Saving/Retrieving Instrument/Application Settings
Saving Settings to File
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Saving the settings of a single instrument
Click
Save
in the menu bar of the
Internal
Parameters for Inst.n
screen
Type
Your
filename
in the
File name
box
Click
the
Save
box
This will save the instrument settings to an instrument file
with the extension
.ins
Opening an existing instrument file
Click
Load
in the menu bar of the
Internal
Parameters for Inst.n
screen
Click
the
Yes
button in the
Confirm
panel to
Load inst.n from file?
This will load instrument n settings to the new instrument.
Saving an Application File
In the
CALCOMMS
Instruments screen
Click
File
in the menu bar, then
Save
Application
from the menu.
Type
Your new
filename
in the
File name
box.
Click
Save
This will save the settings of
all the instruments
on the
screen to an application file with the extension
.app
. Check
that the file is correctly named
Yourtitle.app.
Opening an Existing Application File
Click
File
in the menu bar, then
Open
Application
from menu
Click
File name
to select application from the
list then click
Open
This will automatically configure the instruments to the
settings saved in the selected file
Starting a New Application File
Click
File
in the menu bar and select
New
Application
from menu
Click
Yes
to confirm
Start a new application
Note: When instrument settings are loaded from an
application file, remember to re-start comms
