add platform specific function to control flow control state
diff --git a/pyserial/serial/serialposix.py b/pyserial/serial/serialposix.py
index d9eec35..a1f6856 100644
--- a/pyserial/serial/serialposix.py
+++ b/pyserial/serial/serialposix.py
@@ -575,6 +575,14 @@
if self.fd is None: raise portNotOpenError
return self.fd
+ def flowControl(self, enable):
+ """manually control flow - when hardware or software flow control is
+ enabled"""
+ if enable:
+ termios.tcflow(self.fd, TERMIOS.TCION)
+ else:
+ termios.tcflow(self.fd, TERMIOS.TCIOFF)
+
# assemble Serial class with the platform specifc implementation and the base
# for file-like behavior. for Python 2.6 and newer, that provide the new I/O
