Dataman 520 Series - Manual (Page 90)

DATAMAN oscilloscope
User’s Guide
8. Other information
8.1. .esb format
The data in the .esb format is saved in binary form without compression. The file
consists of the information block. The format of the block depends on its type. The
following eight types are defined:
integer
(integer)
floating-point (double)
integer array (intarray)
boolean array (boolarray)
floating-point array (doublearray)
fixed-length integer array (fintarray)
boolean (boolean)
acquired data (acqdata)
8.1.1. Block structure
Each block starts with 8 bytes which determine the block length in bytes (32 bit value
written in the first 4 bytes) and information about the block contents (32 bit value
written in the last 4 bytes). In case the block contains the information which the
application doesn’t need the application can skip this block (by using the known block
length).
Block structure is follows:
Integer
4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes
block length (12) information code value
Double
4 bytes 4 bytes 8 bytes
block length (16) information code floating-point value (double)
IntArray
4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4*n bytes
block
length
information
code
array
length (n)
array length
2 (n)
array
contents
Array length and array length 2 must be the same. In case they are not, the file is
corrupted.
BoolArray
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