HWOpen

This function is called by the upper layer to open the serial device.

BOOL HWOpen(
  PVOID pContext 
);

Parameters

  • pContext
    [in] Pointer to a context structure returned by the HWInit function that contains implementation-specific data describing the hardware device.

Return Values

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.

Remarks

This function applies power to the serial hardware.

This function supports the implementation of the lower layers of serial port drivers.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Serhw.h.

See Also

HWInit

 Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004

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