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Storing/Recalling of Settings
EXPORT the selected settings le will be copied as
previously chosen. It is possible to copy from the internal
memory to the external memory and also between two
USB sticks (front/rear).
7.2 Trac e s
The waveform data can be stored only on external USB
sticks, not internally. Following formats to save the trace
data are possible:
❙ CSV (Comma Separated Values)
In CSV les, curve data is stored in table format. Each
table row is separated by a comma.
ExampleforCSVle
[Hz],Trace1[dBm]
9.253540000E+08,-1.00890E+02
9.253540000E+08,-7.39215E+01
9.253560000E+08,-1.05031E+02
9.253560000E+08,-7.21179E+01
9.253580000E+08,-9.49329E+01
9.253580000E+08,-7.41840E+01
9.253600000E+08,-8.93787E+01
9.253600000E+08,-7.76752E+01
❙ TXT
TXT les are ASCII les that only contain amplitude values
(no time values). Amplitude values are separated by a
comma. The value pairs are listed as single values without
identication.
ExampleforTXTle:
-1.07915E+02,-7.80322E+01,-1.05590E+02,-7.59998E+01,-
9.59735E+01,-7.28748E+01,-1.04189E+02,-7.37231E+01
The soft menu STORAGE allows you to use the USB con-
nection on the front or rear side of the instrument as sto-
rage location. Selecting the respective storage location is
possible when a USB stick has been recognized. If a USB
Device settings from a previous rmware version can not be loa-
ded with a new rmware version.
Fig. 7.5: Menu to save a waveform
stick is connected, you can also change, create or delete
directories. Press ACCEPT DIR. to conrm the target di-
rectory and you will automatically return to the trace main
menu. The softkey FILE NAME opens the menu for the
name entry, where you can use the universal knob to en-
ter a name and conrm your entry by pressing ACCEPT
(TRC is the default name). The trace main menu will dis-
play automatically. You can use the softkey COMMENT to
enter a comment which will be displayed in the le mana-
ger footer once a le has been selected. Pushing the soft-
key SAVE will store the trace according to the selected
settings.
7.3 Screenshots
The most important format to store information for
documentation purposes is the screenshot. A screenshot
is an image le which shows the current screen content at
the time that storage takes place.
The softkey STORAGE allows you to use the USB connec-
tion on the front or back of the instrument as storage loca-
tion. Selecting the respective storage location is possible
when a USB stick has been recognized. If a USB stick is
connected, you can also change, create or delete directo-
ries. Press ACCEPT to conrm the target directory and you
will automatically return to the screenshot main menu.
The soft menu key FILE NAME opens the menu for the
name entry where you can use the knob to enter a name
and conrm your entry by pressing ACCEPT (SCR is the
default name). The screenshot main menu will display au-
tomatically. The le format of a graphics le determines
the color depth and the type of compression. The quality
of the various formats is identical for the spectrum analy-
zer graphics.
You can choose from the following le formats in the soft
menu FORMAT:
❙ BMP = Windows Bitmap Format
❙ GIF = Graphics Interchange Format
❙ PNG = Portable Network Graphic
Press the softkey COLOR MODE to to choose from Gray-
scale, Color or Inverted with the knob. If Grayscale is se-
Fig. 7.6: Menu for screenshots