User manual

929204-00 Rev A

BASICS

Working with Traces

The easiest way to turn on a trace is to press the front panel C1-C4, Math,

and Zoom buttons. Provided there is a signal, a waveform appears on the

grid, a new descriptor box opens at the bottom of the grid area, and the

corresponding setup dialog opens. This is now the “active” trace.

To turn off the trace, press the front panel button again.

Traces can also be turned on/off by using the Trace On checkbox on the

Channel, Math, Zoom, and Memory setup dialogs.

Trace Descriptor Boxes

Channel (C1-C4), Zoom (Z1-Z4), Math (F1-F2), Memory (M1-M4), and

Digital (Digital1-Digital2) descriptor boxes appear along the bottom of

the grid area when a trace is turned on. Descriptor boxes summarize and

activate the traces they represent.

Inactive. Controls will not work

for this trace.

Active. Controls will work

for this trace.

Active vs. Inactive Trace

Although several traces may be open and appear on the display, only one at

a time is active. This is true for all traces, regardless of the type. All actions

apply to the active trace until another is selected.

Touch a trace or its descriptor box to activate it and bring it to the foreground.

When the descriptor box appears highlighted in blue, front panel controls and

touch screen gestures apply to that trace.

Trace Context Menu

Touching a trace, or right-clicking with a mouse on

the descriptor box, opens a context menu of actions

that can be applied to that trace, such as create

math function, apply measurements or label.