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AT4610/AT4710 User’s Guide
9.5.1
Rules of File Creating
Creating filename is created on the basis of format of {File name} {Serial number}. {File type}
in disk, for example:
AUTO0001.CSV
And,
AUTO is filename, please preset it in <SYSTEM CONFIG> page.
0001
is serial number of filename, system will AUTO detect the last serial number and begin
progressive increasing every time creating new file.
CSV
is file type, please preset it in <SYSTEM CONFIG> page.
9.5.2
File Path
Instrument will keep the acquisition data file in the following disk’s path:
<Drive>\Applent Instruments\AT4610\Data\<date>\<filename><serial number>.{CSV,BIN}
9.5.3
Comma-Separated Values File (CSV)
CSV
(
Comma-Separated Values
)
is a standard full text format, it is widely applied among
incompatible program to transfer table data, it is convenient to use Excel to open CSV files in
Window operating system, and CSV files are directly converted by Excel format.
Due to it is text format and includes many separators, so CSV file takes bigger memory space,
instrument is unable to be applied to high speed data logging, under sampling rate of <100m,
instrument only adopts binary file BIN to store.
Because it is ANSI text format, users can directly check its original file format through any text
editor on PC.
An example of CSV file snippet
Table 9-2 An example of a CSV file
Line#. File Content
1
"File name","AUTO0008.CSV","Rev A"
2
""
3
"Trigger Time","2006-01-01 14:57:47"
4
"Channel"," 1"," 2"," 3"," 4"," 5"," 6"," 7"," 8"," 9"
5
"Type","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K","TC-K"
6
"Range","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C","100°C"
7
""
8
""
9
""
10
""
11
"Time (s)","°C","°C","°C","°C","°C","°C","°C","°C","°C","°C"
12
0.000000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.65621
e+000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,
13
1.000000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.61453
e+000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,+9.000,
14
…
File specification:
Line 1: is filename and version number
Line 3: starting time (instrument’s system time)
Line 4: channel mark
Line 5: type
Line 6: range