How do you save the screen plot on an 8753ES network analyser using Labview 7.0?

[Anonymous]

I need the screen to be saved in the .FP format to save space (not a
jpeg) and saved on my PC. All information is required, such as marker
levels

[Anonymous]

What is a .FP format? Is it a generic format or specific to a certain
application?

Tim

[Anonymous]

There are a whole bunch of questions that you did not address. I
suspect the analyzer is a remote instrument. How are you connecting
to it? Are you having problems communicating to the instrument? Do
you need help with making the FP command? Can you see the image
already in LV?

For what it is worth, you can buy a decent sized storage hard drive
for a couple of hundred dollars. I suspect that you will easily save
money by making the purchase and not inventing code for saving hard
disk space.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, a .FP file is how the network analyser saves the screen.
Basically it is a DOS graphic file.

[Anonymous]

Connection to the analyser is via gpib. the analyser is used to record
a response of a unit under test over a certain frequency range. The
analyser has been set up correctly via the GPIB a frequency response
is present on screen but the capture of this is the problem. Mational
instruments VI covers lower models. The one i am using is a 8753ES and
there doesn't seem to be a decent screen capture command. The .FP
format is required because it is a lower space. There are on the
Agilent site programs for screen capture but again these save as a
JPEG and so need more space on a drive.

[Anonymous]

Is your .fp file really a graphic format? Can you open it with a
graphic editor program (Adobe or Paint Shop Pro, for example)? What
do you currently do with a .fp file? Can you post an example?

I'm not familiar with your particular piece of equipment, but is it
possible to save the important parameters that are displayed in the
the front panel image (xscale, yscale, data, markers, etc)? You could
then load these parameters and update a graph(?).

Otherwise, I'd agree with Jeremy. Also, I'd say there's probably a
reason that the Agilent program saves in jpeg format.

Tim

[Anonymous]

If you can find the command in the instrument manual to do the screen
capture and a command to transfer the image over the GPIB bus, then it
should be pretty simple to add a VI to do it. If the instrument only
supports saving to an internal floppy for example, then I'm not sure
what you can do since it sounds like the .fp format is something
unique to Agilent. Have you contacted Agilent tech support to see what
you want to do is possible? It's been my experience that things like
this are always limited by the options in the instrument and have
nothing to do with LabVIEW.