Behind the connection: Serial Port Programming RS232 / RS485

Using the serial port is a common task and there are a huge number of components for doing that. I'm using TCiaComPort by Wilfried Mestdagh for years. It is a freeware with source code available at: http://www.mestdagh.biz/soft_components.html Recently, I have updated the source code for Unicode enabled Delphi versions. I use it with Delphi XE3 but it should be OK starting from D2009. My use