Installation
Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a C omputer
Connect your oscilloscope directly to a remote computer to let the PC analyze your data, collect screen images, or to control
your oscilloscope. (See page 126, Saving a Screen Image.) (See page 127, S aving and Recalling Waveform Data.)
Two ways to connect your oscilloscope to a computer are through the V ISA drivers and the e*Scope Web-enabled tools.
Use VISA to communicate with your osci lloscope from your computer through a software application. Use e*Scope to
communicate with your oscilloscope through a Web browser.
Using VISA
VISA lets you use your MS-Windows computer to acquire dat a from your oscilloscope for u se in an analysis package that
runs on your
PC, such as Microsoft Excel, National Instruments LabVIEW, or a program of your own creation. You can use a
common c ommunications connection, such as USB, Ethernet, or GPIB , to connect the computer to the oscilloscope.
To set up VISA communications betw een your oscilloscope and a computer:
1. Load the VISA drivers on your computer.
You will fi
nd the drivers on the appropriate
CD that comes with your oscilloscope or
at the Tektronix software finder Web page
(www.te
ktronix.com/software).
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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