Simex MultiCon CMC-99/141, User Manual

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User Manual For - CONTROLLER/DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC-99/141
Channels settings data format
Text data have the following columns:
– channel ID (channel number – 1)
– name
– selected data source index (see Mode parameter in Chapter 7.8.1. Logical
Channels - General settings
)
– unit — channel unit or if there is no unit available – none (translated into current
device language) label
– format index (see
Format
parameter in
Chapter 7.8.1. Logical Channels - General
settings )
– ON label
– OFF label
– channel -HI- level
– channel -LO- level
– number precision — text data describing a selected number precision (e.g.: 0.00
means two decimal digits).
Example:
channel 1 and 2 settings.
0 Channel C1 1 none 1 ON OFF 10 0 0.00
1 Channel C2 1 mA 0 ON OFF 20 0 0.00
Channel one has the name of Channel C1 it is in mode 1 (Hardware input), has no unit,
format is set to 1 (binary mode), label ON is ON , label OFF is OFF , channel -HI- state is set to
10 and
-LO-
state to 0, precision is 0.00 (two decimal digits).
When viewing the data in a text editor do not be fooled by the apparent different
number of columns. Tabs can be presented differently depending on the user's text
editor. It is recommended for the user to enable the visibility of special characters.
General data structure
Data obtained from the device by copying it onto a drive has a fixed structure.
In the flash drive's main directory there is a folder whose name is the same as
the device's serial number. All the main_log.bin_TYPE files are placed into this directory.
The
TYPE
can be:
–
cons_dev_info
,
– dev_settings ,
– event_log ,
– logs ,
Additionally, there are folders with the log data. The name of the folder is the same as
the internal log name from the file
main_log.bin_logs
.
Every data folder contains the following files:
–
log.db_TYPE
— log settings files. The
TYPE
can be:
•
chan_conf — channels settings.
•
conf_xml — internal device settings.
•
group_settings
— group_settings.
•
log_files — list of data files.
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