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Table 2-8: AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator file types (cont.)
File type Description
Text file Uses the .txt or .TXT file suffix. Contains ASCII text. Created
with the equation/text editor. And setting parameter file of
APPL Digital Modulation.
Setup file Uses the .set or .SET file suffix. Contains instrument setup
and configuration data. Created from the SETUP menu.
Locating Files. There are three locations for storing waveform data on the
AWG710 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generator. Data can be stored on the
instrument hard disk drive, the floppy disk drive, or a remote storage device
accessible through the Ethernet interface. If the file you want to load is not on
the current drive, use the SETUP menu main screen Drive and Directory bottom
menu buttons to open the side menus to change the current drive location.
Table 2–9 describes the Drive and Directory bottom buttons.
Table 2-9: Drive and directory menus
Bottom
menu
Side menu Description
Drive Main
Floppy
Net1
Net2
Net3
Changes the instrument current drive. To select a drive,
push the appropriate side menu button. Note that there must
be a floppy disk inserted in the instrument floppy disk drive
to select the floppy drive.
Note that the label Net1, Net2, and Net3 vary depending on
the net name settings in the UTILITY menu.
Directory Up Level
Down Level
Make Directory
Moves up a directory level.
Moves down a directory level. To move down a directory
level, select a directory name in the popĆup list, and then
push the Down Level side button. The filename list changes
to show the contents of the directory.
Creates a directory at the current level. To create a directory,
push the Make Directory side button to display the Input
New Directory Name dialog box. Enter the directory name in
the name field, then push the OK side button. The
instrument creates the new directory.
Archive
Extract
Creates a new file (.tar format) for archive from selected
directory. The archived file keeps hierarchic structure.
Restore the archived file (.tar) to the current directory.