Quick Start Guide

Appendix 3 Common Questions
A10
“Trigger Wait” is displayed
even though triggering is not
enabled
Is the time trigger enabled [On] or another trigger source
enabled?
Verify settings on the Trigger Settings screen.
“Storing” appears, but no
waveform is displayed
Is the Roll Mode function (on the Status Settings screen)
of the Memory function disabled (set to [Off])?
If set to [On] or [Auto], waveforms are displayed during
acquisition.
"4.3.1 Displaying Waveforms
During Recording (Roll Mode)"
in the Instruction Manual
When “Trigger Wait” is dis-
played and no waveform
appears
No waveform is displayed unless the trigger criteria are
satisfied.
To verify the current input waveform, change the trigger
mode of the Waveform screen to [Auto], and the wave-
form will appear.
However, when the trigger mode is [Auto], if no trigger
occurs within one second after pressing the START key,
recording starts anyway. (No trigger mark is applied)
"6.3 Setting the Trigger Mode"
in the Instruction Manual
To hide unwanted channel
waveforms
From the Waveform screen, press the FUNCTION
MODE key to change the FN mode, and press F5
[Channel Set]. (The Channel Settings dialog appears)
Move the cursor to [Col](color) for the channel to be hid-
den, and select F1 [Off].
"5.7 Setting Input Channels
from the Waveform Screen" in
the Instruction Manual
In this case Description Reference
Saving and Loading
In this case Description Reference
If you intended to save over a
long period using Auto Save,
and only saved a short period
New directories are created automatically when Auto
Save is [On], the [Normal Save] method is selected, and
Directory Creation is [On]. (Up to 5,000 files can be
saved in each directory)
If these settings are [Off], saving stops after writing the
maximum number of files that one directory can hold.
"10.3.4 Setting Auto Save" in
the Instruction Manual
Auto Save seems to be
enabled, but data is not saved
to the storage media
• Verify that write-protection on the storage media is
disabled. If write-protection is enabled, disable it.
• Verify that Auto Save is [On] before starting measure-
ment.
• When stopping measurement manually, note the dis-
played messages, and do not interrupt auto-saving
while writing to the storage media.
"10.3.4 Setting Auto Save" in
the Instruction Manual
Only short waveforms are
saved
Is the save area set to [A-B]?
To save the whole waveform, select [Whole].
"10.3.5 Setting Manual Save
(SAVE Key Output)" in the
Instruction Manual
When storage media
becomes full and you want to
continue saving to another
storage media
Specify as Media1 the storage media to which you want
to save first. For [Save on Error], set [Save in 2] and
specify the storage media on which to continue saving.
"10.3.4 Setting Auto Save" in
the Instruction Manual
To save to a shared folder on
a PC, or to load data
When a folder on a PC is registered for sharing over the
LAN, it can be accessed from this instrument.
"10.1.6 Using a Network
Shared Folder" and "Chapter 13
Communications Settings" in
the Instruction Manual