What is the attribute byte?
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What is the attribute byte?
What is the attribute byte?
Attribute byte is a 1 extra byte for each field,we give while creating a map.
It has 8 bit arrangement as given:
a) 0th and 1st bit contains the information regarding the other 6 bits
b) 2nd and 3rd bit are for Protected/Unprotected/ASKIP.It has four combinations
00-Unprotected Alphanumeric
01-Unprotected Numeric
10-Protected
11-ASKIP(Automatic Skip)
c) 4th and 5th bit are for Intensity.It has 4 combinations
00-Normal
01-Normal
10-Bright
11-Dark
d) 6th bit is always ZERO.
e) 7th bit is for MDT(Modified Data Tag).It has two options
0-MDT is OFF(Nothing has updated in map)
1-MDT is ON(Data is entered)
Thanx & Regards
Aakankshaa Srivastava
It has 8 bit arrangement as given:
a) 0th and 1st bit contains the information regarding the other 6 bits
b) 2nd and 3rd bit are for Protected/Unprotected/ASKIP.It has four combinations
00-Unprotected Alphanumeric
01-Unprotected Numeric
10-Protected
11-ASKIP(Automatic Skip)
c) 4th and 5th bit are for Intensity.It has 4 combinations
00-Normal
01-Normal
10-Bright
11-Dark
d) 6th bit is always ZERO.
e) 7th bit is for MDT(Modified Data Tag).It has two options
0-MDT is OFF(Nothing has updated in map)
1-MDT is ON(Data is entered)
Thanx & Regards
Aakankshaa Srivastava
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