User Manual

5.1 Analog Channel Settings
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Setting choices depend on the type of input module. This section describes
channel settings using the Model 8936 Analog Unit.
The same setting choices are available with the following input modules:
• Model 8936 Analog Unit
• Model 8956 Analog Unit
• Model 8946 4-Ch Analog Unit
Refer to the Input Module Guide for settings specific to each input module.
Settings can be made on either the [One Ch] page or the [All Ch] page(⇒ p. 124)
of the Channel Settings screen.
5.1 Analog Channel Settings
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Channel Settings (Example: 8936 Analog Unit)
To open the screen: Press the SET key → Select with the SUB MENU keys →Channel Settings scree
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See Screen Layout (⇒ p. 30), To set from the Waveform screen (⇒ p. 128)
Operating Key Procedure
1
SHEET/PAGE
Select the [One Ch] page.
2
Select the module (Unit) and channel number to be set.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to each [Unit (no.)] and [Ch
(no.)].
F1 to F8
Select the module (Unit) number (Unit 1, 2, …)
and channel. (The type of the selected module is
indicated beside the [Unit].)
3
Verify the module type and measurement mode to be set.
Verify that the [Mode] is set to [Voltage].
4
Set the measurement range.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Range (/div)] item.
F1 to F8
Set the vertical axis (voltage axis range).
The setting is the amplitude per division on the
vertical axis.
This setting can also be made with the RANGE/
POSN knobs.(⇒ p. 111)
5
Select the input signal coupling method (as occasion
demands).
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Coupling] item.
F1 to F8
Select either choice.
5 m, 10 m, 20 m, 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 500 mV/div,
1, 2, 5, 10, 20 V/div
DC DC Coupling
Select this to acquire both DC and AC compo
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nents of an input signal.
AC Select this to eliminate any DC componen
t
from an input signal. Use this to measure only
the ripple component superimposed on pul
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sating current.
GND The input signal is disconnected. Zero posi
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tion can be confirmed.
Comments can be entered for each
channel. (
⇒ p. 112)
Measurement Mode
When using an input module that can pro
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vide multiple types of measurement, such
as voltage and temperature, select the
type of measurement to be performed.
See "3.10.2 Setting Input Coupling" in
the Input Module Guide
Module (Unit) No. Channel No.