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GW Instek GDS-1000-U Series Freewave Installation & User Manual

GW Instek GDS-1000-U Series Freewave Installation & User Manual

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Digital Storage Oscilloscope
GDS-1000-U, GDS-1000A-U, GDS-2000A, GDS-3000 Series
Freewave Installation & User Guide
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prior written consent of Good Will company.
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However, Good Will continues to improve products and reserves the
rights to change specification, equipment, and maintenance
procedures at any time without notice.
Freewave is free for single non-commercial use. Commercial use of
the software is strictly prohibited without authorization from Good
Will company.
Use the software at your own risk. Good Will accepts no liability for
any damages, either as a direct or indirect consequence of the use of
this product.
Good Will Instrument Co., Ltd.
No. 7-1, Jhongsing Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City 236, Taiwan

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  • Page 1 Digital Storage Oscilloscope GDS-1000-U, GDS-1000A-U, GDS-2000A, GDS-3000 Series This manual contains proprietary information, which is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be Freewave Installation & User Guide photocopied, reproduced or translated to another language without prior written consent of Good Will company.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Freewave Manual Configuring and Running the Commands ......45   Table of Contents Saving a Command List and its Result ....... 47   Long Memory Data Capture (GDS-2000A/ GDS- Getting started ..........5 1000A-U Only) ..........48  ...

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Getting started Freewave Manual Overview GDS-1000-U Applicable • oscilloscope GDS-1000A-U • ETTING STARTED GDS-2000A • GDS-3000 • Freewave supports the GDS-1000-U, GDS-1000A-U, GDS-2000A and Windows XP (32 bit) Applicable OS • GDS-3000 series oscilloscopes and is freely available to all customers. Windows Vista (32 bit) •...

  • Page 4: Types Of Operations

    Getting started Freewave Manual Types of Operations Four types of operations are available in Freewave: Standard memory length display monitoring, data capturing, and remote controlling, long memory length data capturing. Monitoring the Oscilloscope Display The oscilloscope display contents appear in the Freewave screen in real-time.
  • Page 5 Getting started Freewave Manual Waveform data as well as the oscilloscope identification can be stored as a Comma Separated Values (*.csv) file which can be opened and edited by a spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel.

  • Page 6: Remote Controlling The Oscilloscope

    Getting started Freewave Manual Remote Controlling the Oscilloscope Freewave automatically categorizes and lists the remote control commands. To run the commands, users only have to pick and place them on the list; no manual typing is required. The result can be stored in CSV format.

  • Page 7: Installing Freewave

    Installing Freewave Freewave Manual The NET 4.5 is built-in in the Win8, so user doesn’t Note need to install again. USB driver Version 1.03 or above • USB cable USB 2.0, type A (PC) – type B (oscilloscope) • NSTALLING REEWAVE The installation process includes preparing the necessary equipment, installing the software...

  • Page 8: Install Required Software

    Installing Freewave Freewave Manual Install Required Software Installation Steps Microsoft .Net (full version 4.0 or later) and Microsoft Visual C++ Follow these steps to properly install Freewave: • 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) are required to use some of the Download and install the software package. •...
  • Page 9 Installing Freewave Freewave Manual Next button to proceed. 5. Click on the Next button again to start the installation. 4. Select the directory in which Freewave is to be installed. Click Next. To change the directory, click on the Browse button and select •...

  • Page 10: Connecting The Oscilloscope And Verifying Connectivity

    Installing Freewave Freewave Manual 6. When the installation is completed, click on the Close button to Connecting the Oscilloscope and Verifying Connectivity complete the process. 1. Power the oscilloscope up. 2. Select the USB interface by pressing the Utility key, followed by F5 (More).

  • Page 11: Manually Installing The Usb Driver

    Installing Freewave Freewave Manual 4. Activate Freewave. If the oscilloscope ID appears on the screen, Manually Installing the USB Driver Freewave is ready for operation. 1. Open the Control Panel in the PC and activate the System icon. 2. Select Device manager. In Windows XP, select the In Vista, select Device Manager Hardware tab and activate the...
  • Page 12 Installing Freewave Freewave Manual 3. Locate the oscilloscope either in the “Port” node (correct) or in Vista the “Other devices” corner (incorrect). 6. In the dialog box, select “No, In the “Update Driver Port (correct) Other devices (incorrect) not this time” (not connecting software –...

  • Page 13: Repairing/Uninstalling Freewave

    Installing Freewave Freewave Manual 8. Select the directory where Freewave is installed and click on the Repairing/Uninstalling Freewave Next button. The USB driver “dso_vpo.inf” will be installed. After installing Freewave, repairing or uninstalling Freewave is Click Next. possible using the same setup.exe file used to install the program. Repair Repairs corrupted functions by reinstalling Freewave.

