Division A Data transmission formatF1

Each data transmission is structured as follows:

1. (1)

   Data characters in accordance with ISO 8859.1

2. (2)

   Each data transmission is structured as follows:

   • double slash ( ‘ // ’ ) and the characters ‘ SR ’ indicate the start of a message;

   • a double slash ( ‘ // ’ ) and field code indicate the start of a data element;

   • a single slash ( ‘ / ’ ) separates the field code and the data;

   • pairs of data are separated by space;

   • the characters ‘ ER ’ and a double slash ( ‘ // ’ ) at the end indicates the end of a record.