SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder
6 Archiving
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IM/SM500F Rev. Z
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.
