User guide

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Chapter 7

Handheld Software Tools

Introduction

This chapter provides a description of the Anritsu Handheld Software Tools (HHST)

program. Handheld Software Tools is a Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/Vista program

for transferring measured traces, along with markers and limit lines, to the PC display. The

program help function provides on screen instructions on display modification, trace over-

lay, uploading and downloading traces, and multiple plot printing.

NOTE: Master Software Tools (MST) now works with the Site Master S331D.

We strongly recommend users to migrate to MST. This platform has numerous

productivity advantages over HHST and all future product enhancements will be

done via MST. See Chapter 8 for more information on MST.

Features

Handheld Software Tools provides the following features:

Download traces saved in the instrument memory to the PC for storage and

analysis

Upload traces from the PC to the instrument memory

Trace Overlay allows the viewing of three plots simultaneously

Ability to save captured plots as data files (.dat file format) or as records repre-

senting site information in a database file

Ability to export plot data as text files for use in a spreadsheet (.txt file format)

Ability to save captured plots as graphic files (.wmf file format)

Ability to zoom in or out to analyze a particular region of the plot

Ability to modify Plot Properties

Ability to output plots to a printer for hard copy records

Capture the current trace on the unit

Create custom cables to be uploaded to the instrument

Create new signal standards to be uploaded to the instrument

Create new waveguides to be uploaded to the instrument

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