=== lxi-tools v2.4 ===
Changes since lxi-tools v2.3:
* Prefix all lua functions with lxi_
To avoid conflict with existing lua APIs.
Changes since lxi-tools v2.2:
* Fix copy of IP and ID
* Also autocomplete lxi-tools.lxi
* Update LICENSE
Changes since lxi-tools v2.1:
* Add support for manually adding instruments
Manually added instruments are managed via settings in the dconf registry
so that they can be remembered by the application.
Manually added instruments will appear with an instrument icon with a
yellow indicator (indicating that it may or may not be present).
Automatically discovered instruments will appear with an instrument icon
with a green indicator (indicating that it is likely present since it
responded).
Once added it is possible to edit or remove instruments again via the
right click menu.
* Show error in case benchmark fails
* Make use of new AdwAboutWindow
* Do not break normal clipboard copy feature
* Only copy image data to clipboard when image data is available
* Add lua log feature to command-line tool
* Add repology packaging status
* Fix desktop file categories
Prevent that application might appear more than once in the application menu
* Rework meson lua dependency check
To support more distributions which package lua differently.
* Rework meson readline dependency check
To support readline installations without pkg-config.
* Remove internationalization stuff
There are no plans to support other languages.
* Rename COPYING -> LICENSE
* Cleanup date_time()
Also, use ISO8601 timestamp format.
* Rename test -> examples
* Update PSU data log test script
* Add automation test script (draft)
* Reduce default timeout values
* Fix timeout conversion
Fix so that the printed default timeout values are not different when
running 'lxi' or 'lxi --help'. Fix also simplifies code.
* Remove obsolete completion script for snap
* Use '#pragma once' in all headers
* Disable natural wrap mode
* Cleanup circleCI configuration
* Rename ChangeLog to NEWS
* Enable gui by default
Distributions like Ubuntu now have all the components required to build
lxi-gui so let's enable it by default.
* Add TODO list
Perry Hung:
* README: update readme to reflect lecroy support
Add the LeCroy WavePro ZI-a to the list of tested devices.
* plugins: lecroy: poll status register until SCDP bit is set
To avoid racing the device (transferring a file before it's available),
poll the SCDP bit in the status register until the hardcopy has
completed.
* plugins: lecroy make command format consistent
Use shortened and capitalized forms across all commands for consistency.
* plugins: lecroy: error check and validate inputs
Fix some memory safety issues. Add some rudimentary checks and validate
untrusted input from the device.
* plugins: implement screenshot for LeCroy WavePRO oscilloscopes
This changeset adds screenshot support for LeCroy oscilloscopes that
implement the MAUI LXI interface.
In principle this should work with other LeCroy telescopes, but I have
only tested it with the WavePro 7 Zi-A.
Adrian Scripca:
* Added ability to copy grabbed screenshot to clipboard
Eddie:
* adds R&S CMW270 to README
werwaswarum:
* Add R&S ZNL as compatible
Tested R&S ZNL3. LXI discover and SCPI ok.
As far as I read the manual screenshoots are only saved to the device or send to a printer.
Walter Stanish:
* Update Wiki link text; add Wiki section
Changes since lxi-tools v2.0:
* Remove scpi run commands from file feature
Retiring this feature as one should use the Lua script feature instead.
* Fix memory leak in screenshot plugins
* Add extra features to the SCPI text view context menu
Add "Clear all" and "Save as.." features.
* Fix printing of sent SCPI command when using TCP/RAW
A redundant newline is removed.
* Improve SCPI send button state change
* Fix appdata.xml.in
* Prefix SCPI messages with timestamp, IP, and type
Allow prefixing SCPI messages with timestamp, IP, and type
(REQ/RSP). Add preference settings accordingly.
Prefixing with IP is default.
* Rename from metainfo to appdata because of meson
* Update application meta file
* Update AppData path
* Fix psu data log test
* meson: Require dependencies
* Add doc section to README
Valentin Belot:
* Fix memory allocation and GUI update outside of main thread (macOS compatibility)
Changes since lxi-tools v1.21:
* New lxi-gui application with many new features
Too many changes to list here. See git history for complete list of
changes.
* Replace autotools with meson
* Pass id to screenshot plugins
* Do not exit when screenshot plugin fails
* Rename lxi option '-s --script' to -f --file'
* Add lua clock API
Add lua clock API for measuring elapsed time:
* c = clock_new() - Returns new clock
* time = clock_read(c) - Returns elapsed time in seconds since first read call
* clock_reset(c) - Resets clock time
* clock_free(c) - Releases clock handle
First time clock_read() is called on a new clock it will return a time
of 0 seconds and the clock will start running.
This clock API is useful for time stamping data as it is retrieved from
an instrument.
* Replace Travis wth CircleCI
Travis is no longer free for open source projects!
