Opening .Txt Data Files; Figure 4.40 Recorded Data File Directory - Omega iSD-TH User Manual

4.10 Flash Card Reader (continued)
E:\
File Edit
Name
2010
Events
S20100401.txt
E:\2010
File
Name
#2010/04/02;09:00:00;23.3C;35.6%;D6.7C;
#2010/04/02;09:00:10;23.3C;35.6%;D6.7C;
#2010/04/02;09:00:20;23.3C;35.6%;D6.7C;
#2010/04/02;09:00:30;23.3C;35.7%;D6.7C;
#2010/04/02;09:00:40;23.3C;35.7%;D6.7C;

4.10.1 Opening .txt Data Files

1. Right-click on the data file and select Open with Wordpad. This will display the ASCII
data in WordPad.
2. From the Edit menu select the Replace option to replace all the
,
with (commas).
3. From the File menu select Save As and save the file with an extension .csv (Comma
Separated Value).
4. This .csv file can now be opened in Excel with the correct format.
Alternatively, you can do the following--
1 Open Excel. Go to File, Open, select Files of Type: Choose Text files (*.prn, *.txt,
*.csv), and then select the data file you wish to open.
2. A Text Import Wizard should pop-up.
Select Delimited type of file, then Next.
Click on semicolon as the Delimiter type, then Next.
The screen should show how the file is being divided into columns, click on Finish.
3 From the File menu select Save As and save the file with an extension .csv.
The next time you open this file it will open in Excel automatically.
You may remove the letters C or F and D from the recorded values (using the
Replace option of Excel or Wordpad). This will enable you to create charts of the data.
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Figure 4.40 Recorded Data File Directory

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File Folder 4/01/2010 8:08AM
File Folder 4/01/2010 8:08AM
Text Document 5/02/2010 1:08PM
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Figure 4.41
Example of data recorded on the
SD card, standard text (.txt) file format
52
Date Modified
4/01/2010 8:08AM
5/02/2010 1:08PM
Date Modified
4/02/2010 12:00AM
4/03/2010 12:00AM
4/04/2010 12:00AM
4/05/2010 12:00AM
4/06/2010 12:00AM
4/07/2010 12:00AM
4/08/2010 12:00AM
;
(semicolons)