Tektronix How to Activate e*Scope(TM) Application Note User manual

Control your TDS3000B Series Oscilloscope over the Internet:

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How to Activate e*Scope

1.) Assign your oscilloscope an IP address. The
address should contain 4 sets of up to three
numbers, separated by periods (i. e.

128.181.240.94). Ask your organization’s network
administrators for an address.

Figure 1. TDS3000B IP address menu. From your oscilloscope’s front
panel, then select menu options in this order: Utility, System, I/O,
Ethernet Network Settings, Change Instrument Settings.

2.) If your PC is connected to the Internet and your
oscilloscope and PC are on the same side of your
company’s firewall, select either Method 1 or 2.

To control your TDS3000 B through its gr aph ic al us er
interface, click the Control tab at the top of the browser
window. When you click this ta b, your oscilloscope will
retrieve the Control Page from http://www.tektronix.com
(see figure 4). The Control page is cached on your Web
browser, your connection with the Tektronix web site
ends, and commands and data go directly between your
PC and oscilloscope.

Method 2: Advanced control option

From your browser, go to http://connect.tek.com/escope.
Enter your oscilloscope’s IP address (see f igur e 3) . This
will take you to the e*Scope home page housed in your
oscilloscope. Click the Control tab at the top of the page.
Your oscilloscope will then r etr ie ve the Co ntr ol pag e, as
described in the previous paragraph (see figur e 4). The
Control page reproduces the oscilloscope’s graphical
user interface.

Method 1: Basic control option

Enter your oscillosc ope’s IP address into your Web
browser window. This will take you to the e*Scope home
page housed in your oscilloscope. Click on the Data tab
at the top of the page. From the Data page you ca n type
in commands and control the oscilloscope (see figure 2).

Figure 2. Data page housed on your TDS3000B oscilloscope. Type
commands here. Or go into the Control Tab to download your
oscilloscope’s graphical user interface.

Figure 3. http://connect.tek.com/escope.

Figure 4. Control page from www.tektronix.com/escope cached on
your Internet browser. Using your mouse or computer keyboard, you
can control your oscilloscope

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3.) If your PC and oscilloscope are on opposite sides of
your organization’s f ir ewall, see your network
administrator to find a suitable solution. The
methods described here are com monly used.

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) makes the
external PC appear as if it is attached to the internal
enterprise LAN. This a ll ows your network
administrators to supervise and control the
connection between your oscilloscope and the
external computer.

A Reverse Proxy makes the oscilloscope look like it
is outside the firewall. To the external PC, the
oscilloscope appears to be on the Internet at a
special URL.

The Port Forwa rd ing approach forwards the port for
the server outside the f ire wall. The os c il losco pe’s IP
address becomes the IP addr es s of the gateway. In
some cases, you will need to change the
oscilloscope’s http port number to one other than its
default 80 to prevent conflicts with other Web
servers with the same default gateway address.

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