M - Monitoring Event Record
The Monitoring event record captures information about things that affect or explain the count data. Its structure is
M;date,time;event_code;event_data;
where:
- date — Event record date formatted as yyyy/MM/dd
- time — Event record time formatted as HH:mm:ss.SSS
- event_code — One of the codes in Monitoring Event Types, below.
- event_data — Meaning is determined by the event_code, listed below.
| Value | Meaning | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| comment | Operator comment | event_data is the comment. |
| pause | Counting device unexpectedly paused recording | event_data is a device stop code. |
| resume | Counting device resumed recording after an unexpected pause | No event_data. |
| closureday | No data is recorded because the station is closed | (Since 1.264) Parks, schools, and many other facilities may plan closures for holidays so that no data will be recorded. This event type is used to explain why a continuous counter observed no counts on this day. These days are often excluded from computing annual statistics. The time stamp for this event must be set to 00:00:00.000 event_data is a comment or code to describe the reason for the closure |
| weather | Weather observation | event_data is a weather event code. |
| traffic | Unusual traffic-related event that affects traffic conditions | event_data is a traffic event code. |
| signal | Traffic signal event | event_data should be one of the signal phase characters. |
| battery | Battery voltage | event_data is the counter's battery voltage |
| qcflag | QC flags | A flag or flags describing the quality of data. event_data should be a comma delimited list of flags. (Each flag identifier must not contain a comma) |
| dsc | Daylight savings time change | (Since 1.24) A change in local time for daylight savings. event_data should be the number of hours to change the clock: 1 or -1 |
| userdefined | User defined field | The event code must start with "XX:" |
An operator's comment
M;2016/03/31,00:00:00.000;comment;This is a comment;
Change for Daylight Savings (Northern Hemisphere "Spring Forward")
SL station,0,description,Example "Spring Forward" Daylight Savings Change
VV vclass,naxles,speed,wbase
SC 1,1
V;2016/11/06,02:59:53.186,1;1,2,70.0,3.000;
M;2016/11/06,03:00:00.000;dsc;1;
V;2016/11/06,04:02:03.185,1;8,5,62.1,13.300;