How to write HEX values in Visa write in Labview NXG?

[uschris13]

I need to send HEX values to an instrument.  In the VISA test panel I can send \AA and send the hex values.  I have tried to send them in NXG but it always converts them to ASCI characters.  I have searched and for older versions of labview there is an option (right click) to select the string as HEX, but I can't find this option (right click) in NGX.  

I need to send AA 55 00 020801 F4 to the serial port.

[jay0909]

Hi,

          So if you send ascii do you get any errors? what exactly you want to do ? Can you please post a picture and give some more info.

[arteitle · Accepted solution]

It doesn't look like NXG 2.1 (the version I have) has the option to display string constants or controls in hexadecimal format. However, you can display integers in hex, so you could get a similar result with an array of U8 set for hex display.

[uschris13]

Thank you, this worked.  The VI Write accepted the array of Hex Bytes and I was able to send the correct data.