Accounting record for devices

Structure of the record description section

The record description section contains the record ID, the time of day as well as the length of the ID section and the basic information.

Field no.	Displ.	Length	Format	Meaning
1	00	4	A	Record ID 'VACD'
2	04	8	-/B	Time stamp
3	0C	2	B	Length of ID section
4	0E	2	B	Length of basic information
5	10	4	-	Reserved

Structure of the ID section

The ID section contains the VM identification, i.e. the VM index and the VM name.

Field no.	Displ.	Length	Format	Meaning
1	00	3	Z	VM index
2	03	3	-	Reserved
3	06	8	A	VM name
4	0E	2	-	Reserved

Structure of the basic information

The basic information contains the information regarding summer time/winter time, date and time of the release of the devices.

Field no.	Displ.	Length	Format	Meaning
1	00	6	Z	Date of release of devices, 1st section (format: yymmdd)
2	06	6	Z	Time of release of devices (format: hhmmss)
3	0C	2	Z	Date of release of devices, 2nd section: century of release (format: yy)
4	0E	1	C	Time of year of the release of the devices (S=summer time, W=winter time)
5	0F	3	-	Reserved

Structure of the variable information

The variable information contains

• the individual devices

• summer time/winter time, date and time of assignment to the VM

• device type in the monitor system

• mnemonic device name in the monitor system

Field no.	Displ.	Length	Format	Meaning
1	00	2	B	Number of extensions = 1
2	02	2	B	Distance between record extension for devices and start of record

If the displacement value is 0, the corresponding record extension is not specified.

Record extension for devices

Field no.	Displ.	Length	Format	Meaning
1	00	2	A	Extension identification = 'DV'
2	02	1	B	Number of devices = number of extensions of type 'DV'
3	03	1	B	Length of extension of type 'DV'
4	04	2	-	Reserved
5	06	6	Z	Date of assignment of device, 1st section (format: yymmdd)
6	0C	6	Z	Time of assignment of device (format: hhmmss)
7	12	8	C	Device type
8	1A	4	C	Mnemonic device name
9	1E	2	Z	Date of assignment of device, 2nd section: century of assignment (format: yy)
10	20	1	C	Time of year of the assignment of the devices (S=summer time, W=winter time)
(n-1) times fields 5 to 10 in accord. with number of devices in field 2				see fields 5 to 10