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Campbell Scientific PC208 Datalogger Support Software User Manual

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PC208 INTRODUCTION

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TABLE I-1. File Types Used With PC208 Software

EXTENSION

MNEMONIC of EXT.

DESCRIPTION/USES

TYPE

and SOFTWARE that
generated file

.DAT

raw DATa

Data as received from datalogger. Format

PC208E, TELCOM, SMCOM, GT

can be Printable ASCII, comma separated, or
Final Storage Format.

.STN

STatioN parameter

Parameters necessary to call datalogger.

PC208E, TELCOM, GT

.ERR

ERRor log file

Record of communication errors. ASCII file.

PC208E, TELCOM

.CQR

Communication Quality Report

Record of communication quality from RF

PC208E, TELCOM

Modem shut down blocks, ASCII file. See
Radiotelemetry Manual Section 3.1.7.3.

.CSI

datalogger program file

Documentation of datalogger program.

EDLOG

.DLD

DownLoaD program to datalogger

EDLOG generates this down-loadable file.

PC208E, EDLOG, GT

GT also uses extension when saving program
from datalogger. Can also be fed into EDLOG
to develop .DOC file.

.INI

INItialization file for modems

Telcom and GT use this file to configure the

PC208E, TELCOM, GT

telephone modem.

.LBR

LiBRary file

Contains group of program instructions.

EDLOG

.PDF

Printable Document File

Produced by EDLOG for subsequent printing

EDLOG

or use in a standard text editor.

.RPT

data RePorT file

Produced by SPLIT for subsequent printing

SPLIT

or use in a standard text editor.

.PRN

PRiNtable data file

Produced by SPLIT for subsequent use by Lotus

SPLIT

or other spreadsheet programs.

.PAR

PARameter file

Contains parameters used by SPLIT for data

SPLIT

selection and processing.

.OBJ

OBJect file

Code for PROM from GT create Power-Up

GT

option.

.SCR

SCRipt or Schedule

List of station files for data collection.

PC208E, TELCOM

.FSL

Final Storage Labels

Information on the data that a datalogger

EDLOG

program will produce.

.PTI

Program Trace Information

Timing information on a datalogger program.

EDLOG