Manual

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
iv ISSUED: February 2005 WM-RCM-E Rev D
Timing and Synchronization................................................................................................27
STATUS REGISTERS.........................................................................................................28
SYNCHRONIZING WITH *OPC? AND WAIT .....................................................................29
CHAPTER THREE: CONTROL BY LAN ...........................................................32
Introduction...........................................................................................................................33
IMPLEMENTATION STANDARD ........................................................................................33
CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................33
Connecting the Instrument to its Host................................................................................33
SCOPE REAR PANEL ........................................................................................................34
ETHERNET CONNECTION................................................................................................34
HEADERS FOR LAN DATA TRANSFERS..........................................................................34
MANUAL SETTING OF LAN ADDRESS.............................................................................36
MAKING PHYSICAL CONNECTION ..................................................................................38
NETWORK CONNECTION.................................................................................................39
Introduction to Software Tools............................................................................................40
Using ActiveDSO...................................................................................................................40
CONTROL INSTANTIATION...............................................................................................40
CHAPTER FOUR: UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE WAVEFORMS...................50
Know Your Waveform...........................................................................................................51
LOGICAL DATA BLOCKS ...................................................................................................51
INSPECT WAVEFORM CONTENTS ..................................................................................52
USE THE WAVEFORM QUERY .........................................................................................54
INTERPRET VERTICAL DATA ...........................................................................................57
CALCULATE A DATA POINT’S HORIZONTAL POSITION.................................................58
USE THE WAVEFORM COMMAND...................................................................................60
Transfer Waveforms at High Speed ....................................................................................61
CHAPTER FIVE: CHECK WAVEFORM STATUS ..............................................62
Use Status Registers ............................................................................................................63
OVERVIEW .........................................................................................................................63
STATUS BYTE REGISTER (STB) ......................................................................................65
STANDARD EVENT STATUS REGISTER (ESR)...............................................................65
STANDARD EVENT STATUS ENABLE REGISTER (ESE)................................................66
SERVICE REQUEST ENABLE REGISTER (SRE).............................................................66
PARALLEL POLL ENABLE REGISTER (PRE)...................................................................66
INTERNAL STATE CHANGE STATUS REGISTER (INR) ..................................................66
INTERNAL STATE CHANGE ENABLE REGISTER (INE)..................................................67
COMMAND ERROR STATUS REGISTER (CMR) .............................................................67
DEVICE DEPENDENT ERROR STATUS REGISTER (DDR) ............................................67
EXECUTION ERROR STATUS REGISTER (EXR) ............................................................67
USER REQUEST STATUS REGISTER (URR)...................................................................67