Operation Manual
SMA Technologie AG Managing Data and Saving Data Locally
User Manual SDC-TEN080642 Page 101
11.3. 2 Structure of the Standard CSV Format
Every CSV file contains a fixed file header, and a data block into which the
measurement data are written. The file header comprises 8 rows, and has the following
structure:
All attributes of the CSV format appear in row 1, separated by pipe symbols.
Row 1 Version CSV1|Tool SDC|Linebreaks CR/LF|Delimiter
semicolon|Decimalpoint comma|Precision 3|Language en|Plant
Plant-CSV-1|User zdw@SMA.de|
Row 2 empty
Row 3 device name
1
device name
1
device name
2
device name
2
Row 4 Device type Device type Device type Device type
Row 5 serial number serial number serial number serial number
Row 6 channel
name1
channel name
2
channel
name1
channel name
2
Row 7 channel type channel type channel type channel type
Row 8 time
stamp
format
Channel unit Channel unit Channel unit Channel unit
Row 9 Date channel value channel value channel value channel value
Row... Date channel value channel value channel value channel value