Owner's manual

<9 DATA FILES AND FORMAT> 9-1
IM 11Y01B02-01E-A 4th Edition September 11, 2012-00
9 Data Files and Format
TheTDLS220TDLanalyzeriscapableofautomaticallystoringmanyimportantpiecesofinformation.
AllthelesarestoredinsimpleASCIItextformatforeasyimportingtoMSExcelspreadsheets(orother
datamanipulationsoftwareasappropriate).
TherateatwhichdataiscapturedmaybeconguredfromwithintheTDLS220software.
Thereareseverallesthatarestoredinthesystem:
Exampleoflescontainedwithintheserialnumberspecicdataexportfolder(orthe!Datafolderwhen
viewingthroughaFileTransferfunctiononUltra-VNCconnection)
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Daily Results
Allows for review of daily results and
diagnostic data on a measurement-by-
measurement basis
DailyResults-intheformofASCIIdatalesthatcanbeopened
withMicrosoft“Notepad”assimple.txtleformats.Thecontent
can then be copied and pasted into Microsoft Excel spread. Each
dayasaseparatelenameintheMMDDYYformatwiththe.res
leextension(meaningresult).Eachlestartswiththerstup-
dated measurement set of data for that date and then sequential-
ly contains every up-dated measurement set of data in the same
datedleuntiltheendofthatdate.Anewdatedleiscreated
eachday.FilesaredeletedautomaticallyonaFirst-In/First-Out
(FIFO)basisiftheallowableDatafolderhasnosparememory.
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Daily Spectra
Allows for review of daily results and
diagnostic data on a measurement-by-
measurement basis
DailySpectra-intheformofASCIIdatalesthatcanbeopened
withMicrosoft“Notepad”assimple.txtleformats.Thecontent
can then be copied and pasted into Microsoft Excel spread. Each
dayasaseparatelenameintheMMDDYYformatwiththe
.speleextension(meaningspectra).Eachlecontainsspectra
captured automatically during that day depending on what rate
of spectra capture has been set-up. Typically, the analyzer will
captureonespectrumevery300measurementup-dates(ifthe
capturerateisset300up-dates).Additionally,iftheanalyzer
goesinto“Warning”of“Fault”modeduringthatday,therewill
bespectracapturedduringthesetimes(typicallyconguredfor
5capturesineachmode).Anewdatedleiscreatedeachday.
FilesaredeletedautomaticallyonaFirst-In/First-Out(FIFO)basis
if the allowable Data folder has no spare memory.