NARDA 8718B, User Manual

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109 Chapter 18 User's Software
Downloading Logged Data from the Meter
To download data from the meter...
1. Establish communications between the meter and your
computer described in Establishing Communications....
2. Select Download New Survey from the Survey Data
menu. A dialog box will appear that reminds you to
make sure that the 8718B is in a menu and not in a
measurement mode..
3. Click OK .
4. The message Downloading, please wait… will flash
on the computer screen.
5. Once the data has been downloaded the
Downloading, please wait… message will stop
flashing and a dialog box will appear.
The dialog box specifies the file name that has been given to the
downloaded data and its location on your hard drive. Make note
of this information and click OK .
File Format for Survey Data
Data files can have one of three forms identified by the
suffix in the file name.
1. The file name will be an eight-digit number with a .SVY
(survey) extension. The eight digits are derived from
the time and date that you downloaded the date. The
format is MDDHHmm.SVY (month, day, hour, and
minute).
2. Exported files that have been converted to standard
spreadsheet files have the same prefix as the original
file with the suffix csv . These files are automatically
stored in the subdirectory labeled Ssdata .
3. Exported files that have been converted to tab files
(standard ASCII text files commonly used in data base
programs) have the same prefix as the original file with
the suffix txt . These files are automatically stored in the
subdirectory labeled Ssdata .