LeCroy Waverunner 640Zi -- Data Acquisition

Hello... I am trying to set up my waverunner oscilloscope with LabVIEW SignalExpress for data aquisition.
Steps I have taken thus far:
1. Pulse generator hooked to scope for signal generation
2. USB from scope to Computer with LabView installed
3. Downloaded lecroyscope driver 3.2.9-x64
I turn the scope on, and plug in the USB to the computer and SignalExpress starts up.
a. start using data aquisition
b. add step/aquire signal/ IVI aquire/ IVI scope aquire
c. create new IVI session .. resource descriptor (I choose my USB device "USB0::0x05FF::0x1023::2812N61507::INSTR"), I select the correct driver (lcscope), and I don't click enable simulation data, hit ok
d. I keep getting configuration errors
e. Did research.. some forum said to goto MAX, find drivers and unclick Cache and Interchange Check
f. Trying to initialize ... still get config errors.
g. Back to MAX .. change simulate with specific driver.
h. Initialization works... NO errors, BUT no data is being aquired.
PLEASE HELP !

Hello,
Sorry to jump in so late, I have been out of the country for a while and am still catching up on things in my office.
I think you are looking for someone to say "yes, you can connect to the scope with NI-MAX and the VISA Interactive Tool, and here is how to do it"
A few things:
The LabVIEW driver for XStream scopes is the right one. It works with all of the TeledyneLeCroy Windows based scopes.
As I see was already pointed out. (I will give Kudos soon), the scope must be setup to use the USBTMC interface. To do this, go to the Utitlites pulldown menu on the scope and select "Utilities Setup..." on the tabs that appear at the bottom of the display, select the "Remote" tab and ensure the interface type is set to USBTMC. This will also show you the VISA resource (I see it in the title of the VISA interactive tool image shown in a previous post).
Once this is selected, the PC should detect the USB connection and install the device. (you can see it in your device manager as a USB Test and Measurement Device:
Once this is done, you can then go into NI-MAX and it will detect and show the resource. You can now communicate with the device:
If you have any challenges, feel free to give me a call and I am happy to walk through this over the phone.
Regards,
Leonard Brown
Applications Engineer
Teledyne LeCroy
1-800-553-2769

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