Push theSave/Recallbutton to save oscilloscope setups, screen images, or waveforms, or to recall oscilloscope setups or waveforms.
The Save/Recall menu is made up of many submenus which you can access through an Action option. Each Action option displays a menu that allows you to further define the save or recall function.
Action options Comments
Save All Contains the option that configures the Print button to send data to a printer or to save data to a USBflash drive
Save Image Saves a screen image to afile in a specified format
Save Setup Saves the current oscilloscope settings to afile in a specified folder or in nonvolatile setup memory
Save Waveform Saves the specified waveform to afile or to reference memory Recall Setup Recalls an oscilloscope setupfile from a USBflash drive or from a
location in nonvolatile setup memory
Recall Waveform Recalls a waveformfile from a USBflash drive to reference memory
Save All The Save All action configures the Print button to save data to a USBflash drive, or to send data to a printer.
Options Settings or submenus Comments Saves All to Files (See page 63.) Saves Image to File (See page 64.) Print Button
Prints
Options Settings or submenus Comments
Lists the contents of the current USB flash drive folder
Change Folder New Folder
(See page 60, File Management Conventions.) (See page 104,File Utilities for the USB Flash Drive.) Select Folder
Back Returns to the Save All menu
About Save All Displays the help topic
Save Image The Save Image action saves a screen image to afile in a specified format.
Options Settings or submenus Comments
File Format BMP, JPEG Sets the screen image graphicsfile format
About Saving Images
Displays the help topic
Lists the contents of the current USB flash drive folder and displays the folder options
Change Folder New Folder
(See page 60,File Management Conventions.) (See page 104,File Utilities for the USB Flash Drive.) Layout1, Portrait,
Landscape Select portrait or landscape image layout
Select Folder
Ink Saver1, On, Off Activates or deactivates Ink Saver mode
Save filename (such as
TEK0000.TIF) Saves the screen image to the automatically generatedfile name in the current USBflash drive folder
1 (See page 90,Print-Ready Screenshots.)
When the print button option is set to Saves Image to File, the oscilloscope saves screen images to a USBflash drive when you push the Save button. (See page 64, Saves Image to File.)
Save Setup The Save Setup action saves the current oscilloscope settings to afile named TEKnnnn.SET in a specified folder, or in nonvolatile setup memory. A setupfile contains an ASCII text string that lists the oscilloscope settings.
Options Settings or submenus Comments
Setup Saves the current oscilloscope settings to a location in the nonvolatile setup memory
Save To
File Saves the current oscilloscope settings
to afile on the USBflash drive
Options Settings or submenus Comments
Setup 1 to 10 Specifies which nonvolatile setup
memory location to save to
Lists the contents of the current USB flash drive folder
Change Folder Select Folder
New Folder
(See page 60,File Management Conventions.) (See page 104,File Utilities for the USB Flash Drive.)
Save filename (such as
TEK0000.SET) Saves the settings to the automatically generatedfile name in the current USB flash drive folder
When the print button option is set to Saves All to Files, the oscilloscope saves oscilloscope setupfiles to a USBflash drive when you push the Save button. (See page 63,Saves All to Files.)
Save Waveform The Save Waveform action saves the specified waveform to afile named
TEKnnnn.CSV, or to reference memory. The oscilloscope saves waveform data to files as "comma separated values" (.CSV format), which are ASCII text strings that list the time (relative to the trigger) and amplitude values for each of the 2500 waveform data points. You can import .CSVfiles into many spreadsheet and math analysis applications.
Options Settings or submenus Comments
File Specifies to save the source waveform
data to afile on a USBflash drive Save To
Ref Specifies to save the source waveform
data in reference memory
Source 1 Ch(x), Ref(x), Math Specifies which source waveform to save
To Ref(x) Specifies the reference memory location
in which to save the source waveform Lists the contents of the current USB flash drive folder
Change Folder Select Folder
New Folder
(See page 60,File Management Conventions.) (See page 104,File Utilities for the USB Flash Drive.)
Save filename (such as
TEK0000.CSV)
Saves the waveform data to the automatically generatedfile name in the current USBflash drive folder
1 Waveform must be displayed to save it as a reference waveform.
Recall Setup The Recall Setup action recalls an oscilloscope setupfile from a USBflash drive or from a location in nonvolatile setup memory.
Options Settings or submenus Comments
Setup Specifies to recall a setup from the nonvolatile memory
Recall From
File Specifies to recall a setupfile from a
USBflash drive
Setup 1 to 10 Specifies which setup location in
nonvolatile setup memory to recall Lists the contents of the current USB
flash drive folder to select afile from
Select File
Change Folder (See page 60,File Management Conventions.) (See page 104,File Utilities for the USB Flash Drive.) Recalls the settings from the specified nonvolatile memory location
Recall
filename (such as
TEK0000.SET) Recalls the oscilloscope settings from the specified USBflash drivefile
Recall Waveform The Recall Waveform action recalls a waveformfile from a USBflash drive to a location in reference memory.
Options Settings or submenus Comments
To Ref(x) Specifies the reference memory location
to load the waveform to
From File Recalls thefile from the USBflash drive
Lists the contents of the current USB flash drive folder and displays the next folder option
Change Folder (See page 60,File Management Conventions.) (See page 104,File Utilities for the USB Flash Drive.) Select File
To Specifies the reference memory location
to recall the waveform to
Recall filename (such as
TEK0000.CSV) Loads the waveform from the specified file to the location in reference memory and displays the waveform
Key Points Saving and Recalling Setups. The complete setup is stored in nonvolatile memory.
When you recall the setup, the oscilloscope will be in the mode from which the setup was saved.
The oscilloscope saves the current setup if you wait three seconds after the last change before you power off the oscilloscope. The oscilloscope then recalls this setup the next time you apply power.
Recalling the Default Setup. You can push theDefault Setupbutton to initialize the oscilloscope to a known setup. To view option and control settings that the oscilloscope recalls when you push this button, refer toAppendix D: Default Setup.
Saving and Recalling Waveforms. The oscilloscope must display any waveform that you want to save. Two-channel oscilloscopes can store two reference waveforms in internal nonvolatile memory. Four-channel oscilloscopes can store four, but only display two at a time.
The oscilloscope can display both reference waveforms and channel waveform acquisitions. Reference waveforms are not adjustable, but the oscilloscope displays the horizontal and vertical scales at the bottom of the screen.