Using LabVIEW with Tektronix TDS 210 Oscilloscope

[meaves]

My group is working on our Senior Design Project and are having problems using LabVIEW with a Tektronix TDS 210 Oscilloscope. We have the driver's for it, but are having problems using the functions as some are not being able to be placed into the workspace.

[LoganS]

Do you mean the function are not showing up on the function palette in LabVIEW? Are you sure you've installed the driver and all associated files in the correct location? Can you do simple communication with your instrument, such as *IDN? or other basic commands? How are you communicating with the instrument, via serial, GPIB, USB? Please give us some more details to your problem.

Logan S.

[LV_Pro]

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@meaves wrote:
My group is working on our Senior Design Project and are having problems using LabVIEW with a Tektronix TDS 210 Oscilloscope. We have the driver's for it, but are having problems using the functions as some are not being able to be placed into the workspace.

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When you say the functions are not being placed into the proper workspace, do you mean that they are not showing up in the palette when you try and place them on the diagram? If so you need to copy the driver vi's or .llb files into the appropriate directory in the LabVIEW x directory (where the LabVIEW executable and the support files for LabVIEW, most commonly installed in the National Instruments directory in the "Program Files" directory. The directory that holds the instrument drivers is instr.lib. It may have a bunch of directories or it may only have the defaults (hp34401A and possibly NiDMM and some other NI instruments) Open LabVIEW, go to "Tools" on the tool bar, select "Advanced" and then "Edit Palette Views". This will pop up three palettes.On the "Edit Controls and Functions Palettes", select the "Advanced" palette view. Now select the palette named "Functions". Locate the button marked Instrument I/O, click on it and locate and click on Instrument Drivers. You should see the name of the folder that you created when you copied your drivers to the instr.lib directory. If yes then click on the "Save Changes" button of the "Edit Controls and Functions Palettes" palette. When you exit and reenter LabVIEW you should be able to select the drivers you have installed from the correct palette.

Good Luck