2.5 Format Compact Flash Card

The Radiometer Controller stores on the compact flash card every second the measured sky temperature from each channel. There are for every day one file. The Software opens this file and writes in it. After one day the software close this file and open the next file. After approximate 2 years the oldest file will be overwritten. For this the compact flash card have to be formated with a SatService tool. This tool is provided on the documentation CD or direct at SatService GmbH.

The tool formats the compact flash card with simple text files, for each day one and filled with zeros. The name format of the files is:

yyyymmdd.txt .

Insight the files the format for every line is:

20090814121723 11.7 15.2 19.6

or generally

yyyymmddhhmmss channel1 channel2 channel3 .

You need a PC with installed a Java 6, a compact flash card reader and a compact flash card with 2GB FAT-system.

1. Open a command window and go to the directory with the java class file.
2. Connect the compact flash card reader with the compact flash card. Check the device character and if the card is empty.
3. Type:java RadiometerFormatCF X:(X is the device character)
4. The format program starts and show the status in the command window