Creating and Downloading User-Data Files

Pattern RAM (PRAM) Data Downloads (E4438C and E8267D)

CAUTION Ensure that you do not use the :MEMory:DATA:PRAM:FILE:BLOCk command to download an extracted file. If you use this command, the signal generator will treat the file as a new PRAM file and translate the LSB of each byte into a 32- bit word, corrupting the file data.

Command Syntax

This section lists the commands for extracting PRAM files and downloading extracted PRAM files. To download an extracted file, you must use block data. For information on block data, see “SCPI Command for a Block Data Download” on page 315. In addition, there are three ways to format the file_name variable, which must also include the file path, as shown in the following tables.

There are two commands for file extraction:

•:MEM:DATA? <"file_name">

•:MMEM:DATA? <"filename">

The following table uses the first command to illustrate the command format, however the format is the same if you use the second command.

Table 8-9 Extracting a PRAM File

Extraction

Command Syntax Options

Method/Memory Type

 

 

 

SCPI/volatile memory

:MEM:DATA? "WFM1:file_name"

 

:MEM:DATA? "file_name@WFM1"

 

:MEM:DATA? "/user/bbg1/waveform/file_name"

 

 

SCPI/non- volatile

:MEM:DATA? "NVWFM:file_name"

memory

:MEM:DATA? "file_name@NVWFM"

 

:MEM:DATA? "/user/waveform/file_name"

 

 

FTP/volatile memorya

get /user/bbg1/waveform/file_name

 

 

FTP/non- volatile

get /user/waveform/file_name

memorya

 

 

 

a. See “FTP Procedures” on page 303.

Table 8-10 Downloading a File for Extraction

Download Method/

Command Syntax Options

Memory Type

 

 

 

SCPI/volatile memory

:MEM:DATA:UNPRotected "WFM1:file_name",<blockdata>

 

:MEM:DATA:UNPRotected "file_name@WFM1",<blockdata>

 

:MEM:DATA:UNPRotected "/user/bbg1/waveform/file_name",<blockdata>

 

 

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