There are a number of places to store known good waveforms: the Reference Waveform forum, the drop site, and the Picoscope database that can be accessed if you have a picoscope connected to your computer. I often find it difficult to search the forums for known good waveforms, or maybe there just aren't many there, and that is why I always seem to get zero results. The Reference Waveform forum seems to get more requests for known goods than submissions of known goods.

The next thing has to do with saving psdata files or psreference files. Should we save one or the other? Maybe save both types?

I just want to get this right from the beginning, so I don't have to redo it later. Time is precious :). What do you guys suggest?

Steven McGrew wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 2:38pm:

I always seem to get zero results

Are you using the search tab?  The search box at the upper right does nothing.  More here:

https://www.autonerdz.com/cgi/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1331151830

We also have the reference waveform installer that puts the library on your hard drive all organized by make (mostly CKP/CMP relationships).


Steven McGrew wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 2:38pm:

The next thing has to do with saving psdata files or psreference files.

You can always make psreference out of the psdata but not the other way around so I would recommend saving psdata.

What have you been doing since you got your scope in 2012?

Tom Roberts wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 3:33pm:

Are you using the search tab?

Yeah, I use that 👍



Tom Roberts wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 3:33pm:

We also have the reference waveform installer

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. So, how would I save to that? Is this where you recommend to save to?



Tom Roberts wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 3:33pm:

so I would recommend saving psdata

Got it [smiley=thumbsup.gif]



Tom Roberts wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 3:33pm:

What have you been doing since you got your scope in 2012?

Mostly just saving them to my computer. I've uploaded some to iATN, but not much. I'm not sure where I want to save them to. I'd rather put them up on someone else's server so I don't have to worry about computer storage and backups in case of computer crashes. If I save them to the someone's server, then all that stuff is taken care of for me, plus others will have access to the files.

Steven McGrew wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 4:18pm:

So, how would I save to that? Is this where you recommend to save to?

Just as you would any other folder on your hard drive.  You 'could' store your stuff in there.  Updating the reference waveform library using a more recent installer will not overwrite stuff you have put in there.

That being said, I would just save your captures in another folder and organize the folders and sub folders in a way that makes sense to you so you can find the one you seek among hundereds or even thousands of files.


Steven McGrew wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 4:18pm:

If I save them to the someone's server, then all that stuff is taken care of for me, plus others will have access to the files.

If you do save them to your PC, I recommend keeping a copy on an external backup drive just in case.  It's not a matter of if you need it but when you will need it.

Our cloud has a lot of space available but any cloud storage option has it's own risks.  They can crash too.  But you are welcome to use it to store your stuff.  It's not unlimited but the entire contents to date are only a tiny percentage (140 GB) of the 5 terabytes available.  As you say, the advantage is that other members would have access to it as well.

So, I'd like to save them in a place that will include them in the Reference Waveform installer in future releases. Should I save them on the drop site, as shown in the attached picture?

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Steven McGrew wrote on Mar 5^th, 2019 at 10:12am:

Should I save them on the drop site, as shown in the attached picture?

No.  I suggest you put them in your folder:

/Shared/PicoScope Data Files/StevenMcgrew

That's what I was looking for. Thanks. 👍