7-18 Recovery After Improper Shutdown Model 831 Manual
Recovery After Improper Shutdown
NOTE: There is a risk of file-system
corruption when power to the system
is unexpectedly shut off. To minimize
this risk, always follow proper shut-
down procedures.
When the Model 831 has been shutdown improperly, for
example a loss of power during a measurement, the
procedure for handling data depends upon the setup being
used at the time.
Case 1
If the Run Mode is:
Continuous
or
Single Block Timer
or
Daily
and
Daily Autostore is enabled
Normal Operation
Under normal operation the data files are stored with the
following name format:
yymmdd00.LD0
where yymmdd is the date the measurement was started.
Improper Shutdown
When the instrument is powered up following an improper
shutdown, the data is automatically stored in the following
name format:
yymmddxx.RC0
where yymmdd is the date the measurement was started and
xx is a sequence number that will prevent the new filename
from conflicting with a previously stored file.
Case 2
This case covers all setups other than those described in
Case 1.
Improper Shutdown
Following an improper shutdown, when the instrument is
next turned On:
Step 1 The user is prompted to save the data.
•If the user responds by selecting to store the data, the
data is stored and the instrument is reset
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