How to Work Around DLM2000 ASCII Record Length Limit
Yokogawa Corporation of America
Barry Bolling
barry.bolling@us.yokogawa.com
When saving a record length longer than 1.25 Mpts as an ASCII I .CSV file format; the following error will
appear on-screen:
Work Around to Save Large ASCII Files When Using the DLM2000:
1. Enable Compression (Choose: P-P or DECIM).
2. Reduce the Record Length to 1.25 Mpts or less, and re-acquire the waveform data.
3. Use Xviewer as a work around:
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Save the waveform in binary .WDF format
Move the data file to a PC
Open the binary .WDF file using Xviewer
Perform a 'Save As' choosing ASCII (.CSV)
If you have multiple .WDF files to convert, perform the following steps:
i. Open Xviewer
ii. Click on TOOL
iii. Choose "CSV Multiple Files Conversion..."