Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Talking_to_LeCroy_Scopes

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Nov 8, 2013, 10:17:54 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Eric Hazen

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Talking_to_LeCroy_Scopes

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+This page is intended to document an EDF effort to provide relatively general
+C++ support for various instruments, including LeCroy (and possibly other brand)
+oscilloscopes, Agilent AWGs and perhaps GPIB instruments such as signal generators
+and VOMs via a GPIB-Ethernet interface.
+
+== LeCroy Oscilloscopes ==
+
+Allegedly one can communicate with LeCroy oscilloscopes over Ethernet.
+This is "easy" if you use Windows and the DLL supplied by LeCroy, however
+here we use mostly linux and prefer not to rely on black-box software.
+
+I am working with a WaveRunner 64xi-A scope.
+
+The scopes as it turns out support two different protocols, and you must select one
+in the remote control configuration menu in the instrument.  One protocol is VICP
+which is proprietary to LeCroy but rather simple.  The other is VXI, which is widely-used
+but more complex.  I have had some success with the sample program supplied with the
+Linux VXI-11 driver linked below.  This seems like a good approach.
+
+* [http://www.lecroy.com/support/techlib/registerpdf.aspx?documentID=5209 LeCroy Remote Control manual]
+* [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/DataSheets/LeCroy/lab_wm827.pdf "Understanding VICP..."]
+* [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/DataSheets/LeCroy/LeCroyVICP1.0.zip LeCroyVICP1.0.zip]
+(see [http://lecroyvicp.sourceforge.net/ Sourceforge link]
+* [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/DataSheets/LeCroy/vxi11.tar.gz vxi11.tar.gz]
+* [https://bitbucket.org/tlatorre/lecrunch LeCrunch!]
+
+== Agilent AWG ==
+
+The Agilent AWG we have is simpler, as it responds directly to SCIP (aka GPIB) commands
+on a TCP server with no additional protocol.  Perhaps VXI is supported also, but I haven''t
+looked in to this.
+
+Here is a very simple program ([http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/Agilent/awg_comm.c awg_comm.c]
+opens a connection to the Agilent AWG and allows the user to enter commands.
+
+* [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/DataSheets/Agilent/81160-91020.pdf Agilent 18860A User Manual]
+