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-/****************************************************************************
- *
- *   (c) 2009-2018 QGROUNDCONTROL PROJECT <http://www.qgroundcontrol.org>
- *
- * QGroundControl is licensed according to the terms in the file
- * COPYING.md in the root of the source code directory.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-
-/**
- * @file
- *   @brief Brief Description
- *
- *   @author James Goppertr <james.goppert@gmail.edu>
- *
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QIODevice>
-#include <QtSerialPort/QSerialPort>
-#include <iostream>
-
-/**
- * @brief The SerialInterface abstracts low level serial calls
- */
-class SerialInterface : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-signals:
-    void aboutToClose();
-
-public:
-
-    enum baudRateType
-    {
-        BAUD50,                //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD75,                //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD110,
-        BAUD134,               //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD150,               //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD200,               //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD300,
-        BAUD600,
-        BAUD1200,
-        BAUD1800,              //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD2400,
-        BAUD4800,
-        BAUD9600,
-        BAUD14400,             //WINDOWS ONLY
-        BAUD19200,
-        BAUD38400,
-        BAUD56000,             //WINDOWS ONLY
-        BAUD57600,
-        BAUD76800,             //POSIX ONLY
-        BAUD115200,
-        BAUD128000,            // WINDOWS ONLY
-        BAUD230400,            // WINDOWS ONLY
-        BAUD256000,            // WINDOWS ONLY
-        BAUD460800,            // WINDOWS ONLY
-        BAUD921600             // WINDOWS ONLY
-    };
-
-    enum dataBitsType
-    {
-        DATA_5,
-        DATA_6,
-        DATA_7,
-        DATA_8
-    };
-
-    enum parityType
-    {
-        PAR_NONE,
-        PAR_ODD,
-        PAR_EVEN,
-        PAR_MARK,               //WINDOWS ONLY
-        PAR_SPACE
-    };
-
-    enum stopBitsType
-    {
-        STOP_1,
-        STOP_1_5,               //WINDOWS ONLY
-        STOP_2
-    };
-
-    enum flowType
-    {
-        FLOW_OFF,
-        FLOW_HARDWARE,
-        FLOW_XONXOFF
-    };
-
-    /**
-     * structure to contain port settings
-     */
-    struct portSettings
-    {
-        baudRateType BaudRate;
-        dataBitsType DataBits;
-        parityType Parity;
-        stopBitsType StopBits;
-        flowType FlowControl;
-        long timeout_Millisec;
-    };
-
-    virtual bool isOpen() = 0;
-    virtual bool isWritable() = 0;
-    virtual qint64 bytesAvailable() = 0;
-    virtual int write(const char * data, qint64 size) = 0;
-    virtual void read(char * data, qint64 numBytes) = 0;
-    virtual void flush() = 0;
-    virtual void close() = 0;
-    virtual void open(QIODevice::OpenModeFlag flag) = 0;
-    virtual void setBaudRate(baudRateType baudrate) = 0;
-    virtual void setParity(parityType parity) = 0;
-    virtual void setStopBits(stopBitsType stopBits) = 0;
-    virtual void setDataBits(dataBitsType dataBits) = 0;
-    virtual void setTimeout(qint64 timeout) = 0;
-    virtual void setFlow(flowType flow) = 0;
-};
-
-using namespace TNX;
-
-class SerialQserial : public SerialInterface
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-private:
-    QSerialPort * _port;
-    TNX::QPortSettings settings;
-signals:
-    void aboutToClose();
-public:
-    SerialQserial(QString porthandle, QIODevice::OpenModeFlag flag=QIODevice::ReadWrite)
-        : _port(NULL) {
-        QObject::connect(_port,SIGNAL(aboutToClose()),this,SIGNAL(aboutToClose()));
-        settings.setBaudRate(QPortSettings::BAUDR_57600);
-        settings.setStopBits(QPortSettings::STOP_1);
-        settings.setDataBits(QPortSettings::DB_8);
-        settings.setFlowControl(QPortSettings::FLOW_OFF);
-        settings.setParity(QPortSettings::PAR_NONE);
-        _port = new QSerialPort(porthandle,settings);
-        _port->setCommTimeouts(QSerialPort::CtScheme_NonBlockingRead);
-    }
-    ~SerialQserial() {
-        delete _port;
-        _port = NULL;
-    }
-    virtual bool isOpen() {
-        return _port->isOpen();
-    }
-    virtual bool isWritable() {
-        _port->isWritable();
-    }
-    virtual qint64 bytesAvailable() {
-        return _port->bytesAvailable();
-    }
-    virtual int write(const char * data, qint64 size) {
-        return _port->write(data,size);
-    }
-    virtual void read(char * data, qint64 numBytes) {
-        _port->read(data,numBytes);
-    }
-    virtual void flush() {
-        _port->flushInBuffer();
-        _port->flushOutBuffer();
-    }
-    virtual void close() {
-        _port->close();
-    }
-    virtual void open(QIODevice::OpenModeFlag flag) {
-        _port->open(flag);
-        //flush();
-    }
-    virtual void setBaudRate(SerialInterface::baudRateType baudrate) {
-        // TODO get the baudrate enum to map to one another
-        settings.setBaudRate(QPortSettings::BAUDR_57600);
-    }
-    virtual void setParity(SerialInterface::parityType parity) {
-        settings.setParity(QPortSettings::PAR_NONE);
-    }
-    virtual void setStopBits(SerialInterface::stopBitsType stopBits) {
-        // TODO map
-        settings.setStopBits(QPortSettings::STOP_1);
-    }
-    virtual void setDataBits(SerialInterface::dataBitsType dataBits) {
-        // TODO map
-        settings.setDataBits(QPortSettings::DB_8);
-    }
-    virtual void setTimeout(qint64 timeout) {
-        // TODO implement
-        //_port->setTimeout(timeout);
-    }
-    virtual void setFlow(SerialInterface::flowType flow) {
-        // TODO map
-        settings.setFlowControl(QPortSettings::FLOW_OFF);
-    }
-};
-
-
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