User`s guide

216 5000 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide

5 Displaying Data

Using Serial Decode

Agilent’s hardware accelerated serial decode options can be

licensed on 4-channel or 4+16-channel 5000 Series oscilloscopes.

The following serial decode licenses are available:

• The N5423A (Option LSS) license provides the ability to

decode I

C (Inter-IC) and SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)

serial busses.

• The N5424A (Option AMS) license provides the ability to

decode CAN (Controller Area Network) and LIN (Local

Interconnect Network) serial busses.

• The N5457A (Option 232) license provides the ability to

decode many UART (Universal Asynchronous

Receiver/Transmitter) protocols including RS232

(Recommended Standard 232).

Adding the Automotive Serial (AMS) serial decode license will

add more CAN and LIN trigger types to the trigger menu. See

page 108 or page 118 for details.

To determine whether these licenses are installed on your

oscilloscope press the Utility key, then press the Options softkey,

the Features softkey, and the Show license information softkey.

To order serial decode licenses, contact your local Agilent

Technologies representative (see