User guide

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BDS GUI Interface Detail
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File
Provides standard file operations for opening and saving BDS Documents.
New – Creates a new BDS document.
Note: The new document will inherit the properties of the previous document, including measurement and
scan options.
Open… - Opens a BDS document from a file.
Note: This will currently open “BDS Capture Files” and not CSV files.
Close – Closes the active document.
Note: This will stop data acquisition (if running).
Save – Saves the active BDS document in the previously selected format (BDS or CSV).
Note: This will stop data acquisition (if running).
Save As… Saves the active BDS document in a number of formats. See Figure 3.
Note: This will stop data acquisition (if running).
Recent Document List - List of recently opened documents.
Exit – Closes the BDSGUI application.
Note: Automatically stops data acquisition and disconnects from the BDS receiver.
Figure 3 Save As Menu Option
Connection
New… - Displays the “Connection Options” dialog (see Connection Options).
Close – Closes the current connection to the BDS receiver.
Mode
Offers menu items for configuring and operating a Mode. This menu is context-sensitive to the currently active
mode (Tracking or Spectral Search).
Start Free Run / Start Sweep – Starts an acquisition.
Start Trigger – Starts an acquisition based on an event trigger (Tracking Mode only).