Serial Port library for .Net

Features

Easy to use
Event driven
Hot plug
Automatically restabilish connection on error/disconnect
Compatible with Mono
It overcomes the lack of DataReceived event in Mono

NuGet Package

SerialPortLib is available as a NuGet package.

Run Install-Package SerialPortLib in the Package Manager Console or search for “SerialPortLib” in your IDE’s package management plug-in.

Example usage

using SerialPortLib;
...
var serialPort = new SerialPortInput();

// Listen to Serial Port events

serialPort.ConnectionStatusChanged += delegate(object sender, ConnectionStatusChangedEventArgs args) 
{
    Console.WriteLine("Connected = {0}", args.Connected);
};

serialPort.MessageReceived += delegate(object sender, MessageReceivedEventArgs args)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Received message: {0}", BitConverter.ToString(args.Data));
};

// Set port options
serialPort.SetPort("/dev/ttyUSB0", 115200);

// Connect the serial port
serialPort.Connect();

// Send a message
var message = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello World!");
serialPort.SendMessage(message);

License

SerialPortLib is open source software, licensed under the terms of Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

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