How hard can this be?

[Pizz]

Greetings

I am looking for a ?simple? module..

I am trying to collect ASCII data from Com1, 19200,8,n,1.

Up to 5000 lines of ASCII text is being sent to Com1 when I dump the buffer on the meter reader.

The collected text is saved into a .txt file

There is no need for a full blown Term program or module as there is NO communication being sent, just received.

Anyone have such a module tucked away somewhere?

Thanks
Steve

[TheSarlacc]

well to make things easier for VB coders, the MSComm control should be used, which means a form will be needed instead of a module. i might see if i can do request soon. i will post it here if i do! but just to clarify things, how many lines exactly will be received? and when do u want the code to stop receiving data?

[Pizz]

Thanks for the info regarding MSCOMM and your possible offer to try this.

While I've never counted the exact number of lines of data, I would guess that 2000 lines of data is stored each day.

A manual button to shut down the capture or a timeout of 90minutes in case I am working on another unit while the buffer is being dumped would probably be the best.

Thanks
Steve

[TheSarlacc]

just one last question, very important! how is each line seperated? i ask this because the module will have to know when an entire line has been received. after i know this, i can begin working on it.

[Pizz]

The ASCII data is sent in Delimited text, has a <CR> at the end of each line.

That make any sense?


Thanks
Steve

[TheSarlacc]

yup makes perfect sense. i will have the module ready in a few days.

[TheSarlacc]

all done. test it for me and i will fix it if any bugs come up.

[Pizz]

Works fine.

Perfect


Thank you
Steve

[TheSarlacc]

no problem.

[Pizz]

One minor alteration?

How hard would it be to allow the user to name the directory and filename of the saved text?

Steve

[TheSarlacc]

not hard at all. here is the modified module. anything else, just post.