GW Instek GDS-1000A Series Freewave user manual - Manual (Page 3)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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 Microsoft .Net (full version 4.0 or later)and Visual
C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) ............................ 14
Installation Steps .............................................................. 15
Installing the Software Package ........................................... 15
Connecting the Oscilloscope and Verifying Connectivity ... 19
Manually Installing the USB Driver ..................................... 21
Repairing/Uninstalling Freewave ....................................... 25
M onitoring the Oscilloscope .......................... 26
Viewing the Oscilloscope Display Contents ....................... 27
Viewing the Oscilloscope Virtual Panel ............................. 29
Taking a Snapshot of Display Contents .............................. 31
Taking a Video Clip of the Display Contents(GDS-1000-U
and GDS-1000A-U only) .................................................... 32
Printing Out Display Contents ........................................... 33
S hort Memory Data Capture ........................... 34
Viewing Oscilloscope Waveforms ...................................... 34
Saving Waveform Data ...................................................... 39
Recalling Waveform Data ................................................... 40
U sing the Commands .................................... 41