User manual

Installation
Setting the GPIB Address
The default GPIB address of the adapter is 1. This address is used with instruments that are no t manufactured by Tektronix or with
Tektronix instruments that are n ot designed to support the adapter.
If you connect the Tek-USB-488 GPIB to USB Adapter to a Tektronix USBTMC-USB488 compliant instrument designed to support
the adapter, such as a DPO4000 Series instrument, you can set the address to a value from 1 through 30 using the menu
system of the instrument.
To change the GPIB address from an instrument designed to support the adapter, do th e following procedure:
1. Locate the GPIB control menu on the
instrument being attached. The example to the
right is from a DPO4000 Series instrumen t.
System
I/O
USB
Enabled
Ethernet
Network
Settings
GPIB
a1
GPIB Con-
figuration
2. Use the appropriate control to select the
address that you want. The instrument
automatically disables and enables the USB
port so that the new address is recognized.
Talk/Listen
Address
a1
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