problem with serial communication

Hi,

I am using the following command for serial communication

nexys = serial('COM1', 'BaudRate', 9600, 'Parity', 'odd', 'Terminator', '', 'Timeout', 1);

   s = 's';
      fwrite(nexys,s,'uchar');
      scan_s1 = fread(nexys,1,'uint16');

      t = 't';
      fwrite(nexys,t,'uchar');
      scan_s2 = fread(nexys,1,'uint16');

The data that is storing in scan_s1, scan_s2 is like:2048, 55040

I do not understand which format is this data

Actually I am sending 2 bytes of data from nexys2 board tp matlab

Can anybody help me in understanding this

Thanks Jim

[Walter Roberson]

The code uses unsigned 16 bit binary values as the representation; is that what you were asking about?

[Jim]

Hi walter, Thanks for your reply

Yes, it represent 16 bit binary value

But I do not understand why it is showing the values like 2048,3042

It is in decimal like

Regards Jim

[Walter Roberson]

2048 and 3042 and 55040 are quite valid 16 bit unsigned values.

If you want to see the bits composing the numbers, then use dec2bin(scan_s1, 16)