Network operation and remote control
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3. Rearrange the commands to a reasonable order. If you, for example, set a
STATe
command to the last position of a list, you can avoid intermediate calculations of
the signal.
4. Preview the list for completeness by comparing it with the modified settings in the
manual mode.
a) To retrace your settings in manual operation, open the context-sensitive menu
and select "Mark all parameters changed from preset".
The function identifies all settings you have changed, both in the block dia-
gram, and in the dialogs. They appear orange.
b) Check whether there is a command in the list for all modified settings.
5. To perform modifications, export the list to a PC, using for example a USB flash
drive.
12.9.5
How to convert and save SCPI lists
After completing the recording, the "SCPI Recording Export" dialog opens.
1. Select the "Format" for the command syntax in which you want to save the list.
2. "Select Code Template"
Depending on the selected format, proceed accordingly:
Note:
Select the code template
before
exporting.
a) Plain SCPI
Continue with the next step.
b) Predefined code generator
The "SCPI Recording Export - Select Predefined Code Template" dialog opens.
Select one of the predefined code templates.
c) User code generator
A file system ("SCPI Recording Export - Select User Code Template") dialog
opens.
Select your user-defined code template. The code template must have file
extension
*.expcodetmpl
.
3. Select "File..."
The "SCPI Recording Export - Select Output File" dialog opens.
4. Select "New" and assign a filename for saving the recorded list.
5. In the "SCPI Recording Export" dialog, select "Export".
Saves the recorded data either in ASCII format (plain SCPI), or in the correspond-
ing format of the used code template, and shows the SCPI list in the "File Content"
section.
Automating tasks with remote command scripts
