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Agilent Signal Generators Programming Guide 233
Creating and Downloading Waveform Files
Commands for Downloading and Extracting Waveform Data
CAUTION Get and Put commands write over existing files by the same name in destination
directories. Remember to change remote and local filenames to avoid the loss of data.
NOTE If a filename has a space, quotations are required around the filename.
Always transfer the waveform file before transferring the marker file.
For additional information on FTP commands, refer to the operating system’s Window Help
and Support Center.
1. From the PC command prompt or UNIX command line, change to the destination directory for the
file you intend to download.
2. From the PC command prompt or UNIX command line, type ftp <instrument name>. Where
instrument name is the signal generator’s hostname or IP address.
3. At the User: prompt in the ftp window, press Enter (no entry is required).
4. At the Password: prompt in the ftp window, press Enter (no entry is required).
5. At the ftp prompt, either put a file or get a file:
To put a file, type:
put <file_name> /user/waveform/<file_name1>
where <file_name> is the name of the file to download and <file_name1> is the name
designator for the signal generator’s /user/waveform/ directory.
If <filename1> is unspecified, ftp uses the specified <file_name> to name <file_name1>.
• If a marker file is associated with the data file, use the following command to download it to
the signal generator:
put <marker file_name> /user/markers/<file_name1>
where <marker file_name> is the name of the file to download and <file_name1> is the name
designator for the file in the signal generator’s /user/markers/ directory. Marker files and
the associated I/Q waveform data have the same name.
For more examples of put command usage refer to Table 5- 13.
Table 5-13 Put Command Examples
Command
Results
Local Remote Notes
Incorrect put <filename.wfm>
put <filename.mkr>
/user/waveform/<filename1.wfm>
/user/marker/<filename1.mkr>
Produces two
separate and
incompatible files.