Lecroy LTXXX-RCM-E-Rev-B User Manual

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Part One of the manual explains how Waverunner operates under remote control. It covers GPIB and
RS-232-C interfaces, the transferand formatting of waveforms, and the use of status bytes in reporting
errors.

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C HAPTER O NE:

In thischap te r, see ho w

To constr uct pr ogr ammessages
To use comm an ds and queries
To include data, an d mak e data strin gs
Touse ScopeExplorer  for remote control

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Oper ate W aver unn erbyRem ote Con tro l

Yo ucan fu llycontrol yo u r Waverunne r oscilloscopere m ote lyby usingeither th eGPIB (Gene ral Purpose
Inte rfaceBus) port or the RS-232-C comm u n ica tion po rt on thescoperea r pan e l, show n be lo w. The only
actions for which you must usethe front panel controls are the pow e ring up of the scope and these tting of
remote addresses. Use L eCroy’s ScopeExplorer software as the ideal interface between scope and PC (see page

11).

RS-232-C Port

Centronics Port

PowerInputBN C SignalOutput

External Monitor Port

PC Card Slot

(Mem o ry/ Hard-Diskcard )

GPIB Port

Waverunner back panel, including the G PI B and R S - 2 32-C port s us ed in remote cont rol.

: U se Waverunner Remote Control Assistant to monitor all your remote control oper ations. See the

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COMM_HELP

command in Part T wo of this manual, and Chapter 12 of the

Op e r ato r’s Man ual

,“Use

Waverunner with PC” .

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