MSComm input help

Hello all,

First off I am fairly new to VB.

I am trying to write a program that captures data from a Ultrasonic sensor that is connected to the com port. The sensor has an 8 byte output. In hyperterminal it looks as follows:

00384

The sensor outputs every 50 mSec. Currently I am using the OnComm event and it triggers everytime it recieves 1 byte.

The problem is that I am capturing snippets of one packet and another snippet of the next packet. I want to be able to recieve each packet individually so I can compare them.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks,
Joe