Section 6: Reading buffers
Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
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3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
Stored readings are lost when the instrument is turned off. To save your stored readings, see
(on page 6-4).
Saving readings
When saving readings to a USB flash drive, you must select a non-empty reading buffer. See
(on page 6-3) for more information.
To save readings to a USB flash drive:
1. Select a reading buffer that is not empty.
2. Press the
STORE
key. The bufferVar MENU is displayed.
3. Select the
SAVE
menu item, and press the
ENTER
key. The SAVE RD BUFFER menu is
displayed.
4. Press the
ENTER
key when
USB
is highlighted.
5. Using the navigation wheel and
CURSOR
keys, enter the filename where the data will be saved
on the installed USB flash drive. The starting name is:
<reading buffer name>_nn_ _ _
Where:
nn
starts at
01
and automatically increments. For example, if the selected reading buffer
is
fpbuf1
, then the starting name is
fpbuf1_01_ _ _
.
6. Press the
ENTER
key
to save the data to the installed USB flash drive or the
EXIT
key
to cancel.
Clearing readings
When clearing readings, you must select a reading buffer. See
(on page 6-
3) for more information.
To clear readings:
1. Select a reading buffer.
2. Press the
STORE
key. The bufferVar MENU is displayed.
3. Select the
CLEAR
menu item, and press the
ENTER
key.
4. At the prompt, select
YES
or
NO
and press the
ENTER
key.
Deleting a reading buffer
To delete a reading buffer:
1. Select the reading buffer you want to delete.
2. Press the
STORE
key. The bufferVar MENU is displayed.
3. Select the
DELETE
menu item, and press the
ENTER
key.
4. At the prompt, select
YES
or
NO
and press the
ENTER
key.
▪
If you select
YES
, the RD BUFF ACTION MENU is displayed.
▪
If you select
NO
, the bufferVar MENU is displayed.
To delete a buffer (including front-panel buffers) remotely (over the bus), set the buffer's name to
nil
. For example, to delete a buffer named FPBUF1, send the command:
FPBUF1 = nil
.
