User Manual

10.3 Saving Data
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Chapter 10 Saving/Loading Data & Managing Files
This setting enables waveforms, numerical calculation results and screen
images to be saved automatically during measurement. Both can be saved
simultaneously.
10.3.4 Setting Auto Save
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Auto Save Settings
To open the screen: Press the SET key → Select with the SUB MENU keys →Save Settings screen
See Screen Layout (
⇒ p. 38)
Operating Key Procedure
1
Enable auto save.
SHEET/PAGE
Select the [Auto Save] page.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Auto Save] item.
F2
Select [On]. Default setting: Off (automatic sav-
ing is not performed)
2
Set the save destination.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Save in 1] item.
F1
Select the save destination (⇒ p. 260).
3
Set the save method for the secondary save destination.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Save in 2] item.
F1 to F8
Select either choice.
When other than OFF is selected, select a save
destination (
⇒ p. 260).
4
Set the save method for when the storage media runs
out of space.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Save Method] item.
F1 to F8
Select either choice.
5
Set whether to create directories (folders).
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Directory Creation] item.
F1 to F8
Select either choice.
6
Set the data to save.
Saving waveforms (⇒ p. 267), Saving numerical calculation re-
sults (Analysis Supplement), Saving screen images (
⇒ p. 272)
Off The data is not saved.
Save on
Error
The data is saved to the secondary save
destination when saving to the primary
save destination is unsuccessful because
of an error.
Always
Save
The same data is also saved to the sec
-
ondary save destination.
Normal
Save
Automatic saving stops when the storage
media becomes full.
Delete
Save
Old files are deleted and automatic saving
is performed when the storage media be
-
comes full. (Waveform files only.)
The
[Directory Creation] setting is se
t
automatically to [On].
Off A folder is not created when measuremen
t
starts.
On A folder is created automatically when measure
-
ment starts and files are saved in the folder.
Maximum number of files that can be
saved to a directory
Up to 5,000 files can be saved to one fold
-
er (directory).
"When the maximum number of files tha
t
can be saved is exceeded:" (⇒ p. 262)
When [Directory Creation] is set to [On], a
folder cannot be created in the following
cases.
• When saving only numerical calculation
results
• When saving one file with the [Single
]
trigger mode
• When saving numerical calculation
results and one other file with the [Sin
-
gle] trigger mode
For details on folder names
"Folder Names for Auto Save" (
⇒ p. 256)
If for some reason data cannot be saved
to the save destination specified for [Save
in 1], the data can be saved to the save
destination specified for [Save in 2].
Set the following when you want data
to be saved to the secondary save des
-
tination if the primary save destination
becomes full or when you want to save
data for a long period of time.
Specify save destinations for [Save in 1
]
and [Save in 2].
Save in 2: [Save on Error]
Save method: [Normal Save]
Directory Creation: [On]
Configuring the settings as shown above
enables saving without having to stop fo
r
reasons such as insufficient file capacity.
For examples of operation during sav-
ing (
⇒ p. 262)