Localized TDMS file errors

[DJ_001]

I've go a TDMS file from an unknown source I'm trying to work with. DIAdem opens the file and allows me to work with its data. In DIAdem I can see that the group and channel names are in Chinese. If I open this same file in LabVIEW 2015 and read the group/channel names I get a bunch of question marks returned. If I try reading data using "TDMS Read" leaving 'group name' in and 'channel name(s) in' unwired I get error -2532 (LabVIEW: Invalid group name and/or channel name.). What do I need to do to work with this file in LabVIEW? Thanks Denis

[csparksfly]

Hi Denis,

One important thing to note is that DIAdem uses Unicode with nearly all the character strings which essentially means that the Chinese group and channel names will properly appear in DIAdem. You can find more information about Unicode in DIAdem at the following help file:

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370858M-01/genshell/genshell/genshell_unicode/

From the LabVIEW Error -2525 aspect, this error can occur when the TDMS read tries to group time stamp and waveform data together. Since time stamp data cannot be formatted into a waveform data type, LabVIEW cannot complete that operation. More information is detailed in the following KnowledgeBase article:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/9CBA3B16A9C634A786257AED005CA77F

Finally, one way to resolve this error is to modify Windows settings to set the Regional and Language Options. The following KnowledgeBase article walks you through the steps to do so working with Vietnamese as an example:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/91A1863834F4B1A0862575670067D15C

I hope this helps!

[DJ_001]

The instructions to change the Regional and Language settings seems to have done the trick.

Thanks for the help