Generate 2byte hex value for a given knob value

[LarryDante]

Hello;

I am beginner to Lab view i just need a small help i taking input from Knob and i want to generate 2byte Hex value can some one please help me on doing this please

[PsyenceFact]

If the knob is set to represent a U16 integer you can use Split Number to obtain the high and low bytes then Number To Hexadecimal String to obtain a string representation of each hex value.  Something like this:

If you just want to display the byte values on the front panel, you don't need to bother with the string conversion and can set a numeric indicator to display as hex (right click - Display Format...).

Andy

[crossrulz]

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@LarryDante wrote:

i want to generate 2byte Hex value

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Please be more specific.  Is that hex value in ASCII (which would be 4 characters) or in a hex editor?  What is your data representing?  Do you have calculations to do on the data before sending it where it needs to go?

[LarryDante]

Thanks for attention sir's,

Actually sir here i want to generate a 2byte hex string just like for example:

for 16byte it gives FFFF so in that manner it should scale

[RTSLVU]

Why not just do this?

It's all in the properties!

[LarryDante]

but sir what my problem is i am taking numeric input and want to generate 2byte hex number for the given input like for example i set nob to 5.33 a 2byte hex value is generated for it i hope i am able to explain my problem

[Kyle97330]

5.33 is a bad example... That's a floating point value, and in a best-case scenario you need 4 bytes to represent one using standard floating point encoding, and most people use 8 bytes.

Do you have any sort of reference for this, like a manual or spec sheet?  Is this for a school assignment?  Or is it to send to some sort of equipment you own?

[RavensFan]

5.33 is not an integer, so it isn't going to convert to a 2-byte "hex".

Are you trying to rescale your 5.33 value so that it is somewhere between 0 and 65535  (0000-FFFF hex)?  If so, what decimal value is supposed to be scaled to FFFF?  Is 0 supposed to be 0000?   Most likely, (without any clear details), you'd divide by your max value and multiply by 65535.

I feel like you don't know exactly what you want so you don't know how to ask the question.