Reference
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370B User Manual
Hardcopy. When the HARDCOPY/BMP FILE button is pressed while the
display mode is the STORE or VIEW, and the appropriate printer is connected to
the Printer Port, the 370B initiates start of printing.
The hardcopy has date code in addition to the curve image. The indication is
YYYY/MM/DD HH:SS. The operation of the hardcopy cannot be canceled
while printing.
BMP File. When the HARDCOPY/BMP FILE button is pressed while holding the
FAST/SHIFT button, the 370B initiates making BMP file of the current screen
curve image into the floppy disk. The BMP file can be made when the instru-
ment is in Store mode only.
When in Non-Store Mode, the error message will appear on the screen. The
BMP file is Monochrome bit-map data file. The file size is always 50 k bytes.
The resolution is vertical: 528 dots and horizontal: 768 dots.
The file name has 8-character name with the extension of “.bmp”.
The file name is will be named based on the date and time.
The file name looks like:
<M><DD><HH><MM><S>.bmp
where:
M means the month, A for January, B for February, and L for December.
DD, HH, and MM means day, hour, and minute.
S means the second and A for 00 through 09 seconds, B for 10 through
14 seconds, and F for 55 through 59 seconds.
For example:
Assume you have made a file on December 5, 13:22:15 and the file name is as
below:
L051322B.bmp
CSV File. When the HARDCOPY/BMP FILE button is pressed while holding the
LOCAL/ADDR button, the 370B initiates making CSV file of the current screen
curve image into the floppy disk. The CSV file can be readable into EXCEL
software. This file can be made when the instrument is in Store/View mode.
When in Non-Store Mode, the error message will appear on the screen. The file
size is variable depending on the number of the Step of the curve, and the the
maximum size will be 20 k bytes.
The file name is the same as BMP file but has the extension .csv.
The data format is as follows:
X1,Y1,<CR><LF>X2,Y2,<CR><LF>X3,Y3, ..... X
n
Y
n
<CR><LF>
where the maximum number of data “n” is 1024.
Hardcopy and Save the
CRT Image