How to display ascii data?

ericruhl · Post by **ericruhl** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:46 am

When I'm viewing a bin using the built-in hex editor I can see the ascii representation in the right column. How can I display this ascii value as a table (or constant) item? For example, let's say the values at 7000-7004 are:

48 45 4C 4C 4F

When I open the table item which points to this location I want to see this for the output:

HELLO

If I choose "hex digits" for the item output I see 48 45 4c etc., and if I choose "string" I see blank cells. Is there a way to display the ascii equivalent of the hex data?

Post by **Mangus** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:45 pm

There isn't a way of doing that, unfortunately. Can I ask why this would be important?

Ford embeds strings into their bins I bet, huh?

ericruhl · Post by **ericruhl** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:04 pm

Mangus wrote:There isn't a way of doing that, unfortunately. Can I ask why this would be important?

Ford embeds strings into their bins I bet, huh?

Actually Nissan does

The prom ID is stored in ascii. The request is more of a novelty, the ascii data has no importance from a tuning aspect, I was trying to eliminate the use of the hex editor. I was just surprised the hex editor could do something that the tunerpro interface couldn't. Thanks for the info, I'll just use the hex editor when I want to look at that stuff.

Post by **Mangus** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:13 pm

ericruhl wrote:
Mangus wrote:There isn't a way of doing that, unfortunately. Can I ask why this would be important?

Ford embeds strings into their bins I bet, huh?
Actually Nissan does The prom ID is stored in ascii. The request is more of a novelty, the ascii data has no importance from a tuning aspect, I was trying to eliminate the use of the hex editor. I was just surprised the hex editor could do something that the tunerpro interface couldn't. Thanks for the info, I'll just use the hex editor when I want to look at that stuff.

Totally a reasonable request. I'll consider adding it!

ericruhl · Post by **ericruhl** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:14 pm

Mangus wrote: Totally a reasonable request. I'll consider adding it!

Thanks Mark

prj · Post by **prj** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:40 pm

Bump...

Would you consider implementing this? or can I do this already?
I am in the same boat.

I can use the hex editor, just a question of convenience really.

yoda69 · Post by **yoda69** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:54 pm

Just to revisit this topic.
Would be useful in some of the later model GM bins as the VIN is stored in ASCII.
So once again, any chance of getting this added?

Thanks,
yoda69

prj · Post by **prj** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:35 pm

Mark, could you consider adding a simple ASCII type or an ASCII() function to the conversion editor?

You thought it was a good idea six years go

Relic · Post by **Relic** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:49 am

+1
I would like to see the ECU and software version strings.....but they are ascii encoded.
Is there a solution or workaround yet ?

Thanks Mark....we love you lots

Post by **robertisaar** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:22 am

my solution was to make a lookup table with all of the common and useful ASCII characters in it. worked for me.

EDIT: reading > me.

that works for the datastream side of things, but not in the BIN itself.

Post by **Mangus** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:29 am

I'll throw something together to enable this.

Relic · Post by **Relic** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:21 pm

Thanks mate

scarceller · Post by **scarceller** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:40 am

Mangus wrote:I'll throw something together to enable this.

I also need ASCII data type for updating chip signature and version info.
I saw you have a 'data type' STRING but it seems to do nothing? What exactly is 'data type' STRING used for in a table?

Thanks.

Post by **Mangus** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:11 am

Create an XDF table and select "ASCII String" as the output type. Set the number of rows or columns to match the number of characters in the string, and set the address to where the string starts in the bin. That should result in a table of cells each containing an ASCII character in the string.