User's Manual

The Graphical Waveform Editor
3-58 AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
The File Menu
The File menu controls loading, saving, and insertion of data from the system,
floppy disk, or network files. The following sections describe the File menu
operations.
New Waveform,
New Pattern
The New Waveform, New Pattern command opens a new waveform or pattern
editor window. If three editor windows are already open, these commands are
unavailable.
Open...
The Open command displays a file name list and side menu that lets you select and
load a file.
Save, Save As...
The Save, Save As... command lets you save the active editor waveform data to its
currently named file or to a new filename. You must save waveform data to a file
before you can output the waveform data. To save a waveform to its current file
name, push File (bottom)!Save (pop–up)!OK (side).
If you are saving a waveform for the first time, the instrument opens the Input
Filename dialog box, shown in Figure 2-16 on page 2-21. Use this dialog box to
enter a file name. If necessary, you can select a different storage media or directory
by pushing the Drive... side menu button. Enter the file name, then push the OK
side button or the ENTER front–panel button to close the dialog box and save the
file.
Refer to Saving Files on page 2-21 for more information about file saving
operation.
NOTE. When you exit an editor without saving edited data, the instrument displays
the following message Save the changes you made?. Push the Yes side button to
save the waveform data, or No to close the editor without saving the waveform
data.