EA-1 User Manual
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Log Files and Buffer Files:
The
“OphirEthernetApp”
application automatically creates log files while the sensor window is open and the sensor is
measuring. These log files are located in the “My Documents” folder under “\OphirEthernetApp\”. The files are
stored in “CSV” format, which is a comma delimited text file that Microsoft Excel can open directly.
A new log file is created each time the sensor window is opened, and closed when the sensor window is closed.
The name of the log file contains the IP address of the EA-1 Adapter to which the sensor is attached, for example
“ADR_172_16_16_49.csv”. When the log file is created, the previous 4 log files are automatically backed up with
names “*_1.csv”, “_2”, “_3” and “_4”.
The log file contains the following information:
Line 1: EA-1 device user-name, sensor name, sensor S/N, IP address
Line 2: Date and start time of the log
Line 3: Column headers: Time(s) Value Unit
Line 4+: logged data: time-stamp (in seconds from the start of log), value in scientific format, measurement units
Note:
In some European countries the default separator character is a comma “,” instead of a dot “.” (for example
“1,23” instead of “1.23”). Customers in those countries may not be able to open the standard English format CSV log
files directly using Excel, as the delimiter for the CSV format will be a semi-colon “;” instead of a comma “,”.
Buffer Files:
In addition to the log files for each device, a communications buffer file is automatically produced by the application
for each active device, with the same name as the log file but with the suffix “*.log”. This file contains all the