Software to Capture, Analyze, Document and Control Data
WaveStarTM Software is a family of Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000 applications bringing either Tektronix TDS/THS/11800/CSA803 oscilloscopes or TX-DMMTM measurement information to your PC desktop.
Capture
Setup communication to instruments through the WaveStarTM Instrument Manager. The Explorer View displays these instruments and reveals their corresponding properties. To capture measurements, select a property, click, drag and drop into an active application sheet and begin analysis at your PC.
Analyze
Use up to twelve data sheets for analysis:
Graticule Sheets
Capture waveforms in YT or XY mode. Graphically view or edit multiple waveforms and masks on a graticule, with the same scale and position as the oscilloscope. Includes cursor measurements, horizontal and vertical gates, zoom function and annotation.
Instrument Explorer Sheet
Move and manipulate files to and from the PC or other instruments, add/delete directories, format drives, and more.
Stripchart Sheet
Automatically plots multiple waveform measurements, such as risetime or TX-DMM data, in a classic stripchart fashion. Sheet features cursor measurements, alarm control and annotation capabilities.
Tabular Sheets
Capture, store, display and edit either waveform or data log information as a table of numbers on corresponding sheets. The Scalar Viewer Sheet displays contents of memory locations on the TX-DMM Series or measurements from the oscilloscope.
Measurement Sheet
Calculate frequency, pulse width, rise/fall time, duty cycle, overshoot, peak to peak, amplitude, min, max, mean, cycle mean and RMS measurements.
Harmonic Analysis Sheet
Produce power waveforms from current and voltage and calculate up to 51 harmonics.
Notes Sheet
Prepare simple reports; capture and save instrument hard copy; save, edit and restore instrument setups.
Document
Quickly and simply insert information into Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, Word or PowerPoint. Transfer information into MS Windows applications, such as MathCad, through the MS Windows clipboard.
WaveStarTM Reader
Share important findings and facilitate discussions or troubleshooting with a view from WaveStarTM software.
Control
Easily control instrument settings and measurements such as autoset and triggers through the Explorer View. For convenience, WSTRM includes a unique virtual instrument control interface.