Serial Port DataReceived Event Not Firing?
Jun 29, 2011
I am trying to get a fairly simple Serial Port program working. So simple in fact I have been bashing my head over it for quite a while.
I have a piece of equipment connected over a null modem cable. When turned on, it just starts spitting data out RS232 and I need to capture it. Hyperterminal does see the data so the USB-serial converter is working.
When I run the code snippet included, the port opens fine, but the DataReceived event never fires.
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Dim WithEvents serialPort As New IO.Ports.SerialPort
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Aug 2, 2010
I am using Richard L. Grier's Enhanced Serial Port dll to read input from a serial port barcode scanner I notice that the datareceived event fires only once per barcode scan, but the delegate sub fires twice per barcode scan. Once for 1st half of Barcode , 2nd for 2nd part of barcode This makes it hard to capture the full barcode so it can be passed to routines in my vb.net 2008 windows application In Richard's example 'Test Enhanced Port' program he sends it to a textbox using .selectedtext and it works fine Richards Delegate code ......................
Public Delegate Sub DisplayData(ByVal Buffer As String)
'This delegate routine marshals receive data from the receive thread context DataReceived to the Windows Form STAThread context
Private Shared Sub Display(ByVal Buffer As String)
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I am trying to set a variable to the full barcode to pass to routines, instead of writing to a textbox but am not having any success
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May 17, 2010
I don't know why this is. I am using VB 2008.net and I am trying to receive data on the serial port.
For some reason, the following event is not executing. Here is the
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Just simple as of right now for debugging purposes. I have a breakpoint at getMe and it doesn't hit it at all. I know for sure that the serial port should be receiving data as I am using RealTerm to monitor serial port input data before I run my program.
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Sep 30, 2010
I am running a Windows Form application, in a button called subroutine is controlling a series of events in a with a timer with 500ms ticks. There is an IO port that will send information asynchronously about another set of events that need servicing from an external device. I want to deal with the event from the IO port and return to the original subroutine, but it appears the once I complete the delegate subroutine called by the IO event, the program does not return to the subroutine that was running. Do I need to resort to polling or is there another solution through threading?
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Oct 2, 2009
I am trying to write something through serial port to my device. Before that, I added the data received handler to read the data when the device response with some data. The problem now is how can i check the status of the data received event? I need to know when the data received event has started or has ended before I can proceed to do some other task like check if the result is successfully receive.
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Nov 2, 2011
I'm having trouble with parsing an XML data from serial port.Actually I need to parse it automatically after all data is received from serial port.I can display all the data in a richtextbox control and all data is received perfectly but my problem isit seems that serialdata.eof function seems like it's not firing.
here's some of my code:
Private Sub frmMain_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'set serial port properties
With COMPort
.BaudRate = 19200
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what i need to know is how can i automatically parse the XML data from serial port after all data is received.
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Jun 19, 2011
im using vb 2008 to read serial port data. my requirement is as follows, when the data is received from the serial port a timer is enabling in order to blink a button saying "tank empty". so i have written the code with the aid of this forums. but now my problem is the blinking button function is not working. first i thought its cuz timer is not enabling inside the serial_dataReceived event. so i invoked a dummy label. so the timer works. but its blinking function is not working.
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Aug 16, 2011
i am a absolute beginner and i want to use vb to receive data from micro controller through serial port using rs232 standards, i found this code to receive the data serially, can any one tell me where should i paste this code, so that the data received will be displayed in message box.Private Sub DataReceived(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) HandlesSerialPort1.DataReceived
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Oct 26, 2011
The link below has code to connect to a modem thru the serial port but it is for an earlier version of VB. when I convert the code, it does not fully convert and has 4 errors that prevent building the project. can someone tell me what needs to be changed or added?
