reading data flow files

[bartb]

Hello,

I like to know if its posible to read dfd files, Dataflow files. I include an example of the file format.

Thanks in advance

B Bakels

[MikeS81]

Hi B Bakels,

you can read this files with the "Read From text File" or "Read from Binary File" function. What do you want to do with this data in LabView?

Mike

[bartb]

Yes i know, but i would like to extract the data form the file but its encrypted in dataflow format..? Thats my problem

thanks in advance,

[GerdW]

Hi Bart,

do you have some link to file format explanation? Just from that extension we cannot help...

[bartb]

Its a fileformat form the firm kistler. I attached a file to the first post. I dont know if its possible to decrypt this file with labview

Thanks

[MikeS81]

Hi bartb,

we saw your file, but i think the question from gerd is, if you now how to read this file. Do you know the meaning of each byte?

Mike

[GerdW]

Hi bartb,

well, we know that you attached an example.
But we don't know the file format!
We can only guess:
-First 0x1270 bytes contain header data (identifier, version numbers, date/time strings, information on used hardware, channels, etc.). You have to know the format to get it into human readable form.
-Remaining bytes (starting at offset 0x1270) seem to contain 16bit data (according to used PCM-DAS16 hardware?). The data seem saved in big endian order...

The attached vi will load the data part of the example file - you have to interpret the data as I neither know the format correctly nor do I have knowledge what those data represent...


Message Edited by GerdW on 07-10-2008 02:09 PM