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MDO3000 Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes User Manual

1. Enter Back Delete Clear Character Space MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 10 Push the down arrow key to move the oe character cursor down a row to the Server oe Name field 11 Turn the Multipurpose a knob and push Select or Enter Character as often as needed to enter the name 12 If desired push the down arrow key to move L the character cursor down a row to the Server IP Address field o 13 Turn Multipurpose a and push Select or Enter Character as often as needed to enter the name 14 When done push OK Accept NOTE If you have multiple printers connected to the oscilloscope at the same time the oscilloscope will print to the printer listed in the Utility gt Utility Page gt Print Setup gt Select Printer menu item E mail Printing To set up the oscilloscope to print via e mail to e mail enabled printers 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to the rear panel Ethernet port 2 Push Utility 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 175 Save and Recall Information 3 Push Utility Page Utility Page 4 Turn Multipurpose a and select Print am Setup ae e 5 Push Select Printer Utility Select Orientation Ink Saver PictBridge Page Printer Landsca Printer Landscape Off l Print N A Settings Setup 6 Push Add E Mail Printer Select Printer Add Network Printer Add E mail printer Rename Printer
2. 9 Display multiple waveforms on the screen by pushing one or more of the channel 1 through 4 buttons or by pushing the D15 DO button 10 Push and hold Cursors to display the cursor menu again a a aR Cams i1aec om ar A 11 Push Source on the lower menu A pop up menu will appear The default menu selection of Selected Waveform will cause the cursors to take measurements on the selected last used waveform 12 Turn Multipurpose a to choose a channel to measure other than the one pointed to by Selected Waveform 13 Push Menu Off to remove the pop up menu 14 Turn Multipurpose a and take cursor measurements on the alternate waveform 134 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Cursors 15 Push Cursors again This turns off the cursors The screen no longer displays the cursors and the cursor readout Using Cursor Readouts Cursor readouts supply textual and numeric information relating to the current cursor positions The oscilloscope always shows the readouts when the cursors are turned on Readouts appear in the upper right corner of the graticule If Zoom is on the readout appears in the upper right corner of the zoom window When a bus is selected the readout shows the decoded bus data in the format you have selected from the choices in the bus menu When a digital channel is selected the cursors show the values of all displayed digi
3. 6 Push Security Password Use Multipurpose a and the bottom menu to enter a password 7 Push Firmware Upgrades Read the on screen warnings To disable the ability to load new firmware into the oscilloscope on the resulting side menu push OK Disable Upgrades 8 Push I O Ports Read the on screen warnings To disable all USB and Ethernet ports on the oscilloscope push OK Disable All Ports on the resulting side menu To cancel the procedure push Menu Off 0968 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 181 Save and Recall Information 9 Power off the oscilloscope and then power it back on to complete the process eC JL Lt O OSS ou 182 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Use the Arbitrary Function Generator Use the Arbitrary Function Generator The MDO3000 contains an optional integrated arbitrary function generator AFG option MDO3AFG This is useful for simulating signals within a design or adding noise to signals to perform margin testing The function generator provides output of predefined waveforms up to 50 MHz Choose between sine square pulse ramp triangle DC noise sin x x Sinc Gaussian Lorentz exponential rise fall Haversine and cardiac signals The AFG can generate up to 131 072 points of an arbitrary waveform You can create the waveform from any of the four internal ARB memories the four or two analog channels the four or two reference waveforms the math
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5. 0 0 Set to Defaults Taking Automatic Measurements in the Frequency Domain To take an automatic measurement in the frequency domain 1 If the instrument is in the time domain push RF 2 Push Measure Measure Measure ment 3 Push Select Measurement 130 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 4 Choose the measurement of interest from the side menu Channel power The total power within the bandwidth defined by the Channel Width Adjacent channel power ratio The power in the main channel and the ratio of channel power to main power for the upper and lower halves of each adjacent channel Occupied bandwidth The bandwidth that contains the specified of power within the analysis bandwidth Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Select Measure ment None Channel Power Adjacent Channel Power Ratio Occupied Bandwidth As you select each frequency measurement on screen help will appear to explain the purpose of that measurement A Configure item will appear on the lower menu After you press Configure and set the measurement parameters in the resulting side menu the oscilloscope will automatically set the soan When the RF measurements are on the Auto detection method will set all frequency domain traces to the Average detection method This provides optimal measurement accuracy Taking Digital Voltmeter Measurements Use the digital voltmeter to measure the potential dif
