# Serial Port Open?

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/serial-port-open/228>\
**Category:** RobotStudio S4\
**Created:** [October 31, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/serial-port-open/228 "2004-10-31T23:25:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nicholas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@nicholas](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/nicholas)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/serial-port-open/228/1 "2004-10-31T23:25:37Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible with QuickTeach to use the robot’s serial port?

For example:

**Open “com1:”,SerialPort1Read;**

Currently this gives me an error.

Thanks,

Nicholas.

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**Author:** ![Mario](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/mario/32/3373_2.png) [@Mario](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Mario)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/serial-port-open/228/2 "2005-07-21T11:43:51Z")

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No, it is not possible !  
You must send or read the data from one file, like this:  
Open "flp1:"File:=“Myfile.txt”,iodeviceRead;  
If you want send the data to a printer, for an expample, use HyperTerminal to send the file to the serial port…