Saving Waveforms and Setups
TDS 684A, TDS 744A, & TDS 784A User Manual 3–117
To rearm the oscilloscope for taking a new autosave single acquisition sequence,
press RUN/STOP.
To avoid loss of reference waveforms, you can save them to floppy disk (use the
SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM menu), before rearming the oscilloscope.
Consider the following operating characteristics when using autosave.
Autosave saves all “live” waveforms; that is, waveforms displayed in CH 1 –
CH 4. To be saved, the live waveforms must be displayed on screen.
Autosave saves each live waveform into the reference memory that
corresponds to the channel (CH 1 to Ref1, CH 2 to Ref2, and so on).
Autosave, when executing, erases all four reference memories. To avoid loss
of important waveforms, you may want to save them to a floppy disk file
before enabling a single acquisition sequence.
Autosave is not available in InstaVu mode (TDS 700A models only); see
Incompatible Modes on page 3–45.
To run file utilities, see the Managing the File System on page 3–117.
Managing the File System
The TDS Oscilloscope provides file utilities and a floppy disk drive for saving
hardcopies, setups, and waveforms. This subsection describes how to manage
(delete, rename, etc.) these files using the file system. Read the subsections listed
under To Find More Information on page 3–120 for information on saving
hardcopies, setups, and waveforms.
The File Utilities menu lets you delete, rename, copy, print files, create a new
directory, operate the confirm delete and overwrite lock, and format disks.
To bring up the File Utilities menu:
1. Press the SAVE/RECALL SETUP button to bring up the Save/Recall Setup
menu, or press the SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM button to bring up the
Save/Recall Waveform menu, or press the SHIFT HARDCOPY button to
bring up the Hardcopy menu.
2. Press File Utilities in the main menu to bring up the File Utilities side menu.
(See Figure 3–68.)

To Run the File Utilities

To Access the File Utilities