6. 1 Push Default Setup 4 Default y Setup 3249 008 2 If you change your mind push Undo Default Setup to undo the last default setup MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 57 Acquire the Signal Using Autoset Autoset adjusts the instrument acquisition horizontal trigger and vertical controls such that it displays four or five waveform cycles for analog channels with the trigger near the midlevel and ten cycles for digital channels Autoset works with both the analog and digital channels 1 To autoset an analog channel connect the see analog probe and then select the input a Be channel See page 54 Setting Up Analog Channels 7 eT fB eao SAA ez i To autoset a digital channel connect the logic probe and select the input channel See page 79 Setting Up Digital Channels 2 Push Autoset to execute an Autoset 3 If desired push Undo Autoset to undo Fe the last Autoset utose You can also disable the Autoset function To disable or enable the Autoset function 1 Push and hold Autoset 3249 009 2 Push and hold Menu Off p 0968 012 3 Release Menu Off and then release Autoset 58 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 4 Select the desired setting using the side menu Quick Tips E to 0 V Acquire the Signal Autoset Enabled Autoset Disabled To position the waveform appropriately Autoset may change the vertica
7. 28 D15 D0 Push to display or remove the digital channels from the display and to access the digital channel setup menu with option MDO3MSO only 29 Menu Off Push to clear a displayed menu from the screen MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Identifying Items in the Time Domain Display The items shown in the graphic below may appear in the display Not all of these items are visible at any given time Some readouts move outside the graticule area when menus are turned off Trig d am 400 0ns 152 0mV 2 800ps 240 0mY A2 400ps A392 0m d dt 163 3kV s D gt i pele 713 4 5 jf 024 S Tie 113S 6 Jii 24s 7 Te 3 70 D gt rn g aa 400ns 2 506S s uy 10 00 10k points 12 0mV 29 gt 200mV 100mV 400us 400s TS tt oo AFG Sine 1 0000MHz 500 00mVpp l gt Timing Resolution 2 00ns 3249 023 1 The acquisition readout shows when an acquisition is running stopped or when acquisition preview is in effect Run acquisitions enabled Stop Acquisitions not enabled Roll roll mode 40 ms div or slower PreVu The oscilloscope is stopped or between triggers You can change the horizontal or vertical position or scale to see approximately what the next acquisition will look like A B When using the average acquisition mode B shows the total number of acquisitions to be averaged set this using the Ac
8. 2810 050 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 89 Trigger Setup Choosing a Trigger Type 90 To select a trigger 1 Push Trigger Menu 2 Push Type to bring up the Trigger Type side menu NOTE The bus trigger in the MDO3000 Series works on parallel buses even without an application module Using the bus trigger on other buses requires use of a MDO3AERO MDO3AUDIO MDO3AUTO MDO3FLEX MDO3COMP MDO3EMBD or MDO3USB application module 3 Turn Multipurpose a to select the desired trigger type 4 Complete the trigger setup using the lower menu controls displayed for the trigger type The controls to set up the trigger vary depending on the trigger type D ajaa a Trigger Type Sequence B Trigger Pulse Width Setup amp Hold Rise Fall Time iad a Coupling rA 046 no ge ate fe Level Mode 100 mV Auto amp Holdoff MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Selecting Triggers Trigger Type Edge 1785 092 Sequence B Trigger not A 1 available with an edge slope of Both 4 Pulse Width l l l l ae TT ins Timeout i E lt T gt 2810 076 Runt MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Trigger Conditions Trigger on a rising edge a falling edge or both edges as defined by the slope control Coupling choices are DC LF Reject HF Reject and Noise Reject Edge
9. FFT waveform m Use the default BV RMS scale to see a detailed view of multiple frequencies even if they have very different amplitudes Use the linear RMS scale to see an overall view of how all frequencies compare to each other E The math FFT feature provides four windows Each offers a trade off between frequency resolution and magnitude accuracy The choice of which window to use depends upon what you want to measure and your source s signal characteristics Use the following guidelines to select the best window Description Rectangular The frequency resolution when using the Rectangular a k a boxcar or none window is very good the spectral leakage is high and amplitude accuracy is poor Use the Rectangular window for measuring transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are nearly equal Also use this window for equal amplitude sine waves with frequencies that are very close together and for broadband random noise with a relatively slow varying spectrum This window is the best type for measuring the frequency spectrum of non repetitive signals and measuring frequency components near DC Hamming The frequency resolution when using the Hamming window is good slightly better than Hanning the spectral leakage is moderate and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hamming window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where th
