File Management
To save a trace list in ASCII format
To save a trace list in ASCII format
Some HP 16500C displays, such as file lists and trace lists, contain columns of ASCII data that you may want to move to a PC for further manipulation or analysis. You can save these displays as ASCII files, using a procedure similar to that for creating graphics images. While a graphics capture saves only the data shown onscreen, saving the display as an ASCII file captures all data in the list, even if it is offscreen.
1Insert a
2Set up the menu you want to capture, or run a measurement from which you want to save data.
Remember that only displays that present lists of textual data can be captured as ASCII files.
3Select Print Disk from the Print menu.
4Select the Filename field and specify a file name to which the screen will be printed.
5Select ASCII (ALL) from the Output Format field.
If the current display contents can’t be saved as an ASCII file, this option will not be present in the Output Format field.
6Select Flexible Disk from the Output Disk menu.
7Select Execute.