Installation
Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer
Connect your oscilloscope directly to a computer to let the PC analyze your data, collect screen images, or to control your
oscilloscope. (See page 163, Saving a Screen Image.) (See page 164, Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data.)
Three ways to connect your oscilloscope to a computer are through the VISA drivers, the e*Scope Web-enabled tools, and
a socket server. Use VISA to communicate with your oscillo scope from your computer through a software application,
such as Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop®. Use e*Scope to communicate with your oscilloscope through a Web browser,
such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Using VISA
VISA lets yo
u use your MS-Windows computer to acquire data from your oscilloscope for use in an analysis package that
runs on your PC, such as M icrosoft Excel, National Instruments LabVIEW, Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop software, or a
program of your own creation. You can use a common com munications connection, such as USB, Ethernet, or GPIB,
to connect
the computer to the oscilloscope.
To set up VISA communications between your oscilloscope and a computer:
1. Load the VISA drivers on your computer.
Also, load your application, such as
OpenChoice Desktop.
You will find the drivers and OpenChoice
Desktop software on the appropriate CD
that comes with your oscilloscope or at
the Tektronix software finder Web page
(www.tektronix.com).
2. Connect the oscilloscope to your computer
with the appropriate USB or Ethernet cable.
To communicate between the oscilloscope
and a GPIB system, connect the oscilloscope
to the TEK-USB-488 GPIB-to-USB Adapter
with a USB cable. Then connect the adapter
to your GPIB system with a GPIB cable.
Cycle the power on the oscilloscope.
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