5: Function Reference
F11 – Time Output Format
Use function F11 to review or change the format of the time output string used in F8. The as-
shipped factory setting for F11 format is null, which enables F8’s default time output formats.
The default format for F8 – Continuous Time Once-per-Second is:
<SOH>DDD:HH:MM:SSQ<CR><LF>
Note: F8 does not display milliseconds, regardless of the format defined in F11.
where:
<SOH>
= ASCII Start-of-Heading character.
<CR>
= ASCII Carriage Return character.
<LF>
= ASCII Line Feed character.
DDD
= Day-of-year.
HH
= Hours.
MM
= Minutes.
SS
= Seconds.
.
= ASCII decimal point.
mmm
= Milliseconds.
:
= Colon separator.
Q
= Time quality character table below.
The time quality character, “Q”, is one of the following characters:
SPACE
= Time error is less than time quality flag 1’s threshold
.
= Time error has exceeded time quality flag 1’s threshold
*
= Time error has exceeded time quality flag 2’s threshold
#
= Time error has exceeded time quality flag 3’s threshold
?
=
Time error has exceeded time quality flag 4’s threshold
Or
A reference source is unavailable
See “F5 – Time-Quality Setup” on page56 and “F13 – Time Error” on page67 for more
information.
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