− | The current system allows for a unique number to be given to every fiber, which is independent of the bundle to which it belongs. There are 360 fibers in total, so the system was changed from two digit base six to four digit base six (allowing for 6^4 or 1296 unique numbers). | + | The current system allows for a unique number to be given to every fiber, which is independent of the bundle to which it belongs. There are 360 fibers in total, so the system was changed from two digit base six to four digit base six (allowing for 6^4 or 1296 unique numbers). In order to efficiently renumber the fibers their relative identifiers (the two original rubber bands) were left untouched, while two more rubber bands were added down stream as an old bundle identifier. |