The Graphical Waveform Editor
3-48 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
The File MenuThe File menu controls loading, saving, and insertion of data from the system,
floppy disk, or network files. The following sections describe the File menu
operations.
The New Waveform, New Pattern command opens a new waveform or pattern
editor window. If three editor windows are already open, these commands are
unavailable.
The Open command displays a file name list and side menu that lets you select
and load a file.
The Save, Save As... command lets you save the active editor waveform data to
its currently named file or to a new filename. You must save waveform data to a
file before you can output the waveform data. To save a waveform to its current
file name, push File (bottom)Save (pop-up)OK (side).
If you are saving a waveform for the first time, the instrument opens the Input
Filename dialog box, shown in Figure 2–14 on page 2–19. Use this dialog box to
enter a file name. If necessary, you can select a different storage media or
directory by pushing the Drive... side menu button. When you are done entering
the file name, push the OK side button or the ENTER front-panel button to
close the dialog box and save the file.
. When you exit an editor without saving edited data, the instrument
displays the following message Save the changes you made?. Push the Yes side
button to save the waveform data, or No to close the editor without saving the
waveform data.
To save waveform data to a new file name, push File (bottom)Save As
(pop-up)OK (side). The instrument opens the Input Filename dialog box,
shown in Figure 2–14 on page 2–19. Use this dialog box to enter a file name. If
necessary, you can select a storage media or directory by pushing the Drive...
side menu button. When you are done entering the file name, push the ENTER
front-panel button to close the dialog box and save the file.
If you are saving a file with a record length greater than 512 data points and the
record is not evenly divisible by eight, the instrument needs to adjust the record
length to meet internal memory record length requirements. The instrument
displays a dialog box asking you to select one of the adjustment methods shown
in Table 3–9 on page 3–49. Push the OK side button to accept the recommended
change, or cancel the save and then edit the file to satisfy the data record length
requirements.