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4. P ush the front panel Test button.
5. Push Application on the lower menu. Turn
Multipurpos
eato select Limit/Mask Test
from the menu.
6. Push Select
Mask on the lower menu and,
from the resulting side menu, select Limit
Test.
7. Push Create Limit Mask on the lower menu.
8. On the res
ulting side menu, push Source
Channel and turn Multipurpose a to
choose the waveform to use as the template
for the li
mit test.
Source
Channel
a1
9. Push Horizontal ±Limit to set the mas k
horizontal limits. The units are referenced to
graticu
le divisions, where one major division
contains 1,000 milli-divisions (mdiv).
Horizontal
±Limit
200mdi
v
10. Push Vertical ±Limit to set the mask
vertic
al limits. The units are referenced to
graticule divisions, where one major division
contains 1,000 millidivisions (mdov).
Vertical
±Limit
200mdiv
11. Push OK Create Limit Mask to make the
mask in the oscilloscope.
OK
Creat
e
Limit Mask
Create a custom mask. There are two ways to create a custom mask. You can load a mask from a text file or create a
mask via a rem o te interface.
Createacustommaskfromatextfile.
1. P ush the front panel Test button.
2. Push Applicatio n on the lower
menu. Turn Multipurpose a to select
Limit/Mask Test from the menu.
3. Push S et Up Mask on the lower menu.
4. From the resulting side menu, push
Recall Mask from File.
Your ma sk text file should have an “.msk” file name extension and use the following format:
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