# Snmp data visualization

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/snmp-data-visualization/83147>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** function-node\
**Created:** [24 November 2023 13:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/snmp-data-visualization/83147 "2023-11-24T13:07:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [30 November 2023 17:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/snmp-data-visualization/83147/34 "2023-11-30T17:07:49Z")

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snmp data type 4 is an OctetString (also shown as the tstr property). so just bytes as a string. So in theory it's safe to turn into a string... BUT when I did that it caused other (real power) snmp users to have problems and so I "fixed" it to send what they expect and let them handle it.

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