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[Negrila]

Here is what i'm trying to do. I'm sending via RS232 data that i get from an accelerometer and i want to display a curve of data vs time. The received data will be any value from 0 to 255 (decimal). The accelerometer gives me data from 3 axis, so i will need to make a string so  DASYlab can undestand the data. For example:   XAXIS 2&AS2 YAXIS Bswf29 ZAXIS p2s8@$   the data highlighted in red will be shown in the curve. I'm new with DASYlab so any suggestions on how to do the string right is welcome. Thanks a lot

[CJ_Butler__DASYLab_Pro · Accepted solution]

2&AS2 isn't a number. How is it encoded? That's what you need to focus on... clearly we can find the 6 characters using a search string, but what do the characters mean?

They're not ASCII hex - that only uses numbers and A-F to represent hex characters 00-FF.

Are they integer? Floating point?

Once you answer that, you can choose a data format string that works.

So far, it's clear that b, ah and a will not work. The only reason that you were seeing a graph is because the ASCII encoding of the characters were sequential (65, 66, 67, 68.... ) = (A, B, C, D...).

[Negrila]

Thank you very much for the help. I'll think this through a little bit more. Regards

[Negrila]

Thanks a lot, its working as it supposed to.i really appreciate your help. i filter the data from the string using "XAXIS" b in channel 0, "YAXIS" b in channel 1 and "ZAXIS" b in channel 2, and i get the three curves.

Regards