HP RM500SL manual Printing to a network file, FastFacts 6.8 Data storage to a network file

6.7Printing to a network file

To save the screen image as a file on a network PC, you must first enable networking. See 5: Networking. You must also "share" a folder in the PC root directory (e.g. c:\MyData) and ensure that Change permissions are enabled.

1)Press <Setup>, then highlight and <PICK> [Printing].

2)Highlight and <PICK> [Print to file].

3)Highlight and <PICK> the file type [Bitmap (bmp)] or [Internet GIF (gif)].

4)Highlight and <PICK> [Full screen], [Main window] (full screen without the message line or [Active window] (foreground image only).

5)Connect a computer keyboard to the USB port and fill in [Computer], [Share name], [Username] and [Password] (not needed for Windows 95/98). Highlight and <PICK> each box to open it for data entry and again to close it (or use the Enter key on the keyboard’s numeric keypad).

6)Highlight and <PICK> [Test connection] and wait for a successful report.

7)To input a file name each time you <Print>, highlight and <PICK> [Page setup], then highlight & <PICK> [Ask]. Do not use space $ \ / or tab in the file name.

FastFacts 6.7: Printing to a network file

6.8Data storage to a network file

All measurement data (curves) displayed at the end of the test are stored until overwritten by repetition of the same test, invalidated by a related test. (In such cases, the message bar will inform you of impending data loss.), erased by selecting <Session> and one of the [Erase data] choices or the power is turned off. (Setup data will be retained even after the power is turned off.)

The RM500SL database may be saved as a delimited text file on a networked PC if network file printing has been set up. See 6.7: Printing to a network file.

1)Press the <Session> key.

2)Highlight and <PICK> [Erase all data] to generate a list box.

3)Highlight and <PICK> [Export data to file].

4)Press <Continue>.

Data from this file may be copied to the clipboard and pasted to most spreadsheet programs. After pasting to Excel, select Text to Columns in the Data menu and indicate that the data are space-delimited (need not repeat if file remains open).

FastFacts 6.8: Data storage to a network file

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