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96 <DT><PRE>public class <B>Serial</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../java/lang/Object.html" title="class in java.lang">Object</A></DL>
100 Emulation of the RCX Serial class with mindstorms NRLINK adapter.
105 <DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
106 <DD>Lawrie Griffiths</DD>
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122 <CODE>static <A HREF="../../lejos/nxt/RCXLink.html" title="class in lejos.nxt">RCXLink</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
123 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../lejos/rcxcomm/Serial.html#getLink()">getLink</A></B>()</CODE>
126 Get the RCXLink object associated with the Serial class</TD>
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131 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../lejos/rcxcomm/Serial.html#isPacketAvailable()">isPacketAvailable</A></B>()</CODE>
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165 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../lejos/rcxcomm/Serial.html#setPort(lejos.nxt.SensorPort)">setPort</A></B>(<A HREF="../../lejos/nxt/SensorPort.html" title="class in lejos.nxt">SensorPort</A> port)</CODE>
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192 Wait until the packet is sent - null</TD>
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220 public static void <B>setPort</B>(<A HREF="../../lejos/nxt/SensorPort.html" title="class in lejos.nxt">SensorPort</A> port)</PRE>
222 <DD>Set the sensor port
225 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>port</CODE> - the sensor port the link is connected to</DL>
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233 public static int <B>readPacket</B>(byte[] aBuffer)</PRE>
235 <DD>Read an assembled packet. NRLink only seems to read
236 one byte at a time reliably, and does not
240 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>aBuffer</CODE> - the buffer to return the packet into
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247 isPacketAvailable</H3>
249 public static boolean <B>isPacketAvailable</B>()</PRE>
251 <DD>Test if a packet is available
255 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true iff a packiet is available</DL>
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263 public static boolean <B>sendPacket</B>(byte[] aBuffer,
270 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>aBuffer</CODE> - the buffer containing the packet<DD><CODE>aOffset</CODE> - the offset in the buffer - must be zero<DD><CODE>aLen</CODE> - the length of the packet
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307 <DD>Reset the link - null
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320 <DD>Wait until the packet is sent - null
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333 <DD>Get the RCXLink object associated with the Serial class
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