Communication (Legacy)

With these tools, you can send information to or receive information from outside of MERLIC:

The tools of the category "Communication" are set as legacy. They are still available to provide backward compatibility but they will no longer be maintained or updated in upcoming MERLIC versions.

Common Use Cases

Use this overview to find the right tool to communicate with interfaces and sockets.

Task	Tool	Usage
Communicate with a serial interface.	Read from Serial Interface Write to Serial Interface	Exchange data with a serial interface device.
Communicate with a socket.	Read from Socket Write to Socket	Exchange data with a (server) socket. Since this tool establishes a client connection, a server needs to be available.
Communicate with local files.		Use the appropriate tool from the category File Access.

Task

Tool

Usage

Communicate with a serial interface.

Read from Serial Interface

Write to Serial Interface

Exchange data with a serial interface device.

Communicate with a socket.

Read from Socket

Write to Socket

Exchange data with a (server) socket. Since this tool establishes a client connection, a server needs to be available.

Communicate with local files.

Use the appropriate tool from the category File Access.