User Manual

Getting Started
This manual contains information on how to remotely control a nd operate your
oscilloscope through communications protocol and commands.
NOTE. For TD
S1000B, TDS2000B, TDS2000C Series, you need to install the
PC Communications software from the CD that came with the oscilloscope on
a PC before you connect the oscilloscope USB Device port to the PC. Refer to
the TDS1000B and TDS2000B user manual or to the TDS2000C User Manual
for installation information.
For all products, you need to connect an appropriate cable between the
communications port on y our o scilloscope and your PC.
The next table describes where the communications port is located on an extension
module or oscilloscope, and the function of the port.
Series Port location Port function
TDS200 TDS2CM, TDS2CMA,
or TDS2CMAX
Commu
nications, TDS2MM
Math
RS-232, Centronics, GPIB
TDS1000/ TDS2000
1
TDS2CMA or TDS2CMAX
TDS2MEM Storage Memory
and C
ommunications
RS-232, Centronics, GPIB
RS-232, Centronics,
Comp
actFlash
USB
Device
TDS
2000C and
TDS1000B/TDS2000B
2
Bac
k of o s cil loscope
GPI
B with a TEK-USB-488
adapter
TPS2000 Back of oscilloscope RS-232, Centronics
1
TDS1001 and TDS2004 are not compatible with the TDS2MEM module.
2
In
stall the PC Communications software from the CD that came with the oscilloscope first; refer to your
TDS2000C user manual or your TDS1000B and TDS2000B user manual for information on installing the
software. After the software is installed, then connect the oscilloscope to a PC.
Refer to your oscilloscope user manual for information on how to install, test, and
configure your oscilloscope and module. (See Table i on page iii.)
NOTE. The firmware for the TDS2000C, TDS1000B, TDS2000B, and
TPS2000 Series oscilloscopes includes communications, math, and storage
memory functions.
TDS200, TDS1000/2000, TDS1000B/2000B, TDS2000C, TPS2000 Programmer 1-1