LeCroy WaveRunner Xi-A

GETTING STARTED MANUAL
WRXi-A-GSM-E Rev A 87
ProgramMessages
Youcontroltheoscilloscoperemotelyusingprogrammessagesthatconsistofone
ormorecommandsorqueries.Theprogrammessagesyousendfromtheexternal
controllertotheoscilloscopemustconformtopreciseformatstructures.The
oscilloscopeexecutesallprogrammessagessentinthecorrectform,butignores
theoneswitherrors.
AUTOMATION
RefertotheAutomationManualsuppliedonCDwithyouroscilloscopeformore
information.
InadditiontosupportingthefamiliarASCII‐basedremotecommandsthathave
beenusedtocontrolallLeCroyoscilloscopesformanyyears,alloftheWindows‐
basedX‐Streaminstrumentsfully‐supportcontrolbyAutomationinterfacesbased
onMi
crosoft’sComponentObjectModel(COM).
UsingCOM,thecontrollingapplicationcanrundirectlyontheinstrumentwithout
requiringanexternalcontroller.Alternatively,itcanrunusingMicrosoft’s
distributedCOMstandard(DCOM)onanetworkedcomputer.
Standards
AutomationisaMicrosofttechnology,formerlyreferredtoasOLEAutomation,
primarilyusedtoenablecross‐applicationmacroprogramming.Itisbaseduponthe
ComponentObjectModel(COM),whichissimilarinnaturetoCORBA,more
commonlyfoundintheUNIXworld.
AnapplicationthatexposesAutomationObjectsisreferredtoasanAut
omation
Server.AutomationObjectsexposeAutomationInterfacestothecontrolling
AutomationClient.ThismanualdescribestheseAutomationobjectsandinterfaces
indetail.
ItisimportanttonotethatAutomationitselfisnotsoftwarelanguagedependent.
Meaning,itcanbeusedfromanyprogramminglanguagethatsupportingCOM.
LeCroy’susageconcentratesmainlyontheuseofAut
omationfromtheVisualBasic
Script(VBScript)language.Thisislargelybecauseitisoneoftheeasiesttouse,itis
thelanguagethatX‐Streaminstrumentsuseforsetupfiles,andtheVBScript
interpreterisinstalledbydefaultonallX‐St
reaminstruments.So,thisisallavailable
withouthavingtopurchaseanyadditionalsoftware.
UTILITIES
Status
Thestatusread‐onlydialogdisplayssysteminformationincludingserialnumber,
firmwareversion,andinstalledsoftwareandhardwareoptions.