static void Main(string[] args)
var input = "{\"SaleToPOIRequest\":{\"MessageHeader\":{\"ProtocolVersion\":\"2.0\",\"MessageClass\":\"Service\",\"MessageCategory\":\"Login\",\"MessageType\":\"Request\",\"ServiceID\":\"498\",\"SaleID\":\"SaleTermA\",\"POIID\":\"POITerm1\"},\"LogoutRequest\":{}}}";
var hex = string.Join("",
input.Select(c => String.Format("{0:X2}", Convert.ToInt32(c))));
var output = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(FromHex(hex));
Console.WriteLine($"input: {input}");
Console.WriteLine($"hex: {hex}");
Console.WriteLine($"output: {output}");
public static byte[] FromHex(string hex)
byte[] raw = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
for (int i = 0; i < raw.Length; i++)
raw[i] = Convert.ToByte(hex.Substring(i * 2, 2), 16);