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

Application Examples
Analyzing a Di
fferential Communication Signal
You are having intermittent problems with a serial data communication link, and
you suspect poor signal quality. Set up the oscilloscope to show you a snapshot of
the serial da
ta stream so you can verify the signal levels and transition times.
Because this is a differential signal, you use the Math function of the oscilloscope
to view a bet
ter representation of the waveform.
NOTE. Be sure to first compensate both probes. Differences in probe
compensation appear as errors in the differential signal.
To activate the differential signals connected to channel 1 and to channel 2,
follow these steps:
1. Push the 1 (channel 1 menu) button and set the Probe ► Voltage ►
Attenuation option to 10X.
2. Push the 2 (channel 2 menu) button and set the Probe ► Voltage ►
Attenuation option to 10X.
3. If using P2220 probes, set their switches to 10X.
4. Push the AutoSet button.
5. Push the Math button to see the Math Menu.
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