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Entry  Mon Feb 15 19:43:34 2010, Ron Grazioso, Problem reading oscilloscope binary waveform output test_pulse.pngpulse_IDL.png
    Reply  Tue Feb 16 09:38:59 2010, Stefan Ritt, Problem reading oscilloscope binary waveform output 
Message ID: 36     Entry time: Tue Feb 16 09:38:59 2010     In reply to: 35
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Subject: Problem reading oscilloscope binary waveform output 

Ron Grazioso wrote:

It looks like the pulse is there but there is something corrupting the data only in binary form.  Is there a setting that may not be correct?

Yes, but you have to recompile the oscilloscope application. Find following line in the source file DOFrame.cpp:

            m_WFfd = open(filename.char_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_TEXT, 0644);

and replace it with

            m_WFfd = open(filename.char_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0644);

 that fixes the problem. To compile the program, you need MS Visual C++ and you have to install the vxWidgets library. Let me know if you have any problem with that.

Anyhow I plan a major software update soon (weeks), which not only fixes this problem, but also reduces the noise considerably by doing a kind of two-fold calibration.

- Stefan

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