[fpc-pascal] Using Serial in a TCP/RS232 gateway, how to set buffer sizes?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

On 06/09/17 19:30, Bo Berglund wrote:

> Where could I be losing incoming serial data?

FTcpComm.IOHandler.ReadBytes(Buf, -1, false);
..
   SerWrite(FComH, Buf[0], Length(Buf));

SerWrite() returns the actual number of bytes it's written, which could 
be anywhere from the number passed as the parameter down to zero (if 
hardware handshaking's being used at a lower level). An intermediate 
value would indicate that a buffer's full somewhere, and that you should 
adjust your source address and length and have another shot.

TCP is a stream protocol and you can't make any assumptions about the 
amount of data you get in one call. It's not reasonable to assume that 
buffers for serial comms are limitless, 2K is entirely reasonable to 
support most serial comms protocols or an 80x25 screen.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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