Getting unknown characters with the actual response when Reading ELM327

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#1

Hi, i am using arduino uno to read ELM327 using serial communication, i am able to send the AT commands an get the required response but i’m also getting some strange characters at the beginning. I can remove these characters from the beginning but i want to know why these strange characters is being printed the response.

Code:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerial ELM(13, 12); // RX, TX
int CmdCount = 1;
byte inData;
char inChar;
String DisplayString = "";
long DisplayValue;
String SentMessage = "";
int ByteCount = 0;
long A;
int B;
int WorkingVal;
String WorkingString = "";
String BuildINString = "";
String message = "";

void setup() {
	
	Serial.begin(9600);
	ELM.begin(38400);

}

void loop() {


	if (Serial.available()) {
		ELM.println("AT DP");
		ReadMessage();
	}
}

void ReadMessage() {
	while (ELM.available() > 0)
	{
		message = ELM.readString();
	}

	message.replace(SentMessage, "");
	message.replace(">", "");
	message.replace("OK", "");
	message.replace("STOPPED", "");
	message.replace("SEARCHING", "");
	message.replace("NO DATA", "");
	message.replace("?", "");
	message.replace(",", "");

	String res = message.substring(0, 5);
	//message.remove(0,5);
	Serial.println(message);
}

Serial Monitor Output:

Q��eAUTO ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

Q���kAUTO ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

Q�#�5AUTO ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

@A��AUTO ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

Q��5AUTO ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

Q�!�kAUTO ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

-Thanks

#2

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#3

Okay, i thought this forum was not much active compare to stackexchange.

#4

They're both extremely active. Quite a few of the same people too.

#5