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Limit and Mask Testing
Monitor an active input signal against a mask with the MDO3LMT Limit and Mask Test Module. Output pass or fail results.
The results can show whether the input signal is within the user-defined vertical and horizontal bounds of the mask. You can
create your own mask or recall a mask from a file. To set up and run a limit or mask test, do the following:
1. Select or create the mask.
2. Set up the test.
3. Run the test and view the results.
Create or Select the Mask
The two mas
k types you can create or select are: limit test and custom.
Create a limit test mask.
1. P ush the front panel Default Setup button.
2. Connect your probe from your oscilloscope
to the mask source.
3. P ush the front panel Autoset button.
4. P ush the front panel Test button.
5. Push Application on the lower menu. Turn
Multipurpose a to select Limit/Mask Test
from the menu.
6. Push Select Mask on the lower menu and,
from the resulting side menu, select Limit
Test.
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