Vaisala Hydromet Data Collection Platform - Manual (Page 170)

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0711-165 Figure 76 Configuring Pseudo-Binary Format
You have to separately define the following settings for each data item:
1. Select the Signed value option if the reported value may have
negative values. Leave the Signed value option unselected if the
value remains always positive.
2. To include the decimals in the data, enter a value from 1 to 1000 in
the Multiplier field (Pre-conversion scale in early QML logger
software versions). No decimals are included in the compressed
data itself, but the data value can be multiplied by the entered value
before compression. For example, if you want to have two
decimals, enter 100 in the Multiplier field. If you do not want any
decimals, enter 1.
3. For the Field width option, enter the number of characters to be
used for each data item. Set the field width according to the data
range of the item and whether the value is signed or unsigned. The
data range is calculated as the range between the possible
minimum and maximum data values multiplied by the pre-
conversion scale set in step 2. Select the field width so that the data
range fits into the unsigned or signed data range column shown in