Communication with tektronix scopes with GPIB

[Jryan]

I need to write a program that requests waveform data from a tektronix scope.  I havde a GPIB card on the computer, and the scope has one as well.  Do I use the GPIB functions to communicate, or the VISA functions?  What is the difference?  Where do I go to find the specific command text to send to the scope to specify its settings, and to request the specific data I am looking for?  I have tried Tek's website, but was not successful.  Are there any goog examples of labview code written for this?

[JamesC]

Hi Jryan,

You can probabaly find a GPIB instrument driver for your scope from www.ni.com/idnet
Click on search for drivers and fill in the options as seen in the attached screenshot, then press go.

Follow the instructions on the relevent download pages, to integrate the driver with LabVIEW and then you should get examples to show you how to program the instrument. As well as functions used to program.

Regards
JamesC
NIUK and Ireland