Transcription of Oscilloscopes RemoteControland AutomationManual
1 OscilloscopesRemoteControlandAutomationM anualMAUIO scilloscopesRemoteControlandAutomationMa nual 2017 TeledyneLeCroy, , , 'sMAUI (GPIB)commandsorWindows ComponentObjectModel(COM) :Part1:MakingtheRemoteConnectiondescribe sallthemethodsforgainingaccesstoaMAUI oscilloscope(device)fromaremotecomputer( controller). ; , , ,applicationnotes, , :SymbolFunctionExample<>Enclosesheaderpathsorplaceholders<channel>:VOLT_DIV<v_gain>:=Separatesaplaceholderfromadescriptiono fthetypeandrangeofvaluesthatmayreplaceit<v_gain>:= { }Enclosesrequiredvalues,oneofwhichmustbe usedinthecommandTRMD{SINGLE,AUTO,NORM,ST OP}[ ] ,suchasinputchannelsormathfunctiontraces , ,C1throughCnshouldbetakentomeanC1andC2,w hereasonaneight-channeloscilloscope,C1th roughC8, <source> (Views,Streams,Histograms,etc.)
2 , ,C2,C3,C4,..CnSensorChannelsSE1,..SEnDig italGroupsDigital1,..Digital4 MathFunctionsF1,..Fn,TA,TB,TC,TDMathtrac enamesTA,TB,TC,andTDusedonlegacyLeCroyin strumentshavebeenreplacedbyF1,F2,F3andF4 , , ,thequerywillreturnthecorrespondingF1,F2 ,F3, ,..PnCUST1,..CUST5 ParameternamesCUST1throughCUST5usedonleg acyLeCroyinstrumentshavebeenreplacedbyP1 , , ,..MnZoomsZ1,.. , ,butnotall, :Specifyonlythebaseunitincode, ,SIprefixes(attotoExa)basedontherelative sizeofthesourcesignal(s).Forexamplea1000 Vreadingisshownas1kV, ,a1millivolt(mV) ,technicalATatmosphere,standardATMTorrTO RR pound/squareinchPSIT emperaturedegreeKelvinKdegreeCelsiusCELd egreeFahrenheitFARE nergyJouleJBritishThermalUnitBTUcalorieC ALvMAUIO scilloscopesRemoteControlandAutomationMa nualCategoryUnitMnemonicRotatingMachiner adian/secondRADPS frequency(Hertz)HZrevolution/secondRPSre volution/minuteRPMtorqueN mNMtorquein ozINOZ torquein lbINLB torqueft lbFTLB power,mechanical(Watt)WhorsepowerHPMagne ticWeberWBTeslaTinductance(Henry)
3 HmagneticfieldstrengthA/MpermeabilityHEN RYPME lectricalAmpereAVoltVWattWpower,apparent VApower,reactiveVARpowerfactorPFcapacita nce(Farad)FCoulombCOhmOHMS iemenSIEelectricalfieldstrengthV/Melectr icaldisplacementfieldCPM2permittivityFAR ADPM conductivitySIEPMT imesecondSminuteMINhourHOURdayDAYweekWEE KviNotationalConventionsCategoryUnitMnem onicDimensionlesspercentPCTpercentmin-ma xPCTMNMX decibelDBdecibelmilliwattDBMdecibelVoltD BVdecibelmillivoltDBMV decibelmicrovoltDBUV decibelmicroampereDBUA decibelreferredtocarrierDBCdecadeDECADE unitintervalUIQ-scaleQbitBITbyteBYTE baudBAUD leastsignificantbitLSBpoisePOISE partspermillionPPMpixelPIXEL divisionDIVeventEVENT sampleSAMPLE segmentSEGsweepSWEEPC ombiningUnitsSIunitsmaybecombinedfollowi ngtheserules.
