SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder 6 Archiving
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6.4 Text Format Archive Files
6.4.1 Text Format Channel Data Files
Text format channel data files can be configured to contain data gathered over a predefined period of time
using the 'New File Interval' setting – see Table 6.3.
Type Extension No. of Files Contents
Channel data files *.B00 One per channel Analog or digital recording channel data.
Batch channel data
files
*.V** One per channel Batch recording channel data *.
Alarm event log files *.EE0
One per process
group
The historical record of the alarm events
related to a particular process group's
channels plus the history of any operator
messages.
Totalizer log files *.TE0
One per process
group
The historical record of all totalizer and
associated statistical values relating to a
particular group's recording channels.
Audit log files *.AE0 One per recorder The historical entries from the audit log.
Batch log files *.X**
One per process
group
Batch information associated with a process
group *.
Table 6.2 Binary Encoded Format File Types and Extensions
Note. Totalizer files are created only if the totalizer option is enabled.
New File Interval Filename
Hourly <hour> <day, month, year>* <filename tag>
Daily <day, month, year>* <filename tag>
Monthly <month, year>* <filename tag>
None <filename tag>
*Formatted according to the date format set in Common Configuration – see Section 7.6.3, page 76
Table 6.3 New Text File Intervals
Note. The 'New File Interval' is set in the Configuration level – see Section 7.7.4, page 90.