RS232
    
  Ruby interface to Windows Serial Port API
  
  author      hugo benichi
  email       hugo[dot]benichi[at]m4x[dot]org
  copyright   2012 hugo benichi  
  version     0.1.3

 
  Installation:  
 
    To compile the gem, produce a .gem package and install it automatically, run
    from the root directory:
    
    $ rake gem_install
    
  Usage: 
  
    cf test/test_rs232.rb
    
    first, require the gem with
      require 'rs232'
      
    then create an RS232 instance, passing an address and optional conf params
      serial_port = RS232.new 'COM1'
    
    the default parameters are
      baud rate: 9600
      8 bits
      1 bit stop bit
      no parity bit
      control flow hardware (RTS/CTS)
      delimiters ""

    you can use RS232 instances with 'write', 'read' and 'query' commands