Tektronix · Oscilloscope
Tektronix TBS1202C software
Remote control and data logging for the Tektronix TBS1202C oscilloscope, on Windows, Linux and macOS - with the same panel BenchMesh uses for every oscilloscope.
Status
Very likely. Support for the Tektronix TBS1202C was written from Tektronix’s programming manual and follows the same engine as the bench-tested instruments, but nobody has confirmed it on a real TBS1202C yet. If you own one, connecting it once and reporting the result moves it to Community-confirmed.
What you can do from BenchMesh
Oscilloscope panel 2 channels
Live readings
- ACQ TYPE
- BWLIMIT
- COUPLING
- DISPLAY
- FREQ
- INVERT
- OFFSET
- PROBE
- SCALE
- SRATE
- TIMEBASE
- TIMEOFFSET
- TRIG LEVEL
- TRIG SLOPE
- TRIG SOURCE
- TRIG STATUS
- TRIG SWEEP
- VAVG
- VPP
- VRMS
Settings you can change
- Acquire type
- Bwlimit
- Coupling
- Display
- Invert
- Offset
- Probe
- Run
- Scale
- Timebase
- Timebase offset
- Trigger level
- Trigger slope
- Trigger source
- Trigger sweep
Connections
- USB-TMC
- USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 0699). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.
Sources
The definition was written from these documents (definition tektronix_tbs1000c v0.1.0).
- TBS1000C Series Digital Oscilloscopes Programmer Manual 077-1691-02 (TBS1000C-Programmer-Manual-077169102.pdf), pages p17 concatenation/EOM, p23-30 ACQuire/AUTOSet, p37-44 CH<x>, p55 CURVe, p58-60 DATa, p87 HEADer, p94-98 HORizontal, p100-101 *IDN?, p111-115 MEASUrement:IMMed, p139-140 SELect, p147-160 TRIGger, p170-177 WFMOutpre
Have one on your bench?
Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.
Questions
- Does BenchMesh work with the Tektronix TBS1202C?
- Very likely. Support for the Tektronix TBS1202C was written from Tektronix’s programming manual and follows the same engine as the bench-tested instruments, but nobody has confirmed it on a real TBS1202C yet. If you own one, connecting it once and reporting the result moves it to Community-confirmed.
- How do I connect the TBS1202C to my PC?
- Over USB-TMC. USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 0699). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click. Then press Detect in BenchMesh: it identifies the oscilloscope by its reply and adds it to the bench.
- What can I control on the TBS1202C?
- Oscilloscope: set acquire type, bwlimit, coupling, display, invert, offset, probe, run; read acq type, bwlimit, coupling, display, freq, invert, offset, probe.
- Can I log TBS1202C measurements to CSV?
- Yes. Right-click any reading to add it to a recording; every instrument on the bench is sampled on one shared timeline and exported as one CSV.
- Is BenchMesh free?
- Yes. BenchMesh is free and open source, for Windows, Linux and macOS, and works offline.