Android Question Sending a bluetooth byte

[saunwin]

Good Morning,
Can someone steer straight (again - sob sob - soz)
I am trying to send a single unsigned byte (higher than 128) to my microcontroller but couldn't (and couldn't figure out how to change a signed byte to an unsigned one).
so I used the binary pattern equivalent and used negative numbers in B4A.

Anyway - the following code is supposed to send a single byte from a button press, but the compiler grumbles with a

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=0; index=0

at buffer(0)= -15

Any/All help gratefully appreciated.
Cheers.

Sub Button_Click
'BT transmission protocol from tablet TO base unit (one byte)
'81 (Start game 1) Or 82 (Start game 2) Or 83 (Start game 3)
'8F (Stop current game)
    Dim buffer(0) As Byte
    If Button.Text="START" And TLRB.Checked=True Then
        buffer(0) = -2
           
        Else If Button.Text="START" And CNRB.Checked=True Then
        buffer(0) = -3
           
        Else If Button.Text="START" And BCRB.Checked=True Then
        buffer(0) = -1
           
        Else If Button.Text="STOP" Then
        buffer(0) = -15
           
        End If
    AStreams.Write(buffer)
End Sub

 

[DonManfred]

im buffer(0) As Byte

size of your array is 0. Put 1 here.
using the 0th item is correct in your code. But the array must be greater than 0

 

[udg]

Dim buffer(0) As Byte

buffer will have a size of zero, so no place for values..change it to 1

edit: Manfred was quicker than me, just a second or two but he was..eheh

 

[DonManfred]

I was faster

 

[udg]

Ok, but this one is more complete.. eheh
Your array size is set to zero, so no place for values; please modify it to 1.

Regarding the unsigned byte conversion, Erel replied already in a different thread of yours.

Now it's your turn again, Manfred .

 

[DonManfred]

Your array size is set to zero, so no place for values; please modify it to 1.

The information is the same

size of your array is 0. Put 1 here.
using the 0th item is correct in your code. But the array must be greater than 0

 

[DonManfred]

Now it's your turn again, Manfred

I did´nt answer to the signed int issue ;-)

 

[BillMeyer]

I was faster

We going to change your name to "Red Bull Manfred" - He's got wings !!

 

[udg]

Yes, I was joking. I attached a reference to a different thread where Erel explained how to solve the signed versus unsigned byte conversion.

ps: and you beat me again, posting while I was writing this..eheh
We should set for a token protocol. The one holding the token posts while the other one waits silently..

 

[DonManfred]

hehehe

 

[saunwin]

Ok OK already !
I got it - I had an empty array - DOH !
Thanks chaps - I appreciate it.
Although I kinda don't get the unsigned bit, because in Erels code the number gets turned into an int from a byte and i need a byte for astreams.write
(Y/N ?) - The code works fine for receiving.

Sub ToUnsigned(b As Byte) As Int
    Return Bit.And(0xFF, b)
End Sub