Is it possible to display a long string?

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Emanuel
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Is it possible to display a long string?

Post by Emanuel » Wed 13. Aug 2014, 01:05

I have a system that sends an ASCII string in 16 messages.
In the Transmit/Receive window I see how the messages are overwritten and finally only the last one displayed.
In the trace window I can not obtain ASCII, only line by line using "hex view" and in "Inspect Variables" also only one message at a time. (for some reason also the direction is inverted R->L)
Is there something I forgot to enable or is there another way to read the message?
Thanks

K.Wolf
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Re: Is it possible to display a long string?

Post by K.Wolf » Wed 13. Aug 2014, 09:47

I don't think there is a way to see the whole string at once. If you set the tracer to Pause or Stop mode, you can move the mouse pointer over the data bytes to see the contents in a small popup window. This is quicker than having to open the Inspect Variables window for each individual message.
To reverse the ASCII character order, specify the Motorola flag for your string variable.

Emanuel
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Re: Is it possible to display a long string?

Post by Emanuel » Wed 13. Aug 2014, 10:12

Thanks for the answer.
I used also the pop up window possibility in trace, it is ok if I only need to check the data for myself.
The thing is that if I need to copy the log file to a testing report for example, where the ASCII string is in this case the unit's data (serial no., version, date, etc.) this can't be done.
Practically, if the trace was capable to include an ASCII column it could be perfect.
Perhaps an idea to include this option in a future update, after all most CAN viewers do that :ugeek:

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