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Note: the error: not CLS-Compliant
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Jun 21, 2009
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I have a quick question regarding the serial port and timer tick event. Basically i have a micro processor connected to the PC via the serial port. With a baurd rate of 38400 set.When the PC sends the micro ":K + VBCRLF" the micro response with a string of information (ASCII encoded) and delimited with a "," and at the end of the transmission a cartridge return line feed is added.Example of sent string:
"12,1134,123,545,76,6868,34,232,1,2,3,6,7,8" These numbers are then split using the VB mystring.split(",") function into an array of strings, then the numbers are converted using ctype. After which my UI is then updated.I have Witten the code in a tick timer event using a timer count of 300ms. Although the program runs and the UI is updated i end it with lots of exception errors. I think allot of this is down to the serial port either timing out or not reading complete string.Or possibly the timer has not executed all the code before another tick event happens Even after adding a few try catch statements i am still having problems. Can anybody suggest a better way of doing it?I was thinking of using a do while loop and at the end a sleep function instead of the timer tick event.I need the speed as i am trying to read and display live data.
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Jul 21, 2009
Im using VB express 2008 (compiled with .NET 3.5) to write a program that communicates with a USB device. The USB device is a communication class device and thus will emulate the usual rs232 serial port once attached to the PC. The USB device sends a fixed number of bytes and i have set the threshold received byte property to this value. I have run the program and it seems to read the USB device "correctly" but when i debug the code, i realise that the datareceived event of the serial port gets fired on the eventtype = EOF. I am using the Read function to read the bytes from the serial port and the Newline property is set to "" (but i thought that this is irrelevant if im not using ReadLine). When the datareceived event fires with EOF, the Read function blocks until one byte arrives, reads it and calls the function that processes the data. I went through the forum and realised that the EOF eventtype is no longer supported, is this true? I dont think that getting this eventtype is logical anyways in my case.
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Dec 3, 2009
I'm looking for a reference that can explain the concept and use of the DataReceived event and Delegates subject.The reference has to be pretty simple as I'm an "old dog attempting to learn a new trick". I'm not ignorant of things programming, but am ignorant of things dealing with serial communication in VB2005.I already have a couple of O'Rielly books ("VB2005 Cookbook", "VB2005 Desktop Reference") and I have a book that deals with serial communication from a Jan Axle-something. Neither O'Rielly books have any info, and the Axle-someting book's remotely related examples are too confusing for this slow learner.
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Apr 2, 2009
When I write a byte array to a device using this code, the DataReceived Event never fires.....
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AND if the sleep is <40, the event doesn't fire. Is this necessary or am I overlooking something?
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Dec 16, 2010
So I just spent the last 4 hours trying to find out what was wrong with my code, just to find out that there's a bug in this version or I just don't have enough knowledge of VB2010 (I'm coming from VB6, this is my first program on 2010)I removed the rest of the code just to point out the problem, here it simply tries to enable the Timer1 when you receive data in the SerialPort1
Private Sub SerialPort1_DataReceived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) Handles SerialPort1.DataReceived
If Me.Timer1.Enabled = False Then
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After this I found that the code inside the Timer1 didn't run when the 100miliseconds passed, so I added a msgbox to see debug.
Private Sub SerialPort1_DataReceived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) Handles SerialPort1.DataReceived
If Me.Timer1.Enabled = False Then
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Mar 28, 2006
I have a stand alone VB.Net 2005 application that uses a serial port that generally stays open while the application runs on a Windows XP system. In trying to bullet-proof the UI, I ran into a problem when the USB to Serial Converter normally used to provide the serial port is disconnected while the serial port is open. In trying to handle the resulting error when accessing the port, I find I cannot close the port.
When trying to do so, the error message says something like "unable to close the port. You may not have sufficient permissions." Reconnecting the USB/Serial Converter does not reactivate the port.
