1. ov378parw2k.zip Driver
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README.TXT Driver File Contents (ov378parw2k.zip)

FILE: readme.txt              Copyright (c), Symmetric Research, 2003-2005

This directory contains two programs, out2asc and dat2asc, for
converting binary data acquired with simp and scope to ASCII text
format.  out2asc converts binary .hdr and .out files, while dat2asc
works on binary .dat files.  Sample hdr and data files with their
resulting ASCII files are also include.

To use out2asc, first run simp or scope with the output file format
set to OUT.  This will create a binary .hdr and .out data files.  The
.hdr file has information about the number of channels and other items
that help downstream processing analyze the raw data files.

Next, to convert one of the .out binary data files, run

> out2asc SCOPE.HDR 00000001.OUT /hex

where 00000001.OUT would be the typical .out file name with sequential
output file naming.

The out2asc conversion program will create an ASCII file with the
header information followed by the data.  The data is shown as columns
of numbers, one column for each channel.

Use the optional /hex command line argument to indicate analog data
is to be written in hexadecimal format.  Otherwise, decimal format is
the default.

Use the optional /bare command line argument to exclude any header
information from being written, so only columns of analog data appear
in the resulting ASCII file.  Files generated this way are suitable
for importing data into spreadsheet programs like Excel.

The optional /seq command line argument indicates a collection of
sequential OUT files are to be converted to ASCII, where the filename
must be a valid hex number like 0000001F.OUT.  Files are processed
sequentially until the next input file can not be found.

Run out2asc with no arguments to get a command line usage message.



To use dat2asc, first run simp or scope with the output file
naming mode set to SEQUENTIAL and the output file format set to DAT.
This will create binary .dat data files with numerically increasing
names.  Note that to save GPS information you must use the DAT file
format.

Next, to convert the .dat binary files, run

> dat2asc 00000000.DAT /hex /tymd

where filename.dat is the name of the file to convert.  The resulting
file will be named filename.asc, where the filename prefix is the same
as the original .dat file.

Use the optional /hex command line argument to indicate analog data
is to be written in hexadecimal format.  Otherwise, decimal format is
the default.

Use the optional /bare command line argument to exclude any header or
GPS information from being written, so only columns of analog data
appear in the resulting ASCII file.  Files generated this way are
suitable for importing data into spreadsheet programs like Excel.

Use the optional /tymd or /tsec command line argument to include
an extra column that shows time for each data point in year-month-day
or seconds since 1970 format.  This option is most effective if GPS
data is included in the dat file.  This column *will* be included
even if the /bare option is selected.

The optional /seq command line argument indicates a collection of
sequential DAT files are to be converted to ASCII, where the filename
must be a valid hex number like 0000001F.DAT.  Files are processed
sequentially until the next input file can not be found.

Note: The dat2asc program can be compiled with or without GPS support.
GPS support is required for converting the GPS PPS and serial data
records.  To recompile with GPS support, be sure the PARGPS software is
installed and add USE_GPS="Yes" to the convert\ascii make or nmake
command line.  Or, from the top level, change the makeall file
GPS_YES_OR_NO value from "No" to "Yes" and run makeall.