HP 8753E - Step 4. Output Measurement Results

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Quick Start: Learning How to Make Measurements
Learning to Make Transmission Measurements
Step 4. Output measurement results
In this example procedure you are shown how to output (store) measurement results to a
disk.
For more information on creating a hardcopy of the measurement results, refer to
the "Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results" chapter in the
HP 8753E Network Analyzer User's Guide.
CAUTION Do not mistake the line switch for the disk eject button. If the line
switch is mistakenly pushed, the instrument will be turned off, losing
all settings and data that have not been saved.
1. Insert a DOS- or LIF-formatted disk into the analyzer disk drive. The analyzer does not
support LIF-HFS (hierarchy file system).
2. To output the measurement results to a disk, press:
Save/Recall, SELECT DISK
■ Choose INTERNAL MEMORY if you want to save the measurement results to the
analyzer's internal memory.
■ Choose
INTERNAL DISK if you want to save the measurement results to the analyzer's
internal disk drive.
■ Choose
EXTERNAL DISK if you want to save the measurement results to an (optional)
external disk drive that is configured to the analyzer.
3. Press RETURN, DEFINE DISK-SAVE
■ Choose DATA ARRAY ON if you want to store the error-corrected data on disk with the
instrument state.
■ Choose
RAW ARRAY ON if you want to store the raw data (ratioed and averaged, but no
error-correction) on disk with the instrument state.
■ Choose
FORMAT ARY ON if you want to store the formatted data on disk with the
instrument state.
■ Choose
GRAPHICS ON if you want to store user graphics on disk with the instrument
state.
■ Choose
DATA ONLY ON if you want to only store the measurement data of the device
under test. The analyzer will not store the instrument state and error-correction
(measurement calibration). Therefore, the saved data cannot be retrieved into the
analyzer.
NOTE Selecting DATA ONLY ON will override all of the other save options. Because
this type of data is only intended for computer manipulation, the file
contents of a
DATA ONLY ON save cannot be recalled and displayed on the
analyzer.
■ Choose
SAVE USING BINARY if you want to store data in a binary format.
■ Choose
SAVE USING ASCII if you want to store data in an ASCII format, to later read on a
computer.
4. Press
RETURN, SAVE STATE and the analyzer saves the file with a default title.