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Agilent N518xA, E8663B, E44x8C, and E82x7D Signal Generators Programming Guide 211
Creating and Downloading Waveform Files
Commands for Downloading and Extracting Waveform Data
2. From the PC command prompt or UNIX command line, type ftp <instrument name>. Where
instrument name is the signal generator’s hostname or IP address.
3. At the User: prompt in the ftp window, press Enter (no entry is required).
4. At the Password: prompt in the ftp window, press Enter (no entry is required).
5. At the ftp prompt, either put a file or get a file:
To put a file, type:
put <file_name> /user/waveform/<file_name1>
where <file_name> is the name of the file to download and <file_name1> is the name
designator for the signal generator’s /user/waveform/ directory.
If <filename1> is unspecified, ftp uses the specified <file_name> to name <file_name1>.
• If a marker file is associated with the data file, use the following command to download it to
the signal generator:
put <marker file_name> /user/markers/<file_name1>
where <marker file_name> is the name of the file to download and <file_name1> is the name
designator for the file in the signal generator’s /user/markers/ directory. Marker files and
the associated I/Q waveform data have the same name.
For more examples of put command usage refer to Table 5-13.
To get a file, type:
get /user/waveform/<file_name1> <file_name>
where <file_name1> is the file to download from the signal generator’s /user/waveform/
directory and <file_name> is the name designator for the local PC/UNIX.
• If a marker file is associated with the data file, use the following command to download it to
the local PC/UNIX directory:
get /user/markers/<file_name1> <marker file_name>
where <marker file_name1> is the name of the marker file to download from the signal
generator’s /user/markers/ directory and <marker file_name> is the name of the file to be
downloaded to the local PC/UNIX.
Table 5-13 Put Command Examples
Command
Results
Local Remote Notes
Incorrect put <filename.wfm>
put <filename.mkr>
/user/waveform/<filename1.wfm>
/user/marker/<filename1.mkr>
Produces two
separate and
incompatible files.
Correct put <filename.wfm>
put <filename.mkr>
/user/waveform/<filename1>
/user/marker/<filename1>
Creates a waveform
file and a compatible
marker file.