Adding a 5ms delay in between sending bytes to a controller

[cmdolcet69]

How can i add a 5ms delay between bytes i send over to a controller?
I have to send 6 bytes in total however in between each byte i need to
have a 5ms delay.

[RB]

cmdolcet69 wrote:

How can i add a 5ms delay between bytes i send over to a controller?
I have to send 6 bytes in total however in between each byte i need to
have a 5ms delay.

I think you can just use Thread.Sleep (5).

So you're code would look like:

SendByteOne()
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteTwo()
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteThree()
Thread.Sleep (5)

etc...

See
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ead.sleep.aspx

Cheers,

RB.

[cmdolcet69]

On Sep 20, 10:55 am, RB <owmdkbqziki... @mailinator.com wrote:

cmdolcet69 wrote:

How can i add a 5ms delay between bytes i send over to a controller?
I have to send 6 bytes in total however in between each byte i need to
have a 5ms delay.

I think you can just use Thread.Sleep (5).

So you're code would look like:

SendByteOne()
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteTwo()
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteThree()
Thread.Sleep (5)

etc...

Seehttp://msdn2.microsoft .com/en-us/library/system.threadin g.thread.slee.. .

Cheers,

RB.

RB, I was on the right path in thinking. I have been reading however
that it may be sloppy coding.....anyw ays.... how can i write it were i
use this delay with each byte i send across from a com.ouput command

example: com.output= (byte(1) + thead.sleep(5) + byte(2)+.......

?????

[RB]

cmdolcet69 wrote:

On Sep 20, 10:55 am, RB <owmdkbqziki... @mailinator.com wrote:

>cmdolcet69 wrote:

>>How can i add a 5ms delay between bytes i send over to a controller?
I have to send 6 bytes in total however in between each byte i need to
have a 5ms delay.

I think you can just use Thread.Sleep (5).

So you're code would look like:

SendByteOne( )
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteTwo( )
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteThree( )
Thread.Sleep (5)

etc...

Seehttp://msdn2.microsoft .com/en-us/library/system.threadin g.thread.slee.. .

Cheers,

RB.

RB, I was on the right path in thinking. I have been reading however
that it may be sloppy coding.....anyw ays.... how can i write it were i
use this delay with each byte i send across from a com.ouput command

example: com.output= (byte(1) + thead.sleep(5) + byte(2)+.......

?????

You could use something similar to :

Dim i as integer
For i = 1 to 6
com.output = byte(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

Be aware that this will cause AT LEAST a 5 ms delay per byte sending. It
may be longer - would this cause an issue?

Cheers,

RB.

[cmdolcet69]

On Sep 20, 11:05 am, RB <owmdkbqziki... @mailinator.com wrote:

cmdolcet69 wrote:

On Sep 20, 10:55 am, RB <owmdkbqziki... @mailinator.com wrote:

cmdolcet69 wrote:
How can i add a 5ms delay between bytes i send over to a controller?
I have to send 6 bytes in total however in between each byte i need to
have a 5ms delay.
I think you can just use Thread.Sleep (5).

So you're code would look like:

SendByteOne()
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteTwo()
Thread.Sleep (5)
SendByteThree()
Thread.Sleep (5)

etc...

Seehttp://msdn2.microsoft .com/en-us/library/system.threadin g.thread.slee.. .

Cheers,

RB.

RB, I was on the right path in thinking. I have been reading however
that it may be sloppy coding.....anyw ays.... how can i write it were i
use this delay with each byte i send across from a com.ouput command

example: com.output= (byte(1) + thead.sleep(5) + byte(2)+.......

?????

You could use something similar to :

Dim i as integer
For i = 1 to 6
com.output = byte(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

Be aware that this will cause AT LEAST a 5 ms delay per byte sending. It
may be longer - would this cause an issue?

Cheers,

RB.- Hide quoted text -

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RB how can i do the for loop with these bytes
Dim Len As Byte = 6
Dim Cmd As Byte = 7
Dim loPass_byte As Byte = 28
Dim hiPass_byte As Byte = 45
Dim CRClo_byte As Byte = 48
Dim CRChi_byte As Byte = 130

[rowe_newsgroups]

On Sep 20, 11:12 am, cmdolcet69 <colin_dolce... @hotmail.comwro te:

On Sep 20, 11:05 am, RB <owmdkbqziki... @mailinator.com wrote:

cmdolcet69 wrote:

On Sep 20, 10:55 am, RB <owmdkbqziki... @mailinator.com wrote:
>cmdolcet69 wrote:
>>How can i add a 5ms delay between bytes i send over to a controller?
>>I have to send 6 bytes in total however in between each byte i need to
>>have a 5ms delay.
>I think you can just use Thread.Sleep (5).

