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Help with SerialPort and C#

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Andrea Judge - 22 Dec 2005 17:32 GMT
Hi there,

I'm developing an application to catch OBD sensors' data from my car.
I connect it via a RS232 interface.
Now.
with HyperTerminal I can connect and send/receive data, but I'd like to do
this from inside my C# program.
Anyone can write down a very small (or tell how to do it myself) application
containing methods like WriteToSerialPort(string what) and
ReadFromSerialPort(what).

Using the built in control SerialPort, I can correctly open a port, and
write something to it (commands like "ATX" and other worked fine from
HyperTerminal), but I can't read nothing, using SerialPort.ReadLine(). This
method always generates a Timeout exception.

What's wrong?
To send, for example, the "ATX" command through the serial port, I use
SerialPort.Write("ATX"), but nothing seems to happen.

Hope someone will help me soon!!!

Andrea
Ales - 30 Dec 2005 15:27 GMT
Hi,
you should use SerialPort.ReadLine() when you recive DataReceived
event. If no event is triggered then you didn't recive any data.

Try to send SerialPort.WriteLine("ATX") or SerialPort.Write("ATX\r").

Ales

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ozbear - 30 Dec 2005 22:18 GMT
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>Andrea

Send a carriage return along with your command string.

Oz
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