Hello all,
I'm trying to interface with a Lecroy HDO 9404 oscilloscope.
So far I've drawn an almost complete blank.
- First tried on Linux using USBTMC or Ethernet connection, sending SCPI, VICP or LXI commands, but nothing worked (for some unknown reason I do not see port 1861 as open)
- Then tried on Windows where NI-MAX sees it and assign a Visa address via USBTMC or ethernet (both work). The most I've managed to do so far is a viWrite ("*IDN?") with the proper reply. Yeah!
I haven't found ANY info on the SCPI commands this model accepts and instead it says to use a different protocol (MAUI ? VICP passport ? VBS ? ActiveDSO ? Automation ? I'm not clear what those are yet).
Anyway, before diving into a new protocol from scratch I wanted to see if I could use a higher level IVI driver. I found one on the LeCroy site that seems to support Series 6000 but when doing an IviScope_ini I get a "The session name or logical name could not be resolved to a session or driver session." if I give it a Via string or an alias name, and "Unknown status code" if I give it an IVI logical name.
More specifically I've defined a new IVI driver logical name "MyIviScope", using Driver session "lcScope", which itself uses the software "lcscope" (LeCroyScope.LecroyScope, lcscope.dll, IviDriver 1.0, IviScope 3.0, WaveMaster, WaveSurfer, WavePro, WaveRunner, HornetRunner, HornetSurfer, JarvikRunner, JarvikSurfer, Falcon, Hawk, Magellan, WaveExpert, SuperJet, Yater4000, Yater6000 [how do they come up with those names, honestly?!?]). It uses the proper hardware asset.
So my questions:
- is there an IVI driver for this scope ?
- is there any chance to use this IVI driver on this scope ?
- if not, is there any chance to modify it ? (don't know if source code is available)
- if not, what's the best course of action (which protocol should I choose when calling from LabWindows/CVI) ?
- or maybe I got something wrong with my config
Thanks