CircleCI seems to be the new king for quick open source CI.
* Add Rigol DM3058 to instrument list
Sam Harry Tzavaras:
* Add screenshot plugin for tek 3000 series
Uli Köhler:
* Added Rigol DL3021 to list of supported devices
Heiko Jakob:
* Added screenshot support for Rigol DL3000 series programmable DC load
* Changed screenshot dg4000 regex to also match dg1000z series
Mete Balci:
* Added Keysight MSOX 6004A to list of supported device
* Added Rohde & Schwarz NGE 100 to list of supported devices
I tested discovery, a few SCPI commands (IDN?, MEAS?, MEAS:CURR?) and
screenshot with the power supply R&S NGE 103B (NGE100 3-channels model).
All works fine.
Martino Ferrari:
* Added Rohde & Schwarz RTM 3004 to list of supported devices
htro:
* Added Tek MDO3024, 4 Series and 5 Series as compatible
Changes since lxi-tools v1.20:
* Fix handling of question commands in interactive mode
Changes since lxi-tools v1.19:
* Add bash completion for snap
* Update README
Add tested instrument Keysight AWG 33612A as tested by Timur Aydin.
* Add const qualifier
* Update AUTHORS
* Require Lua 5.1 or newer
* Include test dir in distribution
* Update Travis
* Fix bash completion for run command
* Update basic-tests.lua
* Move test directory
* Add basic Lua tests
Changes since lxi-tools v1.18:
* Downgrade to Lua 5.2
* Update Travis configuration
* Add Lua scripting feature to support automation
Add run command which makes it possible to run Lua scripts to support
advanced instrument automation.
To run a Lua script simply do:
$ lxi run test.lua
The following LXI specific Lua functions are added and made available
for use in the Lua scripts:
device = connect(ip)
scpi(device, command)
scpi_raw(device, command)
msleep(miliseconds)
sleep(seconds)
disconnect(device)
See src/test/test.lua for a simple Lua script example.
* Update README
* Update AUTHORS
* Improve regex of rs-hmo-rtb screenshot plugin
Include instruments made with "HAMEG" identifier.
* README: Add sponsors section
* lxi-gui: Fix snap build
* configure: use pkg-config to check for Qt5
* lxi-gui: Cleanup Qt5 configuration
* Reconfigure R&S screenshot plugin to BMP
* Add RTB2004 to list of tested instruments
Dmitri Goutnik:
* Use QT_SELECT value instead of hardcoded QT version
Changes since lxi-tools v1.17:
* lxi-gui: Add X-axis title to data recorder chart
* lxi-gui: Fix data recorder chart colors and csv export
* lxi-gui: Add SCPI 1999.0 commands
* lxi-gui: Add data recorder save data feauture
Add a save button which allows to save recorded data to file in CSV
format.
* lxi: Increase default discover mDNS timeout
* lxi-gui: Optimize data recorder plotting
* lxi-gui: Fix arm snap build
* lxi-gui: Print machine type during qmake build
* lxi-gui: Remove *OPT? SCPI command
* lxi-gui: Use elapsed real time in data recorder
* lxi-gui: Print SCPI command requests
* Add screenshot support for RTB 2000
* Cleanup timeout handling, etc.
* lxi-gui: Reduce minimum window size
* Add support for adding custom Qt qmake arguments
Add QMAKE_ARGUMENTS flag which allows to pass on arguments to qmake when
building lxi-gui.
* lxi-gui: Make sure to call QT5 qmake
Changes since lxi-tools v1.16:
* lxi-gui: Add input dialog for *ESE and *SRE commands
* lxi-gui: Fix qmake compile flags
* lxi-gui: Start with SCPI page
* Add configure check for Qt5Charts
* lxi-gui: Cleanup
Name UI elements accordingly
* lxi-gui: Add screenshot live view
* Update README screenshot
* lxi-gui: Add ID/IP instrument table header
* lxi-gui: Tag as BETA
* Update README
Introduce lxi-gui and include screenshot.
* Link QT5 Charts manually
To avoid build issue with snap.
* lxi-gui: Add data recorder feature
* lxi-gui: Add settings
* lxi-gui: Add QT5 source files
* lxi-gui: Introduce responsive layout
The lxi-gui application can now automatically resize to fit any window
size.
* lxi-gui: Add 'Open in browser' right-click feature
* lxi-gui: Add IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
* lxi-gui: Add about details
* lxi-gui: Add screenshot feature
* lxi-gui: Add benchmark feature
* Split features into separate files
* Update README
* Update lxi-gui
* Add keysight-dmm screenshot plugin
This plugin supports Keysight Truevolt digital multimeters.
* Set default discover timeout to 1 s
* Add experimental QT5 GUI
Can be enabled using configure option --enable-lxi-gui
Requires QT 5.0.0 or newer.
