MATLAB: TCPIP communication with agilent device from Linux machine

Question

I'm trying to establish communication with an Aglient arbitrary waveform generator through matlab. The IVI drivers are not available, because I am running from a linux machine. I have entered the device's IP address into the test & measurement tool, but have found no documentation regarding what commands are available to write to the device at this level. Is there an easy way to control the device that I have been missing? Does matlab support control of devices such as this from Linux?

Answer 1

You can use TCPIP on a Linux machine to communicate with your Agilent arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), if the device supports TCPIP. You'd have to do something similar to what is in this example:

http://www.mathworks.com/products/instrument/demos.html?file=/products/demos/shipping/instrument/acquireIQSignal.html

Note that the specific commands for your AWG should be available from the instrument vendor. Contact the vendor for the list of SCPI commands to program your specific AWG.