Campbell Scientific PC400 Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 56)

Section 5. Split
5.3 Split Parameter File Entries
5.3.1 Input Files
The name of the Input File is entered in the space to the right of the Browse
button. The default directory is the working directory for Split (if the default
installation directories were chosen, this will be c:\campbellsci\splitw). If the
input file is not in the default directory, use the Browse button to find the input
file.
In LoggerNet or PC400, mixed array datalogger files are stored in a simple
comma separated ASCII format; tabled-based datalogger files are stored in
TOA5 (a comma separated format with headers). Split can process Input files
from other software, but they must be formatted in Comma Separated ASCII,
Final Storage (Binary) Format, Field Formatted ASCII (Split default output
format), Printable ASCII, Table Oriented ASCII (TOACI1 or TOA5) or Raw
A/D data (refer to special Burst Mode instruction in your Campbell Scientific
datalogger manual).
Files stored in Table Oriented Binary (TOB) format are converted to Table
Oriented ASCII files when Split uses them. The converter runs in the
background when you run Split to create the output file. You cannot use the
Data Label browser to select the columns of data from a binary file. If you
want to use the Data Label browser you can open the file first using View,
which converts the binary file to ASCII and saves it under a new name, prior to
processing it with Split.
Split’s default output file, a field-separated ASCII format with a *.PRN file
extension, can be processed a second time if desired.
TABLE 5-1 provides an example of Comma Separated, Field Formatted,
Printable ASCII, and Table Oriented ASCII input file types. The data in the
various formats are identical. Each line of data represents an “Output Array”,
starting with an Output Array ID (in this case 115). Each data point in the
Output Array is referred to as an “element”. The element number is given in
the Printable ASCII format, and implied in the other formats. Data presented
in TABLE 5-1 is used for example purposes in the following sections.
TABLE 5-1. Comma Separated, Field Formatted, Printable ASCII, and
Table Oriented ASCII
Input File Format Types
COMMA SEPARATED
115,189,1200,89.6,55.3,25.36,270
115,189,1300,91.3,61.5,27.25,255.4
115,189,1400,92.7,67.7,15.15,220.1
115,189,1500,94.1,69,20.35,260.6
FIELD FORMATTED
115 189 1200 89.6 55.3 25.36 270
115 189 1300 91.3 61.5 27.25 255.4
115 189 1400 92.7 67.7 15.15 220.1
115 189 1500 94.1 69 20.35 260.6
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