BER Converter

Extract text from Encoded data files (BER)


Drop or upload your .BER file
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How to extract text from your BER file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BER file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BER to another file type

To convert BER Encoded files to another format, you need Wireshark or other Encoded software.

Convert a file to BER

To convert other file formats to the "Binary Event Record" file type, you need software like Wireshark or a similar tool.


About BER files

The .BER file extension primarily stands for Basic Encoding Rules, a standard data formatting protocol defined by the ITU-T X.690 specification for encoding Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) data structures. It is heavily utilized in the telecommunications sector to store Call Detail Records (CDRs) and billing event data generated by platforms like the Ericsson Online Charging System (OCS) and Mavenir. In a completely separate use case, IT administrators encounter .BER files as proprietary backup configuration files for network switches manufactured by Dell, Linksys, and Netgear. Opening a .BER file directly poses significant challenges because it is a raw binary encoding format, not human-readable text. Telecommunication companies require specialized parsing tools, custom ASN.1 compilers, or protocol analyzers like Wireshark to decode the billing data payload. Network administrators face similar limitations, as switch configurations cannot be manually edited without corrupting the file; they must be managed via specific software like the Netgear Smart Control Center. Certificate-based .BER files also require cryptographic libraries like OpenSSL to extract public keys. To make the data usable across different systems, you must convert it. For telecommunications billing data, converting .BER to CSV or JSON allows analysts to query and read the call detail records in standard databases or spreadsheets. For cryptographic certificates, converting to PEM or DER ensures the keys are compatible with standard web servers like Apache or Nginx. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BER file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PEM, P8 and CER files.


FAQ

If you want to convert BER file to , you can use Wireshark or similar software from the "ASN.1 Binary Data Encoding" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to BER, try Wireshark or another comparable tool in the "ASN.1 Binary Data Encoding" category.



The BER Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BER converter.