Information in a text form can be imported into the PC; this is much the same as opening a .D45 file. The “text” file takes the form of three columns. In fact it is only the data in the second column of the imported file that is used by PCS45; the first column contains the field names and the third the units for the parameter. Therefore this text file can be written in any language.
There are two formats that can be used for “import” and “export” of such data:-
· CSV (with country specific column separator)
· TXT (with TAB as column separator)
Note that the both, the CSV and the TXT formats have country specific column and decimal separator characters that may cause problems if used for transfer between systems applying different languages. Therefore for reliable configuration data management only the “*.D45” file format is recommended.