I'm writing a VB6 application to remotely control a
VCR thru it's "Control-L" port. I got a special adaptor
that plugs into my PC serial port that expects commands
that are 3 bytes long, in hex format. Then, a microprocessor
in the adaptor handles the conversion to a language
understood by the VCR.
The Control-L protocol specifies sending the following
3 bytes to the serial port (without CR, or LF characters)
which ejects the tape in the VCR:
First byte: 20h
Second byte: 0Fh
Third byte: 2Fh
(values are in hex, as noted by the "h" suffix)
Is this the correct way to send the hex data?
MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H20) + Chr$(&H0f)+ Chr$(&H2F)
Another issue is whether or not version 6.xx.xx of
MSComm32.OCX will support a baud rate of 38,400. I'm
able to set the 38,400 baud rate in properties and run
the form without an error message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Paul [sig][/sig]
VCR thru it's "Control-L" port. I got a special adaptor
that plugs into my PC serial port that expects commands
that are 3 bytes long, in hex format. Then, a microprocessor
in the adaptor handles the conversion to a language
understood by the VCR.
The Control-L protocol specifies sending the following
3 bytes to the serial port (without CR, or LF characters)
which ejects the tape in the VCR:
First byte: 20h
Second byte: 0Fh
Third byte: 2Fh
(values are in hex, as noted by the "h" suffix)
Is this the correct way to send the hex data?
MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H20) + Chr$(&H0f)+ Chr$(&H2F)
Another issue is whether or not version 6.xx.xx of
MSComm32.OCX will support a baud rate of 38,400. I'm
able to set the 38,400 baud rate in properties and run
the form without an error message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Paul [sig][/sig]
