Configuring a Tektronix TDS3000 Series Oscilloscope on Ethernet ...

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<strong>Configuring</strong> a <strong>Tektronix</strong> <strong>TDS3000</strong>
<strong>Series</strong> <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> on Ethernet &
Interacting with it in LabView 7
Robert Lewis
Christiana Grenoble
4-2-04
Abstract: Instructions on how to setup a <strong>TDS3000</strong> <strong>Series</strong> <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> on the Internet &
Interacting with it using LabView 7
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Setting the <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> up on an Ethernet network
1. Push the Utility front panel button
2. Push the System screen button to select I/O
3. Push Ethernet Network Settings screen button
4. Push the Change Instrument Settings side button to display the instrument
Setup Dialog Box.
5. Push the side menu and buttons to select a field to edit.
6. Enter the required information from the Ethernet network setup form into each
field:
a. The General Purpose knob selects a character in the character list. The list
of available characters changes depending on which field is selected.
b. The Enter Character button enters the selected character from the
character list at the cursor position in the current field. You can also use
the Select button next to the general-purpose knob to enter the selected
character.
c. The and buttons move the cursor left or right in the current
field.
d. The Back Space button deleted the character to the left of the cursor
position in the field.
e. The Delete button deletes the character at the cursor position in the field.
f. The Clear button deleted all characters from the current field.
7. Push the OK Accept side button to apply the field settings. Push the MENU
OFF button to exit from the menu without applying any changes.
8. Push the Test Connection side menu button to verify that the Ethernet settings
are correct and that the oscilloscope can locate itself on the network.
Setting up The <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> in Measurement & Automation Explorer 3.0
1. Open up Measurement & Automation Explorer
2. Expand My System under Configuration
3. Right click on Devices and Interfaces and click Create New…
4. Expand Devices and Interfaces select TCP/IP Resource and click next.
5. Select VXI-11 LAN Instrument and click next.
6. Select Manual Entry and click next.
7. Enter the <strong>Oscilloscope</strong>’s Internet address for Hostname and leave LAN Device
Name blank, then click Test to verify that it successfully creates a connection,
then click next.
8. Create an Alias name for the device, in Figure 1 the <strong>Oscilloscope</strong>’s alias was
vta_scope, click next, and then click finish.
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Read Data & Write Commands to <strong>Oscilloscope</strong>
Figure 1. Front Panel of VI
Building the VI
1. Open LabView 7.0 & build the VI shown in figures 1 & 2
2. Select vta_scope from the VISA Resource Name and click run.
3. Information sent back from the <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> will be displayed in the read buffer.
Figure 2. Block Diagram of VI
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Running the VI
1. The VISA session is opened with the VISA Resource Name
2. The string *IDN is written to the VISA Write which queries the <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> for
model number & chipset version.
3. Information sent back from the <strong>Oscilloscope</strong> is read thought VISA Read with a
1024 byte count
4. The VISA session is closed before the VI stops.
* Visual Basic & Visual C++ may be used instead of LabView to interact with the
<strong>Oscilloscope</strong>.
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