feat: wip commit prior to removing the crestron library

src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Communications/ComTextHelper.cs

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+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Communications
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ComTextHelper
+	{
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets escaped text for a byte array
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="bytes"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+		public static string GetEscapedText(byte[] bytes)
+		{
+			return string.Concat(bytes.Select(b => string.Format(@"[{0:X2}]", (int)b)).ToArray());
+		}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets escaped text for a string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+  /// <summary>
+  /// GetEscapedText method
+  /// </summary>
+		public static string GetEscapedText(string text)
+		{
+			var bytes = Encoding.GetEncoding(28591).GetBytes(text);
+			return string.Concat(bytes.Select(b => string.Format(@"[{0:X2}]", (int)b)).ToArray());
+		}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets debug text for a string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <summary>
+        /// GetDebugText method
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string GetDebugText(string text)
+        {
+            return Regex.Replace(text, @"[^\u0020-\u007E]", a => GetEscapedText(a.Value));
+        }
+	}
+}