Tektronix TDS3000C Series User Manual page 105

Key Points
Side menu button
Internal File Format
Spreadsheet File Format
Mathcad File Format
Save Active Waveforms to Consecutive
Files
TDS3000C Series Oscilloscope User Manual
Bottom Side
Save To File
Wfm
To Ref1 ... To
Ref4
Recall From File
Wfm
Ref1 ... Ref4
File Accesses the USB flash drive file utilities. (See page 86.)
Utilities
Labels Lets you assign unique labels to reference waveforms and
oscilloscope setups stored in nonvolatile memory. (See
page 87.)
Saving Setups. To save the current setup to nonvolatile memory, push the Save
Current Setup screen button, and then select one of the ten storage locations.
Then, push the OK Overwrite Saved Setup screen button to complete the operation
or the Menu Off button to cancel the operation.
Recalling Setups. To recall a setup from nonvolatile memory, push the Recall
Setup screen button and then select one of the ten storage locations.
Recalling the Factory Setup. Recall the factory setup to initialize the oscilloscope
to a known setup. Appendix B describes the Factory Setup in detail.
To recall the factory setup, push the Recall Factory Setup screen button, and then
push the OK Confirm Factory Init screen button to complete the operation.
Saving a Waveform to File. When you push the To File side menu button, the
oscilloscope changes the side menu contents. The next table describes these side
menu items for saving data to a USB flash drive file.
Description
Sets the oscilloscope to save waveform data to a USB flash drive in internal waveform
save file (.isf) format. This format is the fastest to write and creates the smallest-sized
files. Use the internal waveform format if you intend to recall a waveform and store it
into reference memory for viewing or measuring.
Sets the oscilloscope to save waveform data to a USB flash drive as a
comma-separated data file compatible with most spreadsheet programs.
Sets the oscilloscope to save waveform data to a USB flash drive in Mathcad format.
Use this format if you intend to import the waveform data into Mathcad software.
Immediately saves all active waveforms to consecutively-numbered files in internal
save file (.isf) format. This menu item is only available when the Internal File Format
is selected.
Description
Saves one or more waveforms to a file.
Selecting this menu item changes the
side menu contents. (See page 85.)
Saves the selected waveform to
nonvolatile memory. (See page 86.)
Recalls a waveform from a USB flash
drive and displays it as a reference
waveform.
Recalls a reference waveform.
Reference
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