Agilent Technologies 86140B Series, User Manual

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Using the Instrument
Saving, Recalling, and Managing Files
Backing Up or Restoring the Internal Memory
1 Press the front-panel Save/Recall key.
2 Press the Backup/Restore Menu.... softkey.
N o t e The auto span value will not be saved with the measurement. Refer to “Backup
Internal Memory” on page 3-15 .
Softkey Panel
Selections Backup Internal Memory
a The analyzer Backup Utility screen appears asking you to insert a formatted
floppy disk in the external drive. The disk will not be viewable on a PC and
no trace or measurement files can be saved onto the disk until it is reformat-
ted.
b The Backup Internal Memory function overwrites the floppy disk with a new
image. Any existing files or catalogs on the floppy disk will be destroyed. Any
successive backup operations will overwrite the previous backup informa-
tion, so only the latest backup information can be recovered through the Re-
store Internal Memory operation.
Restore Internal Memory
The analyzer Restore Utility screen appears. This operation will remove all
files from internal memory and replace them with files from backup floppy
disks.
Saving Measurement and Trace Data
You can save measurement and trace data using the following methods:
• Fast Measurement Save Mode
• Save Setup Panel Mode
Saving Data in Fast Meas Save Mode
1 Press the front-panel Save/Recall key.
2 Press the Fast Meas SAVE softkey.
3 The instrument saves the current measurement state to internal memory as
FASTSAVE.dat. Only one FASTSAVE.dat file exists, so performing a Fast Meas