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Long Integer - The Input data will be converted to signed integer format, then output. Signed Integer format includes only the digits to the left of the decimal (XXXXX.)
The advantage of using Long Integer format is that this format will generally consist of a fewer number of bytes, hence serial transmission of the data for HyperTrack will be slightly faster. The number of bytes will dynamically size, from 1 to 4 bytes, according to the magnitude of the Output.
The disadvantage of Long Integer format is that numerical precision will be lost if incoming data is in floating point format. Precison will be lost in the conversion to integer format (eg 26.3 becomes 26). If large numbers are processed, this loss of precision may be negligible (eg 36785.2 becomes 36785).
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