User`s guide

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Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results
Configuring a Plot Function
• Choose if your plotter has a parallel (Centronics) interface, and then
configure the plot function as follows:
❏ Press and then select the parallel port interface function by pressing
until the correct function appears.
— If you choose , the parallel port is dedicated for normal
copy device use (printers or plotters).
— If you choose , the parallel port is dedicated for general
purpose I/O, and cannot be used for printing or plotting.
• Choose if your plotter has a serial (RS-232) interface, and then configure
the plot function as follows:
a. Press and enter the plotter's baud rate, followed by
.
b. To select the transmission control method that is compatible with your plotter,
press (transmit control - handshaking protocol) until the correct
method appears.
❏ If you choose , the handshake method allows the plotter to control
the data exchange by transmitting control characters to the network analyzer.
❏ If you choose , the handshake method allows the plotter to control
the data exchange by setting the electrical voltage on one line of the RS-232
serial cable.
NOTE Because the handshake takes place in the hardware rather than
the firmware or software, it is the fastest transmission control method.
If You Are Plotting Measurement Results to a Disk Drive
The plot files that you generate from the analyzer, contain the HPGL representation of the
measurement display. The files will not contain any setup or formfeed commands.
CAUTION Do not mistake the line switch for the disk eject button when you are
removing the disk from the analyzer. If the line switch is mistakenly pushed,
the instrument will be turned off, losing all settings and data that have not
been saved.
1. Configure the analyzer to plot to disk.
a. Press .
b. Press and select the disk drive that you will plot to.
• Choose if you will plot to the analyzer internal disk drive.
PARALLEL
Local
PARALLEL
PARALLEL [COPY]
PARALLEL [GPIO]
SERIAL
PLOTTER BAUD RATE
x1
XMIT CNTRL
Xon-Xoff
DTR-DSR
DTR-DSR
Local
SET ADDRESSES
PLOTTER PORT
DISK
Save/Recall
SELECT DISK
INTERNAL DISK