Teledyne LeCroy WaveAce 1000_2000 Remote Control - Manual (Page 5)

Operator's Manual
Part I: Introduction to Remote Control
About This Manual
This manual includes a complete list of the command you’ll need to perform most WaveAce® 1000 and
2000 operations remotely.
Part I is an introduction to remote control and remote command syntax.
Part II lists all supported command headers with valid data parameters and values.
About Remote Control
WaveAce 1000 and 2000 series oscilloscopes can be controlled remotely through a USBTMC or TCP/IP
(LAN) interface. USB control is a standard feature on all WaveAce devices; TCP/IP control is standard on
WaveAce 2000 devices only.
Remote control is accomplished through the exchange of program messages between the oscilloscope
and a controller computer using the selected interface. The USBTMC interface utilizes standard IEEE
488.1 and IEEE 488.2 (GPIB) messages. The TCP/IP interface utilizes Teledyne LeCroy's VICP protocol,
which emulates IEEE 488.2 and includes standard operation bits in a header defined by the VICP
protocol.
All program messages exchanged between the scope and the controller must be formatted according
to these protocols.
See Program Messages (on page 6) for more information about constructing commands and queries
for control programs. The supported commands are listed in Commands and Queries by Subsystem
(on page 12) and Command and Queries by Name (Alphabetical) (on page 15), and are detailed in the
Command Reference section of this manual.
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