For serial devices, you can use [comport], which is a standalone
object. For USB devices, you'd probably need to write specific objects
for specific devices.

.hc

On Jan 7, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Phillip Stearns wrote:

Is there an object built into PD that will allow me to send commands
to things like printers and scanners via the serial port (USB mainly)
and also recieve data from serial ports.  If it isn't built into PD
which set of externals should I get?   Thanks Phil

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