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COM enables, disables, or suspends event trapping on a communications port.
If event trapping is enabled, ON COM branches to a subroutine whenever
characters are received at the port.
 
COM(n%) ON
COM(n%) OFF
COM(n%) STOP
ON COM(n%) GOSUB line
 
    ■ n%              The number of a COM (serial) port (1 or 2).
    ■ COM(n%) ON      Enables trapping of a communications event.
    ■ COM(n%) OFF     Disables communications event trapping.
    ■ COM(n%) STOP    Suspends communications event trapping. Events are
                      processed once event trapping is enabled by COM ON.
    ■ line            The label or number of the first line of the
                      event-trapping subroutine.
 
Example:
    COM(1) ON       'Enable event trapping on port 1.
    ON COM(1) GOSUB ComHandler
    DO : LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""
    COM(1) OFF
    END
 
    ComHandler:
        PRINT "Something was typed at the terminal attached to COM1."
        RETURN
 
See Also    ◄OPEN COM►