[Rxtx] read() not blocking?

[Trent Jarvi]

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Knute Johnson wrote:

> I'm converting from javax.comm to rxtx and have run in to a snag.  My
> code needs to block indefinitely on a serial port read() but is
> returning -1.  Both read timeout and read threshold are disabled.  It
> doesn't seem to matter if I call disableReceiveTimeout() or
> enableReceiveTimeout(0).  Behavior appears normal if timeout is set
> to some normal value.  For now I have enabled receive timeout and set
> the value to Integer.MAX_VALUE.
>
> Is this a bug or?
>
> My computer is running XP SP2 and RXTX is 2.1-7.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
>

Hi Knute

I would expect that to work.  Is your serial port unusual?  Perhaps 
multiport or a USB dongle?


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