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TT Driver: Terminal flushing

The Question is:

Questions:

    (OpenVMS version 1.51h)I have an application that involves a VMS
    computer talking to (commanding) micro-controllers via dedicated serial
    lines. I upgraded from a uVAX II with a serial card to an Alpha
    3000-300L with Lantronix terminal server using LAT.  After that
    flushing the typeahead buffer of these serial ports (which I do after
    errors) stopped working. The command executes but no data is removed
    from the typeahead buffer. I have read the current OpenVMS manuals the
    the necessary QIO calls do not app ear to have changed (and appear to
    be valid for LAT connections). What is wrong? My technique is as
    follows (but alternate techniques that still work would be welcome!):

    	code = io$_ReadVBlk .OR. io$m_Timed .OR. io$m_Purge
    	status =  sys$QIO W ( 2 , %val (Chan_num), %val (code), iostat, , ,
    	2                      %ref (dumchar), %val (1), %val (0), , , )

The Answer is:

    	I know of no reason why the flush would not have actually worked.
    The timing using LAT is very different from direct connected terminals.
    It is quite possible that the data was not in the type-ahead buffer
    when the flush was requested.


    	Other than suggesting that he while debugging check that the data
    he is expecting to flush in in the type-ahead buffer to confirm that it
    was flushed I cannot suggest much.