Other topics about Saving and Recalling
When running a command for saving, recalling, and managing files, use a filename with extension to specify a particular file. Specify "F:" in the beginning of the file name, when specifying a file on the user area of hard disk. Also, when specifying a file name with directory, use "/" (slash) or "\" (backslash) as a delimiter.
You can save the instrument state using one of the following 2 methods:
Saving the entire instrument state into a file
Saving only the instrument setting into the file
When saving the instrument status into a file, the content to be saved can be selected among the following 2 options:
Entire instrument state (setting and data)
Instrument setting only.
To select a content to be saved, use the following command:
:MMEMory:STORe:STYPe
To save the instrument setting or instrument setting and data ,use the following command:
:MMEMory:STORe:STATe
Recalling a file saved with the above command can reproduce the status when it was saved. To recall the settings from a file, use the following command:
:MMEMory:LOAD:STATe
The file saved with the name F:\autorec.sta or A:\autorec.sta will be automatically recalled when the E5052B is powered ON.
Measurement data (in a formatted data array) can be saved to a file in CSV (Comma Separated Value) format.
To save measurement data in a file, use the following command:
:MMEMory:xx[1-1]:TRACe[1-y]:STORe
Here, xx indicates anyone of the measurement PN,PS,SP,FP,TR,AM,BB,USER and y indicates the number of traces.
Executing the above command will save the measurement data of the active trace.
The data saved using the above command cannot be recalled from the E5052B.
Images displayed on the LCD screen can be saved to a file in the bitmap (.bmp) or portable network graphics (.png) format.
To save the screen image to a file, use the following command:
:MMEMory:STORe:IMAGe
Executing the above command will save the screen image when the command is invoked.
This gives different screen image results from those obtained by pressing the Capture/System key on the front panel.
Only the VBA project file can be saved using command.
To save the VBA project that is opened on the VBA editor on the file, use the following command.
:MMEMory:STORe:PROGram
To load the VBA project to the VBA editor, or to import the module/form file, use the following command.
:MMEMory:LOAD:CORRection:POWer
Executing above command will load/import the file according to its extension as follows:
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Extension |
File type |
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vba |
VBA Project |
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bas |
Standard module |
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frm |
User Forms |
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cls |
Class Modules |