Downloading Logged Data from the Meter

To download data from the meter...

1.Establish communications between the meter and your computer described in Establishing Communications....

2.Select Download New Survey from the Survey Data menu. A dialog box will appear that reminds you to make sure that the 8718B is in a menu and not in a measurement mode..

3.Click OK.

4.The message Downloading, please wait… will flash on the computer screen.

5.Once the data has been downloaded the Downloading, please wait… message will stop flashing and a dialog box will appear.

The dialog box specifies the file name that has been given to the downloaded data and its location on your hard drive. Make note of this information and click OK.

File Format for Survey Data

Data files can have one of three forms identified by the suffix in the file name.

1.The file name will be an eight-digit number with a .SVY (survey) extension. The eight digits are derived from the time and date that you downloaded the date. The format is MDDHHmm.SVY (month, day, hour, and minute).

2.Exported files that have been converted to standard spreadsheet files have the same prefix as the original file with the suffix csv. These files are automatically stored in the subdirectory labeled Ssdata.

3.Exported files that have been converted to tab files (standard ASCII text files commonly used in data base programs) have the same prefix as the original file with the suffix txt. These files are automatically stored in the subdirectory labeled Ssdata.

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