3 other possibilities: 1. Baud rate, parity, number of stop bits mismatch 2. Flow control problem, although usually this results in missing characters rather than misread characters 3. Cable grounding problem
Paul Mathews -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harald Schneider Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:09 AM To: REALbasic NUG Subject: Re: Serial Communications - Encoding ? That was my 1st guess, but I connected a terminal app on the other end. So what I enter there should appear in cleartext in my app, but it doesn't. So it looks like some encoding prob to me ... --Harald Jim Wagner wrote: > Harald - > > Often, those are non-printing (control) characters. > > Jim > > On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Harald Schneider wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I use a Serial control, which collects incoming data via its >> DataAvailable() event. The result of .ReadAll() is appended to a >> Editbox. The problem: Instead of ASCII Text, I see only squares and >> other trash ... >> >> The sender is a terminal program, connected with a nullmodem cable. >> >> Both use the same transmisson parameters (baud etc.) >> I also tried different encodings without success ... >> >> Platform RB2006r2, Windows XP. >> >> Any hints? >> >> Thanks, >> Harald >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >> >> Search the archives of this list here: >> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
