===== OpenSerial (Statement) =====
==== Format ====
**openserial** [[integerexpressions|open_file_number]], //port_name//\\
**openserial** [[integerexpressions|open_file_number]], //port_name//, //baud_rate//\\
**openserial** [[integerexpressions|open_file_number]], //port_name//, //baud_rate//, //data_bits//\\
**openserial** [[integerexpressions|open_file_number]], //port_name//, //baud_rate//, //data_bits//, //stop_bits//\\
**openserial** [[integerexpressions|open_file_number]], //port_name//, //baud_rate//, //data_bits//, //stop_bits//, //parity//\\
**openserial** [[integerexpressions|open_file_number]], //port_name//, //baud_rate//, //data_bits//, //stop_bits//, //parity//, //flow_control//\\

==== Description ====
This statement opens a serial port on your computer for inoput and output.  It uses the same file numbering as [[open|open]] and [[open|openb]] and most of the file control statements can be used to get and send data to a serial port.

===Baud Rates===
|300||
|1200||
|9600|DEFAULT|
|19200||
|38400||
|Others are possible||

===Data Bits===
|5||
|6||
|7||
|8|DEFAULT|

===Stop Bits===
|1|DEFAULT|
|2||

===Parity===
|0|None|DEFAULT|
|1|Odd||
|2|Even||
|3|Space||
|4|Mark||

===Flow Control===
|0|None|DEFAULT|
|1|Hardware||
|2|Software||

   

==== Note ====
BASIC256 may have up to 8 files open at a single time.  The files are numbered from 0 to 7.  Opening a file to a number while another is already open to that number will close the open file.

==== See Also ====
{{page>en:start#File and Serial Port Input/Output&noheader}}

==== History ==== 

|1.1.4.0|New|