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6.5.5

Alarms dialog

Location:

Tools > Alarms

Purpose:

gives access to the alarms feature, which specifies actions to be taken

on various events

Event:

Select the event that will trigger the alarm:

Capture: when a waveform is captured. If triggering is enabled,

this option corresponds to a trigger event. You can therefore use

this function to save a file on each trigger event.

Buffers Full: when the number of waveforms in the waveform

buffer reaches the maximum waveform count.

Mask(s) Fail: when any channel fails a mask test.

(Actions list):

Add an action to this list by clicking Add. Whenever the specified

event occurs, PicoScope will execute the all the actions in the list

from top to bottom.

NOTE: For an action to execute, its check box must be

set.

Apply:

Set up the scope according to the settings in this dialog.

Add:

Add an event to the Actions list. Possible events are:

Beep: activate the computer's built-in sounder. 64-bit PCs

redirect this sound to the headphone output.

Play Sound: specify the name of a .wav sound file to play.