NOTE. You do not need to save an edited user mask to disk; the instrument retains the current user mask in nonvolatile memory.
If you plan to create a number of user masks, store your user masks on disk or the hard drive. The instrument can only load one
user mask at a time.
Edit a user defined mask
1. From the toolbar, click Masks.
2. In the Mask Testing control window, open the Masks tab.
3. Click the User Mask button.
4. Click the Edit User Mask button. The instrument displays the Mask Edit control window.
5. Click the Controls button to open the Mask Edit control window.
6. Click in the Segment entry box and use the up/down arrows, multipurpose knob, or keypad to select a segment to edit. The
selected (active) segment is highlighted in red. Each mask can have up to 16 segments.
7. Click in the Vertex entry box, and use the up/down arrows, multipurpose knob, or keypad to select the vertex to edit. The
active vertex is indicated with an X on the template segment. Each segment can have up to 50 vertices.
8. Click the in the Horizontal entry box, and then use the multipurpose knob or keypad to change the selected vertex horizontal
position.
9. Click in the Vertical entry box, and then use the multipurpose knob or keypad to change the selected vertex vertical position.
10. To add a vertex, select the closest vertex that is clockwise from where you want to place a new vertex. Click Add to add a
vertex midway between the selected vertex and the next counterclockwise vertex.
11. To delete a vertex, enter or select the vertex number; then click Del. The remaining vertices located counterclockwise from
the deleted vertex are renumbered.
12. See Saving a User Mask to Disk procedure.
NOTE. You do not need to save an edited user mask to disk; the instrument retains the current user mask in nonvolatile
memory.
If you plan to create a number of user masks, store your user masks on disk or the hard drive. The instrument can only load one
user mask at a time.
Save a user mask to disk
1. From Mask menu, select Mask Edit Setup.
2. In the Mask Edit control window, click the Save button to open the Save As dialog box.
3. Specify the save location in the Save in drop-down list box.
4. In the Name field, enter the mask name; (*.msk) is the default save type for User Mask Files.
5. Click Save to save the mask to specified location on disk.
Create a user mask from a defined mask
NOTE. Refer to Mask key points before creating or editing a mask.
Use the following procedure to create a user mask from a defined mask:
1. From the toolbar, click Masks.
2. In the Mask Testing control window, open the Masks tab.
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