PathAlign-R
Spectracom Corporation
2200 / 2240 / 2241 PathAlign-R Manual
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4.6.4.1 Viewing Previously Saved Records
Records previously saved may be recalled to the screen by selecting the [Load Records From
Disk] soft-button. The PathAlign-R does not need to be connected to a computer to perform this
operation.
4.6.4.2 Saving Data Records
While downloading a copy of the recorded data from the PathAlign-R the composite data is
automatically saved to your hard disc under a single unique composite file name. In addition,
the software also provides two soft-buttons to save data, currently being displayed in Log View-
R, to your hard drive. You can save all of the records displayed under a single composite file
name, or, by selecting an individual record from the composite set, under an individual file
name.
4.6.4.3 Saving All Data Records
To save the composite data files displayed to a single disk file name, click on the [Save All
Records to Disk] soft-button. This soft-button will be grayed out (not active) unless you have
deleted some of the individual files from the previously saved composite file. Once this soft-
button is active, selecting it will initiate the save function and all records displayed will be saved
to disk with a unique composite file name (in the same location the Log View-R resides). Since
the file name used to store composite data records is derived from the serial number of the unit
and the date of the last record of this set of records, you may not change its name or location
when saving it. This default file naming convention prevents confusion caused by the possibility
of multiple locations of the same record or the same record existing in more than one location.
The file name for composite records is in the form:
XLnnnn_yymmdd?.CSV
Where:
’
nnnn
’ is the last four digits of the unit’s serial number, ’
yy
’ is the last two digits of
the year, ’
mm
’ is the month and ’
dd
’ is the day. The ’
?
’ is a variable letter used to distinguish
records with the same date. The first file with any given serial number/date combination is
assigned the letter ’
A
’. Further files with the same serial number/year/month/day combination
are assigned the next sequential letters (to a maximum of 52 separate file names per day, A–Z
plus a–z). When the day value changes, the sequence starts over for the new year/month/day
combination.
The saved format of a composite data record file is:
Model number Line 1:
XL-2261
and firmware version (Vx.x)
<CR><LF>
Serial number Line 2:
nnnnnnnnn
(the instrument’s 9-digit serial number)
<CR><LF>
Record #1 Line 3: date, time, latitude, longitude, frequency, level, mode
<CR><LF>
