Download WSTRO WaveStar Software for Oscilloscopes User Manual

Installing and Running WaveStar
This section describes how to install WaveStar, set up instrument/PC
communications, run WaveStar, and uninstall WaveStar software.
Installing WaveStar Software
To install WaveStar software, follow the installation instructions in
the Tektronix Software Solutions Installation manual that is enclosed
with the Software Solutions CD. This installation manual is also
located as a PDF file in the CD Documents directory.
Setting Up PC to Instrument Communications
You must establish a communication link from your PC to an
instrument before running WaveStar. WaveStar uses Virtual
Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) to communicate with
instruments. The Tektronix version of VISA (referred to as
TekVISA) is required to run WaveStar.
NOTE. TekVISA does not support VXI Mainframe communication.
To establish communications between WaveStar and instruments,
first run the TekVISA Configuration utility to locate and register
instruments. Then run the Instrument Manager Service (IMS)
program to enable communications between the instrument and
WaveStar.
The following sections describe how to use these programs to set up
instrument communications.
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