App-8
IM 703155-01E
Appendix 3 Sequence List Data Format
The VB8300 can handle the following two sequence list data formats.
• ASCII data (.csv)
Character code data.
• Binary data (.seq)
Integer type
Create the parameters in the following table according to the ASCII or binary format.
No Sequence List
Field Name
Type
Range
Parameter
1
Total Element No.
Total Element No. Integer
0 to 128
2
No.
Element No.
Integer
0 to 128
* When Total Element No. is 0, 0 corresponds to the Go To Top line.
When Total Element No. is 128, 0 corresponds to the No. 1 line and 128 corresponds to
the Go To Top line.
3
Element
Element
Integer
0: No Signal Period
1: File
4
File Name Length
Integer
0 to 510
Directory name: 0 to 255
File name: 0 to 255
5
File Name
Char. string
Alphanumeric and symbols
Characters that can be used in
directory/file names
6
Length
Length
Integer
(0,) 256 to 65535
When file name is blank, the length
is 0.
7
Repeat
Repeat Type
Integer
0: Times
1: Infin.
8
Repeat Number
Integer
1 to 65536
Fixed to 1 in the case of the Go To
Top line
9
WaitTrig
Wait Trigger
Integer
0: OFF
1: ON
For 2 through 9, create the data for the total number of elements. Set the Go To Top
line at the end.
ASCII Data
#
VB8300 Sequence File Header
#
Version [VB8300 firmware version]
#
Date [Date/Time]
1
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Create data for the total
number of elements
The last line is Go To
Top
VB8300 Sequence File Header, Version, and Date are reserved words. Be sure to add a
sharp mark (#) at the beginning of lines that include these words and write the lines
before the data. If you write the lines after the data, the file will not be recognized as a
sequence list.
