I need to write a program that will read the data from the indicator. In the Device Manager on computer the indicator is defined as USB-ITN and create virtual serial port(COM18).
Here is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO.Ports;
namespace SerialPort
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
//configuring the serial port
serialPort1.PortName = "COM18";
serialPort1.BaudRate = 9600;
serialPort1.DataBits = 8;
serialPort1.Parity = Parity.None;
serialPort1.StopBits = StopBits.One;
serialPort1.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(port_DataReceived);
}
private void port_DataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
// Read all the data waiting in the buffer
string data = serialPort1.ReadExisting();
rtbTerminal.AppendText(data);
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (serialPort1.IsOpen)
{
serialPort1.Close();
rtbTerminal.AppendText("Port Closed!\n");
}
else
{
serialPort1.Open();
rtbTerminal.AppendText("Port Open!\n");
}
}
}
}
Why I can't to receive data from the indicator after opening the serial port?