Manual

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C HAPTER O NE Overview
Operate Your Instrument by Remote Control
You can fully control your instrument remotely by using either the optional GPIB (General Purpose Interface
Bus) port, if available, or the LAN communication port on the scope's I/O panel, shown below (8). The only
actions for which you must use the front panel controls are to power up the scope and to set remote control
addresses.
Typical I/O panel, including the LAN port (8) used for remote control
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: Use the instrument's Remote Control Assistant to monitor all your remote control
operations. See the COMM_HELP command in Part Two of this manual.”
STANDARDS
LeCroy’s remote control commands conform to the GPIB IEEE 488.2
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standard. This may be considered an
extension of the IEEE 488.1 standard, which deals mainly with electrical and mechanical issues.
COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER LECROY SCOPES
Throughout LeCroy's history, the company has striven to maximize compatibility. This policy continues to
operate. But the X-Stream DSOs introduce a completely new philosophy in scope communication, enabling the
scopes to control powerful proprietary programs within the instrument and within the processing chain. You
may find that a few “GPIB” commands, used for the earlier scopes, do not work on X-Stream scopes. The
solution is to use the new Automation commands, which are described in Chapter 6. It is easy to integrate these
commands into a GPIB program, using the command VBS. But you should find that for the most frequently
used commands and queries, existing scopes and X-Stream scopes are compatible, apart from a few details.
*ANSI/IEEE Std. 488.2–1987, IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols, and Common Commands. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 345
East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 USA