COM1 port access

this is what I have so far which will display com1 data but it is all distorted I am assuming because I need to some how tell it to use the right baudrate,data bits,and stop bits.

Global ComSteam:TStream
Global recvd:String
Global data:String
Global bytes

ComSteam = OpenStream("COM1:")

If ComSteam
	Print "STREAM CONNECTED on COM1"
Else
	Print "STREAM FAILED TO CONNECT on COM1 "
	Input()
	End
EndIf


Repeat


'Print "@Recieving "+data+" byte(s)"

		bytes = StreamSize(ComSteam)

DebugLog bytes + "  DEBUG INFO HERE"

'Local send$ = Input("PC> ")

WriteByte(ComSteam,2)

If bytes
		Local i
		SeekStream(ComSteam,0)
		
		For i=0 To StreamSize(ComSteam)-1
			data = data + Chr(ReadByte(ComSteam))
		Next

		Print "COM1> " + data
		Clean()
	Else
		'Print "COM1 has timed out."
	EndIf

If KeyHit(ESCAPE) Then End


Forever





Function wait()
Local time = MilliSecs()
		While StreamPos(ComSteam)=0
			If MilliSecs()-time>1000 ' we'll give it a 1 second time out
				Return 0
			EndIf
		Wend
		Return StreamSize(ComSteam)
End Function

Function recv()
		Local data$,i
		SeekStream(ComSteam,0)
		For i=0 To StreamSize(ComSteam)-1
			data = data+Chr(ReadByte(ComSteam))
		Next
End Function

Function clean()
		CloseStream(ComSteam)
		ComSteam  = OpenStream("COM1:")
End Function