Overview

Not actively maintained. Serial driver only supports COM1.

Originally created for use on an embedded handheld device running MS-DOS 6.2. Use Open Watcom C 1.9 compiler to build a library that you can link into your programs.

When installing Open Watcom, be sure to include the 16-bit compiler. By default, xbee_driver.wpj builds a 16-bit, large memory model, 80386-targeted library.

Building xbee_driver.lib

Open ports/dos/xbee_driver.wpj in the Open Watcom IDE and choose "Make All (F5)" from the Actions menu (or the rightmost icon in the toolbar) to create xbee_driver.lib and xbee_driver.lb1 in lib/dos/. You can then link that library into your programs.

Be sure the compilation options (processor and memory model) for your programs match the ones for the library (currently 80386/large). You can probably compile many of the POSIX samples in Open Watcom with minimal changes.

Building Sample Programs

Open samples/dos/samples.wpj in Open Watcom and "Make All" to create serial.exe, a simple program for testing the serial port, and atinter.exe, a console for sending AT commands in API frames to an XBee module connected to the serial port. Note that the serial driver was written for COM1 and will require additional effort to support COM2 through COM4.