Siglent SDS 1104X-E what to do with waveform files? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: oerg866
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2019, 01:42:18 am
content: Hi guys,I own a SDS 1104X-E and I want to look at a waveform I captured on my computer. I have the binary file saved here, now what do I do with it?The EasyScope software won't work because I can't install NI-VISA...No log files, nothing...so I'm looking for a solution to browse around my waveform capture like this.Sure I could load it into an audio editor but I don't expect to have to rely on that kind of shoddy kludge after buying a 500€+ product....Regards,Eric

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 04, 2019, 01:58:07 am
content: Have you tried just installing the runtime?http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-run-time-engine-18.0/7603/en/

author: oerg866
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2019, 02:05:05 am
content: Just tried that - no luck. Same error

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 04, 2019, 02:07:22 am
content: Which OS version are you using?Check out this link - seems to be a known issue:https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019YOnSAM&l=en-US

author: oerg866
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2019, 02:09:00 am
content: I'm using Windows 10 Build 17763 (October Update) on a Threadripper 2950X.EDIT: 64 Bit of course.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2019, 02:27:17 am
content: Simplest is to use the Webserver feature while connected to a PC and Save a .bin file.Then use the scopes embedded file converter utility that downloads to your PC from the scope Webserver in order to convert the .bin file to a .csv fileThen you can drop all or part of the waveform .csv file info into your favorite program like say Excel for graphs, charts etc.A tip; set memory depth and timebase so to not get massive file sizes.A demo of this ^ I did for a customer, we used a Single trigger setting so just get one screen's worth of data.Note.All done with the latest FW V6.1.26 and the new scope OS with the improved Webserver on a Win7 laptop.Edit to add:https://www.siglentamerica.com/video/binary-to-csv-x-e/

author: oerg866
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2019, 09:22:03 pm
content: Got the bug figured out. Windows 10's October Update version seems to have a problem with regex parsing of some sorts.I figured this out because all my recent problems persisted after re-formatting and installing the latest build.NI-VISA couldn't installFTDI's FT_Prog crashed as soon as you scanned the busXilinx ISE 14.7 wouldn't install because of invalid installation paths:Xilinx ISE wouldn't build my FPGA project because of a regex parsing error ("false" apparently isn't "false" anymore?)Mind you the same project built just fine on my non-updated laptop.I've reverted to the April build and now my system runs smoothly, NIVISA is installed and my scope works

author: acugnini
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 26, 2020, 05:48:42 pm
content: Is it possible touploada waveform to the SDS1202X? I know downloading is possible, using either EasyScopeX or by opening an IP socket, but what about the reverse? (I want to upload a waveform and then perform an FFT on the data.) --agc

author: Ben7128
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2022, 07:43:49 am
content: Siglent Binary Viewer for Windows seehttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-binary-viewer-for-windows/msg4233250/#msg4233250