To save a program
1 Press [
BASIC
][
INSTRUMNT BASIC
][
SELECT PROGRAM
], then press the softkey
corresponding to the program you want to save.
2 If you want to save the program in an ASCII-encoded file, press [
Save/Recall
]
[
SAVE MORE
], then press [
SAVE PROG ASCII BIN
] to highlight ASCII.
3 If you want to save the program in a binary-encoded file, press [
Save/Recall
]
[
SAVE MORE
], then press [
SAVE PROG ASCII BIN
] to highlight BIN.
4 Press [
SAVE PROGRAM
],typeafilename,andpress[
ENTER
].
If you are saving the selected Instrument BASIC program for the first time, it will be
saved in the current directory of the default disk as soon as you press [
ENTER
]. If you
are resaving the program, as you might after editing, you must press
[
OVERWRITE FILE
] after you press [
ENTER
].
If you are editing a program, you must press [
END EDIT
] before you can save the
program as described in this task. However, you can skip step 1, because the program
you are editing is already selected as the active program.
Select ASCII-encoding to minimize the size of the program file. Select
binary-encoding to minimize the amount of time it takes to save and recall the file.
Agilent 35670A
Managing Files and Disks Operator's Guide
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