serial port comunication using visual basic

hi

we want to develope one project on communication between mobile and computer. i use serial port and data cable, i want to transfer my message from my pc to mobile but i don't know how to develop this project in vb6. so, please help me as soon as possible.
 
<p>Hi

<p>i want to pass a particular word on my form to be display as a label i have this code is there any way i can tell if the word is right, and been received by displaying the word. i can see the word lama. but no labe display on form
<pre>
Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()

Dim Buffer As String
' Buffer to hold input string
Dim Instring As String
' Use COM1.
MSComm1.CommPort = 1
' 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data, and 1 stop bit.
MSComm1.Settings = "9600,N,8,1"
' Tell the control to read entire buffer when Input
' is used.
MSComm1.InputLen = 0
' Open the port.
MSComm1.PortOpen = True

' Send the attention command to the modem.
MSComm1.Output = "lama " & vbCr ' Ensure that
' the modem responds with "OK".
' Wait for data to come back to the serial port.

Buffer$ = Buffer$ & MSComm1.Input
If InStr(Buffer$, "Test") Then

Label1.Caption = "OEM4 Detected"

End If

End Sub
</pre>
 
i am geting a 424 error while running something in the line "com1.CommPort = 2 'comm port no." is wrong.
 
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Can u please tell me when will the Com1_OnComm event will fire ...

well i m transmitting the data through com1.output but like how will i read the port...
what i should write that the event com1_onComm fires
 
Hi there!
I did check your code on serial port in VB.
Somehow it isn't working for me.

Could you please resend me the code as i need it for my project.

My email address is : [email protected]

Thanks.
 
<p>Sir,

<p>I am trying to write some data @ com1 and read the same data. Here is my sample code. But I could not send or receive and data.

<p>What ever data I send is in txt_tx box and the receive data should be ib txt_rtx box.
<pre>
Private Sub cmdexit_Click()
End
End Sub


Private Sub cmdtrigger_Click()

Dim i, j As Integer

i = MSComm1.OutBufferCount
MsgBox i

j = MSComm1.InBufferCount
MsgBox j

End Sub

Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

MSComm1.SThreshold = 1

MSComm1.Output = KeyAscii
txt_tx.Text = KeyAscii

MSComm1.RThreshold = 1

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()

MSComm1.CommPort = 1 'Use com1 port
MSComm1.Settings = "38400,N,8,1" 'Port Settings

MSComm1.InputLen = 0 'Read entire Rx Buffer
MSComm1.PortOpen = True 'open port

End Sub


Private Sub MSComm1_OnComm()

If MSComm1.CommEvent = comEvReceive Then
txt_rx.Text = MSComm1.Input
Else
MsgBox "Sorry No Data In Rx Buffer"

End If

End Sub
</pre>
 
T

Thomas L. Burgin

I have not been able to get the MScomm1 statement to work with VB .net

What must be done to get it to work?

Or better yet does someone have a solution to read text from a serial port using visual basic .net?

Thomas
 
<p>Hi,

<p>The serial port takes in a binary number i.e 1010, I want VB to take the binary word and based on the number received, it will display an alert in a msgbox or a label. Could some help me with the code that lets the serial port input this data to VB and store it in some sort of variable. This is the code I have, and i am not sure if it is right.
<pre>
Private Sub Form_Load()

frmVSS.Top = (Screen.Height - frmVSS.Height) / 2
frmVSS.Left = (Screen.Width - frmVSS.Width) / 2
com1.CommPort = 1 'comm port no.
com1.Settings = "4800,N,8,1" 'Port Settings
com1.RThreshold = 4 'no. of characters to receive
com1.InputLen = 4 'no. of binary characters on which oncomm event fires
com1.PortOpen = True 'open comm port

End Sub
</pre>

<p>Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
hi

i wanna design a program that read data from serial port
i create an infra-red circuit which can accept signal from any remote control and i tested it with downloaded programs and it works.

so can anyone help me for design that program?

thanks!
 
Sir,

i would like to know how to/what is the code in VB6, i want to create the interface that able to read and write the sms via serial port (between pc & mobile phone) using PDU format and ATcommands some sort like that....

