COM Error WORD (COMERR)

The appropriate bits in COM Error WORD are set by the physical device driver when the events described below occur. COM Error WORD is not cleared unless this function is performed by the physical device driver or an OPEN request packet is received by the physical device driver and the COM device is not already open (First Level Open). See Note 5 of ASYNC_SETDCBINFO.

Bit 0

Receive queue overrun. No room in the physical device driver receive queue to put a character read in from the receive hardware.
Bit 1
Receive hardware overrun. A character was not read from the hardware before the next character arrived, causing a character to be lost.
Bit 2
The hardware detected a parity error.
Bit 3
The hardware detected a framing error.
Bits 4-15
Undefined.

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