ETAS 2 Configuration Creation
Note that editing is only possible if MDAV8 gets a write access on
the file and only works with MDF3 and MDF4 files. This function
does not work for measure files created with snapshot recording.
3. To store all changes, click Save or press Enter.
2.2.4 Indication of File Index Status
For faster data display when zooming and scrolling in the oscilloscope, a stand-
ard indexed measure file is beneficial.
The standard index is supported for MDF file format V3.3 and V4.x. The indexing
can be set in the INCA user options. For more information, see the
INCAdocumentation.
In the File Explorer of MDAV8, the icon indicates if the measure file format
supports the standard index, but is not yet indexed.
The status of the standard indexing is also listed in the measure file tooltip and
Information window.
2.3 Exporting and Converting Measure Data
MDA V8.5 supports all versions of MDF files. MDF files can be read and written.
Exporting measure data, i.e. writing a new file, is limited currently to signals hav-
ing numeric values and enumerations. You can either export a complete meas-
ure file or a subset of signals.
To see how you can export a measure file for a selection of signals, or how to
convert a measure file into a new file format, watch our video Exporting Sig-
nals and Files.
You can convert a measure file into an MDFformat (MDF V2.x to V4.1) or an
ASCII format. The following ASCIIformats are supported:
l DXL
This format contains only real data, i.e. only data that has actually been
recorded, and no interpolated data. The first column contains all recorded
timestamps (combined from all available measured rasters). The second
column contains all recorded timestamps for a specific raster, e.g. 100
ms. The next columns show signal specific recorded values. The values
correspond to the timestamps in the second column. If no value has been
recorded for a signal at a specific timestamp, an empty cell is shown.
The measurement values that have been selected in a specific meas-
urement raster, determine the number of columns and can be considered
as a raster block. If more than one raster was used during recording, addi-
tional raster blocks are included in the next columns. In this DXL format,
enumerations are written in their physical representation, i.e. as verbal val-
ues.
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