RIGOL DS2000A Quick Guide April 2013 RIGOL Technologies, Inc
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RIGOL Safety Requirement General Safety Summary Please review the following safety precautions carefully before putting the instrument into operation so as to avoid any personal injuries or damages to the instrument and any product connected to it. To prevent potential hazards, please use the instrument only specified by this manual. Use Proper Power Cord. Only the power cord designed for the instrument and authorized by local country could be used. Ground The Instrument.
RIGOL Do Not Operate in Wet Conditions. In order to avoid short circuiting to the interior of the device or electric shock, please do not operate in a humid environment. Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere. In order to avoid damages to the device or personal injuries, it is important to operate the device away from an explosive atmosphere. Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry. To avoid the influence of dust and/or moisture in air, please keep the surface of device clean and dry.
RIGOL Symbols on the Product. These symbols may appear on the product: Hazardous Voltage Safety Warning Protective Earth Terminal Chassis Ground Test Ground Measurement Category Measurement Category DS2000A series digital oscilloscopes can make measurements in Measurement Category I. WARNING This oscilloscope can only be used for measurements within its specified measurement categories.
RIGOL Ventilation Requirement This oscilloscope uses fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench-top or rack setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind the instrument for adequate ventilation. WARNING Inadequate ventilation may cause temperature increase which would damage the instrument.
RIGOL Installation (overvoltage) Category This product is powered by mains conforming to installation (overvoltage) category II. WARNING Make sure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by thunderbolt) can reach the product, or else the operator might expose to danger of electric shock. Installation (overvoltage) Category Definitions Installation (overvoltage) category I refers to signal level which is applicable to equipment measurement terminals connected to the source circuit.
RIGOL General Care and Cleaning General Care: Do not store or leave the instrument at places where the instrument will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time. Cleaning: Clean the instrument regularly according to its operating conditions. To clean the exterior surface: 1. Disconnect the instrument from all power sources. 2. Clean the loose dust on the outside of the instrument with a lint- free cloth (with mild detergent or water). When cleaning the LCD, take care to avoid scarifying it.
RIGOL Contents Guaranty and Declaration .......................................................................... I Safety Requirement .................................................................................. II General Safety Summary................................................................................................ II Safety Terms and Symbols ............................................................................................ III Measurement Category ........................
RIGOL Quick Start General Inspection 1. Inspect the shipping container for damage. Keep the damaged shipping container or cushioning material until the contents of the shipment have been checked for completeness and the instrument has passed both electrical and mechanical tests. The consigner or carrier shall be liable for the damage to instrument resulting from shipment. RIGOL would not be responsible for free maintenance/rework or replacement of the unit. 2. Inspect the instrument.
RIGOL Appearance and Dimensions 2 Figure 1 Front View Unit: mm Figure 2 Top View Unit: mm DS2000A Quick Guide
RIGOL To Prepare for Operation To Adjust the Supporting Legs Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt the oscilloscope upwards for stable placement of the instrument as well as easier operation and observation of the instrument. Figure 3 To Adjust the Supporting Legs To Connect to AC Power Supply This oscilloscope can accept 100-240 V, 45-440 Hz AC power supply.
RIGOL Power-on Inspection When the oscilloscope is energized, press the power key at the lower-left corner of the front panel to turn on the oscilloscope. During the start-up process, the oscilloscope performs a series of self-test items and you can hear the sound of relay switching. After the self-test is finished, the welcome screen is displayed.
RIGOL Function Inspection 1. Press Storage Default to restore the oscilloscope to its default configuration. 2. Connect the earth alligator clip of the probe to the “Ground Terminal” under the probe compensation signal output terminal. 3. Use the probe to connect the input terminal of CH1 of the oscilloscope and the “Compensation Signal Output Terminal” of the probe. Compensation Signal Output Terminal Ground Terminal Figure 6 To Use the Compensation Signal 4. Press AUTO. 5.
RIGOL Tip The signal output from the probe compensation connector can only be used for probe compensation adjustment and can not be used for calibration. Probe Compensation When the probes are used for the first time, you should compensate the probes to match the input channels of the oscilloscope. Non-compensated or poorly compensated probes may cause measurement inaccuracy and error. The probe compensation procedures are as follows: 1. Perform step 1, 2, 3 and 4 of “Function Inspection”. 2.
RIGOL Front Panel Overview 1 3 2 12 13 14 15 16 4 17 5 6 7 18 19 8 9 10 20 11 21 Figure 9 Front Panel Overview No. Description No.
RIGOL Rear Panel Overview 1 4 5 2 6 7 3 8 Figure 10 Rear Panel Overview 1． Handle Pull up the handle vertically for easy carrying of the instrument. When you do not need the handle, press it down. 2． LAN Connect the instrument to the network via this interface for remote control. This oscilloscope conforms to the LXI-C class instrument standards and can quickly build test system with other instruments.
RIGOL 5． AC Power Socket AC power input terminal. The power requirement of this oscilloscope is 100-240 V, 45-440 Hz, CAT II. Use the power cord provided with the accessories to connect the instrument to AC power. Then, you can press the power key at the front panel to start the instrument. 6． Lock Hole You can lock the instrument to a fixed location using the security lock (please buy it yourself) via the lock hole.
RIGOL Front Panel Function Overview VERTICAL CH1, CH2: analog input channels. The 2 channels are marked by different colors which are also used to mark both the corresponding waveforms on the screen and the channel input connectors. Press any key to open the corresponding channel menu and press again to turn off the channel. MATH: press this key to open the math operation menu under which add, subtract, multiply, divide, FFT, logic and advanced operations are provided.
