Table of Contents
Advertisement
Chapter 3, Operating Overview
Saving and Recalling Instrument Setups
Specifying BASE Settings
The BASE register contains any field settings the user has SAVEd that are
different from the instrument PRESET state. It establishes a reference point for all
future SAVEs. (The PRESET state is stored in the BASE register until you SAVE
another instrument setup.)
When you SAVE an instrument setup, the new setup is compared to the BASE
settings, and any differences are stored under the register name you supply.
Because only differences are stored, a much larger number of instrument setups
can be saved than if the contents of every field was saved.
When you RECALL an instrument setting, every field is reset to the BASE
settings. The SAVED settings are then used to re-establish the desired instrument
setup.
You can define your own BASE setting. If your desired settings are very different
from the PRESET values, you may want to change the BASE register. This will
decrease the amount of memory used to SAVE each setup, and allow you to SAVE
many more setups.
CAUTION:
Since each SAVE/RECALL register only contains the differences between the setup being
saved and the present BASE register settings, changing the BASE results in all other saved
setups being ERASED from memory (including the POWERON setting if one has been
saved).
Unless you consistently change the same fields to the same value each time you
use the instrument, you should probably not create your own BASE settings.
Memory Considerations
When the
Internal
create RAM Disk(s) and run IBASIC programs. By saving a large number of
instrument setups, you reduce the amount of RAM available to run programs. If
you get a "memory overflow" message while trying to load a program, you must
clear one or more SAVE/RECALL registers to free RAM space).
64
S:\agilent\e8285\USRGUIDE\BOOK\CHAPTERS\opoverv.fb
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com
field of the I/O CONFIGURE screen is set to
Save/Recall
, instrument setups are saved to the same non-volatile RAM used to
Advertisement
Table of Contents
