Well, like if I use the BIN8 operator, i do get 10110111 in the serial command window, but Matlab reads it as 49, 48, 49, 49, 48, 49, 49, 49 (which is the decimal value of the ascii characters, 0 and 1. So instead of each bit being sent in 1 bit, each bit requires 5 bits b/c 2^5 is 64. Basically, is there a way to send binary and not ascii?