Despatch Protocol Manager with Protocol Plus - Manual (Page 37)

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Log File Naming Options
Log file names consist of a Controller ID and Time Stamp, created when a data log is
started.
Controller ID
Controller ID identifies the controller by address (three digits with leading zeroes) or
name. If name is selected, blank spaces and characters not legal for use in a Windows
file name are converted to underscore characters.
Time Stamp
Select the time format used for the log entries.
Notes on Log File Naming Options
The Controller ID and Time Stamp are combined, but separated by an underscore
character, to create a datalog file name prefix. The file name is automatically appended
with a ".log" extension.
For a controller named "East Fab #1" with an address of 2, a datalog file name would
either begin with "002" (if Address selected) or "East_Fab_#1" (if Name selected).
For a run started on February 4th, 2000, at 2:13:45 pm, the Time Stamp would be
either "000204" (if YYMMDD selected), "00020414" (if YYMMDDhh selected),
"0002041413" (if YYMMDDhhmm selected), or "000204141345" (if YYMMDDhhmmss
selected).
If "Name" and "YYMMDDhh" were selected, the complete file name prefix would be
"East_Fab_#1_00020414", and the new datalog filename would be
"East_Fab_#1_00020414.log". If a file with that name already existed, however, the
new file would be renamed "East_Fab_#1_00020414_1.log".
When a datalog is started, and a filename is created, duplicate filenames are checked
for; if a file with the created name already exists, the new filename's prefix has an
underscore and a numerical value appended to it to create a unique filename.