User manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Resources
- Notational Conventions
- Part 1: Making the Remote Connection
- Understanding Remote Control Layers
- Software Tools for Remote Control
- Connecting via ENET
- Connecting via USBTMC
- Connecting via GPIB
- Connecting via LSIB
- Configuring DCOM Connections
- Testing the Remote Connection
- Remote Control Assistant
- ActiveDSO
- VISA
- WaveStudio
- Part 2: Automation Programming Reference
- Automation Overview
- XStreamBrowser
- Viewing XStreamDSO Objects
- VBS Command
- Approach 1: Control from XStreamBrowser
- Approach 2: Program in VBS
- Approach 3: Program Using ActiveDSO
- Approach 4: Program Using VISA
- Control Variables
- Result Interfaces
- Synchronization
- Application Interactions
- Early and Late Binding
- Automation Programming Conventions
- Using Programming Variables
- Automation in MATLAB
- Automation in Python
- Automation in C#
- Part 3: Automation Control Variable Reference
- app
- app.Acquisition
- app.Acquisition.Cn
- app.Acquisition.Trigger
- app.Cursors
- app.CustomDSO
- app.Display
- app.Hardcopy
- app.History
- app.LabNotebook
- app.LogicAnalyzer
- app.Math
- app.Math.Fn and app.Math.XY
- app.Measure
- app.Measure.Pn
- app.Memory
- app.Memory.Mn
- app.PassFail
- app.PassFail.Qn
- app.Preferences
- app.ProbesCal
- app.SpecAnalyzer
- app.SaveRecall
- app.SaveRecall.Remote
- app.SaveRecall.Setup
- app.SaveRecall.Table
- app.SaveRecall.Utilities
- app.SaveRecall.Waveform
- app.TriggerScan
- app.Utility
- app.WaveScan
- app.WebEditor
- app.Zoom
- Part 4: Automation Result Interface Reference
- Base
- BinPopulations
- Bins
- BinWidth
- BusName
- CellType
- CellValue
- Columns
- DataArray
- ExtendedStatus
- FirstEventTime
- FirstPopulatedBin
- HorizontalFrameStart
- HorizontalFrameStop
- HorizontalOffset
- HorizontalPerColumn
- HorizontalPerStep
- HorizontalResolution
- HorizontalUnits
- HorizontalVarianceArray
- HorizontalVariances
- IndexOfFirstSampleInFrame
- LastEventTime
- LastPopulatedBin
- Levels
- LineAliasName
- LineName
- Lines
- Max
- MaxPopulation
- MaxPopulationBin
- MaxPopulationInRectangle
- Mean
- Min
- NumFrameDimensions
- NumSamplesInFrame
- OffsetAtLeftEdge
- Peaks
- PeakInfo
- PopulationInside
- PopulationOfRectangle
- PopulationOver
- PopulationUnder
- RMS
- Rows
- Samples
- Sdev
- Status
- StatusDescription
- Sweeps
- Top
- UniformInterval
- UpdateTime
- Value
- ValueArray
- VerticalFrameStart
- VerticalFrameStop
- VerticalMaxPossible
- VerticalMinPossible
- VerticalOffset
- VerticalPerRow
- VerticalPerStep
- VerticalResolution
- VerticalUnits
- XFrameStart
- XFrameStop
- XMaxPossible
- XMinPossible
- XOffset
- XPerStep
- XResolution
- XUnits
- YFrameStart
- YFrameStop
- YMaxPossible
- YMinPossible
- YOffset
- YPerStep
- YResolution
- YUnits
- Part 5: IEEE 488.2 Programming Reference
- GPIB Overview
- Interface Definitions
- IEEE 488.1 Standard Messages
- Program Message Format
- Data Types
- Response Messages
- I/O Buffers
- Making Service Requests
- Taking Instrument Polls
- Timing and Synchronization
- Waveform Transfer
