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LinkOS SDK and printing via the serial port. C#

Submitted by George Tziros on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 14:11

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New to C# coding.
Does the LinkOS SDK provide any help for printing directly to the serial port?

I have found the GitHub code samples that covers USB and TCPIP printing but before i doing all the code for sending the ZPL to the serial port, i thought i would see if i could use the SDK.

Thanks

Mon, 03/16/2020 - 07:21

Alexander Palchikov

Hi George

In the linkos sdk directory there are many samples.

I believe you need to take a look at UsbDiscoverer class.

Alexander Palchikov

Software Engineer, Kutir Mobility

Posted on behalf of Zebra Technologies

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Tue, 03/31/2020 - 09:14

George Tziros

Thanks but I don't think the

Thanks but I don't think the UsbDiscoverer class covers the serial port.
I have created my own classes for it using the c# SerialPort Class

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Mon, 04/13/2020 - 10:01

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Robin West

Probably your best option

Hi George, That's probubly your best option. The SerialPort Class works well and is easy to use.

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Thu, 04/23/2020 - 05:16

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Peter Ing

Agreed

Hi George

I agree, You would need to access the serial port natively from C# using SerialPort Class or any other library separate from the Zebra SDK. While your application probably requires serial port access I would recommend using USB rather as you have access to all the LinkOS features.

I am not sure if set get commands work via Serial but if they do you could probably implement your own rough LinkOS like SDK like I have done for some legacy models via TCP/IP.

Kind regards

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