How do I write <1100> or <2200> to the value of a characteristic on my CBPeripheral?

Question

When I NSLog characteristic.value it shows as either <1100> or <2200>. I know this is a hexadecimal. I'm confused as what to write when I'm changing the value.

Any help would be much appreciated.

At the moment I'm doing the following, but getting null when I change the values.

- (IBAction)deviceSwitchPressed:(id)sender {
    if ([sender isOn]) {
        [activePeripheral writeValue:[@"1100" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] forCharacteristic:switchCharacterictic type:CBCharacteristicWriteWithResponse];
    } else {
        [activePeripheral writeValue:[@"2200" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] forCharacteristic:switchCharacterictic type:CBCharacteristicWriteWithResponse];
    }

    NSLog(@"characteristic.value = %@", switchCharacterictic.value);

}

Have you set the delegate property on the peripheral and implemented the necessary delegate methods? — James Parker, Nov 17 '15 at 15:53
I have. My confusion is regarding the writeValue method. I don't know what to enter. — NBAfan, Nov 17 '15 at 16:15
Have you tried creating a reference to the data object you're creating and logging that on it's own? NSData *data = [@"1100" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] Also are you checking the value in the didUpdateValueForCharacteristic method? — James Parker, Nov 17 '15 at 16:18
I just tried that and it came back <31313030>. Not sure what I should enter to get <1100> or <2200>. — NBAfan, Nov 17 '15 at 16:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '15 at 16:31

This is what I use to convert hex string values into data objects.

NSString *command = hexString;
command = [command stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
NSMutableData *commandToSend= [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
unsigned char whole_byte;
char byte_chars[3] = {'\0','\0','\0'};
int i;
for (i=0; i < [command length]/2; i++) {
    byte_chars[0] = [command characterAtIndex:i*2];
    byte_chars[1] = [command characterAtIndex:i*2+1];
    whole_byte = strtol(byte_chars, NULL, 16);
    [commandToSend appendBytes:&whole_byte length:1];
}

However writing a value to a characteristic doesn't guarantee that is what will be returned. The peripheral can handle that data in anyway that it wants.

How do I write <1100> or <2200> to the value of a characteristic on my CBPeripheral?

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