HP 54540 Series - To Load a Waveform from Disk; To Save a Waveform to Disk

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Operating the Oscilloscope
To save a waveform to disk
To save a waveform to disk
Put a formatted disk into the instrument's disk drive.
For information of formatting disks, see the HP54520 and 54540 Series Oscilloscope User’s
Reference.
Press the (blue) keyandthenthe Disk key inthe menuarea.
Press the store softkey in the DISK menu.
Select wav from the STORE menu.
Select internal.
Select the data source in the data from field.
Press the to file softkey.
a Use the knob in the keypad area to select letters for the filename.
b Press the top softkey to enter each letter selected.
¢ Press the done softkey when the filename is complete.
This action will clear any softkey menu from the display, allowing you to see the
setup information. Press the execute softkey.
To load a waveform from disk
Pressthe (blue) keyandthen Disk onthe Menu keypad.
Press the load softkey to bring up the LOAD menu.
Select the proper parameters from the menu including the name of the file to load
and its destination.
Press the execute softkey to bring the file into memory and exit menu to return to
the DISK menu.
Press the Wform Save key in the Menu area.
Select waveform and memory location in the nonvolatile field from the menu.
Turn display on.
Waveforms already on the display may obscure the one you've just loaded. Either turn those
waveforms off using the Vertical menu, or use the V/div and Position knobs to separate the
waveforms.
If you want to see the setup parameters for the waveforms you are presently viewing, press
the Show key in the Control area.
You can also save four waveforms ta nonvolatile memory. For information about how to store
waveforms to memory, see the HP 54520 and 54540 Series Oscilloscope User's Reference.
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