This may help: http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/54652-97004.pdf
Thomas Knox > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:21:22 -0400 > Subject: [time-nuts] hp 54600a and rs-232 > > While only related to time nuttery in the sense of the hp 54600a being an > instrument (oscilloscope) which we nuts might use make some meaningful > measurements, I am hoping that members of this list vast knowledge of many > such instruments may be able to help or at least point me in the right > direction. > > I recently obtained a hp 54600a digital oscilloscope in very good condition > and while not a modern whiz bang high bandwidth and high speed instrument it > is quite capable and compliments my old Tektronix 5440 scope quite nicely. > > My 54600a has the basic RS-232 interface module which seems to work OK. I am > able to select "print screen" and send data from the scope to an HP plotter > or printer - computer actually which collects the data stream and converts > the hgl data into a png file using a simple script. > > However, my attempts at getting the scope to respond to commands via the > RS-232 serial interface are for naught. I am using a USB to RS-232 converter > and an appropriate null modem cable. I don't have a proper serial port to try > however. > > When I send commands to the scope it will display "framing error" or > "overrun" or "rs-232 error (113)" or "rs-232 error (118)" (I can't find > either error code listed in the hp documents). > > Being able to capture a "screen dump" is my primary concern and I am able to > do so, controlling the scope via rs-232 as I might using a gpib/hpib > interface is only secondary but still, it would be nice to know why my > limited attempts have so far not worked. > > Ideas? Comments? Suggestions? > > > Cheers, Graham ve3gtc > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