4 LForthequotientoftwounits,usethecharacte r"/"lFortheproductoftwounits,usethechara cter"."lForexponents,appendthedigittothe unitwithnospace( ,"S2"forsecondssquared).Note:Someunitsar econvertedtosimpleunits( ," "becomes"W").viiMAUIO scilloscopesRemoteControlandAutomationMa nualviiiPart1:MakingtheRemoteConnectionP art1: (GPIB)commandsTheremoteconnectioncanbema deoveravarietyofphysicalinterfacessuchas ENET,GPIB,LSIB,orUSBTMC, ,thecomponentsinteractinthefollowingmann er:Thecableisthephysicalconduitbetweenth econtroller(usuallyaPC)andtheoscilloscop e, (oftenlabeledLANontheoscilloscope),USBTM C,GPIB, , (basedonTCP/IP),VXI-11(fortheLXIstandard ),USBTMC,GPIB, ,suchasActiveDSO,VISA drivers, ' (XStreamDSO)istheprogramthatdisplays,tra nsforms, ,suchasWaveStudio,LabVIEW,MATLAB, 'sActiveXtechnology, , ,GPIB, ,suchasC++,LabVIEW, (oraVISA driverthatbehavesexactlylikeit) , , :AlthoughprovidedforLXIcompliance,youcan usetheIVID riverevenifyourremotecontrolsettingisTCP /IP(VICP),ratherthanLXI(VXI-11).
5 LabVIEWD riversTheLeCroy_Wave_Seriesdriver,create dusingtheLabVIEW projectarchitecture,isavailableforWindow suserswhowishtocontroltheiroscilloscopet hroughaNationalInstrumentsLabVIEW ,anllbLabViewlibrary, ,GPIB, :GettingStartedwiththe"lcwave"and"LeCroy WaveSeries" ,copy, ,7,VISTA,orXP,WaveStudioisaremotecontrol consolethatprovidesagraphicaluserinterfa ceforoscilloscopesetup,waveforminspectio n, ,LXI,GPIB,LSIB, ,ScopeExplorerisaconnectivitytoolthatint erfaceslegacymodelTeledyneLeCroyoscillos copes( ,LCxxx,LTxxx,93xx) : ,youmayeither:lConnecttheoscilloscopetoa LANportorhubusingastraightEthernet(ENET) cablelConnecttheoscilloscopedirectlytoth econtrollerusingacrossovercableorastraig htcablecapableofdirectionalswitching(mos tmodern,standardENET cablesdothis).
6 Tip:Ifyouareconcernedmainlywithsystemthr oughput, , , >UtilitiesSetup> , (coaxialorstraightENET)connections, :ToaccesstheWindowscontrolpanel,chooseFi le>MinimizeorgotoUtilities>UtilitiesSetu p> :lVICP,forwhichyouselecttheTCP/IPremotec ontrolsettinglVXI-11,forwhichyouselectth eLXIremotecontrolsetting1-5 MAUIO scilloscopesRemoteControlandAutomationMa nualConnectingwithVICPTheTCP/IP(VICP) :LabVIEW programmersshouldusetheTCP/IP(VICP) , , , >UtilitiesSetup>RemoteandchooseTCP/IP(VI CP).Recordtheinstrument' ,theproprietaryprotocolusedbytheTCP/IP(V ICP) ,EOI,Clear, : :MakingtheRemoteConnectionVICPH eadersTheformatoftheheadersentbeforeeach datablockofaVICP transmission,bothtoandfromtheinstrument, issetoutinthefollowingtable:ByteNumberPu rpose0 Operation1 HeaderVersion2 SequenceNumber*3 Spare(reservedforfutureexpansion)4 BlockLength,(bytesofdata),MSB5 BlockLength(bytesofdata)6 BlockLength(bytesofdata)7 BlockLength,(bytesofdata),LSB* discardunreadresponse (zeroisomittedintentionally).
7 VICPO perationBitsOperationbitsareasfollows:Da taBitMnemonicPurposeD7 DATAD atablock(D0indicatesterminationwith/with outEOI)D6 REMOTER emoteModeD5 LOCKOUTL ocalLockout(Lockoutfrontpanel)D4 CLEARD eviceClear(ifsentwithdata,clearoccursbef oredatablockispassedtoparser)D3 SRQSRQ(DevicetoPConly)D2 SERIALPOLLR equestaserialpollD1 ReservedReservedforfutureexpansionD0 EOIB lockterminatedinEOIL ogic1=useEOIterminatorLogic0=noEOItermin atorVISAA ddressingCodestringssuchas"TCPIP::<IPaddress>::1861::SOCKET" ,andallowancesmustbemadetotrapsituations whereatransferisnotcomplete, "TCPIP::<IPaddress>..",use"VICP::<IPaddress>" , ,beyondtheLXIrequirementsfordiscoveryand executionofsimple*IDN?
