Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Eric Norum <[email protected]> · Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:27:37 -0700

The specification sheet for the WaveSurfer scope (http://www.lecroy.com/files/pdf/LeCroy_WaveSurfer_XS-a_Specs.pdf) claims LXI compliance -- which implies VXI-11 does it not?

On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Davidsaver, Michael wrote:

> All,
> 
> I am looking at a Lecroy wavesurfer scope which is capable of remote
> control via. a tcp protocol.  The protocol is basically ascii text, but
> is grouped into frames with an 8 byte header.  The header has some bits
> for things like EOI and SRQ and a 32-bit size field.  Basically, this is
> a simpler (primitive?) way to accomplish the same thing as VXI-11.
> 
> I haven't done more then read about asyn, but it seems like what I would
> want to do is create an adapter which uses a tcp client port and
> implements a gpib port.  What I don't know is: how complicated/difficult
> would this be?
> 
> http://www.lecroy.com/tm/library/manuals/X-Stream_Scopes/RemoteControlMa
> nual/WM-RCM-E_Rev_D.pdf
> 
> See chapter 3 "Control by LAN"
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael Davidsaver
> NSLSII Controls Group
> Brookhaven National Lab
> 
> 

-- 
Eric Norum
[email protected]

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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