User manual

Installation
Setting the GPIB Address
The def ault GPIB address of the adapter is 1. You have to use the defa ult GPIB address for the ad apter if you use it with
instruments that are not manufactured by Tektronix, or with olde r Te ktronix instruments that are not designed to support the USB
protocol and USB extensions required for setting the GPIB address of the adapter.
If you connect the Te k-USB-488 GPIB to USB Adapter to a Tektronix USBTMC-USB488 compliant instrument designed to support
the adapter, such as a DPO4000 S eries 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 suppo rt the adapter, do the following procedure:
1. Locate the GPIB control menu on the
instrument being attached. The example to the
right is from a DPO4000 Series instrument.
System
I/O
USB
Enabled
Ethernet
Network
Settings
GPIB
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TEK-USB-488 GPIB to USB Adapter User Manu al 9