BAT_ProtocolTests/SerialTestApp/Program.cs

using RJCP.IO.Ports;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System;
using System.Text;

namespace SerialTestApp;

internal class Program
{
    private static bool _continue;
    private static Thread readThread;
    private static  StringComparer stringComparer = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase;


    public static bool applicationQuitRequested { get; private set; }
    public static SerialPortStream serialPort { get; private set; } = new();



    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        while (applicationQuitRequested == false) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"----- SERIAL PROTOCOL TEST APP -----");
            Console.WriteLine($"Command list:");
            Console.WriteLine($"l = list ports");
            Console.WriteLine($"c = connect");
            Console.WriteLine($"q = quit");

            var key = Console.ReadKey();

            switch (key.Key)
            {
                // list com ports
                case ConsoleKey.L:
                    string[] ports = SerialPortStream.GetPortNames();
                    Console.WriteLine($"Following ports were found: {Environment.NewLine}");
                    foreach (var port in ports)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine($"-- {port}");
                    }
                    break;

                // connect
                case ConsoleKey.C:
                    Console.Write($"Write Port name: ");
                    string? portName = Console.ReadLine();

                    if (portName == null || 
                        portName == "" || 
                        !(portName.ToLower()).StartsWith("com"))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine($"Invalid Port name entered.");
                        break;
                    }

                    serialPort.PortName = portName;
                    serialPort.BaudRate = 115200;
                    serialPort.Parity = Parity.None;
                    serialPort.DataBits = 8;
                    serialPort.StopBits = StopBits.One;
                    serialPort.Handshake = Handshake.None;
                    //serialPort.NewLine = "\r\n";

                    serialPort.ReadTimeout = 500;
                    serialPort.WriteTimeout = 500;

                    serialPort.Open();
                    _continue = true;
                    readThread = new Thread(Read);
                    readThread.Start();

                    Console.WriteLine("Type QUIT to exit");

                    while (_continue)
                    {
                        var message = Console.ReadLine();

                        if (stringComparer.Equals("quit", message))
                        {
                            _continue = false;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message!);
                            foreach (byte b in bytes)
                            {
                                serialPort.WriteByte(b);
                            }
                            serialPort.WriteByte((byte)'\n');
                            //serialPort.WriteLine(message);
                        }
                    }

                    readThread.Join();
                    readThread = null;

                    serialPort.Close();

                    break;

                // quit
                case ConsoleKey.Q:
                    applicationQuitRequested = true;
                    break;

                default:
                    Console.WriteLine($"{Environment.NewLine}Did not recognize key.. {Environment.NewLine}");
                    break;
            }


        }
    }

    public static void Read()
    {
        while (_continue)
        {
            try
            {
                int readByte = serialPort.ReadByte();
                if(readByte != -1) // -1 = timeout
                {
                    string print = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(new byte[] { (byte)readByte });
                    //print = print.Replace("\r", "").Replace("\n", "");  // Newline Mode: none
                    print = print.Replace("\r", "");  // Newline Mode: only print \n
                    //print = print.Replace("\n", "");  // Newline Mode: only print \r
                    Console.Write(print);
                }
            }
            catch (TimeoutException) { }
        }
    }
}