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Using Instrument Functions
Saving end Recalling Measurement Results
To Save Measurement
Your measurement data can be saved in an format that is compatible
Data in ASCII Format
with many personal computer software packages.
save the measurement trace as an ASCII
1. Press [
SAVE RECALL
] and select the that corresponds
to where you want to save your file. (See “Select the Disk, earlier in this
section.)
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Lotus 123 format is a two-column format that is compatible with
many personal computer software packages. Column 1 is the
frequency point, and column 2 is the measured value at that point.
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Touchstone format is useful for importing measurement data into
CAE programs such as Hewlett-Packard’s Microwave Design System
(MDS). Touchstone format provides for analyzers with either 50
or 75 impedance. Since your analyzer cannot make full two-port
measurements, saving in Touchstone format is generally only useful
when measuring reflection
Choose or 2 , depending on which
measurement channel data you.want to save.
3. The appears on the network analyzer screen as .
for Lotus TRACE%. Touchstone files-where is a
number the analyzer selects from 0 to 999.
N O T E
Your analyzer can store files only on floppy disks that are formatted in MS-DOS.
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