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Am attempting to interface a Vaisala PTB330 over RS232 to a CR6 datalogger via the user terminals.

For clarity, the PTB330 is wired to the CR6 as such

PTB330 - User Port RS232 TX to CR6 C2

PTB330 - User Port RS232 RX to CR6 C1

PTB330 - User Port RS232 GND to CR6 GND

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The PTB330 Serial settings are:

9600b/s

8N1

Poll Adress:0

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I've confirmed the unit is outputting barometric pressure as an ASCII string in a 6 digit format with 2 decimal places via connecting directly with Putty ie. 

1014.15

1014.18

I am having issues with converting this data to a floating point number to be logged within the unit as currently the output to the CR6 registers as NAN(Not a number). 

At first I wanted to try and read it as a string, but I'd prefer the data stored directly as a floating point into a table for ease of use.

I've tried a few different approaches with trying to store the string inside a variable then convert it to a float before outputting it in the table. However I cannot seem to get it to work.

'CR6 Series
'Created by Short Cut (4.7)

'Declare Variables and Units
Public BattV
Public PTemp_C
Public AirTC
Public RH
Public WS_ms
Public WindDir
Public RawTempV
Public RawHumidV

Public RawBuffer      As String * 50
Public CleanPressure  As String * 20 

Units BattV       = Volts
Units PTemp_C     = Deg C
Units AirTC       = Deg C
Units RH          = %
Units WS_ms       = meters/second
Units WindDir     = degrees

'Define Data Tables
DataTable(Hourly, True, -1)
    DataInterval(5, 60, Sec, 10)
    MQTTPublishTable(1,0,10,Min,2,0,0,0)
    Minimum(1, BattV,      FP2, False, True)
    Maximum(1, BattV,      FP2, False, True)
    Minimum(1, PTemp_C,    FP2, False, True)
    Maximum(1, PTemp_C,    FP2, False, True)
    Minimum(1, AirTC,      FP2, False, True)
    Maximum(1, AirTC,      FP2, False, True)
    Minimum(1, RH,         FP2, False, True)
    Maximum(1, RH,         FP2, False, True)
    Maximum(1, WS_ms,      FP2, False, True)
    Minimum(1, WS_ms,      FP2, False, True)
    Sample (1, WindDir,       FP2)
    Sample (1, CleanPressure, String)
EndTable

DataTable(Seconds, True, -1)
    DataInterval(5, 60, Sec, 10)
    MQTTPublishTable(1,0,10,Min,2,0,0,0)
    Minimum(1, BattV,      FP2, False, False)
    Sample (1, AirTC,      FP2)
    Sample (1, RH,         FP2)
    Sample (1, CleanPressure, String)
EndTable

'Main Program
BeginProg

    SerialOpen(COMC1, 9600, 0, 0, 25)

    'Main Scan
    Scan(5, Sec, 1, 0)
        Battery(BattV)
        PanelTemp(PTemp_C, 60)

'Poll PTB330 & Read ASCII
        SerialOutBlock(COMC1, "SEND", 4)
        Delay(0, 500, mSec)
        SerialInRecord(COMC1, RawBuffer, &H20, 0, &H0D, RawBuffer, 1)

        If RawBuffer <> "" Then
            ' The idea here is to trim and convert to float, then format to "XXXX.XX"
            Sprintf(CleanPressure, "%06.2f", Float( Trim(RawBuffer) ))
        EndIf

        'MP100A Temp & RH Sensor
        VoltSE(AirTC,      1, mV1000, U1, False, 0, 60, 0.1, 0)
        VoltSE(RawTempV,   1, mV1000, U1, False, 0, 60,   1, 0)
        VoltSE(RH,         1, mV1000, U2, False, 0, 60, 0.1, 0)
        VoltSE(RawHumidV,  1, mV1000, U2, False, 0, 60,   1, 0)
        If (RH > 100) AND (RH < 108) Then RH = 100

        '05103 Wind Sensor
        PulseCount(WS_ms, 1, U6, 5, 1, 0.098, 0)
        BrHalf(WindDir,   1, mV5000, U4, U3, 1, 2500, True, 20000, 60, 355, 0)
        If (WindDir >= 355) OR (WindDir < 0) Then WindDir = 0

        CallTable Hourly
        CallTable Seconds
    NextScan
EndProg

The 

Sprintf(CleanPressure, "%06.2f", Float( Trim(RawBuffer) )) 

doesn't feel like the right way to do it. 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.