Abstract: A client/server arrangement which allows measurement instruments to transmit measurement data to a client in lieu of image data. Measurement data is preferably raw digitized data which has been acquired from a signal source. The transmission of measurement data via the client/server arrangement results in the transmission of much less data over a network, and results in the faster transmission of data. Given the greater and faster resources that a client such as a personal computer or workstation might have, the client will often be able to generate and update a waveform display faster than the measurement instrument. The client can also generate alternate and more complex displays which the measurement instrument is unable to generate, including three-dimensional displays such as waterfall and spectrogram displays. Furthermore, the client can generate multiple displays from the same measurement data, and different clients can generate different displays.

Abstract: A client/server arrangement which allows measurement instruments to transmit measurement data to a client in lieu of image data. Measurement data is preferably raw digitized data which has been acquired from a signal source. The transmission of measurement data via the client/server arrangement results in the transmission of much less data over a network, and results in the faster transmission of data. Given the greater and faster resources that a client such as a personal computer or workstation might have, the client will often be able to generate and update a waveform display faster than the measurement instrument. The client can also generate displays which differ from that displayed by the measurement instrument. Furthermore, the client can generate multiple displays from the same measurement data, and different clients can generate different displays.