HP 8753E manual Plotting Multiple Measurements Per Page From Disk

Plotting Multiple Measurements Per Page From Disk

The following procedures show you how to store plot files on a LIF formatted disk. A naming convention is used so you can later run an HP BASIC program on an external controller that will output the flies to the following peripherals:

na plotter with auto-feed capability, such as the HP 7550B

nan HP-GL/2 compatible printer, such as the LaserJet 4 series (monochrome) or the DeskJet 1200C or DeskJet 1600C (color)

The program is contained on the “Example Programs Disk” that is provided with the

HP 8753E Network Analyzer Programmer’s Guide. The file naming convention allows the program to initiate the following:

nto initialize the printer for HP-GL/2 at the beginning of a page

nto plot multiple plot flies on the same page

nto send a page eject (form feed) to the hardcopy device, when all plots to the same page have been completed

The plot file name is made up of four parts; the first three are generated automatically by the analyzer whenever a plot is requested. The two digit sequence number is incremented by one each time a tie with a default name is added to the directory.

PLOTBOFPX uluuu

O P T I O N A L C H A R A C T E R T H A T INDKATES T H E F I L E

IS PART OF A MULTiPLE FILE PLOT ON THE U S E R GENEWTED

SAME GRATICULE.

O U T P U T F O R M A T C O D E T H A T I N D I C A T E S T H E P L O T

Q U A D R A N T P O S I T I O N O R F U L L P A G E .

-P L O T F I L E S S E Q U E N C E N U M B E R ( 0 0 T O 3 1 )

iR O O T O F F I L E N A M E

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Figure 4-9. Plot Filename Convention

‘lb Plot Multiple Measurements on a Full Page

You may want to plot various files to the same page, for example, to show measurement data traces for different input settings, or parameters, on the same graticule.

1. Define the plot, as explained in “Defming the Plot Function” located earlier in this chapter.

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2. Press m &@#. The analyzer assigns the first available default filename for the /.i..,...,.,.,.........~........,.../

displayed directory. For example, the analyzer would assign PLOTOOFP if there were no previous plot illes on the disk.

3. Press [Save/Recallj and turn the front panel knob to highhght the name of the tile that you

just saved.

..............,.,............... _ _.. . . . ...........

4. fiess ~~~~~~~~~: ~~~~~~~~ md tm the front panel knob to place *e f pohter

......dM.A...w>ii~~....~.................._......,~.~~; ..AC..i..:..........

to the A character.

11.28Printing, Plotting. and Saving Measurement Results