Whoops, I meant 8-digit, not 80-digit!!!!!


> On Mar 4, 2016, at 8:39 AM, mcquiggi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Salman:
> 
> In regard to your first question, I suggest looking at the “hexdump” utility 
> under UNIX.  It will allow you to view binary files, and then you can analyze 
> the actual bit stream.  It dumps any file in hexadecimal format.  There are a 
> number of options, but as you make more progress and actually want to see 
> ASCII characters in your files, the “-C” option will allow you to do that.
> 
> Enter:
> 
> man hexdump
> 
> for some docs.  Generally, pipe the output through “more” so you see a 
> screenful at a time, e.g.:
> 
> hexdump filename | more
> 
> The 80-digit hex value on the left hand side of the output is the offset of 
> the bytes within the file.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Salman Dinani <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Marcus,
>> 
>> Thank you very much for introducing me with "Screenshot" option in GRC :) I 
>> checked the provided link and what I understood is that the file sink is 
>> saving bits correctly but in a different format (32 bits for floating point 
>> data). However, I have few confusions:
>> 
>> 1. The ASCII equivalent of "#" or "?" is not equal to "1010" so why the 
>> saved data is "##??" ?
>> 
>> 2. In-order to further comprehend this concept, I designed a DPSK MOD/De-MOD 
>> using GRC DPSK blocks  as shown in DPSK_loopback image. The data "1010" is 
>> provided via file source shown in Data_Tx image and demodulated data is 
>> saved using file sink. To my surprise, the demodulated data is successfully 
>> saved in desired Byte format in file i.e. "101010" as shown in Rx_Data 
>> snapshot. 
>> 
>> 3. To verify this, I designed an another design, which just takes the same 
>> data from file and converts it into "10" and save back to file as shown in 
>> Data_save_try. But this time, the saved file format was unrecognizable and 
>> the file didn't even opened as shown in Rx_file.
>> 
>> My application requires to display and save the "Telemetry data" coming from 
>> a Satellite in binary form i.e. 1010 etc as happening in DPSK_loopback. How 
>> should I achieve this in my design shown in my previous email?
>> 
>> Need your expert opinion :)
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> Salman
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Marcus Müller <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi Salman,
>> 
>> awesome application! As a hint for the future: GRC has a very handy 
>> "screenshot" function that just saves an image of your flowgraph as PNG 
>> (easier than taking a screenshot of your whole desktop). It's what happens 
>> when you use File->Screen Capture or click on the "Printer" button :)
>> 
>> To your question:
>> The files sink correctly saves your numbers to a file -- but that's not 
>> going to be a text file, but a binary file:
>> 
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/FAQ#What-is-the-file-format-of-a-file_sink-How-can-I-read-files-produced-by-a-file-sink
>>  
>> <http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/FAQ#What-is-the-file-format-of-a-file_sink-How-can-I-read-files-produced-by-a-file-sink>
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Marcus
>> 
>> 
>> On 03/03/2016 05:01 PM, Salman Dinani wrote:
>>> Hello every one,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to build a transmitter and receiver for satellite application 
>>> based on dual modulation technique (PM/BPSK).  I have used discrete blocks 
>>> for BPSK modulation and quadrature demodulator and PLL for BPSK 
>>> demodulation as shown in Figure 1. Initially square wave generator is used 
>>> as data source of "1010" which was successfully demodulated as shown in 
>>> Figure 2 and 3. 
>>> 
>>> But when I tried to save the demodulated "1010" bits in byte form in a file 
>>> , it resulted in unrecognizable data as shown in Figure 4. 
>>> 
>>> My question is: Why I am not able to save the data "1010" in file??
>>> 
>>> Kindly guide me through the solution..??
>>> 
>>> Best regards 
>>> Salman
>>> 
>>> 
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