User`s guide

Sharing Data Between Analyzers

Introduction

The Standard Data Format Utilities are programs that translate data files from the HP 35665A,

HP 3560A, HP 3563A, HP 3562A, HP 3566A, HP 3567A, HP 3588A, or HP 3589A analyzers to

Standard Data Format or formats compatible with ASCII, Data Set 58, PC-MATLAB, and MATRIXx.

Conversions from Standard Data Format to STARModal and STARAcoustics formats are available from

Structural Measurement Systems.

With the Standard Data Format utilities you can share data between the supported HP DSA analyzers

using these general steps:

1. Make a measurement with one of the supported HP DSA analyzers.

2. Save the measurement data.

3. Convert the data using the appropriate conversion utility.

4. Recall the data into another analyzer.

5. Do further analysis on the data, or compare it to other data.

For example, you can make a frequency response measurement with an HP 3560A, transfer the

data to your PC, convert it to SDF format, then recall it into an HP 35665A for curve fitting

(see figure 1-2).

Or you can compare old data from an HP 3562A to new data from an HP 35665A (see figure 1-3).

PC-MATLAB (a trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.) and MATRIXx (a product of Integrated Systems

Inc.) are PC-based software packages for scientific and engineering numeric computation. HP SDF data

files may be ported to either of these packages using the Conversion Utilities. See appendix A for

examples of how to load SDF data into these application packages.

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