The CSV (comma separated) file is a ASCII file with data fields that are separated in columns marked by commas. CSV files can be created with any spreadsheet office application. In general the RTK application will read in a CSV file with at most 2 header lines.
The second header line, shown as line 2 in the example file above, contains the data descriptors which are vital for RTK to differentiate between the data values found in the file. The set of valid data descriptors are shown in the table below. These descriptors are not case sensitive.
Data type |
Valid Descriptors |
Time |
"seconds" "secs" |
Speed Data |
"Hertz" "Hz" |
Displacement |
"inches" |
Tachometer |
"Tach" "Volts" |
Force |
"lbs" |
Acceleration |
"Gs" |