8 #,LXI(VXI-11) (VXI-11). , , , >UtilitiesSetup>RemoteandchooseLXI(VXI-1 1). ' ,triggers, (notall) , :NI-VISA isalwaysrequiredfortheUSBTMC , , >UtilitiesSetup> ,orGPIB, ,TeledyneLeCroy' , , :Donotinstallthird-partyGPIB driversoftwareonTeledyneLeCroyoscillosco pes; driverdesignedtooperateontheinstrumentis includedwithyouroscilloscope' , ' , , , :C:\Programfiles\LeCroy\XStream\Drivers_ X86(orX64)\ , , ,gotoUtilities>UtilitiesSetup> ,modifytheoscilloscope' :MakingtheRemoteConnectionConnectingviaL SIBTheLeCroySerialInterfaceBus,orLSIB,is aproprietarystandardforhigh-speeddatatra nsferfromtheoscilloscopewithspeedsupto32 5 ,USBTMC,andGPIB,theLSIBAPI isgearedtowardwaveformanddatatransferand doesnotprovideformanyothercommonremoteco ntrolfunctionssuchasremotesetup,"hardcop y"screencapture, ,factory-installedinterfaceonWavePro,Wav eMaster, , ' ,theonlineLSIBAPI( ),canbefoundin:C.
9 \ProgramFiles\LeCroy\XStream\LSIB\DocsOs cilloscopeSetUpOntheoscilloscope,gotoUti lities>UtilitiesSetup> , ' (DCOM) "locally."Inordertoaccesstheoscilloscope 'sobjecthierarchywithoutActiveDSOoraVISA driver,ortouseXStreamBrowserremotely, :DCOM ispre-configuredonWaveSurfer3000oscillos copes, , , ,includingcreatinguseraccounts(ifrequire d). ,gototheWindowsdesktop, , , , ,enter0forTransactiontimeout, ,HDOseries,MDAs,WaveRunner8000s, > :GotoStart>ControlPanel>UserAccounts> :GotoStart>Settings>Accounts> ,Addauser("Anotherworkorfamilyuser") ,enter0forTransactiontimeout, ,navigatetoComponentServices>Computers>M yComputer> , , (DCOM-In), >Shutdown>LogOff, >Run, :IfRunisnotinyourStartmenu, > , , , >ControlPanel> , , ,makethefollowingsettings,thenclickOK:lN ame:DCOMlPortnumber:135 >ControlPanel> , , ,eachPCuserthatistosendAutomationcommand stotheoscilloscopemusthaveacorresponding useraccountontheoscilloscope, , > >Run.
10 IfRunisnotinyourStartmenu, , ,right-clickonMyComputer, ,selectEnableDistributedCOMonthiscompute r, , :lIfthePCandoscilloscopeareonthesameNTdo main, , , ,expandMyComputer> ,underLaunchandActivationPermissionssele ctCustomize, :lIfthePCandoscilloscopeareonthesameNTdo main, , , ,underAccessPermissions, >ShutDown> (DCOM).IftheDCOM connectionisproperlyconfigured, :WaveSurfer3000usersshouldinsteadinstall theWaveStudiosoftware, ,testthatyoucan"see" , , , ' , "Alive." ,afterabrieftimeoutanentryisaddedtoMySco peExplorerindicatingtheselecteddeviceis" Dead." , , :PING isagoodwaytocheckthenetworkconnection,bu titdoesn' ,type:ping<IP_address>where<IP_address> ,theIPaddressusedforthedestination(theos cilloscope)isincorrectornotwithinthesubn etmaskofthehost' (RCA)featureofMAUI oscilloscopesmaintainsalogofremotecontro lcommandsreceivedandresponsesissued(whic hwouldincludeAutomationcontrolssentwithi ntheVBScommand), :Off,ErrorsOnly, (thedefault),theRCAwillkeepalogofanymist akesinthecommandsreceived, , >UtilitiesSetup> (CHLP)andCOMM_HELP_LOG(CHL).
