Agilent Technologies manual Creating a new project, Agilent E6474A User’s Guide

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Creating a new project

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Once the software has started and you have confirmed you have valid license options, you can then create a project. For a list of the files that are created and required for your project, refer to “File types and locations" on page 87.

The first step is to create a plan file. The plan file contains the system device configuration, the properties settings for all of the devices, and the views, as they have been configured and arranged in the main window. Its name appears in the title bar of the main window. You can create different plan files with unique characteristics for specific test routes.

You can also open and modify an existing plan file, saving it with a different name.

If a plan file is not open when you start the E6474A software, you need to create one. You must also create a new one if you have used the system, disconnected devices, and then reconnected them to different COM ports than those to which they were originally connected.

The E6474A software comes with a set of default and demo plan files for each technology. These files can help you to see how plan files are set up and used. For information on how to locate these files and what each file contains, refer to the online help, where you can use the help index to locate Default Plan Files or Demo Plan Files.

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