Remote Commands for Analog Demodulation Measurements
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Reading out data in binary format is quicker than in ASCII format. Thus, binary format
is recommended for large amounts of data.
11.7.5 Reference: ASCII File Export Format
Trace data can be exported to a file in ASCII format for further evaluation in other
applications. This reference describes in detail the format of the export files for result
data.
The file consists of the header containing important scaling parameters and a data sec-
tion containing the trace data. Optionally, the header can be excluded from the file (see
"Include Instrument Measurement Settings"
The data of the file header consist of three columns, each separated by a semicolon:
parameter name; numeric value; basic unit. The data section starts with the keyword
"Trace <n>" (<n> = number of stored trace), followed by the measured data in one or
several columns (depending on the measurement) which are also separated by a sem-
icolon.
The results are output in the same order as they are displayed on the screen: window
by window, trace by trace, and table row by table row.
Generally, the format of this ASCII file can be processed by spreadsheet calculation
programs, e.g. MS-Excel. Different language versions of evaluation programs may
require a different handling of the decimal point. Thus you can define the decimal sep-
arator to be used (decimal point or comma, see
Table 11-5: ASCII file format for trace export in the Spectrum application
File contents
Description
Header data
Type;R&S
FSW;
Instrument model
Version;1.00;
Firmware version
Date;01.Oct 2006;
Date of data set storage
Mode;ANALYZER;
Operating mode
Preamplifier;OFF
Preamplifier status
Transducer; OFF
Transducer status
Center Freq;55000;Hz
Center frequency
Freq Offset;0;Hz
Frequency offset
Start;10000;Hz
Stop;100000;Hz
Start/stop of the display range.
Unit: Hz for span > 0, s for span = 0, dBm/dB for statistics mea-
surements
Span;90000;Hz
Frequency range (0 Hz in zero span and statistics measure-
ments)
Ref Level;-30;dBm
Reference level
Retrieving Results
