Kipp&Zonen Brewer MkIII - Manual (Page 68)

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APPENDIX A BREWER DATA FILES
D Files: DJJJYY.nnn -- ‘D’ or Disk files are produced when the PD command has been issued,
causing the software to ‘print to disk’.
These files usually contain end-of-day summaries and/or test data.
B Files: BJJJYY.nnn ‘B’, or Brewer, files contain the raw data collected by the Brewer.
B files begin with the characters “version”. The beginning of a B file contains three sections: the
version string, the instrument constants, and a data header.
Following is a description of the format of each B file section.
Data Header
Each B file begins with a data header.
Example Name
Version=2 B file version number
Dh Header
25 Day
11 Month
98 Year
Saskatoon location name
52.108 latitude
106.713 Longitude
3.45 temperature in volts
Pr Pressure header
1000 Mean Pressure
Temperature, in volts (TE%) - Read from the PMT thermistor. The temperature in °C is calculated
using the equation:
64 . 18 % 27 . 33 ) (
× + − =
TE C Temp
Instrument Constants
This section of the B file starts with the header “inst”. See Appendix B for the format of
ICFJJJYY.nnn.
Dispersion constants
This section of the B file starts with the header “disp”. See Appendix B for the format of
DCFJJJYY.nnn.
Zenith Sky Constants
This section of the B file starts with the header “zeni”. See Appendix B for the format of
ZSFJJJYY.nnn.
Comment Block
Comments may be generated by the user with the CO command, and may also be automatically
generated by some routines.
Example Name
Co Comment header
13:20:14 Time comment was logged
User: text Comment source: comment text
APPENDIX A BREWER DATA FILES