Can matlab be used to decode and interpret ANSI characters including non-printable characters?

I am trying to decode and interpret an ANSI character response from a GPS receiver. Within ANSI, there are regular characters(found on a keyboard) and non-printable control characters(represented as certain spaces within the response line). The non printable characters are represented in Hexadecimal from 00-31 that represent command features from the receiver and can not be typed. How can I use MATLAB to interpret this data and convert it to binary, hexadecimal, or etc? Ultimately I would like to create a script that can read lines ANSI of characters and translate them to either hexadecimal or binary formats.

An example of the response I receive is:

MACM Øi «ıT##AkûOù£©É9ȵˇ¿tz «#AlèwπZ@Å˙ ª á°" ±·"Aki[j?sÄäÀBˇ,ÈK A“$Ai∂1⁄,Z8xü¯ôˇÄ?ò ∏‡

After receiving this response, I copied and pasted it into a ANSI convertor software called Hex-Editor. A conversion for the above response to hexadecimal using the software would be:

4D 41 43 4D 20 06 14 AF 69 20 C7 F5 54 23 13 02 05 23 41 6B 9E 4F 9D A3 A9 0C 83 39 E9 B5 FF C0 74 7A 20 20 C7 06 06 02 05 23 41 6C 8F 77 0F B9 5A 40 81 FA 20 BB 20 87 A1 22 20 03 B1 E1 04 02 05 22 41 6B 69 5B 6A 3F 73 80 8A 0F CB 42 FF 2C E9 4B 20 20 41 D2 15 02 05 24 41 69 B6 31 DA 2C 5A 38 78 9F F8 99 FF 80 3F 98 20 06 B8 19 10 E0 20

Any numbers from 00 to 31 that are above are represented as control characters and can not be typed. An online link of ANSI printable and non printable characters converted to hexadecimal and other formats can be found here:

http://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_html_ansi.asp

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

fread() for binary data, fgetl() or fgets() for line-oriented data even if it includes non-printable characters. dec2hex() or sprintf() with '%x' or '%X' format for hex output

[Frederick]

I am a beginner with Matlab. I have tried using the commands you suggested along with opening the file with Matlab and receive errors with class mismatches. Can you provide a sample of how you can convert the response?

[Walter Roberson]

fid = fopen('YourFile.txt', 'r');
tline = fgetl(fid);
A = dec2hex(tline);
B = sprintf('%2x', tline);