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Notation Conventions
The following notation conventions are used throughout REF TEK documentation:
Notation
ASCII Indicates the entry conforms to the American Standard Code for Information Interchange definition of
character (text) information.
Binary Indicates the entry is a raw, numeric value.
Hex Indicates hexadecimal notation. This is used with both ASCII characters (0 – 9, A – F) and numeric values.
BCD Indicates the entry is a numeric value where each four bits represents a decimal digit.
FPn Indicates the entry is the ASCII representation of a floating-point number with n places following the
decimal point.
<n> Indicates a single 8-bit byte. When the contents are numeric, it indicates a hexadecimal numeric value;
i.e. <84> represents hexadecimal 84 (132 decimal). When the contents are capital letters, it represents a
named ASCII control character; i.e. <SP> represents a space character, <CR> represents a carriage
return character and <LF> represents a line feed character.
MSB Most Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
MSbit Most Significant Bit of a binary number.
LSB Least Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
LSbit Least Significant Bit (bit 0) of a binary number.
YYYY Year as a 4-digit number
DDD Day of year
HH Hour of day in 24-hour format
MM Minutes of hour
SS Seconds of minute
TTT Thousandths of a second (milliseconds)
IIII Unit ID number
n, ns nano, nanosecond; 10
u, us micro, microsecond; 10
m, ms milli, millisecond; 10
K, KHz kilo, kilohertz; 10
M, MHz mega, megahertz; 10
G, GHz giga, gigahertz; 10
Kb, KB kilobit, kilobyte; 2
Mb, MB megabit, megabyte; 2
Gb, GB gigabit, gigabyte; 2
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTE: This is a note.
Reftek Systems Inc.
REF TEK Colt™ Broadband Seismometer User Guide
117400-XX-UG
= 0.000000001
-9
= 0.000001
-6
= 0.001
-3
3 = 1,000
6 = 1,000,000
9 = 1,000,000,000
= 1,024
10
= 1,048,576
20
30 = 1,073,741,824
This alert warns of a potential hazard which, if not avoided, could result in
severe injury or even death.
This alert warns of a potential hazard or unsafe practice that could result in
minor injury or property damage or irretrievable data loss.
Description
10/27/2021
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