User manual
Table Of Contents
- toc
- General safety summary
- Compliance Information
- Preface
- Getting Started
- Operating Basics
- Understanding Oscilloscope Functions
- Application Examples
- Taking Simple Measurements
- Using Autorange to Examine a Series of Test Points
- Taking Cursor Measurements
- Analyzing Signal Detail
- Capturing a Single-Shot Signal
- Measuring Propagation Delay
- Triggering on a Specific Pulse Width
- Triggering on a Video Signal
- Analyzing a Differential Communication Signal
- Viewing Impedance Changes in a Network
- Data Logging
- Limit Testing
- Math FFT
- USB Flash Drive and Device Ports
- USB Flash Drive Port
- File Management Conventions
- Saving and Recalling Files With a USB Flash Drive
- Using the Save Function of the Print Front Panel Button
- USB Device Port
- Installing the PC Communications Software on a PC
- Connecting to a PC
- Connecting to a GPIB System
- Command Entry
- Connecting to a Printer
- Printing a Screen Image
- Reference
- Appendix A: Specifications
- Appendix B: TPP0101 and TPP0201 Series 10X Passive Probes Inform
- Appendix C: Accessories
- Appendix D: Cleaning
- Appendix E: Default Setup
- Appendix F: Font Licenses

Preface
Firmware Updates Through the Internet
If a newer version of firmware becomes available, you can use the Internet and
aUSBflash drive to update your oscilloscope. If you do not have access to the
Internet, contact Tektronix for in formation on update procedures.
To update the firmware from the Internet, follow these steps:
1. Push the Utility ► System Status option, and write down the firmware
version number o f the oscilloscope.
2. From your computer, access the www.tektronix.com web site and check if a
newer version of oscilloscope firmware is available.
3. Ifthereisanewerversionoffirmware, download the firmware file from the
web page.
You may need to unzip the downloaded file.
4. Copy the firmware file to the root folder of a USB flash drive.
5. Insert
the USB flash drive into the USB Flash Drive port on the front of the
oscilloscope.
6. From y
our oscilloscope, push the Utility ► File Utilities ► -more-page2
of 2 ► Update Firmware option button.
It ta
kes several minutes to update the firmware.
Your oscilloscope will prompt you to press a button when the firmware update is
com
plete. You must not remove the USB flash drive, or power off the oscilloscope
until the firmware update is complete.
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