>So you're code would look like:

>SendByteOne( )
>Thread.Sleep (5)
>SendByteTwo( )
>Thread.Sleep (5)
>SendByteThree( )
>Thread.Sleep (5)

>etc...

>Seehttp://msdn2.microsoft .com/en-us/library/system.threadin g.thread.slee.. .

>Cheers,

>RB.

RB, I was on the right path in thinking. I have been reading however
that it may be sloppy coding.....anyw ays.... how can i write it were i
use this delay with each byte i send across from a com.ouput command

example: com.output= (byte(1) + thead.sleep(5) + byte(2)+.......

?????

You could use something similar to :

Dim i as integer
For i = 1 to 6
com.output = byte(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

Be aware that this will cause AT LEAST a 5 ms delay per byte sending. It
may be longer - would this cause an issue?

Cheers,

RB.- Hide quoted text -

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RB how can i do the for loop with these bytes
Dim Len As Byte = 6
Dim Cmd As Byte = 7
Dim loPass_byte As Byte = 28
Dim hiPass_byte As Byte = 45
Dim CRClo_byte As Byte = 48
Dim CRChi_byte As Byte = 130

Dump them into an array, collection, list, etc and then do the for
each loop.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[Dick Grier]

Use an array of Type byte. E.g.,

Dim Packet(5) As Byte
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

Then use a loop. Arrays of type Byte are standard for this. For example,
the SerialPort object Write method has an overload for a Byte array (if you
wanted to send all "back-to-back, with no delay).

Dick

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
2006.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.

[cmdolcet69]

On Sep 20, 1:46 pm, "Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSP AM@.msn.comwrot e:

Use an array of Type byte. E.g.,

Dim Packet(5) As Byte
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

Then use a loop. Arrays of type Byte are standard for this. For example,
the SerialPort object Write method has an overload for a Byte array (if you
wanted to send all "back-to-back, with no delay).

Dick

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
2006.
Seewww.hardands oftware.netfor details and contact information.

when i do the following loop and code for the initial loop it will
break and give me an error saying "property value is not valid"

Dim i As Integer
Dim Packet(5) As Byte
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

For i = 0 To 5
comm1.Output = Packet(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

[RB]

cmdolcet69 wrote:

On Sep 20, 1:46 pm, "Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSP AM@.msn.comwrot e:

>Use an array of Type byte. E.g.,

Dim Packet(5) As Byte
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

Then use a loop. Arrays of type Byte are standard for this. For example,
the SerialPort object Write method has an overload for a Byte array (if you
wanted to send all "back-to-back, with no delay).

Dick

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
2006.
Seewww.hardand software.netfor details and contact information.

when i do the following loop and code for the initial loop it will
break and give me an error saying "property value is not valid"

Dim i As Integer
Dim Packet(5) As Byte
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

For i = 0 To 5
comm1.Output = Packet(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

You have 6 elements in your array, but you've only declared it as having
5 elements.

Dim Packet(6) As Byte 'THIS IS THE LINE OF CODE I CHANGED.
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

For i = 0 To 5
comm1.Output = Packet(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

[Armin Zingler]

"RB" <ow************ @mailinator.com schrieb

when i do the following loop and code for the initial loop it will
break and give me an error saying "property value is not valid"

Dim i As Integer
Dim Packet(5) As Byte
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

For i = 0 To 5
comm1.Output = Packet(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

You have 6 elements in your array, but you've only declared it as
having 5 elements.

No, his array has 6 elements, indexes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Dim Packet(6) As Byte 'THIS IS THE LINE OF CODE I CHANGED.
Packet(0) = 6
Packet(1) = 7
Packet(2) = 28
Packet(3) = 45
Packet(4) = 48
Packet(5) = 130

For i = 0 To 5
comm1.Output = Packet(i)
Thread.Sleep(5)
Next i

Your array can contain 7 items. You don't fill Packet(6).
Armin