linux screen cap TDS210 / TDS220

[Mark Rages]

I've written a Python script to capture screen dumps from my Tek TDS
220 and format it into something easily emailed or included in a
document.

Because it is written in Python, it should be cross-platform.  I use
it with Ubuntu Linux.

http://vivara.net/software/tdslisten

Regards,
Mark
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[Jesse Lackey]

Hi, I was momentarily thrilled to see this, only to discover... my TDS
220 doesn't have a serial port, or anything that could be be even
possibly related.  Just the front connectors/buttons that are all scope
functionality related and AC power input.

Am I missing something?  Was this an option on some models?

Thanks for sharing though... I guess I'll stick with moderately blurry
iphone pics.  :(

J


Mark Rages wrote:

> I've written a Python script to capture screen dumps from my Tek TDS
> 220 and format it into something easily emailed or included in a
> document.
>
> Because it is written in Python, it should be cross-platform.  I use
> it with Ubuntu Linux.
>
> http://vivara.net/software/tdslisten
>
> Regards,
> Mark
> markrages@gmail

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[Mark Rages]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Jesse Lackey
<jsl-ml@...> wrote:

> Hi, I was momentarily thrilled to see this, only to discover... my TDS
> 220 doesn't have a serial port, or anything that could be be even
> possibly related.  Just the front connectors/buttons that are all scope
> functionality related and AC power input.
>
> Am I missing something?  Was this an option on some models?
>
> Thanks for sharing though... I guess I'll stick with moderately blurry
> iphone pics.  :(
>
> J
>

It's an option.  One you obviously don't have.  It's called the
"communication extension module".   It's probably not worth tracking
the module down.  The serial screen dump is really slow.  Rather, get
one of the Rigol scopes that dump to usb stick.

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Mark
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[William "Chops" Westfield]

On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Jesse Lackey wrote:

> my TDS 220 doesn't have a serial port, or anything that could be be  
> even possibly related.  Just the front connectors/buttons that are  
> all scope functionality related and AC power input.
>
> Am I missing something?  Was this an option on some models?

There's an add-on communications board that includes serial, parallel  
(printer, IIRC) and HPIB (!)

TDS2CM http://www.teknetelectronics.com/Search.asp?p_ID=13987&pDo=DETAIL

Alas, it's priced like an HPIB peripheral :-(

More recently, Tek seems to have wised up and noticed that a serial  
interface is practically free if your box already contains a  
microcontroller, and USB adds about $5 for one of those FTDI chips,  
and HPIB doesn't need to be included by default.

BillW


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[Mark Rages]

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Mark Rages <markrages@...> wrote:
>
> It's an option.  One you obviously don't have.

Just so you can see what you're missing:

http://vivara.net/software/tdslisten/example_output.png

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