If You Are Plotting Measurement Results To A Disk Drive - Agilent Technologies 8753ET User Manual

If You Are Plotting Measurement Results to a Disk Drive

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.
Do not mistake the line switch for the disk eject button when you are
CAUTION
removing the disk from the analyzer. If the line switch is mistakenly pushed,
the instrument will be turned off, losing all settings and data that have not
been saved.
1. Configure the analyzer to plot to disk.
a. Press
Local SET ADDRESSES
b. Press
Save/Recall
• Choose
INTERNAL DISK
• Choose
EXTERNAL DISK
analyzer. Then configure the disk drive as follows:
1. Press
CONFIGURE EXT DISK
address to the disk drive (default is 00) followed by
2. Press
Local
located, followed by
3. If your storage disk is partitioned, press
volume number where you want to store the instrument state file.
2. Press
PLOT
Copy
The analyzer assigns the first available default filename for the displayed directory. For
example, the analyzer would assign PLOT00FP for a LIF format (PLOT00.FP for a DOS
format) if there were no previous plot files saved to the disk.
Figure 4-4 shows the three parts of the file name that are 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.
PLOTTER PORT
and select the disk drive that you will plot to.
SELECT DISK
if you will plot to the analyzer internal disk drive.
if you will plot to a disk drive that is external to the
DSK
DISK UNIT NUMBER
.
x1
.
Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results
DISK
and enter the GPIB
ADDRESS: DISK
x1
and enter the drive where your disk is
VOLUME NUMBER
Configuring a Plot Function
.
.
and enter the
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