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WCA230A & WCA280A Programmer Manual
Using TekVISA
TekVISA is Tektronix implementation of VISA (Virtual Instrument Software
Architecture), an industry-standard communication protocol. It allows you to
write programs using the WCA200A Series SCPI command set to control the
instrument through interfaces besides the built-in IEEE 488.2 port. Programs are
written to execute on the local or remote controller. The WCA200A Series
implementation of TekVISA includes a subset of the TekVISA functionality
offered on Tektronix oscilloscopes. The Virtual GPIB (GPIB8), GPIB, and LAN
(VXI-11 protocol) interfaces are supported, but not the ASRL interface.
NOTE
. The details on TekVISA concepts and operations are explained in the
TekVISA Programmer Manual.
Refer to
Installing TekVISA
described below for
accessing the files.
Be aware of the following points:
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If TekVISA is not installed or has not been activated, and you select
TekVISA as the connection mode, the instrument still attempts to connect to
TekVISA. This does not hang up the instrument, but the GPIB port is taken
off-line until you select GPIB Port as the connection mode again.
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Applications which are designed to execute locally on the instrument need to
share the Windows processor with the measurement calculation software of
the analyzer. If the controller application is very compute-intensive, it will
slow down the analyzer application significantly.
The TekVISA tools are not installed when you receive the instrument.
Use the following procedure to install the tools.
To use TekVISA, these conditions must be satisfied:
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Windows XP is used as the instrument’s operating system.
Instruments using Windows 98SE must be upgraded to Windows XP for
TekVISA to operate properly.
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A TekVISA-compatible version of the analyzer application is installed and
running on the instrument. Version must be greater than 3.00.000.
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TekVISA is installed on the instrument. Version 2.03 is recommended.
Installing TekVISA
Summary of Contents for WCA230A
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Page 25: ...Syntax and Commands...
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Page 92: ...CALCulate Commands 2 66 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 100: ...CALibration Commands 2 74 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 114: ...CONFigure Commands 2 88 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 270: ...DISPlay Commands 2 244 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 320: ...FETCh Commands 2 294 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 326: ...HCOPy Commands 2 300 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 330: ...INITiate Commands 2 304 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 350: ...MMEMory Commands 2 324 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 356: ...PROGram Commands 2 330 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 396: ...READ Commands 2 370 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 554: ...SENSe Commands 2 528 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 562: ...STATus Commands 2 536 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 572: ...SYSTem Commands 2 546 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 578: ...TRACe Commands 2 552 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 594: ...TRIGger Commands 2 568 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
Page 598: ...Retrieving Response Message 2 572 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
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Page 668: ...Appendix E SCPI Conformance Information E 4 WCA230A WCA280A Programmer Manual...
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