Rs232 data input

Hello,
I am trying to read data into dasylab via Rs232, but I am new to dasylab and havent worked reading in rs232 data before.
I managed to get dasylab to communicate with my device, but I am having trouble parsing the data effectively.
In the rs 232 monitor, without sending any commands, I get a set of data in the format
DA 0 00 20.8 21.5 0.0 0.0<CR><LF>
I've been searching the forums and think this has a very simple solution, I'm just having trouble finding the correct command to put in the "measurement data format" box for each channel
Thanks for the help.

Ok, there are a couple of ways to do this
DA 0 00 20.8 21.5 0.0 0.0<CR><LF>
If the first three groups are constant, then use them as a search string to anchor the first data point.
Channel 0 will be
"DA 0 00 "a\x20
the \x20 is the trailing space, and delimits the data point.
Channel 1 will be
a\x20
If that's all you want, then the rest of the line is ignored, while it searches for the "DA 0 00 " for the next Channel 0 value.
- cj
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