im not sure, heres the thing, im working with a board which is attached to my comport, im using mscomm controls, the board btw only accept binary(10101), when i issue a "10101" string to the board, i doesnt respond.. i guess its still an ascii even tho its 10101, here's the snipet
Dim strCommand As String
MScomm.PortOpen = True
Dim writebuffer() As Byte
Dim sendCommand As Object
Dim intCommand As Int64
Dim encord As New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
Try
writebuffer = encord.GetBytes("10101" + vbCr)
MScomm.Output = writebuffer
Thread.Sleep(2000)
If MScomm.InBufferCount > 0 Then
TextBox2.Text = MScomm.Input
End If
MScomm.PortOpen = False
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString)
End Try