Convert 2-byte array to short int

[ninja9578]

A problem with your code lies here

g_Data[iter] = (shortBuf[1] << 8) | shortBuf[0];

because shortBuf is an array of chars, the << 8 will move everything past the last bit. << keeps the type what it is, so you should do

g_Data[iter] = (((short)shortBuf[1]) << 8) | shortBuf[0];

Personally, I would use a union for this task however.