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SerialPort.DsrHolding Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the state of the Data Set Ready (DSR) signal.

Namespace: System.IO.Ports
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool DsrHolding { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if a Data Set Ready signal has been sent to the port; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
IOException	The port is in an invalid state. - or - An attempt to set the state of the underlying port failed. For example, the parameters passed from this SerialPort object were invalid.
InvalidOperationException	The stream is closed. This can occur because the Open method has not been called or the Close method has been called.

Exception

Condition

IOException

The port is in an invalid state.

- or -

An attempt to set the state of the underlying port failed. For example, the parameters passed from this SerialPort object were invalid.

InvalidOperationException

The stream is closed. This can occur because the Open method has not been called or the Close method has been called.

Remarks

This property is used in Data Set Ready/Data Terminal Ready (DSR/DTR) handshaking. The Data Set Ready (DSR) signal is usually sent by a modem to a port to indicate that it is ready for data transmission or data reception.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

SerialPort Class

System.IO.Ports Namespace

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