Model 2461 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 2: General operation2461-901-01 A/November 2015 2-31Measure Reading Buffers menuThe Reading Buffers menu allows you to view the list of existing reading buffersand select one to be the active buffer. You can also create, save, delete, resize, andclear buffers from this screen.To create a new reading buffer, select New. The new buffer is automatically set to be the activebuffer.To adjust settings for a specific buffer, select the buffer. The Settings screen for that buffer isdisplayed. A brief description of the options is provided in the following table.Setting DescriptionBuffer Selects an existing buffer to configure.New Creates a new buffer that you name and configure.Style When creating a new buffer, specifies the style of buffer to create.Standard: Store readings with full accuracy with formatting,maximum 6,875,000 readings Compact: Store readings withreduced accuracy (6.5 digits) with no formatting information, 1 μsaccurate timestamp, maximum 27,500,000 readingsFull: Store the same information as standard, plus additionalinformationCapacity Sets the maximum number of readings that the buffer can store.Note that when you resize a buffer, the readings contained in thatbuffer are cleared.Fill Mode Continuous: Fills the buffer continuously and overwrites old datawhen the buffer is full.Once: Stops collecting data when the buffer is full (no data isoverwritten).Clear Clears data from the selected buffer.Make Active Makes the selected buffer the active reading buffer.Save to USB Saves the buffer to a .csv file, which can be opened by aspreadsheet program. A USB flash drive must be present in thefront-panel USB port before you select Save to USB.Delete Deletes the selected buffer.Views menuThe menus under Views in the main menu allow you to select, configure, and view data frommeasure operations on the Model 2461. The following topics describe the settings that are availableon these interactive screens.
