Sending chr(255) to serial port

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Hi

I need to send a chr(255) to a serial port. When I send it, through
comm.write (chr(255)) it sends a chr(63) ... in Hex, I write chr(&FF) and it
actually sends chr(&3F) ... why does this happen, and how can I send it
right ?

I'm using vb.net 2005 express with framework 2.0

Thanks for an answear ...

Mike

[Chris Dunaway]

.... wrote:

I need to send a chr(255) to a serial port. When I send it, through
comm.write (chr(255)) it sends a chr(63) ... in Hex, I write chr(&FF) and it
actually sends chr(&3F) ... why does this happen, and how can I send it
right ?

How are you verifiying what is being sent? Can you show some code you
are using that demonstrates the problem? What encoding are you using?

[Dick Grier]

See my reply in the .dotnet.general newsgroup.

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Hard & Software
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Edition,
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2006.
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Hi Chris

I'm using "Classic" writing to the port ... something like

Comm.write (chr(255) + chr(30) + ...)

I installed a Comm Spy program to capture everything that flows across the
serial port. The machine doesn't work as it was supposed, so I decided to
"listen" to the stream and noticed that.

I'm not using any encoding. I supposed there was no need for it ... :|

Thanx

Mike
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... wrote:

>I need to send a chr(255) to a serial port. When I send it, through
comm.write (chr(255)) it sends a chr(63) ... in Hex, I write chr(&FF) and
it
actually sends chr(&3F) ... why does this happen, and how can I send it
right ?

How are you verifiying what is being sent? Can you show some code you
are using that demonstrates the problem? What encoding are you using?