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1. Navigate to the following folder:
%ProgramData%\ETAS\MDA\8.x\CorePlugins\
Etas.TargetAccess.Targets.MeasureFile.Formats.AsciiCon-
figurable
There you find the files:
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exampleAsciiFormat.ini
Contains the information how the file must be structured. Note that
only the information as described in this file is available when writing a
new format. Other contents will not be generated.
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exampleAsciiFile.exampleExtension
Provides an example of a measure file for the above mentioned INI file.
2. Save the file with the new file extension in the same folder as the files
above. Ensure that for each file extension only one INI file is available. Also
file extensions for formats supported by V8.6 directly must not be used
again. Otherwise, conflicts will be caused that might lead to errors.
3.7 MDA V8 Add-Ons
You can expand the functional scope of MDA V8 withseveral add-ons.
3.7.1 Command Line Tools
MdfConvert.exe
MdfConvert.exe allows to convert files from one measure file format into
another. Additionally, it can be used to extract only a specific time range or
a subset of signals from the original file including an argument for res-
ampling.
MdfEvent.exe
MdfEvent.exe can be used in combination with MdfConvert.exe and
allows you to extract Events from a specific time range of the original MDF
V4.x file, and transfer them into the MDF V4.x target file.
MdfCombine.exe
MdfCombine.exe allows to merge multiple measure files into one com-
bined measure file. Thereby signals having the same name and setup
(device, raster, data type, etc.) but from separate files, result in one com-
bined signal. MdfCombine.exe is limited to source files having the same
file format.
If you use the merge option, you can combine the source files in a chro-
nological order while the append option allows you to define the order in
which the source files must be combined.
To see how you can merge multiple measure files into one combined meas-
ure file, watch our video Merging of Measure Files.
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