Manual

Functional description

88 Two-channel digital Oscilloscopes

Remote control

There are two remote control methods:

User-programmable

The user can control the oscilloscope using Standard Commands for

Programmable Instruments (SCPI). See the Programming Guide for more

information about the commands and the programming.

The user can control the oscilloscope remotely using EasyScopeX or SX-

DOX PC software. National Instruments Corporation's "Measurement &

Automation Explorer" software can also be used to control the oscilloscope.

Using the PC software

provided by METRIX

The oscilloscope can communicate with a PC via its USB device port. This

part explains how to use EasyScopeX to control an oscilloscope remotely

via the USB interface.

Control via USB

Use a USB cable to connect the oscilloscope (USB device port) to a PC

(USB host port) running EasyScopeX software.

Installing

the USB device

Set the "Back USB" interface on the oscilloscope to USBTMC. If you have

installed the EasyScopeX or N.I. software, a dialogue box will be displayed

on the PC the first time you connect the oscilloscope. Install the "USB Test

and Measurement Device" program as explained on screen. The steps are

as follows:

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Start the EasyScopeX software, click on "add device" to start the search, the

following dialog box will be displayed. Then click "Add" to open the

instrument then select the type of communication: USB or VXI11 // Ethernet

for DOX2000B.