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i.
EX: 123.456789 set as %.3lf will display as 123.456
e.
%e
–
used for Exponential Notation
f.
%x
–
used to represent Hexadecimal values for Signed/Unsigned Integers or Floating
points
g.
String and Constant String Data Types do not use this field
6)
Max Characters:
This is the Max Number of Characters that can be transmitted for a single field.
Special Cases
a.
If set to 0, the entire field is transmitted.
b.
If the length of the value is less than the Max Characters, then the Padding Character
will be used (if set).
c.
If the length of the value is greater than the Max Characters, then the value will be
truncated.
7)
Padding:
If the length of the value is less than the Max Characters padding Zeroes, Spaces, or
Nothing to the remaining character placeholders. The padding will occur to the left of the value.
8)
Add Delim:
Used when a Concatenating Delimiter is selected. Check to add the Concatenating
Delimiter to the end of that field.
9)
Sample Result:
This will display an example of how the data will output. This will not display live
data. It provides an example of the string structure.
NOTE:
Sample Result field will only show the first 64 characters of the message.
a.
String data and Constant data types will display as
x
’s.
b.
Any other data type will display as
i
’s.
NOTE
: For display purposes, if Max Characters is set to 0, only 10 characters will display
for that field in the Sample Result section. The true value, if larger, will be processed
correctly.
EX: Field 1 is set for a String data type and Max Characters is set to 0, only 10
x
’s
will display in the sample result even though the max character length is set to
50.
