32 Source User’s Guide
Basic Digital Operation
Saving a Waveform Settings & Parameters
2. Open the Header Utilities menu:
In the ARB Setup menu, select Header Utilities
The Figure below shows the default file header for the desired waveform.
The column with text in gray shows that most of the settings are
Unspecified. Unspecified means that there is no setting saved for that
particular parameter.
The column with text in white shows the current source settings. These are
the settings that are saved to the file header.
Figure 4-1 Example File Header
3. Save the information in the white text column to the file header:
Press Save Header key.
Both the gray and white text column now display the same values; the
gray text column lists the settings saved in the file header.
4. Edit and update settings
a.Set the ARB sample rate to 5 MHz:
Press Sample Rate, 5, MHz.
b.Set waveform runtime scaling to 60%:
Press Run-time Scaling, 60, Enter.
The white text column now reflects the changes to the current
source setup, but gray text column have not changed.
If a setting is unspecified in the file header, the source uses its current value for that
setting when you select and play the waveform.