) 
		|  | Serial_SetDispatchScript | 
Sets the script to trigger when data is received. If you give an empty filename parameter “”, the dispatch script is removed.

Serial_SetDispatchScript ( switches ; portname ; filename ; scriptname ;
                           matchstring ) 
		|  | Serial_TextToAsciiValue | 
Converts text to one or more ASCII values.

Serial_TextToAsciiValue ( switches ; text { ; separator } ) 
		|  | Beep for Serial Data | 
The plug-in will beep if data arrives at the serial port. Use this function to troubleshoot the serial port and test scripting.

Beep for Serial Data [ Data beep: On/Off ] 
		|  | Close Serial Port | 
Closes a serial port with the specified name.

Close Serial Port [ Select ; Result (error) ; Port name ] 
		|  | Open Serial Port | 
Opens a serial port with this name and the specified parameters.

Open Serial Port [ Select ; Result (error) ; Port name ; Settings ;
                   File name ; Script name ; Resume paused script ;
                   No idle wait time ; Match string ; Switches ] 
		|  | Receive Serial Data | 
Receives data from a serial port with the specified name.

Receive Serial Data [ Select ; Result (data) ; Port name ; Encoding ;
                      Get last match ; Switches ]