C++ String ASCII Communication to SerialCOM with VB example - c++

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I have a VB 5.0 code that does what I need, but I need to implement it in Visual Studio C++ (2013), the thing is that I'm not getting there, and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, so I'll show you some code (VB vs C++ - mine) and hope someone is able to help.
For now, thank you for reading this.
I've tried to send the string in very different formats and I think that I finally got it, in how to send, the problem still is reading the answer, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
The machine returns (I think 2 bytes) and they are START OF HEADING and ?, I can see it by printing in the console the numbers 1 and 63.
I'll just leave some code.
For asking the current temperature the VB program is:
Private Sub cmdGetTemperaturePV_Click()
If MSComm.PortOpen Then
MSComm.Output = Chr(1) & Chr(0) & Chr(0) & Chr(1) & Chr(13) & Chr(10)
txtMsg(1).Text = "1,0,0,1,13,10"
txtPVTemperature.Text = ""
Else
txtMsg(1).Text = "COM Port OFF"
Beep
End If
End Sub
And mine(C++) is:
String^ a1 = "\x1";
String^ a2 = "\x0";
String^ a3 = "\x0";
String^ a4 = "\x1";
String^ a5 = "\xD";
String^ a6 = "\xA";
String^ enviar = a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6;
this->serialPort1->Write(enviar);
By using the program "Hercules" I can simulate the reception of the machine and I can see that I'm sending exactly the same thing as the VB program.
Now I think that the problem is receiving, so about that, there's this:
Private Sub tmrRun_Timer()
Dim i As Integer
Dim apt As Byte, B1 As Byte, B2 As Byte
Dim stx As String
If MSComm.PortOpen Then
If MSComm.InBufferCount >= 6 Then
stx = MSComm.Input
stx = Right(stx, 6)
txtMsg(2).Text = ""
For i = 1 To Len(stx)
txtMsg(2).Text = txtMsg(2).Text & Asc(Mid(stx, i, 1)) & ","
Next i
txtMsg(2).Text = Left(txtMsg(2).Text, Len(txtMsg(2).Text) - 1)
apt = Asc(Left(stx, 1))
B1 = Asc(Mid(stx, 2, 1))
B2 = Asc(Mid(stx, 3, 1))
Select Case apt
Case 1:
txtPVTemperature.Text = Format(0.1 * GetInt(B1, B2), "0.0")
Case 2:
txtSPTemperature.Text = Format(0.1 * GetInt(B1, B2), "0.0")
Case 3:
Case 4:
txtPVHumidity.Text = Format(0.1 * GetInt(B1, B2), "0.0")
Case 5:
txtSPHumidity.Text = Format(0.1 * GetInt(B1, B2), "0.0")
Case 6:
Case 7:
Case 8:
Case 9:
If Asc(Mid(stx, 2, 1)) > 0 Then
txtChamber.Text = "ON"
Else
txtChamber.Text = "OFF"
End If
Case 10:
txtEvents.Text = GetInt(B1, B2)
Case 11:
Case 12:
txtInputs.Text = "1..8 = " & B1 & " 9..16 = " & B2
Case 13:
txtAlarms1.Text = " 1.. 8 = " & B1 & " 9..16 = " & B2
Case 14:
txtAlarms2.Text = "17..24 = " & B1 & " 25..32 = " & B2
End Select
End If
End If
End Sub
And I'm trying many different things, the best I got (the one that led me to 1 and 63) is this:
{
String^ rec;
if (this->serialPort1->IsOpen)
{
this->textBox1->Text = String::Empty;
try
{
rec = this->serialPort1->ReadExisting();
}
catch (TimeoutException^)
{
this->textBox2->Text = "Timeout";
}
}
this->textBox1->Text = rec;
char aux[100];
if (rec == String::Empty)
this->textBox2->Text = "String Empty";
else
{
std::string rec1 = marshal_as<std::string>(rec);
strcpy(aux, rec1.c_str());
int a, b, c, d, e1, f;
printf("String received: ");
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
if (aux[i] == 0)
break;
printf("%ld ", aux[i]);
if (i == 0)
a = aux[i];
if (i == 1)
b = aux[i];
if (i == 2)
c = aux[i];
if (i == 3)
d = aux[i];
if (i == 4)
e1 = aux[i];
if (i == 5)
f = aux[i];
}
}
}
I'm expecting to receive a 6 byte string and It's not happening.
I'm so sorry for the long post, but I think this way I can be more specific.
Again, thank you very much!