Exporting data – EXFO PSO-200 Optical Modulation Analyzer User Manual

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Post-Processing and Reanalyzing Data

Optical Modulation Analyzer

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Exporting Data

Exporting Data

You can export PSO-200 data and results to comma-separated values (.csv)
text files, to use in a spreadsheet or text editor, or for reprocessing in
MATLAB or other tools. The data available for export is the current data in
memory.

Note: Each burst will generate a separate data file, but all results will be saved in

a single result file.

Here is an example of a data file (one burst), opened in Microsoft Excel:

Here is an example of a results file (all bursts), opened in Notepad:

Time-Reconstructed Vector
Indicates equivalent-time slot at which the
acquisition was taken (see Equivalent-Time
Sampling
on page 241)
. Points are listed in
order of acquisition.

X and Y polarization data
(Y appears only for dual-polarization signal)

Settings

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Results

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(1 line/burst)

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