converting HEX string in .net

Check your device's manual.

Cause if you really receive a string containing an hexadecimal value, then it should be documented. Otherwise, check your code. Do you convert the received bytes to an hexadecimal string yourself?

Your result contains 7 bytes, unusual, seems not to be a number otherwise it would be aligned.
Then the first four bytes are non-printable ASCII codes.
The last three would be ?9?, which makes not much sense also.

Change your baud rate. I get those kinds of values when I use the incorrect one

Shaun that is the Baudrate specified by the vendor and it is also the corerct response.

ste5an,

Looking more into it I wasn;t returning the correct amount of registers. So now the HEX string I get "01030600e300e300f814d7"

So how can I cover this into reading something?

I have attached their map but still do not know how to read this.ieeefloats.xls

22 bytes is still uncommon. Cause IEEE floats according to your specs are DWORDs, thus 4 bytes.

E.g. https://www.h-schmidt.net/FloatConverter/IEEE754.html

OK great ste5an!

So backing up I return a response in HEX with the following
01 03 02 00 CE 39 D0

I know the following of the message response
01 = Rank (always stays the same)
03 = command ( always stays the same)
02 = Byte length
00 = Part of the Temp Field
CE = Part of the Temp Field
39 = CRC
D0 = CRC

I need to pull out the  00 and the CE of the HEX response message and convert it to Decimal.  How can I always pull out these two fields in the HEX response message and convert to Decimal?

Now a completely new direction?

Okay, here we need to look at the device and how it transmits data. Thus we need to know: is a strict datagram protocol used or a plain-text protocol?

It looks like a datagram protocol (TLV: tag, length, value). This means that we need to start with the basics of serial communications:

1. Read data into a buffer.
2) Examine the buffer after read for complete datagrams.
3) In the case of incomplete datagrams, maybe request transmission again.
4) When a complete datagram is in the buffer (at the begin), remove it.
5) Handover the datagram for processing.

No not a completely different direction!... Just I understand a little better what I am reading from the device. In this example. I will only ever need to read the following

01 = Rank (always stays the same)
03 = command ( always stays the same)
02 = Byte length
00 = Part of the Temp Field
CE = Part of the Temp Field
39 = CRC
D0 = CRC

I need to read the 2 bytes after the length and before the CRC. and then convert them into decimal. That what I am looking for how to do that?

We need to start with the receiving code. What do you have so far?

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = -1 Then
            MessageBox.Show("Please select a port")
            Exit Sub
        Else
            SerialPort1.BaudRate = 9600
            SerialPort1.DataBits = 8
            SerialPort1.Parity = IO.Ports.Parity.None
            SerialPort1.StopBits = IO.Ports.StopBits.One
            SerialPort1.PortName = ComboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString
            serialport1.Open()
            'HEX values to read temperature 01 03 00 0E 00 01 E5 C9
            Dim bytes() As Byte = {&H1, &H3, &H0, &HE, &H0, &H1, &HE5, &HC9}
            serialport1.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
        End If

Private Sub SerialPort1_DataReceived(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) Handles serialport1.DataReceived

        Dim rcv As String = serialport1.ReadExisting
        buffer = String.Concat(buffer, rcv)
        Dim hexVal As String = ""
        For Each c As Char In rcv
            hexVal = hexVal & AsciiCharToHexSring(c)
        Next

        MessageBox.Show(hexVal)

    End Sub

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Nope. E.g.

Private Buffer As String

Private Sub SerialPort1_DataReceived(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) Handles serialport1.DataReceived
    Dim datagram As String = Nothing

    Buffer = Buffer & serialport1.ReadExisting
    datagram = DequeueDatagram()
    Do While Not datagram Is Nothing
        HandleDatagram(datagram)
        datagram = DequeueDatagram()
    Loop
End Sub

Private Function DequeueDatagram() As String
    Dim valueLength As Long

    DequeueDatagram = Nothing
    If Buffer.Length > 3 Then
        valueLength = Asc(Mid(Buffer, 3, 1))
        If Buffer.Length >= 5 + valueLength Then
            DequeueDatagram = Mid(Buffer, 1, 5 + valueLength)
            If Buffer.Length = 5 + valueLength Then
                Buffer = ""
            Else
                Buffer = Buffer.Substring(5 + valueLength + 1)
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Function

Private Sub HandleDatagram(ADatagram As String)
    Dim datagramRank As Byte = Asc(ADatagram.Substring(0, 1))
    Dim datagramCommand As Byte = Asc(ADatagram.Substring(1, 1))
    Dim datagramLength As Byte = Asc(ADatagram.Substring(2, 1))
    Dim datagramValue() As Byte = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(ADatagram.Substring(3, datagramLength))
    Dim datagramCrc() As Byte = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(ADatagram.Substring(ADatagram.Length - 2, 2))

    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramRank))
    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramCommand))
    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramLength))
    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramCrc(0)))
    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramCrc(1)))
    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramValue(0)))
    Console.WriteLine(Hex(datagramValue(1)))
End Sub

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My Example above was able to produce the HEX string inside a message box. I need help with converting the HEX to decimal.

OK let me look at the code. Losing my mind today.  Thank you very much!

And?? Did you read the manual at all? Cause the sample above returns two bytes as payload. Your IEEE sheet only describes four byte floats.

Just convert your number from datagramValue(0) and datagramValue(1) in your case.

Ste5an,

Running you code I am not getting the same values with a manufacture software example.  I notice you flipped the CRC position on the write. But my number are not matching the manufacture????

Ste5an, no manual at all. Again only what I have given above. I am not sure with your code as stated above why do you flip the Value and CRC position?

Not really following you on your code example. What is different from my example?

Looking at this further is it the encoding that is causing the issue? I think what you are using is a 32 versus 16?

I just changed the output order on the console, not the byte order (lines 35 and 36). What is the corresponding value according to the manufacturer's sample?

btw, what did they give you exactly?

Using the Manufacture Software I get the following

01  03  02  00 DE 38 1C

where 00 DE  = 222 dec which in there eyes equals 22.2 degrees Celsius.

Using your code I get the following in the console window:

01 03  02 3F 3F 00 3F
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Yes thank you but my problem is HEX return compared from the device from the manufacture software and the HEX code you provided

01  03  02  00 DE 38 1C

Using your code I get the following in the console window:

01 03  02 3F 3F 00 3F

My issue is the same conditions are present and their program returns  00 DE and the code you provided returns 00 3F

Ste5an

Anymore Ideas on how the code you gave  has different return values:

Yes thank you but my problem is HEX return compared from the device from the manufacture software and the HEX code you provided

01  03  02  00 DE 38 1C

Using your code I get the following in the console window:

01 03  02 3F 3F 00 3F

My issue is the same conditions are present and their program returns  00 DE and the code you provided returns 00 3F