Reading 0x00 in binary file as space 0x20

[Nick_A1]

Here is a zip folder with the binary file. Thanks for the help.

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

OK, this file does have nulls and LabVIEW has no problems reading it. There is no problem.

Message Edited by altenbach on 11-13-2008 04:48 PM

[Nick_A1]

OK, I think it's working. Thanks a lot for your help. Was it behaving differently because I was using build array instead of just dumping the data directly to an array? Or because my count was different?

[altenbach]

No, the "built array" or "count" do not change the data. Most likely you had two files with similar names and mixed them up. 😄

[TinoMK]

I am having similar problem. When reading binary stream the 0x00 is interpreted as 0x20 (space)? Any ideas?

[smercurio_fc]

Are you sure you have nulls? As the discussion indicated, the user had a file that actually had spaces, not nulls, so LabVIEW was working correctly. Do you have a file that you can upload?

[TinoMK]

What is happening is I think is matter of representation of binary characters into a text editor. After conversion to ASCII I think it is OK.

Thank you for your help anyway!

Salud!

[smercurio_fc]

Why are you converting to ASCII? There should be no need for that. If you want to open the file then I suggest using a Hex Editor or Notepad++. Notepad++ has a Hex Editor plug-in.

[TinoMK]

I am receiving the stream of binary data from my remote instrument and I have to convert to ASCII in order to visualise them...work with the data....

Thanks,

[altenbach]

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TinoMK wrote:

... and I have to convert to ASCII in order to visualise them...work with the data....

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This does not make sense.

• To visualize binary data, simply set the string indicator to hex display.
• Working with binary data is also much easier and efficient.