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Robert763:

--- Quote from: Vince on June 28, 2022, 08:46:55 pm ---<SNIP>
But yeah if the computer is close to the scope it's OK to transfer via a cable be it GPIB or serial.
Don't know if the old HP MSO can transfer screen capture files via RS232, will need to have a look in the manual. That would be cool if it could.

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Of course it can. I use the HPAK Bench Link software
https://www.keysight.com/gb/en/lib/software-detail/computer-software/download-benchlink-xl-54600-software-version-2-1000000922epsgsud.html
https://www.keysight.com/gb/en/assets/9018-06303/quick-start-guides/9018-06303.pdf

It transfers data as well as images.
There are other options see
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hp54645d-print-screen-via-rs232/

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: Neomys Sapiens on June 28, 2022, 08:15:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on June 28, 2022, 05:41:47 am ---

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/the-non-linear-plasma-reactor/msg4265899/#msg4265899

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Is this hairy-brained guy by any chance related to the notorious Ivor Catt? His persistence strikes me as very similar!

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I remember reading a hilarous series of comments on something Ivor Catt contributed to "Wireless World" by "Ouida Dogg", "Weiver-Mowse" & one other, which has been lost in the mists of time, or my failing memory, or whatever.

Ice-Tea:
Free. Just pay for shipping.

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: mansaxel on June 29, 2022, 05:25:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Vince on June 28, 2022, 08:46:55 pm ---
Plus Floppies are more convenient to carry your files with you and then go to computer, or some body else's in another office, and load your files there. Portability.


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Floppies are an electromechanical part that is unreliable.

Transfering one 1.4MiB floppy worth of data over 115200 serial is going to take 102 seconds, if my maths is less broken than usual. In 1 minute 42 seconds, the "convenience" of carrying the file via sneakernet (execute copy command, unmount floppy, get to instrument, retrieve disk, move disk, insert disk, mount disk, copy files out of it) is going to be beaten. For trivial things like a file in the 10s of KiB, serial is so much faster it's silly.

Besides, RS-232 is soo archaic today (except where it isn't; I use serial console at work every week, at least) that it carries its own aura de cool with it.

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In my last job before retiring, the Spectrum Analyser had all sorts of sexy connections to allow a remote PC to command various functions, but there was no way to send screen shots back the other direction.

Instead, it had a floppy drive.
The PC in my office, on which I was producing a file showing the frequency response of all the transmitter constituent RF amplifier modules which added together in parallel to obtain 1kW output, did not have a floppy drive, so the easiest method was to put the floppies in the drive of the Workshop PC, copy them to a USB thumbdrive, take the thumbdrive upstairs, insert it in the office PC, copy it to the file, type in any commentary, save, then return to the Workshop.

McBryce:

--- Quote from: dl6lr on June 28, 2022, 07:01:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: McBryce on June 28, 2022, 07:41:36 am ---So I printed the PH-163 casing. Fit's perfectly and seems relatively safe to use, but the creator neglected to mention which terminals he used. Has anyone an idea what terminals would fit the PH-163 pins? Or what terminals these are in his picture? https://3dmixers.com/m/268285-ph-163-connector-hp-oval-

McBryce.

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I remember the one from Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4862134 and it mentions TE model 633381-1.

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 :( Just called my Tyco rep to get some samples sent over and he says they are out of stock with no set date for new production.

McBryce.

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