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Title: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 23, 2021, 02:55:40 pm
I have some problems to get the easywavex software to detect my scope.

I want to capture some data from the scope (liberated DSO-x 3014A) and replay it using the arb function in the siglent SDG2122x.
The Siglent is detected in the EasyWaveX software.

I updated quite a bit of the NI-visa software. Perhaps a bit too much?
Both instruments are detected by the VISA interactive control and NI MAX under network devices.

Can anyone give me hints of what to do?

Thanks,

Blue.
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: tautech on March 23, 2021, 03:05:12 pm
It's unlikely you'll get a direct connection from your HPAK DSO to play nice with EasyWaveX so try exporting a CSV from it and try opening/importing that into EasyWaveX.

Edit
Or try a BIN filetype.
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 23, 2021, 04:08:10 pm
I have installed the Keysight connection expert with the iosuite and the scope has red cross through the lan instruments list.
Why?

My other instruments are ok.

(The scope has a LAN card from Gibo. Unfortunately it has no vga output and therefore it gives an error when  the scope startsup. But I can still connect to it using my network.)

I attach a picture here (hopefully that works)

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Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 23, 2021, 04:59:24 pm
After deleting and reinstalling I have the instruments recognised in both NI and Keysight.

See pictuture below:

[attachimg=1]
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 23, 2021, 09:56:51 pm
It's really pain in the ass to get the data out of the keysight scope DSO-X 3014A (liberated) and into the liberated siglent SDG 2042X.

Keysight has only a very old program: https://www.keysight.com/us/en/lib/software-detail/computer-software/intuilink-data-capture-for-keysight-oscilloscopes-896758.html (https://www.keysight.com/us/en/lib/software-detail/computer-software/intuilink-data-capture-for-keysight-oscilloscopes-896758.html)

With an install manual: https://edadocs.software.keysight.com/kkbopen/how-do-i-transfer-waveforms-screen-images-and-measurements-from-my-infiniivision-oscilloscope-to-a-pc-using-intuilink-data-capture-577940565.html (https://edadocs.software.keysight.com/kkbopen/how-do-i-transfer-waveforms-screen-images-and-measurements-from-my-infiniivision-oscilloscope-to-a-pc-using-intuilink-data-capture-577940565.html)

problem is that it only exports 1meg samples, but the scope has 4meg samples.

Import into easywavex uses cvs format with the following structure:

data length,999989
frequency,1000
amp,10
offset,5
phase,0







xpos,value
1,-0.03015
2,-0.03015
3,-0.03015
4,-0.03015
5,-0.03015
6,0.05025
7,-0.03015
8,-0.03015
9,-0.03015
....
999986,8.171
999987,8.171
999988,8.171
999989,8.171

Please do note the 7 empty lines.
How did I find this out? Simply by exporting one of the buildin traces from the software and analyzing that file.

@Siglent, can you make the software less stringent? It cost me a lot of time to reconvert the files into the rightformat. Can you make the software to recognize other scopes as well as your own?

Many thanks,

Blue
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: tautech on March 23, 2021, 10:04:07 pm
Could another SW package like LabVIEW help ?
You can find the SDG drivers here:
https://www.siglenteu.com/service-and-support/firmware-software/waveform-generators/#sdg2000x-series (https://www.siglenteu.com/service-and-support/firmware-software/waveform-generators/#sdg2000x-series)
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 23, 2021, 10:19:15 pm
Perhaps,

But then I have to install labview.
I have somewhere an old version....
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 25, 2021, 01:44:20 pm
There is a free version for home usage called Labview Community Edition 2020.

I installed it as well as the latest labview drivers from SiglentSDGXseries_LabView_Driver_1.0.2.zip
It contains a readme html file refering its contens as version 1.01. Humm.

After doing where to install the files, I get the following error on executing an example:

[attachimg=1]

Something is wrong. What's going on?
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: tautech on March 25, 2021, 01:47:51 pm
0% modulation depth ?  :-//
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 25, 2021, 02:42:53 pm
No that's not it.
See below:

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Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 25, 2021, 02:45:35 pm
different vi
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: tautech on March 26, 2021, 01:06:37 am
I may have an answer from the factory about this very soon.
We are discussing it.
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: tautech on March 26, 2021, 02:58:32 am
Quote from: tautech on March 26, 2021, 01:06:37 am
I may have an answer from the factory about this very soon.
We are discussing it.
A solution from the factory has arrived.
PM sent.
Title: Re: HELP - Problems getting EasyWaveX from siglent to detect keysight scope
Post by: Blue on March 28, 2021, 07:33:10 pm
I can report that the solution works.

A bug report will be send to Siglent and hopefully they will publish the files soon.

If they do, I might be inclined to report more bugs for them to fix - and there are quite a few (upon a fee - I do not want to be an unpaid beta tester).