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Data Management
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10 Data Management
Access (save and recall datasets): "Save Recall"
Access (file manager): "Save Recall" > "File Manager"
Access (user preferences): "Setup" > "User Preferences"
Remote commands required for data management:
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Chapter 19.8, "Data Management" , on page 216
The R&S FPC provides several tools to manage data related to your measurement
tasks. Data related to measurements can come in different forms and formats, like limit
lines, channel tables, specific measurement setups, measurement results or screen-
shots. All this data is usually stored in a file whose characteristics and file extension
depend on the data type. Channel tables, for example, are stored in files with the
extension
.chntab
while measurement configurations are stored in files with the
extension
.set
.
Some data types like limit lines, transducer factors or channel tables, should already
be available before you perform a measurement (for example limit lines, transducers or
channel tables). This data is also referred to as templates. Other data types like mea-
surement setups or screenshots are only created during the measurement or when the
measurement is done. This data is also referred to as datasets.
Templates and datasets
Templates are measurement or analysis tools that you usually apply to measurement
and that have an effect on the measurement results. A typical template that you might
use regularly is a limit line or transducer factor. The R&S
FPC already provides several
predefined templates. If you need to create custom templates, you have to use the
R&S
InstrumentView software package.
Templates come in different forms and formats. Each type of template thus has a differ-
ent file extension. Examples:
.chntab
(channel table),
rellim
,
abslim
(relative and
absolute limit lines) or
pritrd
and
sectrd
(primary and secondary transducer fac-
tors).
You can load templates into a measurement in the corresponding context menus.
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Loading limit lines: see Chapter 14.12, "Limit Lines" , on page 130.
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Loading channel tables: see Chapter 14.3.3, "Channel Tables" , on page 97.
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Loading transducer factors: see Chapter 14.4.4, "Transducers" , on page 104.
For more information about creating and editing templates, refer to the user manual of
the R&S
InstrumentView software package.
Datasets on the other hand are an image of the measurement configuration and result.
Typically, you will only create them during or after the measurement and they include
information if a template is used in the measurement. They are useful, for example, to
recreate the context of the measurement, for documentation purposes or a more
detailed analysis with another tool later on. You can also use a dataset to create a
cus-
tom preset state .