Press the Shift key then the File (7) key on the number keypad to display the File menu. The following steps describe file management.
Note
When navigating through the File menu, pressing the Esc key returns the menu display to the previous menu.
File Types
In the Save, Recall, Copy, and Delete menus, a submenu key is used to select the type of files to be managed. The Change Type Setup/JPEG/... and File Type_ALL submenu keys open the Select File Type list box, which displays all of the file types that can be selected in the current instrument mode.
The Select File Type list box may contain some of the following entries:
(Measurement files contain all of the measurement data and all of the information in the setup files.)
• JPEG, *.jpg
• Limit Lines, *.lim
(The Limit line file contains limit line data details. The Limit function is available only in PIM versus Time and Swept PIM measurements.)
• C&AA Measurement (with Option 331), *.dat and *.vna
Note
Traces saved as DAT can be viewed, edited, and analyzed with Handheld Software Tools. If the DUAL measurement display is turned on, then files are saved as Filename and Filename_2.
All data point formats are supported by the DAT file format, but LST must be used to open DAT files with 1102 data points or 2204 data points. Only with LST are Smith Chart and 1‑Port Phase measurements supported with DAT file format.
DAT and VNA files can be recalled only in C&AA mode, except for DTF‑RL measurements, which can be viewed in PIM DTP mode with the Load DTF Trace command.