Displaying the contents of an instrument internal hard drives

[PReitano]

I am using LabView 7 to control an Arbitrary Waveform Generator AWG710B. 
The instrument itself has an internal hard drives to store waveforms.
Is there any way that I can view the contents of the internal hard drive in my program.
Just like using the file path control and clicking on the folder icon to display the directories and the contents on your computer.

[Ray.R]

The Tektronics Arbitrary Waveform Generator AWG710B has an Ethernet ( 10/100Base-T )  interface and runs Windows (2K or XP) in the background.  You should be able to connect the generator to the network.  You can use the Map Network Drive to assign a drive letter to the instrument over the network.  Afterwards, you can browse the hard drive as you normally would with any network drive or on your own PC.

Ray

[Dennis_Knutson]

That sort of thing is completely dependent on the vendor making such a command available. You will need to look at the programming manual to see if it exists. If there is, you could make a custom Boolean control that when pressed, your program issues the GPIB command and displays the results in a string indicator or tree control.

Ray,

That information makes a big difference. I've used scopes that are essentially a pc with DAQ boards but didn't know Tek was making an arb like that too. Cool.

Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 10-31-2005 11:42 AM

[Ray.R]

Yes,  intruments are becoming more and more PC-like... Just as PC's are becoming more like instruments... 😉

Ethernet interface used to be at a premium.  Looks like it is now a basic feature.  Makes life way more simple.

I forget what key sequence shifts from the main screen to the OS.  Something like [Alt-TAB], or [Ctrl-X].

The Tek Rep would know.  Looks like most instruments are going that way. 

Ray

Message Edited by JoeLabView on 10-31-2005 03:46 PM

[Dennis_Knutson]

Yeah, I remember when Agilent first came out with their Infinium scopes. After years of hearing NI's statement "The software is the instrument" being put down and you couldn't do a decent job of data acquisition with a pc based platform, I just couldn't help but laugh a littel.

[PReitano]

Thank you both for helping me out.  I will give your replies a try and keep you posted.