Wait until a character is received in the serial buffer.

Syntax

var = WAITKEY()

var = WAITKEY(#channel)

Remarks

var Variable that is assigned with the ASCII value of the serial buffer.
channel The channel number of the device
var : Byte, Integer, Word, Long, String.

See also
INKEY

Example

Dim A As Byte
A = Waitkey 'wait for character
Print A

Example

Dim A As Byte
Open "COM2:" For Binary As #1 'open serial chan.1 COM2 of 80517/80537
Dim St As Byte
St = Inkey(#1) 'get key
St = Inkey() 'get key from COM1 (the default)