File Format; Meta Records - Omega CN32Pt User Manual

2 File Format

The file format uses multiple records with each record having one or more fields. The 'tab' character
is used to separate fields within a record. All data information is represented by ASCII strings. Each
record is terminated by a CR/LF (0xd/0xa) character sequence.
Records fall into three general categories:
1) Comment / blank records
2) Keyword records
3) Data records
Record
Type character
Meta Record %
Comment //
Blank Line
Data record <any
printable
character>
NOTE: The first record within the file must contain the Keyword %Platinum.

2.1 Meta records

The following Meta Records are defined:
Meta Record
%Platinum
%File <tab> Platinum_xxxx.txt
%Version <tab> yyy.yyyy.yyyy.yyy
%Date <tab> ...
%Author <tab> ...
%DeviceID <tab> xxxxxxxxx
Platinum Load & Save File Format
Tag Use
Defines
operations/information
other than data records
Allow users to insert
comments to document
files
Allow separating blocks
of information
Defines data to be read
or written
Must be first record in
the file
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Revision 0.1
%File <tab> Platinum_0000.txt
// This is a comment
INPUT_SENSOR <tab> 2
Load Function
Generated as first record
in the file
Generated based on file
number entered by user
Records device F/W
version information
Not generated
Not generated
Generated based on
internal DeviceID
information
Example
Save Function
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