Saving Waveforms and Setups
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Then use the general purpose knob to select the exact file from the resulting
scrollbar list. Only files with .WFM extensions are displayed. Finally, press To
Ref1, To Ref2, To Ref3, or To Ref4 (side) to complete the operation.
To recall an acquisition from disk to an acquisition channel, press SAVE/RE-
CALL WAVEFORM ➞ Extended (pop-up) ➞ Recall Acq To Chan-
nel (main) ➞ Recall From File (side) Then use the general purpose knob to
select the file to be recalled from the resulting scrollbar list. Only files
with .WF1 extensions are displayed. Finally, press To Ch1, To Ch2, To Ch3, or
To Ch4 (side) to complete the operation. You can only select channels in use.
Saving or recalling an acquisition stops acquisitions in process.
To recall an image histogram from disk, press SAVE/RECALL WAVE-
FORM ➞ Image Histo (pop-up) ➞ Recall To Image Histogram (main) ➞
Recall From File (side) Then use the general purpose knob to select the exact
file from the resulting scrollbar list. Only files with .IMH extensions are
displayed. Finally, press Recall Image Histo from Selected File (side) to
complete the operation. Recalling an image histogram stops acquisitions in
process. After recalling an image histogram, the STATUS menu, Recalled Image
Histogram, displays the vertical and horizontal status when the image was saved.
To use autosave:
TDS 600B: Press SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM ➞ Autosave (main) ➞
Autosave Single Seq ON (side).
TDS 500D and TDS 700D: Press SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM ➞ Normal
(pop-up) ➞ Autosave (main) ➞ Autosave Single Seq ON (side).
Also turn on Single Acquisition Sequence in the Acquire menu. (See Stop After
on page 3–37.)
To disable this feature, simply press Autosave (main) ➞ Autosave Single Seq
OFF (side).
If you enable both autosave and single sequence, the oscilloscope will save all
live channels to reference waveforms at the completion of each single sequence
event. All previous reference waveform data will be erased.
To Recall an Acquisition
From Disk (Option 2M
Only)
To Recall an Image
Histogram From Disk
To Enable Autosave