Converting Experiments for New Oscilloscope Functionality

INCA versions until V7.1 supported different oscilloscopes. The suffix outdated identifies old oscilloscopes: oscilloscope (outdated), YT oscilloscope (outdated), XY oscilloscope (outdated), XY plotter (outdated)).

In experiments, only either new or old oscilloscopes may be used exclusively:

New experiments automatically support the new oscilloscopes.
Experiments from older INCA versions can be converted automatically or manually.

You can tell which oscilloscopes are supported by an experiment by looking at the symbol:

(color): the experiment only supports new oscilloscopes.
(half gray): the experiment only supports the old oscilloscopes.

Note
This Help describes old and new oscilloscopes. Old instruments are additionally labeled with (outdated)

The following overview shows the steps for various INCA versions when using old or new oscilloscopes:

Used:

New oscilloscopes

Old oscilloscopes

INCA V7.1

INCA uses the complete functional scope of the new oscilloscopes.

Experiments from INCA 7.1 can be converted so that they are readable in older versions. New oscilloscopes saved in the experiment are thereby saved as measure tables.

Experiments supporting new oscilloscopes exclusively are represented by the following icon:

INCA V 7.1 supports exclusively the old oscilloscopes. These do not, however, offer the varied options of new oscilloscopes.

The conversion from old oscilloscopes can be performed automatically or manually.

During conversion, a backup copy of the experiment is automatically created. It is named after the experiment, with an added increasing number.

Experiments supporting old oscilloscopes exclusively are represented by the following icon:

INCA V7.0
and older

Experiments exclusively supporting the new oscilloscopes cannot be used. This is irrespective of whether they contain actual oscilloscopes or not. First, a conversion of the experiment is necessary and can be performed in INCA V 7.1. YT and XY oscilloscopes contained in the experiment are thus converted into measure tables.

A conversion with INCA 7.1 is required.

INCA uses the old oscilloscopes.