Introduction

The instructions below describe how to use the HP VEE panel driver for the HP 54600 digital oscilloscope to record and print waveforms.

Capturing the waveform

• Open HP VEE from the shortcut on the desktop.

• Open the “Instrument Manager” from the “I/O” pull-down menu.

• Under “HP-IB7” select “Digital Scope (hp54600b@707)” (just select it, don't double click on it).

• Click on the “Panel Driver” button.

• A panel driver will appear that allows you to control the oscilloscope.

• Select the timebase and channel sensitivity on the oscilloscope to get a good waveform.

• Press the “Stop” button on the oscilloscope to capture the waveform on the oscilloscope screen.

• To transfer the digitized waveform from the oscilloscope into the panel driver memory, click once on the black window in the panel driver window.

Printing the waveform

• Right click on the panel driver and select “Add Terminal: Data Output.”

• Select “WF_Ch1 (waveform)” if you want to print the waveform on channel 1.

• If you are sampling both channels 1 and 2, also select “WF_Ch2 (waveform).”

• One or two output labels (depending on the number of channels selected) will appear on the blue part of the panel driver located on its right end.

• Select “Waveform (time)” from the “Display” pull-down menu.

• Place the display in the HP VEE window.

• The default setting allows one input trace to go into the display. To add a second waveform, right click on the display window and select “Add Terminal: Data Input.”

• Connect the output channel of the panel driver to the desired input channel of the display by clicking the black dots of the desired channel ports.

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