SmarTek Systems SAS-1 Setup Using SAS Monitor - Manual (Page 20)

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To convert the SAS Archive Data File (.ahx) to a spread sheet ready file or another specified end
user format, click the Archive/Decode SAS Archive menu item. This opens the SAS Archive
File Conversion Window (Figure 10).
Click on the file for conversion in the middle pane to select the file. Click the Add button to add
the selected file to the conversion list in the right pane. Click the Add All button to select and
add all files to the conversion list. To clear a file(s) from the list for conversion, click on the file
to select it and then click the Clear button. To clear all files from the conversion list, click on
the Clear All button.
Click in the upper or lower part of the Convert To field to select the file format that each
Archive Data File (.ahx) will be converted to. Several choices are available, including an ASCII
version ready for import into a spreadsheet. To start the conversion process, click the Convert
button. The number of files remaining for conversion is shown in the bottom line of the SAS
Archive File Conversion Window. When the number of files is 0, the process is complete.
The converted files are stored in the \Arch_Data\ sub-folder. In addition to the selection in the
Convert To field, the Archive Data Files (.ahx) are converted to a “space” delimited spread
sheet ready file with the file name as follows:
yyyymmdd_ hhmmss_ Archive0.atx
Note: When converting to a specific end user file format, a separate associated header file
(.hdr) may be required. The format for these files and the parameters they contain depend
on the end user specified conversion. If the associated header (.hdr) files are required, they
must be prepared in advance and located in the \Arch_Data\ sub-folder.