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4-58 ES User’s Guide
Using Instrument Functions
Saving and Recalling Measurement Results
• Press to save to the 3.5” disk in the
analyzer's built-in disk drive. Only MS-DOS format disks can be
used. If your disk is not formatted, refer to the procedure
in
“Formatting a Floppy Disk” on page 4-67 .
Define and Save
Data
1. Press .
• Toggle to OFF if you do not want the instrument
state saved. (This will save measurement data only.)
• Toggle to ON if you want to save the active measurement
calibration.
• Toggle to ON if you want to save the measurement data
that is displayed on the network analyzer screen.
NOTE
Note that the key is automatically toggled ON when the
key is toggled ON.
2. Press to save the instrument state file.
The filename appears on the screen as
STATE#.STA
(where # is a
number the analyzer selects from 0 to 999).
3. If you own older model network analyzers (HP 8711A,
HP 8711B/12B/13B/14B, HP 8711C/12C/13C/14C), and you need your
saved files to be recalled on any of these older model analyzers, select
, or
.
4. If you do not need your files to be compatible with older model
analyzers, always choose .
This is the default format.
Internal 3.5” Disk
Prior Menu Define Save
Inst State
Cal
Data
Inst State
Cal
Prior Menu Save State
File Format HP 8711A/B Compatible
HP 8711C Compatible
File Format HP 8712E Compatible