Reference TDS 500B, TDS 600B & TDS 700A Digitizing Oscilloscopes 070-9382-01
To Preview a Waveform: To Display a Waveform: 1 Attach a probe to CH 1 and hook the probe to your signal. 2 Press CH 1. 3 Press AUTOSET. 4 Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL POSITION and SCALE. 1 Press ZOOM. 2 Press Mode in the main menu. Then press Preview in the side menu to turn on Dual Window Zoom. Upper graticule zooms the boxed area on the selected waveform. Lower graticule displays the selected waveform unzoomed with the zoomed area in box.
To Save a Hardcopy to the File System: To Set Up Using a Menu: Use SHIFT for the Alternate (Blue) Menus 1 Press SHIFT, and then press HARDCOPY. 2 1 Press any of the front panel menu buttons. 2 Select an item from the main (bottom) menu. Press Format in the main menu, and select a hardcopy format from the side menu.
To Select a Trigger: To Take Measurements Automatically: Trigger Selections TYPE Select any one of Ch 1 thru Ch 4, Line, or DC Aux Define levels High, Low, or Don’t Care for Ch 1 thru Ch 4 CLASS Define Inputs Press TRIGGER MENU. CLASS Define Inputs Source TYPE 1 (On some models, Ax 1 & Ax 2 Negative Set TRIGGER MAIN LEVEL. 1 Press MEASURE.
To Take Measurements With Cursors: replace Ch 3 & Ch 4) TYPE Select any one of Ch 1 thru Ch 4 Source Source Select any one of Ch 1 thru Ch 4 CLASS
To Choose an Acquisition Mode: How the Acquisition Modes Work: Incoming Signal 1 Samples Acquired for Each Waveform Data Point Interval Acquisition Mode Processes Samples Displayed Data Point Waveform Drawn on CRT Use for fastest acquisition rate. Press SHIFT, and then press ACQUIRE MENU. Sample Sample is the default mode. Uses first sample in interval Use to reveal aliasing and for glitch detection.