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Imports time series data from Diver loggers. The files have a sort of Windows ini file format with file extension (*.mon). The format of the MON ini files is not well defined. Many programs interpret the structure differently and have various names for the ini file sections and parameters.

• Wiki MarkupSections: Section declarations start with '\[' and end with '\]'; i.e. '\[Logger settings\]' or '\[Instrument info\]'.
• Parameters or item: this is the content of a section with an '=' sign between the key and the value; i.e. "location = abc"

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The files can contain a flexible number of channels, where one a channel will contain information on one parameter. Example files with 2 and 3 channels will be shown, when multiple channels/parameters need to be imported a <timeSeriesSet> needs to be configured for each channel/parameter. To illustrate this an example config for an import with 3 channels is given.

Configuration (Example)

A complete import module configuration consists of an ID Mapping file and a Import Module Instance file.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<timeSeriesImportRun ......">
  <import>
		<general>
			<importType>DiverMon</importType>
			<folder>$IMPORT_FOLDER$/DiverMon</folder>
			<idMapId>IdIMap<<idMapId>IdMap</idMapId>
			<missingValue>-999.0</missingValue>
			<expiryTime unit="day" multiplier="366"/>
		</general>
		<timeSeriesSet>
			<moduleInstanceId>ImportMON</moduleInstanceId>
			<valueType>scalar</valueType>
			<parameterId>X.yy.zz</parameterId>
			<locationId>Delft</locationId>
			<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
			<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="10"/>
			<readWriteMode>add originals</readWriteMode>
		</timeSeriesSet>
		<timeSeriesSet>
			<moduleInstanceId>ImportMON</moduleInstanceId>
			<valueType>scalar</valueType>
			<parameterId>A.bb.cc</parameterId>
			<locationId>Delft</locationId>
			<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
			<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="10"/>
			<readWriteMode>add originals</readWriteMode>
		</timeSeriesSet>
		<timeSeriesSet>
			<moduleInstanceId>ImportMON</moduleInstanceId>
			<valueType>scalar</valueType>
			<parameterId>D.ee.ff</parameterId>
			<locationId>Delft</locationId>
			<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
			<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="10"/>
			<readWriteMode>add originals</readWriteMode>
		</timeSeriesSet>
	</import>
</timeSeriesImportRun>

IdMapFiles

ID mapping fefines defines mappings between Diver MON and FEWS parameters and locations. Remember that ID mapping is case sensitive.

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The Mon Import module in Delft-FEWS does not parse all data in the MON file. The important sections and parameters are the following:

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• \[Logger settings\] or \ [Instrument info\]; Read location Id from this section
  • Location or Locatie ; location Id
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• \[Channel X\] or \ [Kanaal X\] ; Not used
• Wiki Markup\[Series settings\] or \ [Instrument info from data header\] ; Not used Wiki Markup
• \[Channel X from data header\] or \ [Kanaal X from data header\]; Read Parameter Id
  • Identification or Identificatie = Parameter Id
• Wiki Markup\[Data\]; Data values with the different channels in columns. The datavalues may have a "."or a ","as decimal seperator, both options are accepter by the import function.

When the MON file is not in the correct format a warning message is returned. Known problems are missing location ID's or parameter ID's in the MON files.

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