Saving Waveforms and Setups
TDS 500B, TDS 600B, & TDS 700A User Manual
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Figure 3–66: Save Waveform Menu
To select the format that the oscilloscope uses to save waveforms to a disk, press
save/recall WAVEFORM ➞ Save Format (main) ➞ Internal, MathCad, or
Spreadsheet (side).
Internal creates files (.WFM) in the internal format of the oscilloscope.
MathCad creates files (.DAT) in a format usable by MathCad
.
Spreadsheet creates files (.CSV) in a format usable by spreadsheets (Excel
,
Lotus 1-2-3
, and Quattro Pro)
.
If you are writing a MathCad program, note that the TDS-MathCad file is an
ASCII files, the first four values of which contain header information:
The first header value holds the TDS record length.
The second header value holds time, in seconds, between samples.
The third header value holds the trigger position
(expressed as an index in the data position).
The fourth header value refers to the fractional trigger position.
Also note that the delimiters are carriage returns.
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