attempting to decrypt using crypto-js and nodejs

I am communicated back and forth between a micro-controller and a nodejs tcp server. The micro-controller forms a json string with sensor data. The micro-controller then sends the json string to a WiFi module. The WiFi module then encrypts the data using AES256 with 32 character Hexadecimal characters as the key before sending the encrypted data to the nodejs tcp server.

The nodejs TCP server is using the Crypto-JS module form of the googlecode Crypto-JS.

For testing purposes I would like to output the encrypted data and decrypted data to the console. However I am unsure how do accomplish this. I attempted to output the data, but I am receiving blank data. For example, the console should read something like: 192.168.1.14:30001> some-json-string Except I am receiving 192.168.1.14:30001>

Old Code:

 // I removed the old code to shrink this post and to remove any confusion. 

EDIT
I am now using the the built in crypto module supplied by NodeJS. The error I am receiving is:

crypto.js:292 var ret = this._binding.final(); ^ TypeError: error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt
at Decipher.Cipher.final (crypto.js:292:27)
at decrypt (C:\Users\joes\Desktop\encrypt\tcp.js:18:24)
at Socket. (C:\Users\joes\Desktop\encrypt\tcp.js:44:23)
at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Socket. (_stream_readable.js:748:14)
at Socket.emit (events.js:92:17)
at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:410:10)
at emitReadable (_stream_readable.js:406:5)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:168:9)
at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:130:10)

Code:

// Load the TCP Library net = require('net'); // Load the Crypto Module var crypto = require("crypto"); function encrypt(key, data) { var cipher = crypto.createCipher('aes256', key); var crypted = cipher.update(data, 'utf-8', 'hex'); crypted += cipher.final('hex'); return crypted; } function decrypt(key, data) { var decipher = crypto.createDecipher('aes256', key); var decrypted = decipher.update(data, 'hex', 'utf-8'); decrypted += decipher.final('utf-8'); return decrypted; } // Keep track of the chat clients var clients = []; // Start a TCP Server net.createServer(function (socket) { // Identify this client socket.name = socket.remoteAddress + ":" + socket.remotePort // Put this new client in the list clients.push(socket); // Send a nice welcome message and announce socket.write("Welcome " + socket.name + "\n"); broadcast(socket.name + " joined the chat\n", socket); // Handle incoming messages from clients. socket.on('data', function (data) { var key = new Buffer('85CE6CCF67FBBAA8BB13479C3A6E084D', 'hex'); // Attempt to decrypt data with the above key var decryptedText = decrypt(key, data); //console.log("Decrypted Text: " + decrypt(key, encrypt(key, '{"resTemp":"82.19","roomTemp":98,"ph":58,"ec":700}>'))); broadcast(socket.name + "> " + decryptedText, socket); //console.log(data); }); // Remove the client from the list when it leaves socket.on('end', function () { clients.splice(clients.indexOf(socket), 1); broadcast(socket.name + " left the chat.\n"); }); // Send a message to all clients function broadcast(message, sender) { clients.forEach(function (client) { // Don't want to send it to sender if (client === sender) return; client.write(message); }); // Log it to the server output too process.stdout.write(message) } }).listen(5000); // Put a friendly message on the terminal of the server. console.log("Chat server running at port 5000\n"); 

data should a buffered object and contain a json string, for an example:{"resTemp":"82.19","roomTemp":98,"ph":58,"ec":700}>
The ">" is there intentionally for data flow control between the micro-controller and the wifi module. I will remove the '>' before I process the json string.