Agilent IntuiLink Data Capture for Agilent Oscilloscopes offers the following
capabilities depending on the instrument model:
 Download bitmap, plotter image, or printer image from an instrument.
 Download waveform data from an oscilloscope in ASCII XY format
 Save instrument settings to a file and retrieve instrument settings from a file.
 Print the screens and images to a printer with multiple images per page.
 Support for USB, LAN, and GPIB interfaces (just USB on 1000 Series).
Agilent IntuiLink Data Capture requires the Agilent I/O Libraries for connections to the
instruments. Connections to the instruments via GPIB, LAN, or USB needs to be
configured first in the I/O Libraries. For USB connections, Agilent I/O Libraries version
M.01.00 or later is required.
Agilent IntuiLink is a connectivity software solution that links test and measurement
instrument data to PC applications.
 A measurement toolbar in Microsoft® Word and Excel enables transfer of
instrument setups, measurement data and images.
 Easily save instrument state settings, and retrieve them later to quickly reproduce
difficult measurement set-ups.
 Create arbitrary waveforms and send waveform data directly to a source.
 Active X/COM programming objects to simplify automating test.
Getting Started
To start Agilent IntuiLink, double click the Excel icon on the Desktop.
The excel program will be opened with the Agilent IntuiLink toolbar in the toolbars
area.
The Agilent IntuiLink toolbar consists of five buttons (shortcuts to the most commonly
used commands): Connect to Scope, Save/Load Scope Settings, Get Waveform Data, Get
Screen Image and Get Single Measurement.
To connect to the scope make sure USB Cable connects the scope to the computer and
click the 'Connect to Scope' button.
A 'Find Instrument' window will pop-up on the screen with a list of addresses of
instruments connected to the computer.
By double-clicking on each address (or clicking on the address and then the 'identify
instrument(s)' button), the instrument connected on the address will appear in the
identified instruments list.
Click on the USB address so that the DSO1022A scope will appear in the instruments list
and click OK. The scope in now connected to the computer.
To load the waveform data to the Excel sheet click on the 'Get Waveform Data' button.
A 'Get Waveform Data' window will pop-up on the screen allowing you to choose where
to copy the data (cell in existing sheet or a new sheet), whether to create a graph from it
and where to place it, and the number of data points.
Choose the options according to your preference, set the number of data points to the
maximal available (20000) and click OK.
The data points and the graph (if chosen) will appear in the Excel sheet.
If you wish to get the image of the scope screen click the 'Get Screen Image' button.
A 'Get Screen Image' window will pop-up on the screen allowing you to choose whether
to save the scope screen image to a file or place it in the active sheet, and the colors of the
image (invert). Choose the options according to your preference and click OK.
The scope screen image will appear in the Excel sheet (if 'Place in active sheet' option
was chosen).
If you wish to get the value of a single measurement click the 'Get Single Measurement'
button.
A 'Get Single Measurement' window will pop-up on the screen allowing you to choose
the scope channel that will be measured, the type of measurement and where to copy the
measured value (cell address).
Choose the options according to your preference and click OK. If you chose e.g. the
'Volts Max' option and cell 'A1' you will get the following in the Excel sheet:
After loading all the required information into the Excel sheet save it by clicking on the
'File' tab in the Excel menu and click again on the 'Save As' option.
A 'Save As' window will pop-up on the screen. Choose a file name and click the 'Save'
button to save the Excel file. Attention: Save the files on the RESULTS (D:) drive.
Files stored on any other drive are automatically deleted daily.
If you wish to save the scope settings click the 'Save/Load Scope Settings' button.
A 'Save/Load Scope Settings' window will pop-up on the screen allowing you to choose
whether to save the scope settings to a file or load them from a file.
Choose the 'Save Scope Settings to File' option and click OK.
A 'Save As' window will pop-up on the screen (like in the Excel file save case). Choose a
file name and click the 'Save' button to save the scope settings file. A file with the scope
settings will be then saved. Load this file next time you want to set the scope settings to
these saved settings by clicking the 'Save/Load Scope Settings' button, choosing the
'Load Scope Settings From File' option and specifying the saved settings file name.
Attention: Save the file on the RESULTS (D:) drive. Files stored on any other drive are
automatically deleted daily.
Remark: To refresh the scope screen image you have to push the force button on the right
side of the scope panel and then to push the run/stop button on the scope (every time the
data is transferred to Excel from the scope, the scope is turned to controlled mode).