Output

Table of Contents

• MC Output Files
  • First Line
  • Second Line
  • File Naming
• MC Summary

MC Output Files

The .mc output files are plain text files. They contain 2 lines of text. Lines are terminated using CRLF.

First Line

The first line has 23 fields, all comma-delimited.

Example:

0618,0000,0000,0002,0032,0152,0180,0161,0065,0019,0005,0001,0001,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,000,000,0.711836997683014,13.2611650485437,000

Field Number	Digits	Example	Description
1	4	0618	Total number of boards.
2	4	0000	Number of boards in 8% bucket.
3	4	0000	Number of boards in 9% bucket.
4	4	0002	Number of boards in 10% bucket.
5	4	0032	Number of boards in 11% bucket.
6	4	0152	Number of boards in 12% bucket.
7	4	0180	Number of boards in 13% bucket.
8	4	0161	Number of boards in 14% bucket.
9	4	0065	Number of boards in 15% bucket.
10	4	0019	Number of boards in 16% bucket.
11	4	0005	Number of boards in 17% bucket.
12	4	0001	Number of boards in 18% bucket.
13	4	0001	Number of boards in 19% bucket.
14	4	0000	Number of boards in 20% bucket.
15	4	0000	Number of boards in 21% bucket.
16	4	0000	Number of boards in 22% bucket.
17	4	0000	Number of boards in 23% bucket.
18	4	0000	Number of boards in 24% bucket.
19	3	000	Unknown. Always set to zero?
20	3	000	Unknown. Always set to zero?
21	17	0.711836997683014	Standard deviation.
22	16	13.2611650485437	Average.
23	3	000	Unknown. Always set to zero?

Todo:

Several fields marked as "unknown" in the previous table. Need to confirm each one with Dominic.

Second Line

The second line has the exact moisture values for every board. There are as many fields in the 2nd line as the value from field #1 in the 1st line. The line is terminated with a period.

For example, if there were only 6 boards, the 2nd line might look like this:

13.9,15.2,11.9,12.9,11.6,12.9,.

File Naming

The .mc output files are named as follows: K_RRRPPP.mc where:

• K is the 1-digit kiln number.
• RRR is the 3-digit run number.
• PPP is the 3-digit package number.

The .mc output files are written once the package has finished.

Todo:

How do we decide that a package has finished?

Once a run has completed, a final summary file is also written to disk.

MC Summary

The .mc summary file is named similarly to the other .mc files, but with a package number of 000. It contains a single line with 24 fields.

For example:

28492,0160,0234,0630,2137,7261,8039,6897,2190,0707,0152,0039,0008,0005,0005,0005,0002,0021,000,000,1.10482656642135,12.98914783097,000370086.799999997,4870382.67999997

Field Number	Digits	Example	Description
1	as necessary	28492	The total number of boards
2	4	0160	Number of boards in 8% bucket.
3	4	0234	Number of boards in 9% bucket.
4	4	0630	Number of boards in 10% bucket.
5	4	2137	Number of boards in 11% bucket.
6	4	7261	Number of boards in 12% bucket.
7	4	8039	Number of boards in 13% bucket.
8	4	6897	Number of boards in 14% bucket.
9	4	2190	Number of boards in 15% bucket.
10	4	0707	Number of boards in 16% bucket.
11	4	0152	Number of boards in 17% bucket.
12	4	0039	Number of boards in 18% bucket.
13	4	0008	Number of boards in 19% bucket.
14	4	0005	Number of boards in 20% bucket.
15	4	0005	Number of boards in 21% bucket.
16	4	0005	Number of boards in 22% bucket.
17	4	0002	Number of boards in 23% bucket.
18	4	0021	Number of boards in 24% bucket.
19	3	000	Unknown. Always zero?
20	3	000	Unknown. Always zero?
21	as necessary	1.10482656642135	Standard deviation.
22	as necessary	12.98914783097	Average.
23	as necessary	000370086.799999997	Sum of all the moisture readings in each bucket.
24	as necessary	4870382.67999997	Sum of the square of all the moisture readings in each bucket.