QG4/libs/qextserialport

= About QextSerialPort =



QextSerialPort provides an interface to old fashioned serial ports for Qt-based applications. It currently supports Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD. 



    http://code.google.com/p/qextserialport/



== How to use (1) ==



 * Download the source code.



 * Put the source code in any directory you like. For example, 3rdparty:



            |-- project.pro

            |-- ....

            |-- 3rdparty\

            |     |-- qextserialport\

            |     |



 * Add following line to your qmake project file:



            include(3rdparty/qextserialport/src/qextserialport.pri)



 * Using QextSerialPort in your code. Enjoy it!



            #include "qextserialport.h"

            ....

            QextSerialPort * port = new QextSerialPort();

            ....

            

== How to use (2) ==

It's very easy to compile QextSerialPort directly into your application

(see above section), however, we would prefer to use it as a shared library.



 * Download the source code, and put it in any location you like.



 * Run following command to generate library. 



          qmake

          make (or nmake)

          sudo make install (or nmake install)



 * Add following line to your project's file



          CONFIG += extserialport



 * Using QextSerialPort in your code. Enjoy it!



            #include "qextserialport.h"

            ....

            QextSerialPort * port = new QextSerialPort();

            ....



== Build Documents ==

 * Run

           qmake

           make docs



 * Note: More information can be found in doc/readme.txt



== Build examples ==

 * Goto examples directory, then run

           qmake (or qmake -r)

           make (or nmake)