* Cleanup
* Update Travis
Changes since lxi-tools v1.15:
* Update AUTHORS
* Convert tabs to spaces
* Remove experimental label from keysight-ivx plugin
Tested with MSO-X 3024T by ralphrmartin from EEVBlog forum.
* Fix keysight-iv2000x plugin
Fix header strip and change image format to BMP. Improve regex.
* Fix image format for rigol-dg4000 plugin
* Update completion script
* Cleanup
Dmitri Goutnik:
* Make code clang friendly
Changes since lxi-tools v1.14:
* Update man page
* Add support for using raw/TCP in benchmark mode
Add the option to run benchmark using raw/TCP. For example:
$ lxi benchmark --address 10.0.0.42 --port 5555 --raw
Also, cleanup all port handling code and update documentation
accordingly.
* Decrease timeout for discover to 2 s
Changes since lxi-tools v1.13:
* Make screenshot plugin only support Rigol DM3068
Rigol DM3068 is the only DM3000 series digital multimeter that seems to
have screenshot support.
* Fix entering interactive mode
Regardless of using --interactive a SCPI command was still required to
be provided to enter interactive mode.
* Update AUTHORS
* Remove experimental label from Siglent plugins
Thanks to Siglent who helped fix and test all the screenshot plugins for
their instruments.
* Cleanup screenshot plugins
* Consolidate Rigol DSA plugins into one
* Update README and man page
* Support writing screenshot image to stdout
To write screenshot image to stdout simply use '-' as the output
filename. This allows to pipe the screenshot image directly to other
tools for image processing.
For example, using imagemagick to automatically convert captured
screenshot image to JPG:
$ lxi screenshot -a 10.0.0.42 - | convert - screenshot.jpg
* Cleanup Siglent screenshot plugins
* Update siglent-ssa3000x plugin
* Add siglent-sdg plugin
* Add siglent-sdm3000 plugin
* Move siglent-sds out of experimental
* Extend Siglent plugin to include SDS2000X
Changes since lxi-tools v1.12:
* Update README
* Update SSA3000X capture command
* Add completion for benchmark command
* Update AUTHORS
* Fix get_device_id()
This function was missing a call to lxi_disconnect() which resulted in
some instruments being left hanging when capturing screenshots.
Instruments that presumable only allow one active connection.
* Add benchmark feature
This benchmark feature is useful if you want to compare the VXI-11
request/response performance of your instruments.
By default the benchmark sends 100 SCPI ID requests ("*IDN?" commands)
to the instrument. For each request it waits for and reads the response.
When done the resulting request rate is printed.
* Fix screenshot command when using plugin autodetection
The wrong timeout value was passed when trying to autodetect which
screenshot plugin to use.
* Cleanup
* Fix Rohde & Schwarz HMO 1000 screenshot plugin
Fix plugin so that it does not strip off the PNG header of the PNG image
stream.
Also, the source files and functions of the plugin is now named more
explicitly according to the name of the instrument series (HMO 1000).
* Fix Siglent SSA3000 screenshot plugin
Changes since lxi-tools v1.11:
* Update to new URL
* Add snap status
* Fix redirection of output to file
* Update README
* Cleanup configure.ac
Jakub Wilk:
* Use HTTPS in the configure script
Changes since lxi-tools v1.10:
* Update README
* Update man page
* Update AUTHORS
* Expand tested instruments list
* Rename screenshot plugin rigol-1000 -> rigol-1000z
* Add various Rigol screenshot plugins
Add the following Rigol screenshot plugins:
rigol-dg4000 Rigol DG4000 series function generator
rigol-dm3000 Rigol DM3000 series digital multimeter
rigol-dp800 Rigol DP800 series power supply
rigol-dsa800 Rigol DSA800 series spectrum analyzer
rigol-dsa700 Rigol DSA700 series spectrum analyzer
The code is added on behalf of PeDre from the EEVBlog forum.
* Add authors section in README
* Add README.md to prettify GitHub page
The original README is still preserved because it is more readable when
not reading it via GitHub.
Jakub Wilk:
* Strip trailing spaces
* Fix typo
* Fix grammar and typos
Changes since lxi-tools v1.9:
* Add support for mDNS/DNS-SD discovery
Add "--mdns" option which enables the discover command to search for LXI
devices/services using mDNS/DNS-SD.
* Fix Siglent screenshot plugins
Write correct response buffer to file. Improve .regex match expression.
Changes since lxi-tools v1.8:
* Update README
* Fix newlines when redirecting to file or terminal
* Rename --dump-hex to --hex
* Fix missing error message when no SCPI command defined
* Update man page
* Remove --dump-file option
The correct way to dump response to file is to use pipe output
redirection. For example:
lxi scpi --address 192.168.1.210 "*IDN?" > response.txt
This way it is possible to dump any binary response to file.
