Rigol MSO8000 Series User Manual

RIGOL Chapter 19 Store and Load
19-4 MSO8000 User Guide
Binary Data Format (.bin)
Binary data format stores waveform data in binary format and provides data headers
that describe these data. As data is displayed in binary format, its file size is much
smaller than the ASCII format. If several channels are enabled, then all the displayed
channels will be saved (save the first channel then save the second, and then it goes
on like this until all the displayed channels are saved).
In BIN file format, the data are displayed as follows:
― CH1 data
― CH2 data
― CH3 data
― CH4 data
― Digital Channel Data
― Math Waveform Data
Binary Header Format
1. File Header
There is only one file header in a binary file. The file header contains the
following information.
Cookie
Two-byte characters, RG, indicating that the file is the RIGOL
binary data file format.
Version
Two bytes, indicating the file version.
File Size
A 4-byte integer, indicating the number of bytes in the file. It
includes the header.
Number of
Waveforms
A 4-byte integer, indicating the number of waveforms that are
stored in the file.
2. Waveform Header
It is possible to store several waveforms in the file. Each stored waveform has a
waveform header. When several channels are stored, each channel can be
considered as a separate waveform. The waveform header contains the
information about the type of waveform data that are stored following the
waveform data header.
Header Size
A 4-byte integer, indicating the number of bytes in the
header.
Waveform
Type
A 4-byte integer, indicating the type of the waveform stored
in the file.
0 = Unknown
1 = Normal

Rigol MSO8000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Rigol
Model	MSO8000 Series
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English