Using System.IO.Ports.SerialPort in .NET Core 1.1

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I'm trying to create an console application using visual studio code with .Net Core and get all available ports. How to use System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class in visual studio code? I try to declare it with using statement but the only available is Compression and MemoryMappedFiles in namespace System.IO.

I'm using .Net Core 1.1.1 SDK

It is the usual issue with .NETCore, it isn't done yet. Code skeleton was checked-in a [month ago](https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/tree/master/src/System.IO.Ports/src/System/IO/Ports), it is targeted for the [2.0 release](https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/pull/15671). Ought to be a while, no sign yet of any attempt to port this to Unix. — Hans Passant, Mar 10 '17 at 09:36

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '20 at 02:15

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For those coming to this post some years later...

Since .NET Core 2.0 it's possible to use the System.IO.Ports package.

answered Aug 10 '20 at 02:15

Drew Noakes

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '17 at 15:10

If you are using linux OS you can use SerialPortStream library. It requires the libserial binaries and I was able to compile it only for linux (not for MacOS or Windows).

Other way is using the Mono implementation and Mono.Posix.NETStandard package. This way works only for NETStandard 2.0 projects.

I copied sources of System.IO.Ports classes from Mono into my NETStandard 2.0 project, added the Mono.Posix.NETStandard, Microsoft.Win32.Registry references and included <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks> section into my .csproj file. And it works on MacOs and Windows.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 10:30

Please use the .NET API Browser. SerialPort not present for .NET Core 1.1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/?term=serialport&view=netcore-1.1 but it was added in .NET Core 2.0: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/?term=serialport&view=netcore-2.0 You can always add reference to System.IO.dll from main Framework to get the SerialPort, but then You are not .NET Core 1.1 conform (cannot port to Linux, MacOS etc)

.net core 2.0 is on linux – ArnaldoRivera Mar 27 '18 at 20:36 — ArnaldoRivera, Mar 27 '18 at 20:36

score -6 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 10 '17 at 06:51

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System.IO.Ports will present in the system.dll so by default it will be added to your project when you create it.

then you need to add

Using System.IO.Ports Namespace to your class

This is sample which will give us the Available ports.

private void getAllAvailablePorts()
 {
     // Get a list of serial port names.
     string[] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames();

     Console.WriteLine("The following serial ports were found:");

     // Display each port name to the console.
     foreach (string port in ports)
     {
       Console.WriteLine(port);
      }
}

answered Mar 10 '17 at 06:51

Ravi Kanth

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I can't import System.IO.Ports in .Net Core using visual studio code – jmvtrinidad Mar 10 '17 at 07:35
sry i think this link can help you out.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40689840/rs232-library-for-net-core – Ravi Kanth Mar 10 '17 at 07:43
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it seems it is not ready as @Hans Passant said in comment above. – jmvtrinidad Mar 10 '17 at 10:09

Using System.IO.Ports.SerialPort in .NET Core 1.1

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