Each analog input module is represented under the cfnet-fs mount point by a directory at {mount-point}/analog-input/{module_address}/

$ tree -L 2 /tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/
/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/
├── 0
│   └── channel
├── 1
│   └── channel
...

Each analog input channel is represented under the cfnet-fs mount point by a directory at {mount-point}/analog-input/{module_address}/channel/{channel_address}/

$ tree /tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/
/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/
└── channel
    ├── 0
    │   ├── amps.bin
    │   ├── amps.txt
    │   ├── raw.bin
    │   ├── raw.txt
    │   ├── volts.bin
    │   └── volts.txt
    ├── 1
    │   ├── amps.bin
    │   ├── amps.txt
    │   ├── raw.bin
    │   ├── raw.txt
    │   ├── volts.bin
    │   └── volts.txt
    ...

Each analog input channel has 6 files:

• amps.txt: The amperage reading of the analog input channel as an ASCII text string.
• amps.bin: The amperage reading of the analog input channel as a 16-bit floating point value.
• raw.txt: The raw digital reading of the analog input channel as an ASCII text string.
• raw.bin: The raw digital reading of the analog input channel as a 16-bit unsigned integer.
• volts.txt: The voltage reading of the analog input channel as an ASCII text string out to 4 decimal places.
• volts.bin: The voltage reading of the analog input channel as a 32-bit floating point value.

Reading any of the channel's files will return the state of the analog input channel.

Text files are convenient when the state is directly obtained from or displayed to users, for example, in shell scripts. Binary files are more convenient when the state requires additional processing such as math and logic.

$ cat /tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.txt

const string ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3 = "/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.txt";
 
string state = File.ReadAllText(ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3).Trim();
Console.WriteLine(state);

const string ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3 = "/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.bin";
 
var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3);
var state = BitConverter.ToFloat(bytes, 0);
Console.WriteLine(state);

ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3 = "/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.txt"
 
with open(ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3, "r") as f:
    state = f.read().strip()
print(state)

import struct
 
ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3 = "/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.bin"
 
with open(ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3, "rb") as f:
    bytes_data = f.read(4)
    state = struct.unpack("<f", bytes_data)[0]
 
print(state)

#include <stdio.h>
 
#define ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3 "/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.txt"
 
int main(void)
{
    FILE *f = fopen(ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3, "r");
 
    char buffer[10] = {0};
    fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), f);
    printf("%s", buffer);
 
    fclose(f);
    return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>
 
#define ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3 "/tmp/cfnet-fs/analog-input/0/channel/3/volts.bin"
 
int main(void)
{
    FILE *f = fopen(ANALOG_INPUT_0_CHANNEL_3, "rb");
 
    float value;
    fread(&value, sizeof(float), 1, f);
    printf("%f\n", state);
 
    fclose(f);
    return 0;
}