From 344d2bfdde7572fc288ac2d95dbf8197382b1abf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Conway-Jones <conway@uk.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 13:01:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix serialport split on hex char

to close #541
---
 io/serialport/25-serial.js | 5 ++---
 io/serialport/package.json | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io/serialport/25-serial.js b/io/serialport/25-serial.js
index c039e30d..8267a337 100644
--- a/io/serialport/25-serial.js
+++ b/io/serialport/25-serial.js
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 var splitc; // split character
                 // Parse the split character onto a 1-char buffer we can immediately compare against
                 if (newline.substr(0,2) == "0x") {
-                    splitc = new Buffer.alloc([parseInt(newline,16)]);
+                    splitc = new Buffer.from([newline]);
                 }
                 else {
                     splitc = new Buffer.from(newline.replace("\\n","\n").replace("\\r","\r").replace("\\t","\t").replace("\\e","\e").replace("\\f","\f").replace("\\0","\0")); // jshint ignore:line
                 }
                 if (addchar === true) { addchar = splitc; }
-                
+
                 connections[id] = (function() {
                     var obj = {
                         _emitter: new events.EventEmitter(),
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     //newline = newline.replace("\\n","\n").replace("\\r","\r");
                     var olderr = "";
                     var setupSerial = function() {
-
                         obj.serial = new serialp(port,{
                             baudRate: baud,
                             dataBits: databits,
diff --git a/io/serialport/package.json b/io/serialport/package.json
index 845167da..b78f3821 100644
--- a/io/serialport/package.json
+++ b/io/serialport/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-serialport",
-    "version"       : "0.8.1",
+    "version"       : "0.8.3",
     "description"   : "Node-RED nodes to talk to serial ports",
     "dependencies"  : {
-        "serialport"   : "^7.1.4"
+        "serialport"   : "^7.1.5"
     },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",