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* Most value fields are in ''real number format x.y'' using your system decimal notation, a few (e.g. bearings, solar, humidity) are ''integers'' (see [[#List_of_fields_in_the_file]]). Whilst an integer can be used for a real number field, decimals are not allowed in an integer field. | * Most value fields are in ''real number format x.y'' using your system decimal notation, a few (e.g. bearings, solar, humidity) are ''integers'' (see [[#List_of_fields_in_the_file]]). Whilst an integer can be used for a real number field, decimals are not allowed in an integer field. | ||
* If you insert a ''lowest or highest value'' into a day, where there was none before, insert a ''timestamp'' too, as a dayfile.txt row is only accepted by the Cumulus editor if a value and any related timestamp are either both present or both absent. (Use a timestamp of your rollovertime 00:00, 09:00 or 10:00 if you have not looked up the precise time). | * If you insert a ''lowest or highest value'' into a day, where there was none before, insert a ''timestamp'' too, as a dayfile.txt row is only accepted by the Cumulus editor if a value and any related timestamp are either both present or both absent. (Use a timestamp of your rollovertime 00:00, 09:00 or 10:00 if you have not looked up the precise time). | ||
* Nulls ',,' are not allowed in the line, so if you do not know the value for a particular field within the line, then type in a zero for integer values and an extreme with opposite value (e.g. -999.9 for a signed decimal maximum, and | * Nulls ',,' are not allowed in the line, so if you do not know the value for a particular field within the line, then type in a zero for integer values and an extreme with opposite value (e.g. -999.9 for a signed decimal maximum, and 9999.9 for a decimal minimum) for decimal format (replace the full stops with your decimal separator). | ||
* Make sure that any editing does not create any ''blank lines'' in the file. | * Make sure that any editing does not create any ''blank lines'' in the file. | ||
* All rows must ''start with date'' and include some of the parameters listed ''in correct sequence''. | * All rows must ''start with date'' and include some of the parameters listed ''in correct sequence''. | ||