Downloading logged data from the meter, File format for survey data – NARDA 8718B User Manual

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Chapter 18 User's Software

Downloading Logged Data from the Meter

To download data from the meter...

1. Establish communications between the meter and your

computer described in Establishing Communications....

2. Select Download New Survey from the Survey Data

menu. A dialog box will appear that reminds you to

make sure that the 8718B is in a menu and not in a

measurement mode..

3. Click OK.
4. The message Downloading, please wait… will flash

on the computer screen.

5. Once the data has been downloaded the

Downloading, please wait… message will stop

flashing and a dialog box will appear.

The dialog box specifies the file name that has been given to the

downloaded data and its location on your hard drive. Make note

of this information and click OK.

File Format for Survey Data

Data files can have one of three forms identified by the

suffix in the file name.

1. The file name will be an eight-digit number with a .SVY

(survey) extension. The eight digits are derived from

the time and date that you downloaded the date. The

format is MDDHHmm.SVY (month, day, hour, and

minute).

2. Exported files that have been converted to standard

spreadsheet files have the same prefix as the original

file with the suffix csv. These files are automatically

stored in the subdirectory labeled Ssdata.

3. Exported files that have been converted to tab files

(standard ASCII text files commonly used in data base

programs) have the same prefix as the original file with

the suffix txt. These files are automatically stored in the

subdirectory labeled Ssdata.

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