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How to Use Visual C# 2008 for R8X

Microsoft Visual C# 2008 is a programming language designed for building a wide range of applications that run on the .NET Framework. C# is simple, powerful, type-safe, and object-oriented. With its many innovations, C# enables rapid application development while retaining the expressiveness and elegance of C-style languages.The Visual C# 2008 Express Edtion is free download from Microsoft. If you are a programmer of C, C++ or C#, it is easy to switch to Visual C# 2008.

The following guide will teach ANYONE how to operate ANY of our products using Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. The example provided on this page is developed for Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. These directions are about 99% compatible with other VS2008 edition. Following these simple steps, you will be on your way to controlling ANYTHING from your desktop computer in 30 minutes or less.

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Step 1: Create a New Project
  • From the Windows Start menu, choose Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.
  • The following screen appears.

 
  • On the File menu, click NewProject.

  • The New Project dialog box opens as below.
  •  Select Windows Application.

  • Click "OK" to get the project window.
Step 2: Add Serialport Control to the Project
  • Open Toolbox window. (The Toolbox is on the left side of Visual C# 2008. You can keep it open by clicking the Auto Hide icon, which looks like a push pin.)
  • Find SerialPort control on the Components of Toolbox.
  • Drag SerialPort control into frame Form1 to add serialPort1.

 
Step 3: Add Button to the Project
  • Drag Button control into frame Form1 to add button1 and button2.

  • Select button1, in the Properties window, select the Text property of the button1. In the right-hand column, delete button1 and replace it with Turn On Relay 1of R8x.
  • Do same to button2, replace button2 with Turn Off Relay 1 of R8x.
  • Resize buttons to display all text.

 
Step 4: Type code to the program
  • In the Form1.cs[ Designer], double click anywhere on the frame Form1 to open the file Form1.cs.
  • Type the following code to open the serial port at where the cursor is.

    serialPort1.Open();
  • Return to the Form1.cs[ Designer], double click button Turn OnRelay 1 of R8x .
  • Type following code at where the cursor is.

    • Byte[] data = new byte[2];

    data[0] = 254;

    data[1] = 8;

    serialPort1.Write(data, 0, 2);

  • Return to the Form1.cs[ Designer], double click button Turn Off Relay 1 of R8x.
  • Type following code at where the cursor is.

    Byte[] data = new byte[2];

    data[0] = 254;

    data[1] = 0;

    serialPort1.Write(data, 0, 2);

  • You may hide Toolbox window and Properties window to get more room to show the code. You can do so by clicking the Auto Hide icon,which looks like a push pin.

 
Step 5: Run the project
  • On the Debug menu of the Visual C# 2008, click Start Debugging.( A shortcut to run the program is to press F5.)
  • The result of running the program is displayed as below.
  • Click button Turn On Relay 1of R8x, the first relay will be turned on.
  • Click button Turn Off Relay 1of R8x, the first relay will be turned off.

 

Above are all basic steps that is needed to control R8x from Visual C# 2008.

Based on those steps, more buttons can be added to control anything from your desktop computer.

 

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