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29 Mar 2013 Screenshot Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian 66 13
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28 Mar 2013 Screenshot Agilent Infiniium and InfiniiVision Oscilloscopes – MATLAB Example MATLAB application example for Agilent Infiniium and InfiniiVision oscilloscopes Author: Vinod Cherian agilent, oscilloscope, instrument control, infiniivision, infiniium, oscilloscopes 44 1
01 Dec 2010 Screenshot Measure radio frequency power using MATLAB and an RF power meter MATLAB example to make RF Power measurements using an Agilent RF Power Meter Author: Vinod Cherian agilent, matlab example, rf, rf power meter 2 0
20 Jan 2010 Screenshot Model-Based Design of a SUV Anti-Rollover Control System Models and literature demonstrating Model Based Design of a SUV Anti-Rollover Control System. Author: Vinod Cherian automotive, rollover, controller, mbd, simulink, demo 13 1
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30 Sep 2009 Generating Waveforms on Agilent MXG, ESG, PSG Signal Sources using MATLAB MATLAB® example to download arbitrary waveform data on Agilent MXG, ESG, or PSG signal sources. Author: Vinod Cherian agilent, arbitrary waveform ge..., iqdata, signal generator, arbitrary waveform, mxg 33 4
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16 May 2013 IQ Baseband Builder This application allows you to generate IQ baseband signals for the Agilent 33522A, 33522B, 33512B Author: Neil Forcier

16 May 2013 Stability Analyzer 53230A The Stability Analyzer 53230A provides Allan or Hadamard Deviation calculations and plotting. Author: Neil Forcier

11 Jul 2012 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian

Folks trying this with 2000/3000 series scopes - if you get errors such as "undefined header" that is likely because the scope does not support the SCPI command. Please refer to the programmer's manual for the scope for the exact SCPI commands for your oscilloscope and use that to replace the offending commands in the script.

"Data out of range" typically is because you are trying to set a value, such as timebase, that the scope is not capable of. Again - modify the parameter to a value supported by the scope.

An easy way to figure out which command causes an error is to put a breakpoint after "fprintf(visaObj,'*RST; :AUTOSCALE');
" and then single step through the code. When you send an incorrect/incompatible command the scope will display an error on it's screen. Go through the scope's programmer manual and find the appropriate command (or parameter range) and modify your version of this code accordingly.
04 Mar 2011 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian

NOTE: Certain Agilent firmware (such as on the 54831D) may have a difference in the SCPI commands from the 6000 series. You may need to change the line in the MATLAB-file from:

fprintf(visaObj,':WAV:POINTS 5000');

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fprintf(visaObj,':ACQ:POINTS 5000');
04 Mar 2011 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian

NOTE: This has been tested on an Agilent 6000 series oscilloscope. Agilent 6000 series oscilloscopes return word data in unsigned integer format. Other series oscilloscopes (such as the 8000 series, for example) return word data in signed integer format.

If the waveform does not look correct in MATLAB, try changing line 76 from:

waveform.RawData = binblockread(visaObj,'uint16'); fread(visaObj,1);

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waveform.RawData = binblockread(visaObj,'int16'); fread(visaObj,1);
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16 Aug 2012 Generating Waveforms on Agilent MXG, ESG, PSG Signal Sources using MATLAB MATLAB® example to download arbitrary waveform data on Agilent MXG, ESG, or PSG signal sources. Author: Vinod Cherian Rehman, Attique Ur

Hello all,
First of all thanks for the script, secondly I tried the code on Agilent N5182A but unfortunately the N5182A display an error i.e. "ERROR_ -275, File name error"

Waiting for a kind response...
02 Aug 2012 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian Rui

I have solved my problem.The unsuccessful read is due to data acquisition. Be careful in the DSO1012A the :RUN and :STOP command is used for acquisition while in this example the :DIGITIZE CHAN1 command is for date acquisition.
31 Jul 2012 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian Rui

Anyone try this m file on Agilent DSO1012A oscilloscope?

After successful connection between my oscilloscope and Matlab, I runned the m file, but failed.
I stepped the programming and found the problem occurs at binblockread function.
The error meassage is
Warning: Unsuccessful read: A binblock is not available to be read.

Accoridng to the comments
I also tried changing line 76 from:
waveform.RawData = binblockread(visaObj,'uint16'); fread(visaObj,1);
TO
waveform.RawData = binblockread(visaObj,'int16'); fread(visaObj,1);
and also to
waveform.RawData = binblockread(visaObj); fread(visaObj,1);
But the error also occurs .

I dont konw if this m file is compatiable with my DSO1012A oscilloscope? Could anyone give me some suggestion to resolve this problem? Thanks in advance.
11 Jul 2012 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian Cherian, Vinod

Folks trying this with 2000/3000 series scopes - if you get errors such as "undefined header" that is likely because the scope does not support the SCPI command. Please refer to the programmer's manual for the scope for the exact SCPI commands for your oscilloscope and use that to replace the offending commands in the script.

"Data out of range" typically is because you are trying to set a value, such as timebase, that the scope is not capable of. Again - modify the parameter to a value supported by the scope.

An easy way to figure out which command causes an error is to put a breakpoint after "fprintf(visaObj,'*RST; :AUTOSCALE');
" and then single step through the code. When you send an incorrect/incompatible command the scope will display an error on it's screen. Go through the scope's programmer manual and find the appropriate command (or parameter range) and modify your version of this code accordingly.
27 May 2012 Capturing a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope over a standard VISA interface MATLAB example to capture a waveform from an Agilent oscilloscope and grab a screenshot. Author: Vinod Cherian Paul

One final note for anyone reading this--in order to pull data off from multiple channels, you need to read each channel sequentially (so call WAVEFORM CHAN1 and read out the data, then WAVEFORMCHAN2, u.s.w.)--there's no routines to pull off multiple channels at the same time.
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01 Dec 2010 Screenshot Measure radio frequency power using MATLAB and an RF power meter MATLAB example to make RF Power measurements using an Agilent RF Power Meter Author: Vinod Cherian agilent, matlab example, rf, rf power meter 2 0
11 Jun 2010 BuildTektronixAWG710xWFM Generate WFM files for the Tektronix AWG710 and AWG710B Author: Keith Brady tektronix awg710 awg ..., tektronix 2 0
20 Jan 2010 Screenshot Model-Based Design of a SUV Anti-Rollover Control System Models and literature demonstrating Model Based Design of a SUV Anti-Rollover Control System. Author: Vinod Cherian automotive, rollover, controller, mbd, simulink, demo 13 1
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