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lxi — Control LXI compatible instruments such as oscilloscopes. More information: <https://github.com/lxi-

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Problem

How to use the lxi command: Control LXI compatible instruments such as oscilloscopes. More information: <https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools#32-lxi>.

Solution

lxi — Control LXI compatible instruments such as oscilloscopes. More information: <https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools#32-lxi>.

Discover LXI devices on available networks:

lxi discover

Capture a screenshot, detecting a plugin automatically:

lxi screenshot {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}}

Capture a screenshot using a specified plugin:

lxi screenshot {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}} {{[-p|--plugin]}} {{rigol-1000z}}

Send an SCPI command to an instrument:

lxi scpi {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}} "{{*IDN?}}"

Run a benchmark for request and response performance:

lxi benchmark {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}}

Code Snippets

Discover LXI devices on available networks

lxi discover

Capture a screenshot, detecting a plugin automatically

lxi screenshot {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}}

Capture a screenshot using a specified plugin

lxi screenshot {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}} {{[-p|--plugin]}} {{rigol-1000z}}

Send an SCPI command to an instrument

lxi scpi {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}} "{{*IDN?}}"

Run a benchmark for request and response performance

lxi benchmark {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}}

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tldr-pages: linux/lxi

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