Thank You.
 
Hi, i am currently working on a project dealing with the eyes of robot. I am currently struggling to use VB6 to enable the camera through the serial port to communicate with my robot.

could you kindly please help me over here? thks!

Kenny
 
<p>hi,

<p>i'm working on a project that transfer a text data between two computer and use the following code:
<pre>
Private Sub cmdExit_Click()
End
End Sub

Private Sub cmdReceive_Click()
If (Len(txtReceive) > 0) Then
txtReceive = vbNullString
txtReceive.Text = MSComm1.Input
End Sub

Private Sub cmdSend_Click()
If (Len(txtSend) > 0) Then ' make sure that there is text to send
If (MSComm1.PortOpen = True) Then ' make sure the serial port was initialized
' send the text as well as a carriage return and line feed appended to the end
MSComm1.Output = txtSend & vbCr & vbLf
Else
MsgBox "ERROR: serial port not initialized"
End If
Else
MsgBox "ERROR: there is no text to send"
End If
' after sending clear the text out of the input box
txtSend = vbNullString
End Sub

Private Sub cmdStart_Click()

MSComm1.CommPort = 1
' MSComm1.CommPort = 1
' 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data, and 1 stop bit.
MSComm1.Settings = "9600,N,8,1"
' Tell the control to read entire buffer when Input is used
MSComm1.InputLen = 0
' generate an event on every character received
MSComm1.RThreshold = 1
' Open the port.
MSComm1.PortOpen = True
' Note: we should set the multiline property to True here in code but it is a read-only property
' do not allow the user to change the received text
txtReceive.Locked = True
' clear the intial text boxes
txtReceive.Text = vbNullString
' Send the attention command to the modem.
InputData = ""
End Sub

Private Sub MSComm1_OnComm()
Dim InputData As String

Select Case MSComm1.CommEvent

' Errors
Case comEventBreak ' A Break was received.
MsgBox "Break received"
Case comEventFrame ' Framing Error
MsgBox "Framing error"
Case comEventOverrun ' Data Lost.
MsgBox "Overrun error"
Case comEventRxOver ' Receive buffer overflow.
MsgBox "Receive Buffer overflow"
Case comEventRxParity ' Parity Error.
MsgBox "Parity Error"
Case comEventTxFull ' Transmit buffer full.
MsgBox "Transmit Buffer full"
Case comEventDCB ' Unexpected error retrieving DCB
MsgBox "DCB error"

' Events
Case comEvCD ' Change in the CD line.
MsgBox "Carrier Detect changed state"

Case comEvDSR ' Change in the DSR line.
MsgBox "Data Set Ready (DSR) changed state"
Case comEvRing ' Change in the Ring Indicator.
MsgBox "Ring Indicator (RI) changed state"
Case comEvReceive ' Received RThreshold # of characters
' MsgBox Str$(MSComm1.RThreshold) & " Characters received"
' While (MSComm1.InBufferCount > 0)
' txtReceive = txtReceive & MSComm1.Input
' only keep the last 5,000 characters -- throw away any characters older than that
' txtReceive = Right$(txtReceive, 5000)
' Wend

InputData = InputData + MSComm1.Input
Case comEvCTS ' Change in the CTS line.
MsgBox "Clear To Send (CTS) changed state"
ReceivedDataTextBox.Text = InputData
InputData = ""

Case comEvSend ' There are SThreshold number of characters in the transmit buffer
MsgBox Str$(MSComm1.SThreshold) & " Characters remaining in transmit buffer"
Case comEvEOF ' An EOF charater was found in the input stream
MsgBox "EOF received"
End Select
End Sub
*****************************************
</pre>
<p>but i couldn't recieve any character.
Can any one help me in correcting this code.
if there is any contact me with the ff address.<br>
[email protected]

<p>thank you!
 
I m having the same problem with u. At first i wrote my code in VB6, then I tried to convert it to VB.net (by using a new pc with only VB.net installed) but failed.

Any solution?
 
V
why dont u use mscomm control. it has properties to do that. its a control with telephone pic on it
its available with all vb enterprise edition
 
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