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TDS 3034B timeing out using VISA Ethernet control

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I am trying to control a Tektronix TDS 3034B oscilloscope over Ethernet. I have set up the scope in Measurement & Automation Explorer and am able to open a VISA session using the "Validate" button. However, when I use VISA test panel to write "*IDN?\n" and read the reply, I get the following:

 

HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n
\r\n
HTTP/1.1 501 Method Not Implemented.  Expecting GET, HEAD, or POST.\n\r
\n
Date: MON AUG 30 10:46:16 2010\r\n
Pragma: no-cache\r\n
MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n
Connection: close\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
\r\n
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Not Implemented</TITLE></HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">\r\n
<H2>501 - Not Implemented</H2><P>Method Not Implemented.  Expecting GET, HEAD, or POST.\n\r
\n
</BODY></HTML>\r\n

 

and return status xBFFF003E.

 

Does anyone know what this means? I've been unable to use the TDS 3000 driver I downloaded from NI and I think this is part of the problem.

 

Thanks,

 

Ricardo

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Did you select VXI-11 or RAW? I'm not sure which method the scope supports. I would hope the manual would explain but since there are only three options for a network device, you can quickly try all and see if you get better results.

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Thanks for the reply. The problem was fixed by selecting VXI-11 instead of RAW.

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