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SerialPort.WriteHex

Writes text to the serial port.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
SerialPort 3.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes, on macOS and Windows ❌ No
MBS( "SerialPort.WriteHex"; PortReference; Text )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
PortReference The reference number of the port. You get this number from SerialPort.Open when you open the port. $port
Text The text to send in hex encoding. "48656C6C6F"

Result

Returns the number of bytes written or an error message.

Description

Writes text to the serial port.
You pass the text hex encoded. For example for "Hello" you pass "48656C6C6F".

Examples

Write some text:

MBS( "SerialPort.WriteHex"; $port; "48656C6C6F" )

Send CRLF:

MBS( "SerialPort.WriteHex"; $port; "0C0A" )

Write escape P:

MBS("SerialPort.WriteHex"; $port ; "1B50" )

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This function is free to use.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 14th June 2017


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