How to Collaborate with a Colleague

With M1, it is easy to send a waveform that you have acquired to a colleague. Before M1, showing a problem in a waveform to a colleague who wasn't on-site meant taking a picture of the scope's display; the colleague would be limited to seeing what you were looking at. When you send a waveform with M1, all the data acquired is sent, allowing the colleague to perform additional measurements on the waveform and look at parts of the waveform where you hadn't noticed a problem.

The first step is to save the waveform data.

Once that is done, you can click on the email button.

This will bring up a dialog to let you choose what to send to your colleague.

If you haven't already saved the current waveform, you can save it and send it. Optionally, you can send the file along with information about what measurements you are currently using in an M1 Snapshot. You can also send a waveform that you have already saved.

Due to the fact that some email systems have limitations on the size of attachments, M1 has the ability to transfer files by FTP to a server of your choice. If you use that option, the email to your colleague will contain information on where the file has been sent, with directions on how to access it.

Naturally, your colleague has to be able to use the file that you have sent him. However, he does not need a copy of M1 Waveform Tools. ASA has a low-cost option, M1 Reader, that can perform all the measurements that M1 Waveform Tools can, with one exception: it cannot connect to a scope.

So, all your colleague needs is a copy of M1 Reader on his PC. He can use M1 Reader to open the waveform data file, and then he can use whatever measurements he wants on that waveform just as if he were sitting at your scope.