I have used "WaveStar" extensively in the last few years and I recommend it to engineers who work heavily in the lab to collect waveforms. With your PC connecting to the scope, you can directly drag and drop the waveforms into your report.=20 Ricky -----Original Message----- From: James_R_Jones@xxxxxxxx [mailto:James_R_Jones@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:26 AM To: p2rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: PC to Osilloscope communication Rich, I don't know exactly which TEK DSO you are using, but some have ethernet connections on them, and some have GPIB ports. If you have an ethenet connection, then you can save the waveforms into a format that you can open in excel. You can save screenshots by printing to file. Now I don't want this to sound like a plug, but for the case of GPIB, several companies make GPIB cards that you can plug into your PC and drivers for particular scopes. You can get automated control of the DSO in this fashion, as well as programmatically record measurements. National Instruments makes such cards, but I would check to make sure that they support your DSO before purchasing. I know that other companies make them as well, but I am not sure who they are. Good luck, James J. -----Original Message----- From: Rich Peyton [mailto:p2rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:34 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] PC to Osilloscope communication Hi all, I'm looking to communicate from my TEK DSO to my PC for reports, documentation, email etc. Does anyone have any comments on Tektronix's software called "WaveStar" ? I'm playing around with the Demo version I downloaded from there web site. I was wondering if anyone had comments on it & recommendations on anything similar to that for communication to PC. Thanks in advance, Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu