control char Test Stand

[steve h]

I wish to send control characters out of Test Stand 2 to a RS232 dll, such as STX, ETX,RS,US. How to I get Test Stand to send a this type of character as Test Stand only sends strings. I tried Str(30) which just sends the string "30" rather than the control character RS?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Try sending the hex code with a "\" prefix. For RS, that would be \1E. I actually haven't tried all of the characters in TestStand (besides \n - line feed) but in my LabVIEW code, the \ code always works.

[steve h]

The "\n" works but "\1E" just sends \1E as a string rather than the control character; I guess it does not even know it is hex. Any more ideas?

[RayFarmer]

I think you might have to use \\ instead of a single \

Regards

Ray Farmer