String Sample Types

String sample types report data which neither provides a numeric scalar or 3D value nor a Date or Time data value. The data provided can be a arbitrary text string of alphabetic or numeric characters.

The current MTConnect Standard version 1.4 does not specify any string sample type but MTConnect agents may use this type for its own specific extended sample types.

Type Name

The name of the sample item type as defined in the MTConnect agent. This name must match exactly the type name in the MTConnect agent. If a type has one or multiple sub types, then multiple entries have to be defined, one for each type/sub type pair.

Sub Type Name

The name of the sample item sub type as defined in the MTConnect agent. This name must match exactly the type name in the MTConnect agent. If no sub type is specified in the MTConnect agent then this field has to be empty.