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ET User’s Guide 4-59
Using Instrument Functions
Saving and Recalling Measurement Results
To Save
Measurement
Data in ASCII
Format Your measurement data can be saved in an ASCII format that is
compatible with many personal computer software packages.
To save the measurement trace as an ASCII file:
1. Press , and select the softkey that
corresponds to where you want to save your file. (See “Select the Disk”
on page 4-57 .)
2. Press .
a. Choose or .
• Lotus

1-2-3

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.
• Touchstone format (also called S2P data format) is useful for
importing measurement data into CAE programs such as
Hewlett-Packard's Microwave Design System (MDS) and
Advanced Design System (ADS). Since your analyzer cannot
make full two-port measurements, saving in Touchstone
format is generally only useful when measuring reflection
response.
b. Choose or , depending on which
measurement channel data you want to save.
3. The filename appears on the network analyzer screen as
TRACE#.PRN
(for Lotus 1-2-3 files) or
TRACE#.S1P
(for Touchstone files), where # is
a number the analyzer selects from 0 to 999.
NOTE
Your analyzer can store files only on floppy disks that are formatted in
MS-DOS.
SAVE RECALL Select Disk
Prior Menu Define Save Save ASCII
Lotus 123 Format Touchstone Format
Save Meas 1 Save Meas 2