
FASTRAK MANUAL
Rev. G
46
JUNE 2012
‘F’ – Enable ASCII Output Format
Syntax:
F
Purpose:
This command enables the ASCII output data format. ASCII format means that
the data is generally human readable, while binary format is generally computer
readable. Regardless of output data format selected, all input data (commands) to
the FASTRAK system must be in ASCII format.
Relatives:
f
Default:
The default output data format is ASCII
Example:
If a software application is written to receive binary data from the FASTRAK
system and there was a requirement to take it offline temporarily to do visual
checks, the user would enable the ASCII output data format in order to be able to
easily read the FASTRAK data on the PC monitor. To do so, the following
command should be sent:
F
The system will now be in ASCII output data format and can be read by the user.