Platinum Load & Save File Format
%Profile <tab> xx
Saves current Profile
information and starts
loading new R&S profile
Generated, xx = 00-99
%Segment <tab> xx
Saves current segment
information and starts
loading new R&S segment
Generated, xx = 1..8
%<user defined> <tab> ????
Ignored
Ignored
2.1.1 User Meta-records
Additional meta-records may be defined by the user. Upon loading, they will be ignored and the data
will not be retained. User meta-records are not generated during the Save function.
Future versions of Platinum f/w may include support for Date Created, Date Loaded, Author and other
meta-record information.
2.2 Comments
All text following a double slash (//) will be ignored. Users may add comment information on blocks of
records on individual records following the data field.
Note that load function stops parsing the record after the data field has been captured. Extraneous
characters following the data field will be ignored.
Blank records (lines) are ignored.
2.3 Data records
Data records consist of 2 fields, an
item
and a
value
, separated by a tab character.
Item <tab> Value
2.3.1 Item Field
The item field provides a named field from the device data base.
During the load operation unrecognized items will be ignored. This allows configuration files to be
maintained across versions that introduce expanded items.
2.3.2 Value Field
The value field will be generate as either a floating point value (xx.x) or an unsigned 32 bit integer
(xx). The parser will process all characters up to the first non-numeric character.
2.4 Device Configuration Records
Device Configuration records allow loading data that enable / disable specific device features.
Device Configuration records may only be written when the device serialization mechanism is in the
write enable
state. During a Load operation these records are ignored device serialization
mechanism is not in the
write enable
state.
During the Save operation all Device Configuration records as written to the file.
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