* Fix missing error message when no IP address defined
* Print errors to stderr
* Cleanup Siglent SDS1000 plugin name
* Add Siglent SSA 3000X screenshot plugin
* Cleanup script examples
* Correct default SCPI raw/TCP port
By default use port 5025 as described here:
http://www.lxistandard.org/About/LXI-Protocols.aspx
If a different port is needed use the '--raw-port' option.
Apparently Rigol is not using the recommended port for raw SCPI
commands.
* Update descriptions of the plugin options
Changes since lxi-tools v1.7:
* Update README
* Add Siglent SDS 1000 screenshot plugin
Changes since lxi-tools v1.6:
* Update README
* Cleanup
* Update .regex for Tektronix plugin
* Update .regex for R&S plugin
* Update .regex for Keysight plugin
* Update man page
* Embed instrument IP address in screenshot filename
This helps identify screenshot files when capturing screenshots from
multiple instruments.
It also allows simplifying the APIs used by the screenshot plugins.
* Change option '--model' to '--plugin'
Lets remove any model vs. plugin confusion and only deal with plugin
names. Each plugin includes support for one or more instruments models
as described in the plugin description.
* Add automatic loading of screenshot plugin feature
If no screenshot plugin is specified the tool will automatically try to
select the best plugin by matching the instruments ID string against the
regular expressions defined in each plugin.
Each screenshot plugin defines a .regex string entry containing space
separated regular expressions. Each regular expression is matched
against the instrument ID string. The plugin with most matches is
selected.
Note: This mechanism is slightly slower than manually specifying which
screenshot plugin because it needs to retrieve the instruments ID string
first.
* Improve description of Rigol plugins
* Fix Rigol 2000 screenshot plugin
Remove trailing newline in received image data.
* Add screenshot plugin for Rigol 2000 series
Also, make existing Rigol plugin only apply for 1000z series.
Changes since lxi-tools v1.5:
* Add date-time stamp to screenshot filename
* Improve command handling
In case of a misspelled command the tool would misleadingly
respond: "Error: No IP address specified"
With this fix, it now responds: "Error: Unknown command"
* Update README
* Added screenshot plugin for Tektronix 2000 series scopes
* Improve scpi response output
* Add --raw and --raw-port options to scpi command
One can now use choose to use raw/TCP instead of VXI11 when firing SCPI
commands. Simply append the --raw option like so:
lxi scpi --raw --address 192.168.0.42 "*IDN?"
By default raw/TCP port 5555 is used but it can be changed using the
--raw-port <port> option.
Warning: Using raw/TCP is faster than VXI11 but does not provide any
timeout/control mechanisms so if your command somehow stalls it will
stall forever.
* Use new lxi_connect() function
* Cleanup
* Make screenshot filename optional
In case no screenshot filename is provided the tool will write the
screenshot image to an automatically resolved and incremented filename
on the form screenshot-###.<format>. For example, screenshot-000.png,
screenshot-001.png, etc.
* Improve screenshot model listing
* Increase default timeout for screenshot command
Transferring screenshot image data takes time so lets increase the
timeout so we do not easily interrupt a good but slow transfer.
* Collapse Rigol screenshot plugin
Support all Rigol oscilloscope models via one model name.
* Add screenshot support for Keysight IV 2000 X
* Cleanup plugins
* Add screenshot support for R&S HMO1000 series
* Add screenshot support for Rigol 2000/4000
* Create directory for screenshot plugins
Changes since lxi-tools v1.4:
* Remove -Og flag
Not supported by older gcc versions.
* Fix various bugs in script and interactive mode
Changes since lxi-tools v1.3:
* Add screenshot feature to lxi tool
The old rigol_1000z_screenshot tool is retired in favor of a screenshot feature
in the lxi tool. A new lxi command 'screenshot' is added and also a small
screenshot plugin framework which makes it easy to add new screenshot plugins
for new instruments.
Currently there is only a screenshot plugin for Rigol 1000Z series
oscilloscopes.
* Update README
Changes since lxi-tools v1.2:
* Added AUTHORS file
* Use new lxi_connect() function
* Reconfigure default timeout to 3 seconds
Changes since lxi-tools v1.1:
* Increase default timeout value for lxi tool
Increase the default timeout value for the lxi tool from 1 to 5 seconds
* Fix timeout for Rigol screenshot tool
Timeout is increased to avoid failure to capture screenshot
* Fix typo
* Cleanup test script
* Fix crash in rigol_1000z_screenshot tool
Add error handling to avoid crashing when connecting remote device fails.
Changes since lxi-tools v1.0:
* Fix missing src/bash-completion/lxi
An automake rule was fixed to make sure that the file
src/bash-completion/lxi is included in the distributed tarball.
* Update README
lxi-tools v1.0:
* First release (stable)