I am trying to send commands to and RFID reader through a serial port (it acts like a keyboard, M302 made by KKMOON).
I have this piece of code in order to send instructions:
SerialPort sp = new SerialPort();
sp.PortName = "COM3";
sp.BaudRate = 9600;
sp.Parity = Parity.None;
sp.DataBits = 8;
sp.StopBits = StopBits.One;
sp.DataReceived += myRecieved;
sp.Open();
byte[] bytestosend = { 0x03, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x0d };
sp.Write(bytestosend, 0, bytestosend.Length);
bytestosend = new byte[]{ 0x04, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09 };
sp.Write(bytestosend, 0, bytestosend.Length);
bytestosend = new byte[] { 0x03, 0x06, 0x00, 0x09 };
sp.Write(bytestosend, 0, bytestosend.Length);
if (beep)
{
running = false;
bytestosend = new byte[] { 0x02, 0x13, 0x15 };
sp.Write(bytestosend, 0, bytestosend.Length);
}
sp.Close();
sp.Dispose();
sp = null;
So after Hans Passant's comment I realised that the problem was actually just not reading the serial port correctly!
In order to read the full extent of the message I built a method that reads the entire buffer:
private static string readData()
{
int reads = sp.BytesToRead;
byte[] bytesRead = new byte[reads];
try
{
sp.Read(bytesRead, 0, reads);
return BitConverter.ToString(bytesRead).Trim(' ') != "" ? BitConverter.ToString(bytesRead) : "-1";
}
catch
{
return "-1";
}
}
and then read the entire buffer until the wanted return data is found
while ((data += readData()) != "02-05-07")
{
if (data.Contains("-1"))
{
data = "";
}
Console.WriteLine(data);
Console.ReadLine();
}
This will allow me to read all the data from my RFID reader and I hope this helps anyone else who might have a problem!