Agilent Technologies 1670E Series, User Manual

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Symbol Utility Features and Functions
The OMF Symbol File Load Menu
Load Field
Select this field to load the symbol file into the logic analyzer. During
the load process, a symbol database file with a ".ns" extension will be
created by the Symbol Utility. You can load multiple symbol databases
into the system at the same time. One .ns database file will be created
for each symbol file that you load.
If the OMF symbol file is loaded from the hard disk drive, the .ns
database file will be created on the same subdirectory that the OMF file
is in. If the OMF file is loaded from the flexible disk drive, the directory
path from the flexible disk drive will be duplicated on the hard disk
drive. The .ns database file will be created on the hard disk drive, in the
same subdirectory that the OMF file was in on the flexible disk drive.
Once the .ns file is created, the Symbol Utility will use this file as its
working symbol database. The next time you need to load the symbols
into the system, you can load the .ns file explicitly, by placing the .ns
file name in the "OMF file" field. You can purge the OMF file from the
disk, once the .ns file is created.
OMF file versions
If you load an OMF file that has been loaded previously, the system will
compare the time stamps on the .ns file and the OMF file. If the OMF
file is newer than the existing .ns file, a new .ns file will be created and
the old one will be overwritten. If the OMF file being loaded has not
been updated since it was last loaded, the existing .ns file will be used.
Multiple files
You can load multiple symbol files into the analyzer. Symbols from each
of the files that you load will appear in the OMF Symbol Browser menu
and can be used to create trigger terms for the logic analyzer.