GW Instek GDS-3000 Series Freewave User Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
G etting started ................................................. 5
Overview ............................................................................. 6
Types of Operations ............................................................ 7
Monitoring the Oscilloscope Display .................................... 7
Standard Memory Length Data Capture ................................ 8
Remote Controlling the Oscilloscope .................................. 11
Long Memory Length Data Capture .................................... 11
I nstalling Freewave ......................................... 13
Required Equipment .......................................................... 13
Install Required Software .................................................. 15
Installation Steps .............................................................. 16
Installing the Software Package ........................................... 16
Connecting the Oscilloscope and Verifying Connectivity ... 20
Manually Installing the USB Driver ..................................... 22
Repairing/Uninstalling Freewave ....................................... 26
M onitoring the Oscilloscope .......................... 27
Viewing the Oscilloscope Display Contents ....................... 28
Viewing the Oscilloscope Virtual Panel ............................. 30
Taking a Snapshot of Display Contents .............................. 32
Taking a Video Clip of the Display Contents(GDS-1000-U
and GDS-1000A-U only) .................................................... 33
Printing Out Display Contents ........................................... 34
S hort Memory Data Capture ........................... 35
Viewing Oscilloscope Waveforms ...................................... 35
Saving Waveform Data....................................................... 40
Recalling Waveform Data ................................................... 41
U sing the Commands ..................................... 42
Preparing a Command List ................................................ 42
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Configuring and Running the Commands .......................... 45
Saving a Command List and its Result ............................... 47
L ong Memory Data Capture (GDS-2000A/ GDS-
1000A-U Only) ............................................... 48
Viewing Long Memory Oscilloscope Waveforms ................ 48
Saving Waveform Data ....................................................... 51
Recalling Waveform Data ................................................... 52