GW Instek GDS-3000 Series Freewave User Manual - Manual (Page 3)

Getting started
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ETTING STARTED
Freewave supports the GDS-1000-U, GDS-1000A-U, GDS-2000A and
GDS-3000 series oscilloscopes and is freely available to all customers.
Freewave can transfer full screen images, video, or waveform data
from an oscilloscope to a PC via a USB connection. The software
display is updated in real-time from the host oscilloscope. Images
and movie clips can also be saved onto the PC. Images can be
printed directly to a printer.
For data analysis, Freewave is able to capture raw waveform data
from the oscilloscope and display it on the PC screen. Waveforms
can be saved in CSV format to be reused in other applications.
Freewave can also record long memory or standard memory length
waveforms with the GDS-1000A-U and GDS-2000A series.
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Overview
Applicable
oscilloscope • GDS-1000-U
• GDS-1000A-U
• GDS-2000A
• GDS-3000
Applicable OS • Windows XP (32 bit)
• Windows Vista (32 bit)
• Windows 7 (32 bit, 64 bit)
• Windows 8 (32 bit, 64 bit)
Main features • Updates the oscilloscope display in real-time,
allowing remote observation.
• Virtual Panel operation
• Records oscilloscope images.
• Records video clips to a PC (GDS-1000-U and
GDS-1000A-U only)
• Captures digital waveform data in CSV format.
CSV is viewable and editable in most
spreadsheet applications. (standard and long
record lengths)
• Automatically loads remote commands,
supports command lists, running commands
and saving results to a PC.
• Supports fast USB 2.0 connections and captures
the oscilloscope display in almost real-time.
• Automatically recognizes the oscilloscope
hardware and configures the channel number
and remote control commands accordingly.
• Prints out snapshots of the oscilloscope display.
Inverting the background color is also available.