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SerialPort Class
 RtsEnable Property
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.NET Framework Class Library
SerialPort..::.RtsEnable Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Request to Send (RTS) signal is enabled during serial communication.

Namespace:  System.IO.Ports
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<BrowsableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property RtsEnable As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As SerialPort
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.RtsEnable

instance.RtsEnable = value
C#
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
public bool RtsEnable { get; set; }
Visual C++
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
public:
property bool RtsEnable {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
JScript
public function get RtsEnable () : boolean
public function set RtsEnable (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true to enable Request to Transmit (RTS); otherwise, false. The default is false.
ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

The value of the RtsEnable property was set or retrieved while the Handshake property is set to the RequestToSend value or the RequestToSendXOnXOff value.

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.

The Request to Transmit (RTS) signal is typically used in Request to Send/Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) hardware handshaking.

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
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