RoboRealm Forum

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Yes, that what

\\255\\0\\[left_motor]\\255\\1\\[right_motor]

in the serial module documentation is referring to. 255 is often used as a sync char which is what you were looking for. So in your case

\\85\\170

should do the trick.

STeven.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Ok, I wrote a simple 'if' script to sort them.

It would have been nice if I could have used something like;

<85> <170> in the same way that one uses;
<lf> <cr>

Ie the parenthesized figures, of choice, determine the string match

Regards
Roland

Serial receive - order

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Hi

Is there a simple way to set the receive order of variables?

Often, a device would send out a <cr> or <lf> that one uses as a marker, but in this case I have no control of the receive string format.

If I send out;
\\01\\02\\03

and I have; \\[a]\\[b]\\[c] as the receive variables

the received variables can be;
abc
123
231
231
312

How can I get an order without sorting the variables in a VB script?
The device I'm using sends a string format that I cannot modify, something like;
55 aa 01 00 01 00

What I would like to do is simply receive the sequence in the order that it come in
\\[a]\\[b]\\[c]\\[d]\\[e]\\[f]

where "a" will always receive the first character, in a similar way to the console window.