To Manually Modify A Mask File - Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series User Manual

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To manually modify a mask file

You can manually modify a mask file that you created using the Automask
function.
1 Follow the steps 1- 7 in
2 Attach a USB mass storage device to the oscilloscope.
3 Press the [Save/Recall] key.
4 Press the Save softkey.
5 Press the Format softkey and select Mask.
6 Press the second softkey and select a destination folder on your USB
7 Press the Press to Save softkey. This creates an ASCII text file that
8 Remove the USB mass storage device and connect it to a PC.
9 Open the .msk file your created using a text editor (such as Wordpad).
10 Edit, save, and close the file.
The mask file contains the following sections:
• Mask File Identifier.
• Mask Title.
• Mask Violation Regions.
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Note that statistics are also reset when:
• Mask Test is switched on after being switched off.
• Clear Mask softkey is pressed.
• An Automask is created.
Additionally, the accumulated time counter is reset whenever the
oscilloscope is run after the acquisition was stopped.
Enable Transparent mode to write measurement values and statistics on the
screen without a background. Disable the Transparent mode to show them
with a gray background. The Transparent setting affects mask test statistics,
measurement statistics, and reference waveform information display.
Clears acquisition data from the oscilloscope display.
(Automask)" on page 243. Do not clear the mask after creating it.
mass storage device.
describes the mask.
"To create a mask from a "golden" waveform
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