Plotting A Measurement To Disk - Agilent Technologies 8719D User Manual

Plotting a Measurement to Disk

The plot files that you generate from the analyzer, contain the HPGL representation of the
measurement display. The files will not contain any setup or formfeed commands.
1. Conllgure the analyzer to plot to disk, as explained in "Configuring a Plot Function" located
earlier in this chapter.
The analyzer assigns the llrst available default filename for the displayed directory. For
example, the analyzer would assign PLOTOOFP (for a LIF format, or PLOT00 . FP for DOS
format), if there were no previous plot files saved to the disk.
The llgure below shows the three parts of the file name that is generated automatically by
the analyzer whenever a plot is requested. The two digit sequence number is incremented
by one each time a file with a default name is added to the directory.
Figure 4-S. Automatic File Naming Convention for LIF Format
You can plot the files to a plotter from a personal computer.
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in "Outputting Plot Files from a PC to an HPGL Compatible Printer" located later in this
chapter.
You can run a program that plots all of the files, with the root hlename of PLOT, to an
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HPGL compatible printer. This program is provided on the "Example Programs Disk" that is
included in the Programmer's Guide. However, this program is for use with LIF formatted
disks and is written in HP BASIC.
Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results