[oopic] SCP, hexadecimal numbers, and byte swapping?

Hi everyone -

I am using SCP as a means for one OOPIC to read/write information to
another OOPIC. Most of the values I'm interested in are two-byte
oVar16 objects stored in variable memory, so my SCP command to
retrieve a value looks something like:

\1366J145HM

(breaks down as Serial node1, Memory address 366, two-byte read)

Assuming the variable object has the number 750 stored, this command
returns:

EE02m

(two hexadecimal numbers EE and 02, followed by the "M" command
confirmation of "m")

I scratched my head for a little while trying to figure out how EE02
in hexadecimal could equal the decimal number 750, but then realized
that the bytes come through in last-byte-first order - (02EE does
equal 750).

Now I realize that if I were using oWord objects instead of oVar16's,
I could use the default address of the object and get back a decimal
string. However, by using oVar16's I get to use all that variable
memory and conserve object memory for other things I need.

I would like to know if anyone has suggestions for the most efficient
way to take this "EE02m" value received from an oSerialPort object
and properly convert so as to be used for displaying on an LCD(SET)?
Perhaps some way to swap those two bytes?

I know that there is no problem converting a hexadecimal number to a
decimal string - I tested this by defining an oVar16 as equal
to "0x02EE" and then using LCD.string=str$(var_name) and it
successfully displayed 00750 on the LCD. However, I'm assuming there
is going to have to be some magic in order for the text "EE02m"
received by the serial port to be interpretted as the hex
number "0x02EE" prior to such a conversion.

Likewise, if I'm going to be sending values via SCP as well as
reading them, I could use some pointers coding the OOPIC to
convert numbers such as "750" to the appropriate two-hex number
sequence required when sending data via SCP for storing to RAM.

Thanks for any assistance,

Mike

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