2 bytes floating point

[ViorelOnica]

Hello, on my group monitor, I'm saving the received values to a hex string (called triggered_data below).

String triggered_data=DataUnitBuilder.toHex(e.getASDU(), "");

For example, If I write a value of 17.5 on a 2 bytes floating point, triggered_data will be "06d6". Is there any way I can convert the hex string ( "06d6" ) to float ( 17.5 ) ? I know there is a solution using DPTXlator2ByteFloat floatTranslator, but I need to convert to float by a hex string parameter, not a byte[] parameter.

[calimero-project]

There is currently no inverse fromHex in DataUnitBuilder. Just copy one of the exisiting methods which does that to your source code (e.g., this one is from the introduction repo):

static byte[] fromHex(final String hex) {
    final int len = hex.length();
    final byte[] data = new byte[len / 2];
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2)
        data[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(hex.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(hex.charAt(i + 1), 16));
    return data;
}

The resulting byte array can be used with a translator.

[ViorelOnica]

Thank you !