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COM: COM-Port Serial Communication to Receive and Send

Set physical COM-port parameters. Send data + checksum. Input: Receive data + checksum. Controls: screen echo, timeout, different waits, error, etc.

- returncode = COM(option1=..., option2=..., ...)
the order of options determines the sequence of execution
options may occur repeatedly
- for a complete example load and run COM(Alice_to_Bob).hic

setup options	type	mini sample	initialize
Comport	num	c=4	HicEst allows serial ports 0..65535 (default 1). Not all systems allow this range.
Bauds	num	b=9600	baudrate, default is 9600 possible baudrates: 110, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200
Parity	txt	p="odd"	"None", "Odd", "Even", "Mark", "Space", default is 'E'
DataBits	num	db=8	5-8, default is 8
StopBits	num	sb=1.5	1, 1.5 or 2. Default is 2 COM(Com=Port, B=BAUDS, P=Parity, DB=DataBits, SB=StopBits, Echo=echo)
output options			write
Send	txt	s=text	send up to LEN(text) bytes
CheckSum	---	cs	send current 1 byte checksum
ExitOnInput	TXT	eoi=intrpt	stop sending if any byte is received COM(Send=':', ChkBits=8, Send="Alice to Bob "// TRIM(text)//". OK?", ChkSum)
input options			read
Receive	TXT	r=text	receive up to LEN(text) bytes
IgnoreInput	TXT	ii=last	empty input buffer except last byte
Timeout	num	t=100	maximum time in msec to wait for next input byte
Waitbyte	txt	w="x"	ignore all input up to "x", an error is generated on Timeout
WaitBIts	num	wbi=128	ignore input until the specific bit pattern is found, an error is generated on Timeout
CheckSum	---	cs	compare current checksum (excluding the last byte) with the last byte rc = COM(Timeout=3000, Wait=':', Last='?', ChkBits=8, Receive=txt, R=c1, ChkSum)
control options			debug
ChecksumBits	num	cb=7	start lowbits checksum (in or out), default is 8 cb=0: IEOR(sum, ICHAR(byte)) (LRC)
ChecksumVal	NUM	cv=sum	set argument to current checksum
DouBLe	txt	dbl=DLE	doubles DLE for next send or receive
Echo	num	e=hdle	for debugging echo all COM port traffic to WINDOW(WIN=handle, font="terminal") ! the terminal font has equal character spacing and shows (DOS) symbols for nonprintable characters
Lastchar	txt	l="x"	send/receive up to and including the occurence of first "x"
LastcharX	txt	lx=$CR	send/receive up to but excluding the first $CR character
OnErroritem	num	oei=3	on error continue with item 3. If this item does not exist return with returncode = itemnr (useful to debug)
ERror	LBL	er=99	on error jump to error label 99