diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlllbinParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlllbinParseInfo.java
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index 0000000..fdbcfe2
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+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlllbinParseInfo.java
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+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+/**
+ * Blabla.
+ *
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ *         Date: 19/02/15 18:29
+ */
+public class LlllbinParseInfo {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlllvarParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlllvarParseInfo.java
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index 0000000..5f67ea0
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+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlllvarParseInfo.java
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+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+/**
+ * Blabla.
+ *
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ *         Date: 19/02/15 18:30
+ */
+public class LlllvarParseInfo {
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestLlll.java b/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestLlll.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestLlll.java
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+package com.solab.iso8583;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.util.HexCodec;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for LLLLVAR and LLLLBIN.
+ *
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ *         Date: 19/02/15 18:25
+ */
+public class TestLlll {
+
+    private MessageFactory<IsoMessage> mfact = new MessageFactory<>();
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws IOException {
+        mfact.setConfigPath("issue36.xml");
+        mfact.setAssignDate(false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTemplate() {
+        IsoMessage m = mfact.newMessage(0x100);
+        Assert.assertEquals("010060000000000000000001X0002FF", m.debugString());
+        m.setBinary(true);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new byte[]{1, 0, (byte) 0x60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 1, (byte) 'X', 0, 1, (byte)0xff}, m.writeData());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNewMessage() {
+        IsoMessage m = mfact.newMessage(0x200);
+        m.setValue(2, "Variable length text", IsoType.LLLLVAR, 0);
+        m.setValue(3, "FFFF", IsoType.LLLLBIN, 0);
+        Assert.assertEquals("020060000000000000000020Variable length text0004FFFF", m.debugString());
+        m.setBinary(true);
+        m.setValue(2, "XX", IsoType.LLLLVAR, 0);
+        m.setValue(3, new byte[]{(byte) 0xff}, IsoType.LLLLBIN, 0);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new byte[]{2, 0, (byte) 0x60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 2, (byte)'X', (byte)'X', 0, 1, (byte)0xff}, m.writeData());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParsing() throws ParseException, IOException {
+        IsoMessage m = mfact.parseMessage("010060000000000000000001X0002FF".getBytes(), 0);
+        Assert.assertNotNull(m);
+        Assert.assertEquals("X", m.getObjectValue(2));
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new byte[]{(byte) 0xff}, (byte[])m.getObjectValue(3));
+        mfact.setUseBinaryMessages(true);
+        m = mfact.parseMessage(new byte[]{1, 0, (byte) 0x60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                        0, 2, (byte)'X', (byte)'X', 0, 1, (byte)0xff}, 0);
+        Assert.assertNotNull(m);
+        Assert.assertEquals("XX", m.getObjectValue(2));
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new byte[]{(byte) 0xff}, (byte[])m.getObjectValue(3));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/issue36.xml b/src/test/resources/issue36.xml
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+++ b/src/test/resources/issue36.xml
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+<j8583-config>
+    <template type="0100">
+        <field num="2" type="LLLLVAR">X</field>
+        <field num="3" type="LLLLBIN">FF</field>
+    </template>
+    <parse type="0100">
+        <field num="2" type="LLLLVAR" />
+        <field num="3" type="LLLLBIN" />
+    </parse>
+</j8583-config>