User`s guide

10-50 Agilent B1500 User’s Guide, Edition 7
Application Library and Utilities
Setup File Converter
Setup File Converter
The setup file converter is the program which converts the Agilent 4155A/4156A/
4155B/4156B/4155C/4156C setup file (extension: DAT or MES) and creates the
EasyEXPERT setup file (extension: XTS). This program can convert the setup
information but cannot convert the test result data.
To launch setup
file converter
Click Start > All Programs > Agilent B1500A EasyEXPERT > 4155,4156 Setup
File Converter. This executes SetupFileConverterW.exe in the following folder.
C:\Program Files\Agilent\B1500\EasyEXPERT\415xC\Conversion\
This program can be executed on a PC installed with Windows XP Professional SP2
(Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 runtime library is required) or Windows Vista
Business SP1.
To execute this program, the SetupFileConverter.exe, SetupFileConverterW.exe,
and SetupFileConverterW.exe.config files must be stored in the same folder.
To create XTS file The following procedure converts the 4155/4156 setup file (.DAT or .MES) and
creates the .XTS file in the folder the setup file is stored.
1. Click Select icon, or click File > Select Files to open the Select 4155/4156 MES
Files or DAT Files dialog box.
2. Specify the 4155/4156 setup files to convert. Multiple files can be selected.
3. Click Open on the Select 4155/4156 MES Files or DAT Files dialog box.
4. Click Convert icon, or click File > Convert Files.
Instead of the step 1 to 3, you can use the drag and drop operation from Explorer to
the Selected Files area on the Setup File Converter.
To read XTS file Use the import function to read the created .XTS file on the EasyEXPERT.
Open the Import Test Setup window by clicking File > Import Test Setup... on the
Classic Test screen. Specify the .XTS file to be imported, and click Open.
Conversion results For details about the conversion results, see “SetupFileConverter.exe” on page
10-53.