load a .daq file in octave matlab code the problem was .daq is proprietary and binary it could be exported to csv

[joshua wojnas]

load a .daq file in octave matlab code the problem was .daq is
proprietary and binary it could be exported to csv

I looked at the output from octave and I think I know why it doesn't work now.

daqread the function is matlab data aquisition toolbox specific.

there is not a tool that I know of that reads .daq files because if it
was a .csv file many programs can read it.

because it is a proprietary tipe the format changes.

here is the matlab solution
1. After acquiring data, you can export it to another format, such as
XLS-files, MAT-files, or HDF-files. For more information, refer to the
Data Import and Export (MATLAB Programming) documentation by executing
the following command at the MATLAB Command Prompt:
web([docroot,'/techdoc/matlab_prog/f5-4931.html'])

http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-1NBX1T/index.html?product=DA&solution=1-1NBX1T

octave has a .wav file reader and so does matlab if your data could be
saved that way or .csv

also csv can be opened in data bases and not be trunkated like open
office calc or excel might.

here is a link to the matlab data export as text files links
the one labled csv is very generic tab delimited is easier for people
to read and .wav could be listened to at different playback rates if
that was useful.
http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/csvwrite.html
http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/dlmwrite.html

Scilab2C also might be another option if I can get the matlab to
scilab translator program to work & if the scilab2c program to work.
But I did not see anything that would read the .daq file format.
http://www.hartes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=40