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Trouble sending serial as Hex

Discussion in 'SimTools DIY Version' started by darkcrayon, Jul 11, 2015.

  1. darkcrayon

    darkcrayon Member

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    I'm trying to send serial commands to my G-seat with SimTools' Interface Settings. But I can't seem to figure out the right way to get Hex to actually send. I'm using a serial port monitor app to see Game Engine's output when I start up the output test, and it seems to send my hex commands as text instead of as Hex. I've selected the Hex radio button and tried entering the hex with and without spaces. What could I be missing here?

    I did try converting my hex string to text and putting that in the Startup and Shutdown spaces - and it worked! But it's a bit tough to try to work with a bunch of random ASCII characters as opposed to Hex numbers :) Also, if there is indeed a way to input Hex as is on the text lines, do the <Axis1> etc commands work the same way?

    Thanks
    darkcrayon, Jul 11, 2015
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    The <Axis1> commands all get replaced in the output string before sending.
    If you select hex, they will be replaced with the hex representation of the output (<Axis1>) value.
    I hope this helps?

    yobuddy
    yobuddy, Jul 12, 2015
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  3. darkcrayon

    darkcrayon Member

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    Ahh so I misunderstood the interface. The selection of hex/binary/decimal is only for the (<Axis>) values. I thought it was for the entire string. So it sounds like i will have to convert the string (excluding the Axis part) to ascii if that's what gets send from each text box. As i mentioned doing that did work , at least to send the startup and shutdown commands to the servos- it is just a little more unwieldy to convert a big hex string to text first before pasting it into Game Engine.

    thanks
    darkcrayon, Jul 12, 2015
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