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Hi,
I am trying to write AT commands to a serial port to which a Huawei GSM modem is connected and read the result back. E.g read all SMS messages on the sim card.

Below is my code. When it gets to the read part of the code it remains at that point forever, unless I terminate the program.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h> 
#include <time.h>

int main(){
	FILE *fd;
	struct termios options;

	fd = open("/dev/ttyUSB0",O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
	if(fd){
		//fcntl(fd,F_SETFL,0);
		printf("port opening successful %d .file description is\n",fd);
	}else{
		perror("Open port failded");
	}

	//serial configure
	/*tcgetattr(fd,&options);	

	cfsetispeed(&options,B9600);
	cfsetospeed(&options,B9600);
	options.c_cflag &= _CSIZE;
	options.c_cflag &= _CS8;
	options.c_cflag &= _PARENB; */

	int rr,r,w;
	char buf[255];

	printf("Writing\r\n");
	w = write(fd,"AT\n",16);
	printf("unsleeping\r\n");
	usleep(100000);
	printf("Reading\r\n");
	r=read(fd,buf,6);
	printf("Read\r\n");
	if(r>0){
		printf("Data: %s \r\n",buf);
	}
	close(fd);
	printf("Hello world \n");
	return 0;
}</time.h></unistd.h></stdlib.h></termios.h></fcntl.h></string.h></stdio.h>


I would like to know if I am doing anything wrong, and if so what is the best way to go about it.
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Updated 30-Jun-11 1:30am
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Reading from the serial port is blocking operation. Your calling thread will remain in wait state and waken up if timeout expired (if you use timeout) or a device on the other end of the cable writes something using matching communication parameters. How do you know your device actually rights some data?

As the problem of the blocking call always exists, that said, you need to implement read operations in a separate thread, read all what comes in your input buffer, interpret incoming data on the fly and communication with other thread(s) using thread synchronization primitives. Every platform supporting threads also support their synchronization methods.

—SA
 
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