Close Serial Port |
Closes a serial port with the specified name.
Syntax
Close Serial Port [ Select ; Result (error) ; Port name ]
Options
Select entire contents | replaces the entire contents of a field with the result. If not checked the result replaces the currently selected portion of the field |
Result (error) | an error code |
Port name | the name of the port to close |
Returned Result
Data type returned
Error code
Result
The returned result is an error code. Returned error codes can be:
0 | no error | the port was closed |
$$-4210 | portDoesNotExistErr | port is not available on this computer |
$$-4211 | AllPortsNullErr | no serial ports are available on this computer |
$$-108 | memFullErr | ran out of memory |
Other errors may be returned.
Originated in
Troi Serial Plug-in 5.0
Compatibility
FileMaker Pro 16 to FileMaker Pro 2023
Considerations
If the “Port name” option is empty or “” all ports are closed.
Example
This will close the COM3 port:
Close Serial Port [ Select ; $ErrorCode ; "COM3" ]
Example 2
This will close all open ports:
Close Serial Port [ Select ; $ErrorCode ; "" ]
Used in example file
SimpleSerial-Steps.fmp12
Related script step
Open Serial Port |
Related functions
Serial_Close |
Serial_Open |
Related topics
Troi Serial Plug-in online help (overview)