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Operating Basics

Table 2-8: AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator file types (cont.)

File type	Description
Text file	Uses the .txt or .TXT file suffix. Contains ASCII text. Created
	with the equation/text editor. And setting parameter file of
	APPL Digital Modulation.
Setup file	Uses the .set or .SET file suffix. Contains instrument setup
	and configuration data. Created from the SETUP menu.

Locating Files. There are three locations for storing waveform data on the AWG710 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generator. Data can be stored on the instrument hard disk drive, the floppy disk drive, or a remote storage device accessible through the Ethernet interface. If the file you want to load is not on the current drive, use the SETUP menu main screen Drive and Directory bottom menu buttons to open the side menus to change the current drive location.

Table 2±9 describes the Drive and Directory bottom buttons.

Table 2-9: Drive and directory menus

Bottom
menu	Side menu	Description
Drive	Main	Changes the instrument current drive. To select a drive,
	Floppy	push the appropriate side menu button. Note that there must
	Net1	be a floppy disk inserted in the instrument floppy disk drive
	Net2	to select the floppy drive.
	Net3	Note that the label Net1, Net2, and Net3 vary depending on
		the net name settings in the UTILITY menu.
Directory	Up Level	Moves up a directory level.
	Down Level	Moves down a directory level. To move down a directory
		level, select a directory name in the pop4up list, and then
		push the Down Level side button. The filename list changes
		to show the contents of the directory.
	Make Directory	Creates a directory at the current level. To create a directory,
		push the Make Directory side button to display the Input
		New Directory Name dialog box. Enter the directory name in
		the name field, then push the OK side button. The
		instrument creates the new directory.
	Archive	Creates a new file ￿.tar format￿ for archive from selected
		directory. The archived file keeps hierarchic structure.
	Extract	Restore the archived file ￿.tar￿ to the current directory.

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