Zero Suppression Data Format Proposals

2 Feb 00 (Nigel)

|--Trailer-- |--CMN block--|-------------data-------------------|
    Block
---........------.........-----...........----------.......-----------  ___
|            |             | 0 .......... 0 | 0 | 0 ..... 0 | 0 | 0 |   |
|            |             | 0 .......... 0 | 0 | 0 ..... 0 | 0 | 0 |   |
|            |             | 0 .......... 0 | 0 | 0 ..... 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-bit
|            |             | 0 .......... 0 | 0 | 0 ..... 0 | 0 | 0 |   |
|            |             | 0 .......... 0 | 0 | 0 ..... 0 | 0 | 0 |   |
-            -             ----..........----------_.....------------  ---
|            |             |Str..........Str|Str|Str.....Str| 0 | 0 |   |
|            |             | # .......... # | # | # ..... # | 0 | 0 | 3-bit
|   12x      |   32x       |   ..........   |   |   .....   | 0 | 0 |   |
-   16bit    -   16 bit    ---            ---------       -----------  ---
|   Trailer  |   CMN       | 0 .......... 0 | 1 | 0 ..... 0 | 1 | 1 |   |
-   Info     -   val       ---            ---------       ----------- 2-bit
|            |             | 1 .......... 1 | 0 | 1 ..... 1 | 0 | 1 |   |
-            -             ---            ---------       -----------  ---
|            |             |                |Str|           |Str|   |   |
|            |             |                | # |           | # | F |   |
|            |             |                |   |           |   | E |   |
|            |             |   Up to        |----  10bit    |---- C |   |
|            |             |     8 Strings  | # |  Channel  | # |   |   |
|            |             |                | o |   Number  | o | # |   |
|--........--|-- .......---|                | f |           | f |---|   |
|            |             |                |   |           |   |   |   |
|            |             |                | W |           | W | I |   |
|            |             |                | O |           | O | n |   |
|            |             |-- .......... --| R |-- ..... --| R | f |   |
|            |             |                | D |           | D | o |22-bit
|    12x     |             |                | S |           | S |   |   |
|    16 bit  |             |                |   |           |   | W |   |
|    Trailer |             |                | t |           | t | o |   |
|    Info    |             |                | o |           | o | r |   |
|            |  32x        |                |   | 12bit     |   | d |   |
|            |  16bit      |                | f |  ADC      | f |   |   |
|            |   CMN Value |                | o |   Value   | o | 1 |   |
|            |             |                | l |           | l | 6 |   |
|            |             |                | l |           | l | b |   |
|            |             |                | o |           | o | i |   |
|            |             |                | w |           | w | t |   |
---- ......----...........---- .......... --------- ..... -----------  ---

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If the above is screwed up by your font, the following GIF should at least be accurate: