RS 232 component

goldwingers · Post by **goldwingers** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:36 am

Hi guys,
There is no help file on the RS232 component as to how it works, ie... what does the send and receive parts mean, Is the send screen what's going out to say a PC running a VB2005 program and the receive screen whats coming in from the PC.

I have wrote a very simple routing that sends a series of numbers ( set by port B switches), but the results only come in on the recieve section... If i exchange the received macro in the loop to the send macro, It still shows the data sent in the receive box... Im confused...

Maybe you guys could create a sample RS232 program to show us novices how to work on RS232

Post by **Steve** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:15 am

One of the problems with the rs232 component was the send and receive boxes were the wrong way around - this has now been fixed in the latest download of Flowcode. This would have been a source of confusion.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:44 pm

Hi Goldwingers

I found it much easier to learn the best use of the RS232 component by using test routines and Hyperterminal. Making two programmes work in conjunction is the harder route. It also helps to have alist of the ASCII codes in front of you.

Hope this helps,