WN Website: Data Export Settings

In View -> Vehicles, clicking on a vehicle takes you to its Dashboard.

Below the vehicle Dashboard is a Miscellaneous command called Data Export Settings that opens a page similar to Figure 1.  Enabling other Data Export Formats creates those file types in the Data Archive, assuming correct databases are included within the VS3ZIP script running on the logger.



Figure 1: Click "Data Export Settings" to select data export formats.

Table 1: Data Export Formats

Data Export Format Description
BLF Raw message data in Vector™ binary log file format.
CANSNIFF Decoded message data in Vector™ CANSniff format.
CSV Log File Decoded signal data versus time.
CSV Capture Decoded message and signal data in CSV format.
IMG Decoded message and signal data for a MOST network.
MDF Decoded signal data in MDF format.
VECTOR Raw message data in Vector™ ASCII format.


How Does a Logger Use the Wireless NeoVI Website Data Export Settings?

There is a hidden process involved when a logger sends its data log files to the website.  This process is detailed a bit further here to help advanced users understand how the website Data Export Settings are put to use.

1. Extract [always occurs]

In neoVI PLASMA, its SD card #1 named "LOGGER" has Vehicle Spy Archive (VSA) files on it.  The VSA files contain the VS3ZIP script and network data captured from the vehicle.  When the script triggers neoVI PLASMA to upload data logs to the website, an extraction occurs which pulls the following files from the VSA file on the SD card:

  • VSB (Vehicle Spy Binary) - raw data message files.


  • VSDB (Vehicle Spy Database) - the combination of all databases built into the VS3ZIP script from the Standalone Logging Database Setup tab.


  • Notes.txt - detailed log of the extraction process.
These files are first compressed on neoVI PLASMA to decrease the upload time.  The files are then uploaded to the Wireless NeoVI website using the wireless link.  The website then decompresses the files into collections in the Data Archive.


2. Export [optional]

Additional files are exported from the extracted data only if one or more of the Data Export Settings have been selected.

If a selected export format is a raw message data format then a direct export of the VSB file occurs to that format.

If a selected export format requires decoded message or signal data then the VSDB file is applied to the VSB file before export occurs.


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Last Update: Thursday, May 9, 2013