[PD] comport question

[Winfried Ritsch]

> Hi ,
> I'm trying to use the comport external in Linux and I'm finding it is
> quite slow. If I send 2 or 3 consecutive characters they have to be
> separated by about 3 msecs each using the delay object otherwise I get
> the message that says "Write error, maybe TX-OVERRUNS on serial line" .
> I want to run a fair bit of data out of the serial port so I'm using
> 115.2 kbaud. Could the problem be that I'm using a serial port via a USB
> to serial converter? Thanks.


which converter you use ?

I just play with 115.2 kbaud over the comport on linux without problems... 
limit to 90% to 10Kbyte/sec which is 100kbaud plus some overhead ...
I use debian and the standard serial output.

maybe you post us the configuration, to  know more.

mfg winfried