Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH

Date	2013-07-09 17:47 -1000
From	"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com>
Organization	FORTH, Inc.
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH
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On 7/9/13 6:03 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:
>> You are talking about a medical device that injects drugs into a person.
>
> Actually it's not so clear how the pump is intended to be used, but it
> seems to be a laboratory device rather than one that injects drugs
> directly (p.11, "regulatory considerations").  Nonetheless, be real
> careful.
>
> The serial protocol appears to be pretty straightforward if your Forth
> system (or whatever) has reasonable routines to configure and access the
> serial port.  Handling the timeouts can be done with a multitasker or
> various other approaches.  If the host is a PC, it might be easiest to
> use a less efficient but more convenient language than Forth.
>

I'm sure you were expecting something like this: for those who know 
Forth, Forth is the most convenient language for this and many other 
purposes.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH attoampere@gmail.com - 2013-07-09 07:19 -0700
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-07-09 21:33 +0100
    CRC was Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH all2001@spambog.com (Wolfgang Allinger) - 2013-07-09 19:30 -0400
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-09 12:05 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-09 17:59 -0700
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-09 21:03 -0700
      Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-09 17:47 -1000
        Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-10 00:09 -0700
          Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-07-10 01:57 -0700
            Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-07-10 12:00 +0000
          Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-10 07:47 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH attoampere@gmail.com - 2013-07-10 03:22 -0700
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-11 07:26 -0700
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-14 18:53 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-07-10 11:58 +0000
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-10 07:55 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-07-14 23:30 -0400

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