How is button status reported in the data file?
A. Three data formats are provided in our API that include the button status as a member of the data format structure. (See: DOUBLE_POSITION_ANGLES_ TIME_Q_BUTTON_RECORD on pages 164 and 165 of the trakSTAR Operations Guide.) With these formats, the state of the button is returned as a button value with each data record (regardless of state of button). When a switch/button is connected, a 1 in the button value indicates the contact or switch is CLOSED, and a 0 indicates the contact is OPEN. The button input is sampled by the electronics once per transmitter axis measurement (i.e. 3 times per system measurement cycle for a mid or short range transmitter).
