Function Generators

[winterfresh11]

Once I got a USB adaptor and plugged it into the computer it worked. The computer recognized it. I recieved the software for it and an english manual so things should be looking up.

[Dennis_Knutson]

The pc can only recognize the USB-serial adapter. It cannot recognize the instrument itself. That is something you must do manually.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@winterfresh11 wrote:

Once I got a USB adaptor and plugged it into the computer it worked. The computer recognized it. 

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Clueless again. 

I would hope the computer would recognize the USB-RS232 adapter.

The function generator is totally different issue.

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@winterfresh11 wrote:

I recieved the software for it and an english manual so things should be looking up.

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Software for it? How is that going to be helpful? 

[Henrik_Volkers]

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@nyc_(is_out_of_here) wrote:

@winterfresh11 wrote:

I recieved the software for it and an english manual so things should be looking up.

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Software for it? How is that going to be helpful? 

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Maybe the RS232 commands and it's parameters are noted in the manual....  and if not, a little reverse engineering by sniffing the RS232 port while using the software is an easy way to go 🙂

But peeking into a foreign language manual, I found parts that looks like a RS232 command description... so some simple VISA commands should do the job.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Henrik_Volkers wrote:

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@nyc_(is_out_of_here) wrote:

@winterfresh11 wrote:

I recieved the software for it and an english manual so things should be looking up.

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Software for it? How is that going to be helpful? 

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Maybe the RS232 commands and it's parameters are noted in the manual....  and if not, a little reverse engineering by sniffing the RS232 port while using the software is an easy way to go 🙂

But peeking into a foreign language manual, I found parts that looks like a RS232 command description... so some simple VISA commands should do the job.

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You may be able to figure out the foreign language manual, because you know what you are looking for.

I am not sure the same can be said of the OP.

I find it oddly coincidental that he has now obtainedthis so-called software and an English-language manual.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Here is the English manual with the command protocol and commands.

-AK2DM