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Export binary phase data
This command is supported only when viewing the selected plot’s phase record
contents using
Measurement → Phase difference ( p ) or Measurement → Frequency-
difference (
f
)
. It will save a binary file containing phase difference data in seconds,
represented as a block of double-precision IEEE 754 values in little-endian (Intel) format.
If a selected or zoomed area has been defined by dragging with the mouse, only that
portion of the phase record will be exported.
As with File → Export ASCII phase data ( x ) , the default file suffix is .CSV. This is usually
inappropriate for binary data; you should specify a suffix appropriate to your
application. Exported binary phase data may not be re-imported into TimeLab.
Export phase data to Stable32 (
Ctrl-x
)
This command is useful for transferring data from the selected plot’s phase record
directly into a third-party analysis application such as
Stable32 from Hamilton Technical
Services . Stable32 is a popular application for offline data analysis. It supports many
statistical features and display options beyond the limited set implemented by TimeLab.
This command works by exporting the selected plot’s phase record to a temporary file
using the same functionality as the
File → Export ASCII phase data ( x ) command. If a
selected or zoomed area has been defined by dragging with the mouse, only that
portion of the phase record will be exported.
When the command is issued, a dialog box allows you to specify the location of the
Stable32 executable or other third-party program, as well as the command line to be
passed to it. The command line may contain various predefined variables described in
the dialog box’s help text, including placeholders for the name of the temporary file and
the data rate (tau zero) in samples per second. Upon pressing the
Launch Stable32
button, the temporary file will be generated and the specified program launched.
TimeLab will then continue to run normally.
Temporary files created by TimeLab are cleaned up when TimeLab exits, so it’s advisable
to leave TimeLab running until after the third-party analysis application has exited.