Command "Channel" of Tektronix 210 Oscilloscope

[CowCow]

"Hi all,
I am now developing the control program of Tektronix
210 oscilloscope. However, I cant find the control command " channel" ( as I want to control the use of chanel 1/2, Can anyone help me to solve the problem?
thanks a lot"

[Randy Solomonson]

Hello-

The User's Manual for the IVI Driver Toolkit (http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/321629b.pdf), goes into detail about channels on page 5-6.

The IVI Driver Toolkit comes with features like Extended NI-Spy (Spies on IVI calls), Soft-Front Panels and Class Simulation Drivers.

Randy Solomonson
Application Engineer
National Instruments

[Mark_Ireton]

Hi,

You didn't say what you are trying to do with the channel, but I'm guessing that you are trying to turn the channel on/off for the display. You've probably already figured out that the channel name is passed as a parameter for the channel configuration functions. I don't think IVI supports control of the channel display. However, you can send a text command to the TDS210 using VISA functions. The information you need can be found in the programmers manual, available for download at www.tektronix.com (look under Support). I've extracted the relevant information below.

Mark
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SELect:
Controls the display of waveforms. This command is equivalent to turning a waveform on or off from the oscilloscope front panel.

Syntax:
S
ELect: { OFF | ON }

OFF turns off the display of the specified waveform.
ON turns on the display of the specified waveform.
can be CH,MATH,or REF,y>

EXAMPLE: SELECT:CH2 ON
displays channel 2.

[CowCow]

Hi,
I feel appreciated and thankful so much on your help. Thanks, all problem has been solved. I can demostrate my final year project to my supervisor already! thanks for help so much!

[Australia]

hi I am trying to read 2 channel reading from my Tektronix TDS224 oscillscope using Labview, but I only manage to obtain reading from one channel at one time using serial poll, please let me know if there is any reference which I could get for 2 channel reading? Thanks.