I am trying to collect a hardcopy from a Tektronix TDS 220 oscilloscope using GPIB and Labview.

[eric 206]

I am trying to collect a hardcopy from a Tektronix TDS 220 oscilloscope. I am using GPIB through Labview. I have checked the Tektronix website and I have also browsed the support forums here, but I am stuck. The oscilloscope sends a BMP file over the GPIB, but I am having trouble receiving the file in Labview. Somebody said to use the IBRDF command, but I am not familiar with how one would use this command in Labview. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Eric

[lucas51]

This only FYI.
when GPIB gets the hardcopy, there might be Oscilloscope command that tell LabVIEW to store the BMP file to somewhere in your machine. I am not sure LabVIEW can read and present the BMP file. I did not use file I/O before. You can eather check those file I/O functions or you find the file stored in your machine and open it with other SW such as PP MS Photo editor etc.

[Keith_Fuller]

"eric" wrote in message
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> I am trying to collect a hardcopy from a Tektronix TDS 220
> oscilloscope. I am using GPIB through Labview. I have checked the
> Tektronix website and I have also browsed the support forums here, but
> I am stuck. The oscilloscope sends a BMP file over the GPIB, but I am
> having trouble receiving the file in Labview. Somebody said to use the
> IBRDF command, but I am not familiar with how one would use this
> command in Labview. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> Eric

I've found the VISA driver works OK without having to go to low-level GPIB
commands. Try the 'Getting Started 2.vi'
ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/instr_drivers/labview/windows/current/library/gpib/
tktds
2xx.zip

Good luck

Keith Fuller