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how to write and get information about serial port.
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Use this, to write on serial port

Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
    
        Dim com1Port As IO.Ports.SerialPort = Nothing
        Try
            com1Port = My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort("COM1")
            com1Port.WriteLine("serialData")
            com1Port.Write("serialData")
            com1Port.Close()
        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        Finally
            If (com1Port IsNot Nothing) Then com1Port.Dispose()
            com1Port = Nothing
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class
 
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Fot getting names of all port use this

Option Strict On
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Public Module PortsTest
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim ports As ReadOnlyCollection(Of String) = _
      My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames
      For Each port As String In ports
         Console.WriteLine(port)
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
 
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