Grabber Software and Tektronix oscope

[Dennis_Knutson]

The Times is probably not the best choice. I'd find out what the local Beaverton paper is. Maybe a retired Tek employee will see it.

Dustin,

I'm not convinced any of the NI forums are appropriate. The only things you have mentioned are a Tek scope and a Tek program. How does National Instruments fit into this equation? Are you using an NI GPIB controller for the scope? If so, what is the model #? Any NI card that would have supported by this very old program would probably have been made obsolete by NI as well.

To repeat a previous suggestion, if you would explain exactly what you are trying to do, someone might be able to provide an alternative. However, unless you are going to purchase LabVIEW, one of the other language boards (CVI, VB, VC++, .NET) or the Instrument Control board would be more suited to follow up questions.

[dust84xx]

My advisor told me to go to the NI website and see if anyone has used the Tek 2201 oscope and Grabber.  So i looked and found nothing, so I tried to search on the forum for some interactive support.
What I am attemting to do, is take a waveform from the 2201 DSO and send it to the computer.  The scope came with a software, grabber, to interface the scope onto the PC screen.  I downloaded the software from TEK website with all the instructions.  There is an error that shows up and not sure how to fix it.  I dont know if the scope is captable with any other software program, since I cant find any updated infor. So I am looking for any help from someone who has used this setup. 
Does this clear up what I need? I know it may be the wrong forum but any suggestions would be great.

[Dennis_Knutson]

The scope is capable of being controlled with a GPIB card in the computer and any programming language you might be able to use. LabVIEW is just one of those progamming languages. Transferring a waveform is a very common task. There are existing examples of LabVIEW code that do that with slightly newer models of Tek scopes. If you can locate the programming/user manual, then it would be a fairly straight forward task to write a program (or modify an existing one) to do this. After locating the manual, you should determine the make and model of the GPIB controller in the pc and then you will have to decide which programming language you want to use. When the driver software for a GPIB controller from NI is installed, there are example programs in a number of different languages that get installed as well. You could also just wait and see if someone eventually responds back with experience with the Grabber program but you may face an impossible task trying to get it to work if you have a new GPIB board from NI and a modern OS. Your choice. If your school has a LabVIEW license, you can get further help here if that is what you decide to use.

[PJS]

looking at the grabber documentation. requirements: 

        Grabber requires an IBM-PC XT/AT, or a fully compatible equivalent personal computer.

      A wide range of display adapters are supported, including CGA, EGA, VGA and Hercules.

I can think of several reasons why this will not work on a modern PC runninng windows 2000+, but lets explore ur hardware setup,
Are you using a serial cable to connect to the scope?  do you have a null modem adapter, or is the cable a crossover cable?