How to Capture Screen images remotely in TBS 2000B series Oscilloscope

SAVe:IMAGe command is not working. I wanted to capture screen image remotely through ethernet communication. I tried SAVe:IMAGe command it is not working. HARDCopy STARt command also not working in TBS 2000B SCOpe
Please guide me how to take screen shot and save it in a computer .

Hi Sowmya,

Are you able to ping the scope at all or get a response with *IDN? when sending your SCPI commands? Are you sure you're saving them with the right formatting and syntax for the file path?

The save screenshots, I typically use TekScope Utility. https://forum.tek.com/viewtopic.php?t=140382

You'll need NI-VISA for the .NET drivers required to recognize your scope as well. https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-visa.html

-Iris

Hi Iris thank you for the reply,
I can able to ping the scope other commands are working. following commands not are working.

SAVe:IMAGe \"usb0:/EVAL.JPG\"
FILESystem:READFile \"usb0:/EVAL.JPG\"

I wanted to capture screen images and screen settings over ethernet. 

Hello Iris,

We were using putty app for sending scpi commands. It is not working.  Do you mean to say NI-VISA  drivers required for this also?
We also tried to use Tektronix application "Open Choice Talker listner".  It is also not working.

Our requirement is to capture screenshots over ethernet to our .net application.  We are checking the scpi commands before writing the code.  Could you point us to right procedure to do the same.

Regards,
Sowmya

Hi Sowmya,
I checked today with TekVISA Openchoice Talker/Listener and the syntax for SAVE:IMAGE is actually WITHOUT the usb0 in the filepath. So the command you would send is:
SAVe:IMAGe "eval.jpg" 

I will send the edit along to the manuals team so it's correctly documented in the programming manual.

If you're using .NET drivers, you will need NI-VISA.

-Iris

Also please make sure you format the file with 
SAVE:IMAGE:FILEFORMAT JPG

It will not automatically recognize .png/.bmp/.jpg while saving.

Hi Iris,

SAVe:IMAGe "eval.jpg"  command is working now I can save the screenshot to USB. Please guide me how to transfer screenshot file from USB to PC. I tried FILESystem:READFile \"usb0:/EVAL.JPG\" command it is not working. let me know the correct command to transfer file. 

Hi Iris,

I also tried following commands to read file

FILESystem:READFile \"usb0:/EVAL.JPG\" 
FILESystem:READFile "EVAL.JPG" 
FILESystem:READFile "usb0:/EVAL.JPG" 
FILESystem:READFile "usb0:EVAL.JPG" 
FILESystem:READFile "usb0/EVAL.JPG" 

Read error is showing in Tektronics Openchoice Talker/Listener. what is the correct syntax for this command or any other way to do the same.

Hi Iris,
Expecting your replay for the above. We are running out off time
Regards

 

Hi Ramesh,
You can save the screenshot, you just need to send a scope.read_raw() after the FILESYSTEM:READFILE command because it sends binary data to the PC.

Best,
Iris Xu