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PowerOut Property

State of the power out pin of the universal connector.

Syntax

Public Property Let PowerOut(ByVal bActive As Boolean)

Remarks

Some devices have a universal connector that does not provide RS-232 electrical levels but TTL levels. On those devices, an adaptor is required so that they can be connected to standard serial ports. The PowerOut property controls the power out pin of the connector that supplies this kind of adaptor.

If set to False (default), the pin is not supplied and the external adaptor is powered off. On the other hand, if set to True, the pin is supplied and the external adaptor is powered on.

Calling this property on a device that does not support this feature has no effect, and notably, does not raise any error.

System requirements