- Part 6: IEEE 488.2 Command Reference
- Commands and Queries by Short Form
- Commands and Queries by Subsystem
- ACQUISITION Commands and Queries
- ARM_ACQUISITION, ARM
- AUTO_SETUP, ASET
- ATTENUATION, ATTN
- BANDWIDTH_LIMIT, BWL
- COMBINE_CHANNELS, COMB
- COUPLING, CPL
- FORCE_TRIGGER, FRTR
- INTERLEAVED, ILVD
- MEMORY_SIZE, MSIZ
- OFFSET, OFST
- REFERENCE_CLOCK, RCLK
- SAMPLE_CLOCK, SCLK
- SEQUENCE, SEQ
- STOP
- TIME_DIV, TDIV
- TRIG_COUPLING, TRCP
- TRIG_DELAY, TRDL
- *TRG
- TRIG_LEVEL, TRLV
- TRIG_MODE, TRMD
- TRIG_PATTERN, TRPA
- TRIG_SELECT, TRSE
- TRIG_SLOPE, TRSL
- VOLT_DIV, VDIV
- WAIT
- AUTOMATION Commands and Queries
- COMMUNICATION Commands and Queries
- CURSOR Commands and Queries
- DISPLAY Commands and Queries
- FUNCTION Commands and Queries
- HARDCOPY Commands and Queries
- MISCELLANEOUS Commands and Queries
- PROBE Commands
- SAVE/RECALL SETUP Commands and Queries
- STATUS Commands and Queries
- STORAGE Commands and Queries
- WAVEFORM TRANSFER Commands and Queries
- DISK DRIVE ANALYSIS (Option) Commands and Queries
- DD_ANALOG_COMP_THRESH, DACT
- DD_ANALYZE_REGION_DISABLE, DARD
- DD_ANALYZE_REGION_LENGTH, DARL
- DD_ANALYZE_REGION_START, DARS
- DD_BITCELL, DBIT
- DD_BYTE_OFFSET, DBYT
- DD_BYTE_OFFSET_SEGMENT, DSEG
- DD_CTAF_3DB, D3D
- DD_CTAF_BOOST, DBST
- DD_CTAF_FC, DDFC
- DD_CTAF_GROUP_DELAY, DFGD
- DD_ENCODING, DENC
- DD_ERR_INFO?, DERI?
- DD_ERR_NUM, DERR
- DD_FIND_BITCELL?, DFBIT?
- DD_FIND_ERROR, DFER
- DD_FIND_METHOD, DDFM
- DD_FIR, DFIR
- DD_FIR_ENABLE, DFEN
- DD_HEADSIGNAL_CHANNEL, DHSC
- DD_IGNORE_SAMPLES, DIGS
- DD_ML_MIN_SPACING, DRLM
- DD_ML_RUN_LENGTH_LIMIT, DRLE
- DD_NUM_ERRORS?, DNER?
- DD_OVERLAP_REF, DOVL
- DD_PES_ANALYSIS, DPA
- DD_PES_DATA?, DPD?
- DD_PES_SUMMARY_DATA?, DPSD?
- DD_READ_GATE_POLARITY, DRGP
- DD_READCLOCK_CHANNEL, DRCC
- DD_READGATE_CHANNEL, DRGC
- DD_RESET_AVERAGE, DRAV
- DD_SAM_THRESH, DST
- DD_SAMPLE_PHASE, DSPH
- DD_SHOW_FILTERED, DSF
- DD_SHOW_LEVELS, DSLV
- DD_SHOW_ML, DSML
- DD_SHOW_SAMPLE_TIMES, DSST
- DD_SIGNAL_INPUT, DDSI
- DD_SIGNAL_TYPE, DSIG
- DD_START_AVERAGING, DSAV
- DD_STORE_REFERENCE, DSTR
- DD_TRAIN_FILTER?, DTF?
- DD_VCO_SYNCH_PATTERN, DVSP
- DD_VCOSYNCH_TO_DATA, DVTD
- ET-PMT (Option) Commands and Queries
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Part 5: IEEE 488.2 Programming Reference
Digital Waveforms
While there is no corresponding template file for digital waveforms, they are organized similarly to analog
waveforms, with a text-based description of the header, followed by a Base64 encoding of the waveform
binary data. The following image shows how a small section of the waveform data would translate.
Digital waveforms are always saved in a text-based format, either Excel or WaveML (a proprietary XML
format). When saving multiple digital groups ("All Displayed"), the default selection is ASCII, and the output
will be separate XML files for each digital bus.
Note: When saving an entire digital group, all lines are combined. While digital group files can be
recalled into oscilloscope memory, they cannot be decoded in this format.
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