Operating Instructions

Conversion Utility
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. 5-5
Inserting Comments
To put comments in the CSV file, insert a semicolon (;) as the first character in the row or
line. All other lines are considered as input data and are validated according to the following
formatting requirements.
CAUTION:
If using the Point Checkout Data Report as input, you must place a semicolon at the
beginning of the first line (the line containing the headings).
Field Data Requirements
The following formatting characteristics are required for each data field using the following
CSV file structure:
;Point,Descriptor,Type,Address,Controller
Comma-separated fields of data lines may be padded with spaces. The maximum line length
is restricted to 80 characters. Processing is not case sensitive.
Point
The first data field line must contain a System 600 APOGEE point name.
• Maximum length: 30 characters
• Minimum length: 1 character
• Valid characters: A to Z, 0 to 9
Descriptor
The second data field line contains the point’s descriptor. This value will be overwritten
dynamically in the FIX32 GDB’s database whenever a change is made to the descriptor
field at the controller. It serves mostly to provide an additional descriptive comment when
generating the CSV file from the current contents of the FIX32 GDB import file with
CNVT_FIX.EXE’S ‘/g’ command line option.
• Maximum length: 16 characters
• Minimum length: 0 character
• Valid characters: A to Z, 0 to 9, and spaces