Currently I have this dictionary, printed using pprint:
pprint
{\'AlarmExTempHum\': \'\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\', \'AlarmIn\': 0,
If you use Python 2, don't forget to add the UTF-8 file encoding comment on the first line of your script.
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
This will fix some Unicode problems and make your life easier.