  • Page 14: Monitoring The Oscilloscope

    Monitoring the Oscilloscope Freewave Manual Viewing the Oscilloscope Display Contents 1. Connect the oscilloscope to the PC and activate Freewave. For ONITORING THE details, see page20. 2. Select the Image tab (second from the left). SCILLOSCOPE 3. Click on the Play button in the control panel. The oscilloscope display contents appear in the Freewave screen, The oscilloscope’s display contents will appear allowing observing and recording the waveforms in analog form;...

  • Page 15: Viewing The Oscilloscope Virtual Panel

    Monitoring the Oscilloscope Freewave Manual Note The pause button only applies to the GDS-1000- Viewing the Oscilloscope Virtual Panel U/1000A-U To view the display in full-screen Viewing in full- screen mode mode, click on the Full-screen 1. Make sure that the oscilloscope’s display contents appear in the button in the control panel.

  • Page 16: Taking A Snapshot Of Display Contents

    Monitoring the Oscilloscope Freewave Manual Use the mouse scroll wheel to scroll Taking a Snapshot of Display Contents the virtual variable knob. 1. Make sure that the oscilloscope’s display contents appear in the Freewave screen (both Play and Pause mode works fine). To operate a variable knob without Note a scroll wheel, click on the left or...

  • Page 17: Printing Out Display Contents

    Monitoring the Oscilloscope Freewave Manual Printing Out Display Contents Taking a Video Clip of the Display Contents(GDS-1000-U and GDS-1000A-U 1. Make sure the oscilloscope’s display contents appear in the Freewave screen (both Play and Pause mode works fine). only) 2. Click on the Print button. A standard Windows 1.

  • Page 18: Short Memory Data Capture

    Short Memory Data Capture Freewave Manual 4. Click on the Play button in the control panel. Freewave captures the waveform data for a single period and shows them in the screen. HORT EMORY APTURE The Data Capture function in Freewave directly transfers standard memory length waveform data (4k points) from the oscilloscope to the PC.
  • Page 19 Short Memory Data Capture Freewave Manual The on-screen waveform data points will be shown One waveform Two waveforms under the oscilloscope display. Likewise the Time/Division rate will also be updated. Default (4,000 memory points) Zoomed (1,250 memory points) To hide a waveform, uncheck the Hiding a waveform from check box next to the waveform in...

  • Page 20: Saving Waveform Data

    Short Memory Data Capture Freewave Manual The waveform position will be shown under the Saving Waveform Data vertical position bar. 1. Make sure that the waveform appears in the Freewave screen. 2. Click on the Save button. A file save dialog box will appear.

  • Page 21: Recalling Waveform Data

    Short Memory Data Capture Freewave Manual Recalling Waveform Data 1. Click on the Recall button. SING THE OMMANDS 2. Select a file to recall from the file panel. Make sure that the file is a short memory length file. The command function in Freewave allows the oscilloscope to be controlled remotely without using a separate terminal application.

  • Page 22: Using The Commands

    Using the Commands Freewave Manual Click on a command in the command list and then Changing the click on the up or down arrow. The command command order Selected changes its position in the list. commands Moving a command (MEAS:SOUR) up Command select icon Command...

  • Page 23: Configuring And Running The Commands

    Using the Commands Freewave Manual Configuring and Running the Commands 1. Prepare the command list according to the previous section. → 2. Configure the parameters of the commands. To change from “Set” to “Query”, simply double-click on the • “Set/Query” row. For more details regarding each command, see Note •...

  • Page 24: Saving A Command List And Its Result

    Using the Commands Long Memory Data Capture Saving a Command List and its Result EMORY 1. Prepare a command list and/or run the commands. 2. To save the command list and its result, click on APTURE (GDS-2000A/ GDS-1000A-U O the Save button. The save file dialog box opens. 3.

  • Page 25: Long Memory Data Capture (Gds-2000A/ Gds- 1000A-U Only)

    Long Memory Data Capture Freewave Manual 6. Wait while the data is transferred to the PC. This is shown by a progress bar for each channel. Channel 1 vertical scale Waveforms Channel 2 The waveform will be magnified to the size of the Reset vertical scale magnification area.

  • Page 26: Saving Waveform Data

    Long Memory Data Capture Freewave Manual Manufacturer Model name Data file contents • • Serial number Firmware • • Saved Date Waveform Data • • When saving files, you will get the option to save “Fast” or “Detail” waveform data. Fast data only contains amplitude data. Detail data also contains the time of each point relative to the trigger point.

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