324 6000 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide
7 Saving and Printing Data
Waveform Trace and Oscilloscope Setup
When the Trac e & S et up option is selected from the Format
softkey, both waveform trace and oscilloscope setup are saved
to the USB drive or the oscilloscope’s internal memory. After
saving, you can choose to recall the trace, the setup, or both.
The trace is saved with the file extension TIF and the setup is
saved with the extension SCP. These extensions can be seen
using the File Explorer, but they do not appear when using the
file browser in the Recall menu.
Display Image and Waveform Data Files
You can save the display image (file type BMP or PNG) or
waveform data (file type CSV, ASCII, BIN, or ALB) to a USB
device that you connect to the oscilloscope.

Display Image and Waveform Data File Formats

The data which is displayed on-screen is the data that will be
saved to the file.
Display image and waveform data files can be saved on a USB
drive, but they can not be saved to the oscilloscope’s internal
memory.
You can save the display image or waveform data in image
(BMP, PNG) or data (CSV, ASCII, BIN, ALB) file formats. Press
Save/RecallSaveFormat to select a format.
BMP (8-bit) image file - The screen image is converted to a
smaller, lower resolution bitmap file of the complete screen
(including the status line and softkeys).
BMP (24-bit) image file - This is a larger, high-resolution bitmap
file of the complete screen.
PNG (24-bit) image file - This is an image file that uses lossless
compression. Files are much smaller than the BMP format.
CSV data file - This creates a file of comma-separated variable
values of all displayed channels and math waveforms. This
format is suitable for spreadsheet analysis.