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1. File sections for partitioned (multi-section) files, like Billing/TOU profile log files, can be requested either by a section number, or by a section channel ID. If a section number is set to

0xFFFF, the section channel ID will be used to identify the section. The section number will be returned in the response block. If a section number is written, then the corresponding

channel ID will be returned in the file response block.

2. The record sequence number with function 11 (Read-File) does not change the file position and is used only as a reference to track the order of records. The file transfer block will continue

to hold the same data until it is acknowledged, or until the file position is explicitly moved to another record. For multi-section, the Read-File request, which addresses a different file

section, will refill the transfer block with data of the record from the requested file section with the identical sequence number. After acknowledgment, the file position will be moved to the

next record.

3. Function 7 (Find) puts into the file request block the sequence number of the first record in the file that matches the event time. Any one of the find keys can be omitted by setting it to 0.

If one or a number of find keys are omitted, the device will use the remaining keys to locate the matching record. If the record could not be found, the device responds to the write request

with the exception code 3 (illegal data). The status of the operation can be read through the file status word in the file info block.

File Response Blocks

Address Point ID Description Options/Range Units Type R/W Notes

File Info Response Block (Variation 0 – File info)

64952-64959 Block Heading

+0 File function 9 UINT16 R

+1 File ID 16 UINT16 R

+2 Section number 0-31 UINT16 R

+3 Section channel ID F6, F7 UINT16 R

+4 Number of records in the block 1 UINT16 R

+5 Record size, words 36 UINT16 R

+6 Request variation 0 UINT16 R