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Save a screen capture and a waveform file remotely with a scope.

Question asked by gmaturana on Mar 1, 2016
Latest reply on Mar 21, 2016 by algoss

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Hi,
I am using Command expert, and I could execute the scripts in Matlab or Excel. It is OK for me.

A task I usually do with my scope (DSOS204a) is to save an screen image and to save a waveform (.tsv).
I managed to perform these tasks using Command Expert but files are save in the Scope.
I would like to get those captures (.png and .txv) in the remote computer, the PC that is running the script.

How could I get an screen capture and a waveform file remotely?

Thanks.

Edited by: gmaturana on Mar 1, 2016 7:27 AM

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algoss Mar 1, 2016 10:28 AM
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Both of these tasks are part of the example programs that are in the manuals and in the help system on the scope. Both involve transferring data (captured or display) from the scope to the PC, then saving them. Those examples are in C (or variants) and Python, but they are easy to figure out.

They are also one of the examples available from the MATLAB File Exchange, available here:
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28887-capturing-a-waveform-from-an-agilent-oscilloscope-over-a-standard-visa-interface

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gmaturana Mar 20, 2016 2:57 PM
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Sorry,
I cannot find the example you talk about in which I get the .png file of the scope screen saved in my computer instead of in the oscilloscope hardisk.
Can you be more specific?

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- algoss @ gmaturana on Mar 21, 2016 7:49 AM
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  I just looked through the example again, and it seems pretty straightforward.
  
  - Set up the scope
  - Capture data
  - Transfer the data to the PC
  - Graph the data
  - Transfer the screen data to the PC (in BMP format)
  - Save the screen data to the PC (in BMP format)
  - Open the saved screen data and display it.
  
  You will have to change the code in a couple of small ways:
  
  - get and save the screen in png format
  - save the scope data (you can do that in any format that you like)
  
  Aside from these things it does exactly what you asked for.
  
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Save a screen capture and a waveform file remotely with a scope.

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