Permanent current file (PCRRNT.DAT)
Number of header records: 2
Length of data record: 16 bytes
Table B.8. Data record format for permanent current files.
Data
First byte
Last byte
Format
Record number
1
2
I2
Node or data point identification
3
5
A3
Current direction (deg)
6
10
F5.0
Current speed (kn)
11
14
F4.1
Carriage control characters (hex 0D0A)
15
16
A2
Partial listing of PCRRNT.DAT:
N DIR VEL
11
0. 0.0
20
45. 0.2
31
0. 0.2
42
0. 0.2
55
0. 0.3
6 2A 270. 0.1
7 6B 315. 0.3
8 27
45. 0.1
9 28 225. 0.1
10 29
0. 0.2
11 07 270. 0.2
12 37 225. 0.1
13 38
90. 0.1
14 8
45. 0.5
15 3
90. 0.4
16 4
90. 0.2
17 2
90. 0.3
18 15
45. 0.2
19 16
0. 0.1
20 03
90. 0.1
21 11
0. 0.1
22 13
90. 0.3
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