User guide

changing the measurement settings after the measurement has been run, please

note:

• Parameters that affect the data capture.

Changes on the Parameters page take only effect if you run the measurement

again.

• Parameters that change the display of the measured data.

Changes on the Pass/Fail, View, Graph, and Color tabs only affect the display

of the results. There is no need to repeat the measurement.

Saving Measurements for Later Analysis

You can save a completed measurement for later analysis. This includes the

settings you selected for the measurement and the measured data. This allows

you to load the measurement at a later stage and inspect all data in detail. You can

also change display parameters to evaluate this data even more thoroughly.

N O T E

When saving the measurement, the following settings are not saved:

•

selected pattern

•

settings of the pattern generator

•

settings of the error detector

To save these settings, see “Saving Instrument States” on page 558.

Besides saving a measurement as a file, you can also export the data to any

spreadsheet application.

Advanced Analysis - Procedures

This section describes some basic functions that apply to all measurements.

If you want to store the measurement results for later use, you can either save

them as an .mcp file (to be opened in the Serial BERT software) or as a .txt file for

spreadsheet applications.

How to Save Measurements

To save a measurement as an .mcp file for later use in the Serial BERT user

interface:

After your measurement has finished and the results are displayed, select Save

Measurement from the Analysis menu.

Select a proper file name and location and press the Save button.

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