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the editor would display the file as:
GROUPS [40-9] [8-1]
DISPLAY HEX, BIN
!TIME DATA
1 $401007FD
The "$" sign that was added to the data field line indicates a hex-
adecimal number. The second field is still in binary notation.
The space between the first and second field is the space neces-
sary to expand the hexadecimal field to a binary field.
If the display line designates that a group is displayed in hex-
adecimal format and you need to tri-state one pin of the Vector
Output I/O Module, you must use the "*" special character to
enter the data on the data field line. The "*" character indicates
that the data field is normally hexadecimal, but is being dis-
played in binary. For example, if you wanted pin 9 to output a
tri-state condition in a hexadecimal data field, you would enter
the data line as:
*0100000000010000000001111111110X 1111XXXX
The line on this field will continue to be displayed as a binary
representation in the hexadecimal field as long as the "*" is left
in place. If the "*" character is removed, the data field converts
to hexadecimal representation, taking only the rightmost num-
bers that will fit in the field and discarding the rest (this effec-
tively changes the data in the field). If the "*" character is re-
moved from line 1 in the previous example, the line would
change to:
1 $1111110X
If the "$" sign was removed and the "*" character was placed at
the beginning of the field, the line would expand out to:
1 *0000000000000000000000001111110X 1111XXXX
9100A-017
1111XXXX
1111XXXX
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