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Language Reference
FORMat Subsystem
• The first digit in the header (5) tells you how many additional
digits/bytes there are in the header.
• The 12320 means 12 thousand, 3 hundred, 20 data bytes follow the
header.
• Divide this number of bytes by your selected data format bytes/point,
either 8 (for real 64), or 4 (for real 32). In this example, if you are
using real 64 then there are 1540 points in the block.
Factory Preset
and *RST: ASCII