Saving And Recalling Programs With A Memory Card; To Save A Program; To Recall A Program - HP 8590 E-Series User Manual

Saving and Recalling Programs with a Memory Card

Programs (also called downloadable programs or DLPs) can be loaded into spectrum analyzer
memory either by loading a program from a memory card or by defining a function with
programming commands. (Remote programming ability is available with Option 041 or 043).
The process of saving and recalling programs from the memory card is similar to saving state
data. To save program information to the memory card use
Note
ALL DLP -+ CARD
means a program cannot be saved selectively if several programs are present
in the spectrum analyzer memory at the time. Use Catalog Internal ,
DELETE FILE
saved on the memory card. ALL DLP
definitions that are in spectrum analyzer memory onto the memory card.

To Save a Program

1.
Press C-1 or (j-1, then Change Prefix to enter a new prefix or change the
existing prefix.
If you do not specify a prefix, the program will be saved with a file name consisting of
2.
Press a. If INTERNAL is underlined, press INTERNAL CARD to select CARD.
3.
ALL DLP
Press -CARD . REGISTER # and PREFIX= are displayed on the spectrum analyzer
display.
4.
Use the numeric keypad to enter a register number and then press CENTER].
The data is saved with a file name consisting of a "d," the prefix that was entered,
an underscore (-), and the register number. The "d" denotes that the file contains
downloadable program data.

To Recall a Program

(CARD is underlined when the memory card is selected).
data to be retrieved.
3. Press LOAD FILE.
Programs can also be recalled by specifying the prefix and the register number:
I. IJse Change Prefix to enter the prefix, or use the existing prefix.
CARD --f DLP
Press , enter the register number that the program was saved under, and then
press (ENTER_).
Table 5-3 summarizes the functions when saving and recalling data to and from the memory
card.
5-16 Using Analyzer Features
saves an image of the spectrum analyzer memory. This
to delete the items in user memory that you do not wish to be
ALL DLP -+ CARD.
saves all programs and key