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Nov 27, 2010
I'm mohammed from Oman ,I'm visual studio.net programmer How I can Read the Data From Barcode Weight scales By Serial port and TcpIp port
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Jul 25, 2011
I have a Windows form.in windows form have a combo box that give me a list of available port serial with it code (Dim ports As String() =SerialPort.GetPortNames())for example( Com1,Com8,Com15,...).but I want to give me fullname of serial port in device manager for example in dvice manager is these (Comunication Port(COM1) - Printer Port(LPT1) And USB Serial Port(COM8)).how to Get it?
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Aug 2, 2011
If I uninstall the COM1 and reboot, it works. If I shut down (power off) and restart, I get the message below. If I uninstall then click on Scan for Hardware Changes,The given port name does not start with COM/com or does not resolve to a valid serial port. Parameter name:portName
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Oct 15, 2008
Im having problem with the Serial Port. When i run my program, "Access to the port 'COM1' is denied". What does that mean? Im not sure whats happening because theres no error in my code. Someone suggest me to use 'COM2'. Which is also the same result. I have a microcontroller, programmed and run it. And i need to capture the data onto my vb, which is on a multiline textbox. How to i do that?Just to double check my code?
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Aug 9, 2011
I am trying to put an extra event in, UpdateID and it's not firing.
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Jun 3, 2012
I am trying to buld a DLL in VB.NET 2010 that will be use to control a vending machine.Whin a call into the DLL to a function to open and setup the comport the first time its opens it just fine, but if a call into the DLL again it does not know that the port is open even if it is still open. I can check with another program and is shows the port is open and if I try to call into the DLL again to open the port I get an error that the port is already open. Any idea how to set this up so it will work
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Dec 30, 2009
i'm creating a windows form to send/receive data to/from serial port.At first : i send the data as string to the serial port .Second: i tried to read the string again for test the successfull transmission , but i recieved empty string
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Oct 21, 2011
I can find documentation (preferably with code samples) that will guide me through all the steps to activate and read from a serial port?
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Oct 31, 2010
For my application a need to set a breakstate on/off of 25ms.In Xp this runs fine when I set breakstate=true and wait for 25ms and then breakstate= false and wait 25ms.In CE6.0 when I set breakstate = true, it only throws a puls.It is even not possible to keep breakstate on.
how to solve this or is there an alternative to simulate a breakstate?
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Jan 15, 2011
can we communicate to Serial port COM1 through Microsoft Robotic Studio?We are developing wireless robot which will take data from serial por
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Mar 8, 2010
For many years, I have sent data between 2 computers using serial ports."Here is the data", "Thank you for that data!" type stuff.Where do I get more information for doing the same thing with 2 computers that are networked together? Assume a local ethernet connection.I have experimented with serial-ethernet modems and that works well but I don't want any more hardware.Is there a good thread here I should read?I want 2 VB programs running and I want to exchange data periodically.
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Apr 23, 2006
I know things have changed in VB2005.net and i have Express and i want to controll the serial port. I have a program from VB6 that i understand and i tried to convert it but i get alot of errors and i have know idead what they mean. As you can tell i haven't been programming very long.
If someone can point me in the right direction for programming the serial port in VB2005 .net i would appreciate it or tell me what differences there may be.
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Nov 9, 2009
I am developing a UI for an embedded device that I have designed and built. The device uses an FT232 chip which, when connected via USB is automatically assigned one of the COM ports. I was wondering if there is a way to set up a loop which would automatically detect which COM port the device has been assigned. I could then add some handshaking to verify that the port is correct.
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Feb 16, 2009
I have a little code for get the serial port available in the system.
For Each pn As String In IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames
Debug.WriteLine("NAME : " + pn.ToString)
Next
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So, The PORT1 and PORT5 its ok (because this are real serial port, with a real RS232 interface), but PORT4, I don't know.
How I can do for get only true serial ports ?
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Jan 30, 2011
I am facing problem reading data from Serial port. Actually I am connecting with the hardware device called Crimp Force Analyzer. It gives the data on hyperterminal and I have to read that data from my <acronym title="Visual Basic">vb</acronym>.net program. The data is somewhat like this:
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