XITRON XT2640 - Screen Image File (.BMP Extension); Binary (.CFG Extension) Files; Comma Separated Value (.CSV Extension) Files

XT2640OperatingManual 13July2016 Page119of187
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Nexttoeachbuttonaredescriptionsofthefilewhichwillbeexportedtothedriveifthecorrespondingbuttonispressed.
Afterpressingthebuttonforthetypeoffiletoexportthefollowingoccurs–
1.
Youarepromptedtoenterthefilenameofthefiletobeexported(theextensionisautomaticallyprovided).
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IfthefilespecifiedalreadyexistsyouareaskedifitisOKtooverwritethefile.
3.
ForsometypesoffilesyouareaskedforwhichVPAtoexporttheselecteddata.
4.
Theselecteddataisthenwrittentotheselectedfile.
TherightsideofthescreenshowstheexportprogressandwhencompletedyoumaypressanotherbuttonforafurtherUSB
driveactivityorpresstheRETURNbuttontoreturntothescreenwhichwasbeingviewedwhentheUSBDriveInfoareawas
initiallypressed.
IfthePOWERbuttonispressedwhilefileactivityisinprogressthenthepoweroffisdelayeduntilitiscompleted.
23.5.1 SCREEN IMAGEFILE(.BMP EXTENSION)
TheimagegeneratedisthatofthescreenwhichwaspresentwhentheUSBDriveInfoAreawasfirstpressed.Manyofthescreen
imagesshowninthisdocumentweregeneratedinthismanner.
Thisisastandard16bppBMPformatfile(asdefinedbyMicrosoftandAdobe)with800x480pixelsize.Mostimageprocessingand
viewingprogramscanopenthisfileformat,butithasbeenfoundthatsomephotoimagesoftware(e.g.GooglePicasa)cannotasthe
16bbpformatisnotcommonlyusedforphotographs(butiscommonlyusedforgraphicsimages).
Gimp,AdobePhotoshop,WindowsPhotoViewer,Paint,andWordarejustafewexamplesofprogramswhichcanopenthesefiles
(theseprogramnamesmaybetrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners).
Thesefilesarequitelarge(751Kbytes)andareuncompressedimagesformaximumquality.
23.5.2 BINARY (.CFGEXTENSION)FILES
ThesetypesofexportedfileshaveaproprietarybinaryformatandareintendedtobelaterimportedintoaXT2640.
Youcanhaveasmanyfilesofthesetypesoffilesonthedriveasyouwish,soyoucanhavemanydifferentconfigurations,custom
screensorsetsofharmonicslimitsetc.availabletotheXT2640inthismanner.Youcanalsosharethesebetweendifferentusersof
XT2640’s,orusethemtomaintainarecordofaconfigurationused.
23.5.2.1 CONFIGURATIONFILE 
Thefilecontains:
Allscreenconfigurations.
Thecustomscreendefinition.
Allmeasurementconfigurations.
Anyvoltageandcurrentharmonicslimitsdefined.
Themeasurementpreferencesettings.
Thefiledoesnotcontainthepowerpreferencesetting,theinterfaceconfigurationorthetimeanddateformatconfigurationsettings.
Thesefilesareapproximately17Kbytesinlength.
23.5.2.2 CUSTOMDATASCREENDEFINITIONFILE 
Thesefilesareapproximately12Kbytesinlength.
23.5.2.3 HARMONICLIMITSFILE 
Thisfilecontainsbothvoltageandcurrentharmoniclimits.
Thesefilesareapproximately5Kbytesinlength.
23.5.3 COMMASEPARATEDVALUE(.CSVEXTENSION)FILES
ThesetypesofexportedfilesareintheCSVASCIIformatandhavethe.CSVextensioninthefilename.
Thesearetabulatedfilesofdatasuitablefordirectlyimportingintomanyspreadsheet(e.g.Excel™)programsortexteditors.