By use of this function block of the ⇘ CAA_SerialCom.library a COM port can be opened and configured. The availability of ports depends on the hardware. The configuration of a serial interface is effected by the input pParameterList. The pointer pParameterList has to be assigned to an array of ⇘ COM.PARAMETER comprising all configuration parameters required by the COM interface. udiListLength indicates the number of configuration parameters.