MDF + MBF Storage

It is possible to send a single MDF directly to the radiometer. Multiple MDFs are gathered into a MBF (measurement batch file). The concept is similar to the Scan/Frame relationship for scanning.
The MDFs in a batch file are executed sequentially in the order they are listed in the MDF list. The batch repetition number has the same meaning as the frame repetition factor for scanning: The MDF list forms a loop, which is repeated an arbitrary number of times. This offers the flexibility of combining different measurement tasks, which would otherwise not be compatible in a single MDF, e.g. if one wants to do a scanning measurement (not possible with retrieved products) followed by a temperature profiling measurement (a retrieved product) and repeat this 100 times, the solution is to define two different MDFs, one for scanning and one for temperature profiling and combine them in a batch file with a repetition factor of 100. The only restriction for MDFs in multi-MDF batches is that the UNLIMITED mode should be avoided.
It is a good practice to store all MDFs in one directory (e.g. …\HATPRO\MDFs). All MDFs in the selected directory are listed in the box in the lower right corner. From this list the user may select each MDF he wants to add or insert to the MDF batch list (with <==Add and <==Insert). MDFs may also be deleted from the MDF batch list. Store your measurement batch files (MBFs) in a single directory (like “…\2CH\MBFs”). 
If file backup is enabled in the MDFs and the batch repetition factor is >1, there is only one filename for each MDF available. The data of successive executions of a certain MDF in the batch loop is stored to different files using a base name (defined in the MDF) followed by the date and time of the file creation. Each time the MDF is repeated in the loop, its measurement data is stored into a separate file.