The table below describes attributes of each field in each record shown in chapter
5, ASTM Communication Protocol.
Column Name of Attributes Description
1 Field position (Pos) Field position. The number also increases by 1, if the field is not used.
2 Order (No.) Sequence of the field. Sequence of the fields in record.
3 Name of Field (Field) Name of relevant field.
4 Type (Type) Typing characters for the fields are any of the following.
ST Character string.
TX Character string group that end is printable.
NM Numeric value. "+" or "-" is attached at the top. If not, the value is deemed to be "+".
When without decimal point, the value is deemed to be integer. Prefix attached to "0",
and suffix attached to "0" of numeric value with decimal point can be anything.
DT Date. Four digits of dominical year. YYYYMMDD (YYYY: dominical year, MM: month,
DD: day), e.g., September 5, 1995 is displayed as 19950905.
TM Set time in 24 hours. HHMMSS (HH: hour, MM: minute, SS: second)
TS Time stamp. Display DT and TM together such as YYYMMDDHHMMSS.
CM Field of combined multiple data by component section separator character.
5 Maximum length (Max) Maximum number of effective characters except escape characters in the relevant field.
6 Elecsys format effective (EV) Indicates if the field is effective or not in record. Fields without X is ignored when received
though they are defined by ASTM.
7 cobas format effective (CV) R = Required field
X = Effective field, if available
8 Comment (Comments) Field description
Table 10: Attributes
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