Each counted set of samples of the same protocol is written separately to a disk file. Within the data directory, every protocol keeps its own subdirectory. E.g. all data from protocol 2 are written to a file in the subdirectory 02 of the data directory.
The filenames are generated automatically. The filenames of text files (i.e. plain and Excel output formats) have the following prototype:
PPMMDDXX.TXT
| PP | Protocol number |
| MM | Month of creation |
| DD | Day of creation |
| XX | Number of assay, starts at 00 each day |
The filenames of binary files (i.e. MultiCalc and MultiCalc double output formats) have the following prototype corresponding to the MultiCalc input file format:
xxdVVRRA.TS
| xx | Denotes the 36-base month, where 00=Jan 1980, the sequence is 00..09, 0A-0Z, 10-ZZ |
| d | Denotes the 36-base day, where 1=1st, the sequence is 1..9, A..Z |
| VV | 10-base version, always 01 |
| RR | 10-base run ID, incremented from 00 each day |
| A | 10-base attribute, always 1 denoting a manual input file |
| T | File type, always D denoting a MultiCalc input file |
| S | Status, always A denoting an active (i.e. not marked for delete) MultiCalc file |