User`s guide

HP 3563A to MATRIXx or PC-MATLAB file formats
1. Save measurement setup and data from the HP 3563A to a LIF disk.
2. Insert the disk into a drive attached to your PC. Use the command LIF SCAN to identify disk
(simply type LIF SCAN from the directory which contains your LIF utilities). If your LIF disk is
in a HP 9122 connected to your PC, the results will resemble:
Drive
Specifier Looking for Disk Drives
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A: Internal Flexible Disk
B: Internal Flexible Disk
Found HP 88500A HP-IB Card at Select Code 7
Found SS/80 Disk at Address 2,, HP 9122
702: Unit 0, Flexible or Removable Disk
70201: Unit 1, Flexible or Removable Disk
3. Do a directory of your disk, using the command LIF LS.
LIF LS 702: /L
You’ll see:
filename type start size implement created
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SESTATE1 BDAT 155 4 20200080 89/08/03 16:16:08
DAFRF BDAT 173 2 20200080 89/03/04 12:51:03
4. Copy the data file from LIF to your DOS home directory.
LIF CP 702:DAFRF FRF
5. Convert data information to SDF format.
63TOSDF FRF FRF.DAT
6. Copy data information to either MATRIXx or PCMATLAB format. Use the /X option to get
X trace values. PCMATLAB files are binary, MATRIXx are ASCII. Either of these commands
creates the file FREQRESP.MAT.
SDFTOML FRF.DAT /X (PC-MATLAB)
SDFTOMX FRF.DAT /X (MATRIXx)
SDF to PC-MATLAB and MATRIXx examples
HP 3563A to MATRIXx or PC-MATLAB file formats
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