RIGOL HORIZONTAL MENU: press this key to open the horizontal control menu under which to turn on or off the delayed sweep function, switch between different time base modes, switch between “Coarse” and “Fine” adjustment of scale as well as modify the horizontal reference setting. SCALE: modify the horizontal time base. Turn clockwise to HORIZONTAL reduce the time base and turn counterclockwise to increase the time base.
RIGOL TRIGGER MODE: press this key to switch the trigger mode to Auto, Normal or Single and the corresponding state backlight of the current trigger mode would be illuminated. LEVEL: modify the trigger level. TRIGGER Turn clockwise to increase the level and turn counterclockwise to reduce the level. During the modification, the trigger level line would move up and down and the value in the trigger level message box (e.g. ) at the lower-left corner of the screen would change accordingly.
RIGOL CLEAR Press this key to clear all the waveforms on the screen. If the oscilloscope is in “RUN” state, new waveforms will still be displayed. RUN/STOP Press this key to set the state of the oscilloscope to “RUN” or “STOP”. In “RUN” state, the key is illuminated in yellow. In “STOP” state, the key is illuminated in red. SINGLE Press this key to set the trigger mode to “Single”. In single trigger mode, press FORCE to generate a trigger signal immediately.
RIGOL Knob Adjust waveform brightness: In non-menu-operation mode (menu is hidden), turn this knob to adjust the brightness of waveform display. The adjustable range is from 0% to 100%. Turn clockwise to increase the brightness and counterclockwise to reduce. Press down this knob to reset the brightness to 50%. You can also press Display WaveIntensity and use the knob to adjust the waveform brightness.
RIGOL MENU Measure: press this key to open the measurement setting menu. You can set the measurement setting, all measure, statistic function etc. Press MENU at the left of the screen to open the measurement menus of 24 waveform parameters. Then, press down the corresponding menu softkey to quickly realize one-key measurement and the measurement result will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
RIGOL Record Stop Play/Pause Record Record: press this key to start recording the waveform. The backlight is illuminated in red. Besides, when record constant on (Open) is enabled, the backlight will also be illuminated. Play/Pause: in stop or pause state, press this key to play back the waveform and press again to pause the play. The backlight is illuminated in yellow. Stop: press this key to stop the waveform being recorded or being played back. The backlight is illuminated in orange.
RIGOL User Interface DS2000A provides 8.0 inches, WVGA (800*480) 160,000 color TFT LCD. What is worth mentioning is that the 14-grid ultra-wide screen enables you to view “longer” waveform. 1 2 3 12 4 13 5 6 7 8 9 14 15 16 17 Figure 11 User Interface 10 11 18 1. Auto Measurement Items Provide 12 horizontal (HORIZONTAL) and 12 vertical (VERTICAL) measurement parameters. Press the softkey at the left of the screen to activate the corresponding measurement item.
RIGOL 4. Horizontal Time Base Represent the time per grid on the horizontal axis on the screen. SCALE to modify this parameter. The range Use HORIZONTAL available is from 1.000 ns to 1000 s (for 200 MHz bandwidth oscilloscope, the range available is 2.000 ns to 1000 s; for 100 MHz and 70 MHz bandwidth oscilloscope, the range available is 5.000 ns to 1000 s). 5. Sample Rate/Memory Depth Display the current sample rate and memory depth of the oscilloscope. SCALE to modify this parameter.
RIGOL The following labels will be displayed according to the current channel setting: channel coupling (e.g. ), input impedance (e.g. ) and bandwidth limit (e.g. ). 13. CH2 Vertical Scale Display the voltage value per grid of CH2 waveform vertically. SCALE to modify this parameter. Use VIRTICAL The following labels will be displayed according to the current channel setting: channel coupling (e.g. ), input impedance (e.g. ) and bandwidth limit (e.g. ). 14.
RIGOL items. The backlight of turns on when parameter selection is valid. Denote that can be used to modify parameter values. The turns on when parameter input is valid. backlight of can be used to modify parameter values and press Denote that to input desired paramrter values directly using the pop-up turns on when parameter numeric keyboard. The backlight of input is valid. Denote that you can use the Navigation Knob to quickly adjust/locate parameters.
RIGOL To Use the Built-in Help System The help system of this oscilloscope provides instructions for all the function keys (including menu keys) at the front panel. Press Help to open the help interface and press again to close the interface. The help interface mainly consists of two parts. The left is “Help Options” and you can use “Button” or “Index” mode to select. The right is “Help Display Area”. Help Options Help Display Area Figure 13 Help Information Button: , Default mode.
RIGOL Troubleshooting The commonly encountered failures and their solutions are listed below. When you encounter those failures, please solve them following the corresponding steps. If the problem remains still, please contact RIGOL and provide your device information (acquisition method: Utility System System Info). 1. The screen is still dark (no display) after power on: (1) Check if the power is correctly connected. (2) Check whether the fuse is burned out.
RIGOL 5. No display after pressing RUN/STOP: Check if the MODE at the trigger panel (TRIGGER) is on “Normal” or “Single” and if the trigger level exceeds the waveform range. If yes, set the trigger level to the middle or set the MODE to “Auto”. Note: using AUTO could automatically finish the above setting. 6. The display of waveform is ladder-like: (1) The horizontal time base might be too low. Increase the horizontal time base to increase the horizontal resolution and improve the display.
