binary indicator

[Lei Dai]

How do I get a binary indicator to display all 8 bits of my value without truncating the zeros?

Thanks

[Mache]

Hi Lei,

I have tried in the past to do this unsuccessfully. LV always truncates the Zeroes on the MSB side and starts with the First "1" encountered from the MSB side. I am assuming here.. that you are using Numeric Indicator Configured to Show Binary Value.

One Work Around is to Use Format into String Function and Use Pad with Zeros to See the truncated Zeroes. But again the Length of the String is fixed based on what you set it to be. Since you know what your data is 8 Bit 16 Bit etc. This is not a Problem.

Here is a small Vi showing this ...

Good Luck

Mache

[Ben]

Here is an off-the-wall idea.

Make you indicator I16 and add 100000000 (binary) to it be fore you display the value.

Subtract when you are done.

Set the dissplay for "right Justify" and then size the indicator so you can not see the "1" in the 9th bit.

Counting up and down (in the control variation of this idea) would work as usual.

Ben

[Lei Dai]

Nice! If you can't do it directly...cheat!

Thanks Ben 🙂

[Ben]

There was nothing in your question that said I could not cheat.

Ben

[Ben]

Also,

Sometimes cheating inspires a good idea.

Sharing thoughts,

Ben

[KBersch]

Formatting the number to a string with a set length is the best way I've found to display all bits of a byte or word.

Kelly

[Lei Dai]

Hi Mache,

Is there any chance you could save the VI for an earlier version of LabVIEW. I only have the evaluation version (6.01).

Thanks a lot for your help.

Lei

[Mache]

Here is the Vi in Ver 6.0. You should be able to open with eval version too!!

Good Luck!!

Mache