Campbell Scientific CR5000 Measurement and Control Module - Manual (Page 50)

Section 2. Data Storage and Retrieval
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"File Format","Station","Logger","Serial No.","OS Ver","DLD File","DLD Sig","Table Name"
"TIMESTAMP","RECORD","Field Name","Field Name","Field Name"
"TS","RN","Field Units","Field Units","Field Units"
"","","Processing","Processing","Processing"
"Field Data Type","Field Data Type","Field Data Type","Field Data Type","Field Data Type"
timestamp,record number,field data,field data,field data,
FIGURE 2.4.1 Header Information
2.4 Data Format on Computer
The format of the file stored on disk can be either ASCII or Binary depending
on the file type selected in the collect data dialog box. Files collected from a
real time window are always stored in ASCII format.
2.4.1. Header Information
Every data file stored on disk has an ASCII header at the beginning. The
header gives information on the format, datalogger and program used to collect
the data. Figure 2.4.1 is a sample header where the text in the header is a
generic name for the information contained in the header. The entries are
described following the figure.
File Format
The format of the file on disk. TOA5 is an ASCII format. TOB1 is a Binary
format. This information is used by the historical graphing and file conversion
functions of PC9000.
Station Name
The station name set in the logger that the data was collected from.
Logger Model
The datalogger model that the data was collected from.
Logger Serial Number
The serial number of the logger that the data was collected from. This is the
serial number of the CR5000 CPU.
Operating System Version
The version of the operating system in the logger that the data was collected
from.
DLD File
The name of the DLD file that was running when the data were created.
DLD Signature
The signature of the DLD file that created the data.
Table Name
The data table name.