Futurebasic/Language/Reference/handshake

Syntax
HANDSHAKE portID, handshakeType

Description: Sets the handshaking parameter for the open serial port specified by  (which can be either   or  ). The handshaking parameter determines how i/o operations will be negotiated when your program subsequently writes to or reads from the specified port. can take any of the following values:

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To determine the best handshaking format for a device, see the device's manual.

Note: You must open the serial port (use the ... statement) before executing the   statement.

Powerbooks require an initialization setting of  to preset the serial port properly.