> I do not think VISA is required for serial communication. > The minimal VISA installation that Dan Mondrik mentioned > would be fine for many applications,
Yes, I agree, but it's still VISA... > but I have a requirement > where (for reasons I will not go into here) the customer > needs the application to communicate via serial without any > software installation. One possibility to accomplish this > without VISA is the Windows API, but I am using the > MarshallSoft serial library. The MarshallSoft DLL's are > easier to interface with and better documented than the > Windows API. http://www.marshallsoft.com/ No software installation required? I agree that the DLL you mentioned is an alternative to consider but it still must be installed and registered on the system, no? I like the cost of it $105 instead of $565 for VISA however. Do the MarshallSoft DLL's have licencing restrictions for distribution? Michael Aivaliotis > > Allen Weekley > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Aivaliotis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:05 PM > To: 'Bill Gilbert' > Cc: 'Scott Hannahs'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: API Serial Functions > > > What Albert Geven describes is NOT an alternative to VISA, it > still uses VISA. AFAIK there is NO option, you must use VISA. > Am I the only one who thinks we're beating a dead horse here? > > No offence intended Bill > > Michael Aivaliotis
