I receive a Serial port error 16385 only in Windows 98.

[lsd004]

I am getting serial port error 16385 during serial port read of a standard PC com port only in Windows 98.
LabView code works fine on a Windows 95 or Windows 2000
machine. Tried LabView 5.1, and 6.0 no difference.

[km76107]

Hi,

I am recieving a "serial port with timeout error 16408" when i try to read data from my COM1 port. I am using Labview 6i, version 6.0. and Windows NT.

I started getting this error just last week. My serial Vi's were working fine until then.

Can someone help me too?

Thanks in advance.

[Engelenfve]

Hi,
I have seen this too.It Appears the order of switching the on the mains of the two devices is important.Also connecting the rs232 cable after switching on will also cause this.It may be the undefined state of the Receive and Transmit line, or garbage in the receive buffer. In my initialising vi , I clear the buffer with the "number of bytes at serial port" function (untill bytes are zero).

greatings from Holland.
Frank van Engelen