11.4.1.3 FORMAT OF SAVED ARCHIVE
Files saved on the USB drive can be read by a PC, preferably using the WDConnect app supplied by the
manufacturer.
At each saving process, a folder named with the device's serial number is created on the USB drive.
The folder contains:
- Report files on the cycles run, which are text .txt format tiles and can be read using a word
processor. 1 file for each cycle saved in the archive (e.g. Cycle_1.txt, Cycle_2.txt … etc). These files
are written in the language currently set in the product's interface.
- Complete cycle archive, File in .dat format - can only be read by WDConnect. The file contains the
complete log of the cycles run and allows the production of graphs and more data than the text file
(the .dat file name identifies both the device, since it contains the SN, and also the download date
and time).
- Download information file It contains a synthesis of information on the download performed:
o Device SN
o Device ID data as set by the superuser (“Name, Dept, No.”) If the fields have not been
initialised, "N.D." (Not Defined) appears next to each item.
o Download date and time.
N.B.: If the USB drive already contains a folder associated to the device's serial number, a new folder with
an added numerical suffix, (1), (2) etc., is created at each new download.