Tektronix MSO64 [112/628] Remote access to a windows 10 instrument

3. Select Instrument Control (e*Scope

). The browser displays the instrument screen.

4. Use a mouse to select and interact with the instrument controls shown in the Web browser. If your remote PC or laptop has

a touch screen monitor, you can use the remote touchscreen monitor to access the instrument controls.

NOTE. When you access the instrument from an e*Scope browser, you cannot directly paste text (such as path, IP address

information, and so on) from the PC to an instrument menu field. You must use an intermediate clipboard function that is

available in the e*Scope application.

Use the following steps to copy text from an e*Scope-connected PC to the instrument:

Open a connection to the instrument using e*Scope.

Select and copy the text on your PC.

In e*Scope, press Ctrl-Alt-Shift to open the Clipboard menu.

Paste the text into the Clipboard field.

Press Ctrl-Alt-Shift to close the browser Clipboard menu.

Use e*Scope to open the instrument menu to which to paste content, and position the cursor in the field where you

want to paste the text.

Press Ctrl-V (on real keyboard or from virtual keyboard) to paste the text from the e*Scope browser clipboard to the

menu field.

Repeat steps 4.b through 4.g to copy and paste other text from the PC to the instrument.

Remote access to a Windows 10 instrument

Access to the graphical interface of a Windows 10 instrument requires installing software called TightVNC on both the PC and

the oscilloscope. This procedure describes how to use TightVNC to access the instrument UI, and has links to the procedures to

install TightVNC on the PC and the instrument.

NOTE. This topic does not apply to 4 Series MSO instruments.

Prerequisites:

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The oscilloscope must be connected to, and accessible from, the network to which the PC is connected. See Connect to a

network (LAN) on page 78

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The IP address or hostname of the oscilloscope that you want to access. Select Utility > IO in the oscilloscope menu bar

and view the network settings in the LAN panel.

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TightVNC software must be installed on both the Windows 10 oscilloscope and the PC used to remotely access the

oscilloscope. See Install TightVNC on the Windows 10 instrument on page 83 and Install TightVNC on a PC on page 83.

1. On the PC, run the TightVNC Viewer application. If it is not on the Task Bar or the Startup menu, use the search window in

the Start menu to locate the TightVNC Viewer application.

NOTE. Make sure that you select the TightVNC Viewer application. Do not select the TightVNC Server application.

2. Enter either the oscilloscope IP address or hostname in the New TightVNC Connection dialog and click Connect.

3. If an access password was set in the oscilloscope TightVNC Server, enter that password and click OK. The TightVNC

Viewer opens and displays the oscilloscope screen.

4. To close the TightVNC viewer, click the X button in the upper right corner of the application.

Configure the instrument

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