:DISK:WAVeform:SAVE:FLAYout

Command Syntax

:DISK:WAVeform:SAVE:FLAYout {YVALues | XYValues}

Query Syntax

:DISK:WAVeform:SAVE:FLAYout?

Description

Sets the format for saving text formatted waveform files with the :DISK:WAVeform:SAVE command. In addition to selecting Y-value or XY-value formatting using this command, you must select text formatting versus binary using the :DISK:WAVeform:FFORmat command.

YVALues

Y-value waveform files are ASCII files (.txt) comprised of a header followed by amplitude values for each data point, as shown in the following example file. The ASCII amplitude values are in volts or Watts and are separated by a carriage return and line feed. This format is convenient for transferring data to other software applications, as you can import this file into many spreadsheet or word processing programs. Y-value format is designed for waveforms in which the data points are separated by equal time increments. Do not use Y-value format if any the following conditions are true (use the XY-value format instead): the waveform is a pattern waveform, a precision timebase is used, or the waveform is the output of the versus operator in a waveform signal processing function.

XYValues

XY-value waveform files are ASCII files (.txt) comprised of a header followed by voltage and time values for each data point, as shown in the following example file. The ASCII amplitude values are in volts or Watts while the X-axis values are in time. Each value is separated by a carriage return and line feed. Like the Y-value format, this format can be imported into many spreadsheet or word processing programs. XY-value format is designed for waveforms that have been sampled using unequal time separations between adjacent data points. Unequal time separations occur when any of the following conditions are true: the waveform is a pattern waveform, a precision timebase is used, or the waveform is the output of the versus operator in a waveform signal processing function.

Example Y-Value Format File

File Format, WaveformYValues
Format Version, 1
Instrument, N1010A
SwVersion, A.01.60
SerialNumber, sn XXXXXX
Date, 09/07/2011 08:58:06

Points, 2048
XOrg, 0
XInc, 9.765625E-14
X Units, Second
Y Units, Volt
Data, 
0.137924194335938
0.131973266601563
0.108322143554688
.
.
.

Example XY-Value Format File

File Format, WaveformXYValues
Format Version, 1
Instrument, N1010A
SwVersion, A.01.60
SerialNumber, sn XXXXXX
Date, 09/07/2011 08:58:30

Points, 2048
X Units, Second
Y Units, Volt
Data, 
0, 0.137924194335938
9.765625E-14, 0.131973266601563
1.953125E-13, 0.108322143554688
2.9296875E-13, 0.143295288085938
3.90625E-13, 0.14312744140625
4.8828125E-13, 0.14013671875
1.9970703125E-10, 0.140792846679688
.
.
.

Parent Command

• DISK:WAVeform:SAVE