B4R Question rKeypad and ESP32S

Sub Process_Globals
    Public Serial1 As Serial
    Private pad As Keypad
    Private password As String = "123456" 'the password is *123456
    Private passwordBuffer(6) As Byte
    Private passwordIndex As Int
    Private bc As ByteConverter
End Sub

Private Sub AppStart
    Serial1.Initialize(115200)
    Log("AppStart")
    pad.Initialize("123A456B789C*0#D", Array As Byte(25, 26, 27, 14),  Array As Byte(34, 35, 32, 33),"pad_KeyPressed")
    'pad.Initialize("123A456B789C*0#D", Array As Byte(32, 33, 25, 26),  Array As Byte(36, 39, 34, 35),"pad_KeyPressed")
    
End Sub

Sub Pad_KeyPressed (Key As String)
    Log(Key) 'for debug only
    If Key = "*" Then
        passwordIndex = 0
        'this is not really required, but it makes the logs nicer.
        bc.ArrayCopy("000000", passwordBuffer)
    Else if passwordIndex < passwordBuffer.Length Then
        'put the key in the buffer.
        passwordBuffer(passwordIndex) = Asc(Key)
        passwordIndex = passwordIndex + 1
        If passwordIndex = passwordBuffer.Length Then
            If passwordBuffer = password Then
                Log("Well done!!!")
            End If
        End If
    End If
    Log(passwordBuffer)
End Sub