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Example 2
To convert the ‘’Normalized Variance’’ channel 2 (row 0 is channel 1, row 1 is channel 2) to HP 3563A
format, perform the following steps:
1. Convert the file to Linear spaced data (SDFTOSDF).
SDFTOSDF SINEARB.DAT SINELIN.DAT /P (convert to linear spacing)
2. Extract the result with SDFTO63.
SDFTO63 SINELIN.DAT VAR2.63 /D:1 /R:1 (/R:1 is channel 2)
3. Copy the HP 3563A data file to a LIF formatted disk (to be read by HP 3563A):
LIF CP VAR2.63 B:DAVAR2 (HP 3563A data files start w/ ‘’DA’’)
Discussion
Only one result may be converted into HP 3563A data file format. If no options are selected that specify
which data to convert, then the first result is selected. The HP 3563A puts one measurement result in a
data file, whereas the HP 3566A/67A generally puts all results from a measurement in a single file (see
previous example).
SDFTO63 can only convert data that is linear or log spaced with up to 801 lines of resolution, 2048 real
points, or 1024 complex points. To get arbitrary spaced data to the HP 3563A, first convert the SDF data
to evenly spaced data (linear or log) with SDFTOSDF. To get data with more than 2048 real / 1024
complex points to the HP 3563A, use SDFTOSDF to interpolate the SDF data file to fewer number of
points before converting with SDFTO63.
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