2 toa5 ascii file format – Campbell Scientific CR5000 Measurement and Control Module User Manual

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Section 2. Data Storage and Retrieval

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Field Name
The name of the field in the data table. This name is created by the CR5000 by
appending underscore ( _ ) and a three character mnemonic for the output
processing.

Field Units
The units for the field in the data table. Units are assigned in the program with
the units declaration.

Field Processing
The output processing that was used when the field was stored.

Smp = Sample

Max = Maximum

Min = Minimum

Avg = Average

Field Data Type
This header line is only in TOB1 binary format and identifies the data type for
each of the fields in the data table.

UINT4 = Unsigned 4 byte integer

IEEE4 = 4 byte floating point

Time Stamp
This field is the date and time stamp for this record. It indicates the time,
according to the logger clock, that each record was stored.

Record Number
This field is the record number of this record. The number will increase up to
2E32 and then start over with zero. The record number will also start over at
zero if the table is reset.

Field Data
This is the data for each of the fields in the record.

2.4.2 TOA5 ASCII File Format

The following is a sample of a file collected as ASCII with time stamps.

"TOA5","Bob's9K","CR5000","1048575","1.00","EXPLDAT.DLD","4339","Temp"
"TIMESTAMP","RECORD","RefTemp_Avg","TC_Avg(1)","TC_Avg(2)","TC_Avg(3)","TC_Avg(4)"
"TS","RN","degC","degC","degC","degC","degC"
"","","Avg","Avg","Avg","Avg","Avg"
"1995-09-19 14:31:43.84",458,29.94,25.6,25.36,25.48,25.4
"1995-09-19 14:31:43.85",459,29.93,25.6,25.36,25.41,25.35

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