Agilent Technologies Infiniium 8000A, Programmer'S Reference Manual

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Disk Commands
BIN Header Format
Example Program for Reading Binary Data
The following is a programming example of reading a Binary Data (.bin) file and
converting it to an XYPairs (.csv) file without a file header.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
//*****************************************************************************
//
// Description: This file is broken into three sections
// Section 1: Data Structures to describe Infiniium Public Waveform File
// Section 2: Functions to correctly read .bin files
// Section 3: Functions to convert a .bin file to .csv file
//*****************************************************************************
//
// Description: Structures and Enumerations to describe Infiniium
// Public Waveform File - using these structures assumes
// a 32-Bit x86 Compiler
//
typedef struct
{
char Cookie[2];
char Version[2];
int FileSize;
int NumberOfWaveforms;
} tPBFileHeader;
const char PB_COOKIE[2] = {'A', 'G'};
const char PB_VERSION[2] = {'1', '0'};
#define DATE_TIME_STRING_LENGTH 16
#define FRAME_STRING_LENGTH 24
#define SIGNAL_STRING_LENGTH 16
typedef struct
{
int HeaderSize;
int WaveformType;
int NWaveformBuffers;
int Points;
int Count;
float XDisplayRange;
double XDisplayOrigin;
double XIncrement;
double XOrigin;
int XUnits;
int YUnits;
char Date[DATE_TIME_STRING_LENGTH];