Instructions

Two-channel digital Oscilloscopes 21
Description of the instrument (cont'd)
ACQUIRE
Displays the Acquisition menu. You can use the Acquisition menu to
parameterize the Sampling mode (sample, peak detection, mean).
MEASURE
Displays the Measurement menu.
CURSORS
Displays the Cursor menu. The "Adjust" knob is used to set the position of
the active cursor. The cursors remain displayed (unless the "Type" option is
"Off") after you exit from the Cursor menu, but they can no longer be set.
DISPLAY
Opens the Display menu. The Display menu is used to configure the
graticule and the shapes representing the traces, the persistence, and the
intensity.
UTILITY
Gives access to the Utility menu. The Utility menu is used to configure such
oscilloscope options as the sound, the language, the counter, etc. It also
serves to look up the status of the system and to update the software.
DEFAULT SETUP
Loads the "Default Setup" of the oscilloscope.
HELP
Gives access to the internal help function.
AUTO
Automatically configures the oscilloscope in order to produce a display
appropriate to the signals present on the inputs.
RUN/STOP
Acquisition of signals continuously, or stop acquisition.
Note: If acquisition of the signal is stopped (using the "RUN/STOP" button
or "SINGLE"), the S/div knob stretches or compresses the signal.
SINGLE
Enables a single acquisition and then STOPs.
BNC connectors
of the inputs and
Probe compensation
output
Channel connector
(CH1, CH2)
Input connectors for the display of signals.
EXT TRIG
Input connector for an external trigger source. Choose the "Ext" or "Ext/5"
trigger source in the Trigger menu.
Calibration signal
Connections of the internal generator used for probe compensation.
Adjust knob
This can be used with many functions, for example to adjust
the Hold-Off, move the cursors, set the pulse width, define
the video line, set the high and low frequency limits of the
filters, set the X and Y masks with the Pass/Fail function, etc.
The "Adjust" knob is used to select the location of the setup,
trace, and image files during a save/recall, and to choose
menu options.