User manual
Table Of Contents
- toc
- General safety summary
- Compliance Information
- Preface
- Getting Started
- Operating Basics
- Understanding Oscilloscope Functions
- Application Examples
- Taking Simple Measurements
- Using Autorange to Examine a Series of Test Points
- Taking Cursor Measurements
- Analyzing Signal Detail
- Capturing a Single-Shot Signal
- Measuring Propagation Delay
- Triggering on a Specific Pulse Width
- Triggering on a Video Signal
- Analyzing a Differential Communication Signal
- Viewing Impedance Changes in a Network
- Data Logging
- Limit Testing
- Math FFT
- USB Flash Drive and Device Ports
- USB Flash Drive Port
- File Management Conventions
- Saving and Recalling Files With a USB Flash Drive
- Using the Save Function of the Print Front Panel Button
- USB Device Port
- Installing the PC Communications Software on a PC
- Connecting to a PC
- Connecting to a GPIB System
- Command Entry
- Connecting to a Printer
- Printing a Screen Image
- Reference
- Appendix A: Specifications
- Appendix B: TPP0101 and TPP0201 Series 10X Passive Probes Inform
- Appendix C: Accessories
- Appendix D: Cleaning
- Appendix E: Default Setup
- Appendix F: Font Licenses
USB Flash Drive and Device Ports
Installing th
e PC Communications Softw are o n a PC
Before you connect the oscilloscope to a PC with Tektronix OpenChoice
PC Communications Software, you must download that software from
www.tektron
ix.com/software and install it on your PC.
CAUTION. If you connect the oscilloscope to your PC before you install the
software, the P C will not recognize the oscilloscope. The PC will label the
oscilloscope as an Unknown Device and not communicate with the oscilloscope.
To avoid this, install the software on your PC before you connect the oscilloscope
to your PC.
NOTE. Be sure you have installed the latest version of PC Communications
software.
Software for your oscilloscope is available through the Software finder on the
Tektronix web site.
To install the PC Communications software, follow these ste ps:
1. Run th
e OpenChoice Desktop software on the PC. The InstallShield wizard
appears on the screen.
2. Foll
ow the on-screen directions.
3. Exit the InstallShield wizard.
Connecting to a PC
After you install the software on your PC, you can connect the oscilloscope to
th
ePC.
NOTE. You must install the software before you connect the oscilloscope to the
PC. (See page 70, Installing the PC Communications Software on a PC.)
To connect the oscilloscope to the PC, follow these steps:
1. Power on the oscilloscope.
2. Insert one end of a USB cable into the USB Device port on the back o f t he
oscilloscope.
3. Power on the PC.
4. Insert the other end of the cable into the desired USB port on a PC.
70 TBS1000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual