/// <summary>
/// - Creates an async task that reads from the SerialDevice InputStream continuously
/// </summary>
public async Task StartSerialPortListener()
{
string outputString;
try
{
if (serialPort != null)
{
dataReaderObject = new DataReader(serialPort.InputStream); //connect to input stream
// keep reading the serial input
while (true)
{
outputString = await ss.ReadAsync(dataReaderObject, ReadCancellationTokenSource.Token); //read in a string
//outputString = await ReadAsync(ReadCancellationTokenSource.Token); //read in string
ReadOutputFunction(outputString); //pass the string to user given read output handler funciton
}
}
}
catch (TaskCanceledException tce)
{
//status.Text = "Reading task was cancelled, closing device and cleaning up";
closeDevice();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//status.Text = ex.Message;
}
finally
{
// Cleanup once complete
if (dataReaderObject != null)
{
dataReaderObject.DetachStream(); //disconnect from input stream
dataReaderObject = null;
}
}
}
