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IM DLM3054-01EN
Saving Data (Save)
The instrument saves data to the specified storage device.
Waveform data, Setup data, Other types of data
Saving Waveform Data (Waveform)
You can save the waveform data that the instrument has measured to a file in binary or ASCII format or to a file
in ASCII format with time information.
Save Destination (File List)
Specify the data save destination.
File name (File Name)
Set the file name. You can also use the auto naming feature to automatically assign file names.
Auto Naming (Auto Naming)
• OFF
The auto naming feature is disabled. The name that you specify using the File Name setting is used.
• Numbering
The instrument automatically adds a three-digit number from 000 to 999 after the common name specified
using the File Name setting and saves files.
• Date
An 8-character file name produced based on the date and time using base 36 numbers (0 to 9 and A to Z).
See the figure below. The file name specified using the File Name setting is not used.
Time in units of 100 ms
0 ms = 0000, 100 ms = 0001, ..., 59 min 59 s 900 ms = 0RRZ
Hour 0 = 0, ..., hour 9 = 9, hour 10 = A, ..., hour 23 = N
1st = 1, ..., 10th = A, ..., 31st = V
Jan. = 1, ..., Oct. = A, Nov. = B, Dec. = C
2000 = 0, ..., 2010 = A, ..., 2035 = Z
Y M D H
• Date2
The file name is the date and time (down to ms) when the file is saved. The file name specified using the File
Name setting is not used.
Year
Month
Day
Hour
Minute
Second
ms
20100630_121530_100 (2010/06/30 12:15:30.100)
File name (File Name)
You can set the common file name that is used when the auto naming feature is turned off or when the auto
naming feature is set to Numbering.
The maximum number of characters that you can use for file names and folder names is 64 characters. The
following restrictions apply.
• The following types of characters can be used: 0 to 9, A to Z, a to z, _, −, =, (, ), {, }, [, ], #, $, %, &, ~, !, `,and @.
@ cannot be entered consecutively.
• The following exact strings cannot be used due to MS-DOS limitations:
AUX, CON, PRN, NUL, CLOCK, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9, COM1, COM2,
COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9
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