problems at reading from serial port

[alper]

I m developing a system to reading data from serial port which is connected to RF system with RS 232 cable. My aim is to display pressure changes on strain gauge. I m using Labview 6.1, Muller RF system, and Muller strain gauge amplifier. I got some strange bunch of data but I couldnt convert to meaningful data to graph or save.

[DiegoF]

Hi,

The format of the data returned is instrument specific. Some instruments return ASCII data others binary data. In this case it seems that the data returned is binary.

You first need to use the documentation of each device to determine the exact format they use. Each device will probably have a different format. Then you need to use the Data manipulation VIs to "cast" the string to numerics.

DiegoF
National Instruments.