Define Directories and Data Formats

The Host Configuration group box on the main screen displays the data storage details which can be specified in the Define Directories and Data Formats menu. The automatic host data storage during measurements can be enabled or disabled (Automatically store monitored data) and the data storage directory is selected from the directory tree shown in Data Directory. Beside the binary file format (default), one can select ASCII, netCDF or BUFR versions of data files. ASCII and / or netCDF and/or BUFR files will then (if selected) be stored to the same data directory as the binary files.
Data archiving is a useful feature to prevent the data directory to be filled with ten-thousands of files which may overload the operating system. MS operating systems cannot handle many (in the order of ten-thousands) files in a single directory. If archiving Enable is checked, the software automatically creates sub-directories in the data directory and stores the data files according to the year, month and day they are generated. E.g. a file 08111623.LWP would be stored in a directory …\RPG-HATPRO\Data\Y2008\M11\D16\ if daily is checked or in …\RPG-HATPRO\Data\Y2008\M11\ if monthly is checked. Automatic file concatenation to daily files can also be enabled. Data files remain in the original directory for 2 days and are then automatically moved into the archive. An immediate archiving can be enforced by clicking Start Archiving.
Quicklook files are automatically generated and stored to a separate directory, if the feature is enabled. The file formats BMP and JPG are available and the storage interval is user selectable. The quicklook shows the current main screen of the application, no matter if other windows are partly hiding it or the application is minimized.