Teledyne LeCroy Automation API for Teledyne LeCroy PETracer_PETrainer - Manual (Page 6)

Teledyne LeCroy Automation API for PETracer/PETrainer
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1 Introduction
Teledyne LeCroy’s PETracer™ software provides a rich, functional COM/Automation API to the most
important functionalities of the Teledyne LeCroy PETracer Protocol Analyzer and Teledyne LeCroy PETrainer™
Exerciser. This makes it a great tool for implementation of automated programs for complicated testing,
development, and debugging. The "dual" nature of the interfaces provided makes it easy to use the PETracer
COM API in different IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) supporting the COM architecture.
A special support for typeless script languages, like VB and JavaScript, while overriding some restrictions
imposed by script engines (remote access, dynamic object creation, and handling events), gives the opportunity
to write client applications very quickly and easily. One does not require significant programming skills nor
installing expensive and powerful programming language systems. All these features, along with the ability to
set up all necessary DCOM permissions during the installation process, make the Teledyne LeCroy PETracer
an attractive tool in automating and speeding up many engineering processes.
1.1 System Requirements
The Automation API was introduced with the following release: PETracer software 4.10. This document
covers the functionality available in PETracer 4.00
1.2 Support Resources
As new functionalities are added to the API, not all of them are supported by older versions of the
PETracer software. For newer releases of PETracer software, please refer to the Teledyne LeCroy web site:
www.teledynelecroy.com
1.3 Setting Up Automation for Local Use
If you intend to run Automation on the PETracer/PETrainer Host Controller (i.e., the PC attached to the
PETracer/PETrainer), you do not need to perform any special configuration. You can simply execute the scripts
or programs you have created and they run the analyzer. In order to use the PETracer COM API, the application
should be registered as a COM server in a system registry. This is done during the installation process.
1.4 Setting Up Automation for Remote Use
If you would like to access PETracer remotely over a network, you should install the PETracer application
on both server and client machine and accept enabling remote access option during the installation. You can
also perform a manual DCOM configuration.