PORT is not opening in DOS mode

Hi,
i tried to run a c program in DOS mode.But when i run the c file,its showing the warning that the "port COM1 can not be opened and do you want to close the application or Ignore the application".When i ignore the warning,the program runs but the communication what i am expecting is no there....
Could any one help me on this...

 

dont know if this is what your needing but here

Hi,

Look to see if some other application is using the port. The most common
cause of this problem is Windows itself. When Windows boots, it attempts to
identify (PnP) connected devices, including the posibility of a serial mouse
on Com1. If it "thinks" that it has detected a mouse, Windows assigns a
mouse driver to the port -- this means that the port CANNOT be used by any
other application!

What causes this? The way that Windows attempts to locate a mouse is by
toggling DTR and RTS during boot. It looks for serial data after this
toggle. And, unfortunately, Windows is not very smart about this. If it
sees ANY data (even data with framing, parity, or overrun errors), is still
says, "Mouse. Assign driver!" If you have some sort of device on Com1 that
spits out data at regular intervals, without a specific command, you system
will be subject to this problem.

The only real solution (the work arounds published in KB articles on the
subject simply do not work, IME), is to make sure that any device on Com1 is
disabled, or is not connected, until after Windows has finished PnP device
identification.

Dick

posted by dick on the site

http://bytes.com/forum/thread524785.html

 

Dear Dick,

I din't connect serial mouse on Comm1 and i am connecting it in USB port.But even then i am facing such error.I am using the following code for the port initialisation at every start up.
/***************Code*********************************************/

Code:

void ConfigurePort (void)
{
  int c;

  outportb(PORT1 + 1 , 0); 		/* Turn off interrupts - Port1 */
  oldport1isr = getvect(INTVECT); 	/* Save old Interrupt Vector for */

  setvect(INTVECT, PORT1INT); 		/* Set Interrupt Vector Entry */
  /* COM1 - 0x0C */
  /* COM2 - 0x0B */
  /* COM3 - 0x0C */
  /* COM4 - 0x0B */
  /* PORT 1 - Communication Settings */

  outportb(PORT1 + 3 , 0x80); 		/* SET DLAB ON */
  outportb(PORT1 + 0 , 0x0C); 		/* Set Baud rate - Divisor Latch Low Byte */
  /* Default 0x03 = 38,400 BPS */
  /* 0x01 = 115,200 BPS */
  /* 0x02 = 56,700 BPS */
  /* 0x06 = 19,200 BPS */
  /* 0x0C = 9,600 BPS */
  /* 0x18 = 4,800 BPS */
  /* 0x30 = 2,400 BPS */

  outportb(PORT1 + 1 , 0x00); 		 /* Set Baud rate - Divisor Latch High Byte */
  outportb(PORT1 + 3 , 0x1B);            /* 8 Bits, Even Parity, 1 Stop Bit */
  outportb(PORT1 + 2 , 0x00);            /* FIFO Control Register */
  outportb(PORT1 + 4 , 0x0B); 		 /* Turn on DTR, RTS, and OUT2 */
  outportb(0x21,(inportb(0x21) & 0xEF)); /* Set Programmable Interrupt */
  /* Controller */
  /* COM1 (IRQ4) - 0xEF */
  /* COM2 (IRQ3) - 0xF7 */
  /* COM3 (IRQ4) - 0xEF */
  /* COM4 (IRQ3) - 0xF7 */
  outportb(PORT1 + 1 , 0x01); 		/* Interrupt when data received */
}

/************************End*************************************/