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Appendix
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Appendix3 TextFileDataFormat
This section explains the format of text files. The text files that the DX can create are 
manual sampled data files and report files.
In the explanation below, CRLF represents a terminator.
FormatoftheManualSampleDataFile
• Themanual sampled data is output using numerical values and strings in text format 
delimited by tabs.
• ValuesofmeasurementchannelssettoSkip and computation and external input 
channels set to Off are not output.
• Thedataisappendedtothefileeachtimemanualsampleoperationisperformed.
Format
YRECCRLF
Manual Sample Data  Version 1.02.00  CRLF
Model DX2000 CRLF
Language Code  shift-JIS  CRLF
File Status  ffffffff  CRLF
Serial No.  III•••I  CRLF
File Header  HHH•••H  CRLF
Ch  ccccc  ccccc  •••  ccccc  CRLF
Ch Id  ddd•••d  ddd•••d  •••  ddd•••d  CRLF
Tag  ttt•••t  ttt•••t  •••  ttt•••t  CRLF
Unit  uuuuuu  uuuuuu  •••  uuuuuu  CRLF
yyyy/mo/dd hh:mi:ss  nnn•••n  nnn•••n  •••  nnn•••n  CRLF
*  Ch Id is only output when Tag numbers are being used, on DXs with release number 3 or 
later.
ffffffff
  File status (8 characters)
Complete
   Completed. (A file with 100 manually sampled 
data acquisitions that is now complete.)
Progress
   Data is being added. (An incomplete file that 
does not yet have 100 manually sampled data 
acquisitions.)
Decrease
   The file is defective. (A file that is missing some 
of the manually sampled data that was stored 
on it.)
III•••I
  Serial number of the DX (16 characters)
HHH•••H
  File header (50 characters)
ccccc 
Channel number (5 characters)
ddd···d
  Tag number (16 characters)
ttt•••t
  Tag comment (32 characters)
uuuuuu
  Unit (6 characters)
yyyy/mo/dd hh:mi:ss
  Sampling year, month, day, and time (19 characters)
nnn•••n
  Measured value (13 characters)