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Automating Measurements
Saving Measurement Results
The analyzer has a feature which saves the measurement
trace in a format compatible with many popular spreadsheet programs
such as Lotus@
and Microsoft Excel@. The measurement can also
be saved in lbuchstone format for importing data into CAE programs. The
measurement is saved to a
on the analyzer’s disk.
The following program segment shows how to save the measurement in Lotus
format to a file on the analyzer’s non-volatile RAM disk, and then how
to transfer that file into your program and store it as a file on your computer
disk.
10 DIM
20 .
30 OUTPUT
40 OUTPUT
50 OUTPUT
60 ENTER 716 USING ,A$
70 CREATE
80 ASSIGN @File TO
90 OUTPUT
100 ASSIGN TO *
With the ASCII feature, you can read the measurements into your
CAE or spreadsheet program, and perform statistical analysis on the data,
such as mean and standard deviation on groups of
For information on transferring disk files between the analyzer and your
computer, refer to the “Example Programs” chapter of the
Guide.
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