10. This manual describes the installation and operation of the following oscilloscopes Wier woos woos ea _wooaase wooanse woos a a E RF RF Channels Sample Rate 5 E 5 E 29 EE 2 5 2 9 a 1 ch Sample Rate 5 GS s 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 ch Sample Rate 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 4 ch Record Length 1 ch Record Length 2 ch Record Length 10 M N A 10 M N A 10 M 4 ch RF Frequency Range 9 kHz 1 GHz 9 kHz 1 GHz 9 kHz 500 MHz 9kHz 500 MHz 9 kHz 350 MHz C moa voona woos wooo wooo wooo Se RF RF Channels Sample Rate 2 5 m 2 5 Ta 2 5 2 9 2 9 a 1 ch Sample Rate 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 0 GS s 2 ch Sample Rate 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 4 ch Record Length 1 ch Record Length 2 ch MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual XV Preface MDO3032 MDO3024 MDO3022 MDO3014 MDO3012 a Length 10 M 10 M 4 ch RF Frequency Range 9 kHz 350 MHz 9kHz 200 MHz 9kHz 200 MHz 9 kHz 100 MHz 9 kHz 100 MHz Key Features MDO3000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes are 6 in 1 integrated oscilloscopes offering a built in spectrum analyzer arbitrary function generator logic analyzer protocol analyzer digital voltmeter and frequency counter Key features include m A dedicated RF input channel for frequency domain measurements m Four or two analog channels for time domain measurements m Models are available with bandwidths from 100 M
11. 11 12 13 For example when using the two vertical cursors and no horizontal ones are visible you can push this button to link or unlink the cursors When the two vertical and two horizontal cursors are both visible you can push this button to make either the vertical cursors or the horizontal cursors active Fine Push to toggle between making coarse and fine adjustments with the many operations of multipurpose knobs a and b Turn the lower Multipurpose b knob when activated to move a cursor or set a numerical parameter value for a menu item Push Fine to make adjustments more slowly Intensity Push to enable Multipurpose a to control waveform display intensity and knob b to control graticule intensity 3249 017 Zoom button Push to activate zoom mode Pan outer knob Turn to scroll the zoom window through the acquired waveform Zoom scale inner knob Turn to control the zoom factor Turning it clockwise zooms in further Turning it counterclockwise zooms out Play pause button Push to start or stop the automatic panning of a waveform Control the speed and direction with the pan knob lt Prev Push to jump to the previous waveform mark Set Clear Mark Push to establish or delete a waveform mark Next Push to jump to the next waveform mark 3249 018 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument 14 Horizontal Position Turn to adjust the trigger point location rela
12. 5 Average Averages all points in each interval m es fs m 4 ee 6 Peak Uses the lowest amplitude poit O O O LLLI in each interval ee e T E a Spectrogram Display The spectrogram display is particularly useful for monitoring slowly changing RF phenomena The x axis represents frequency just like the typical spectrum display The y axis represents time Color indicates amplitude Spectrogram slices are generated by taking each spectrum and flipping it on its edge so that it is one pixel row tall and then assigning colors to each pixel based on the amplitude at that frequency with the cold colors of blue and green representing low amplitude and the hotter colors of yellow and red indicating higher amplitude Each new acquisition adds another slice at the bottom of the spectrogram and the history moves up one row When acquisitions are stopped you can navigate through the history of the spectrogram by pressing the side menu slice control and turning the Multipurpose a knob When acquisitions are stopped and the spectrogram is displayed the spectrogram slice trace is displayed as the Normal spectrum trace To use the spectrogram feature push Spectrogram from the RF Menu to bring up the related side menu Spectro gram 1 Push Display to On to start the spectrogram Display oi Off 2 To review each spectrum captured in the spectrogram push Run Stop to Stop acquiring RF acquisitions Turn Multipurp
13. MDO3SEC Add password protected security to enable or disable all communication ports and firmware upgrades to any MDO3000 Series oscilloscope Bandwidth upgrades Optional accessories Accessory Upgrade the analog bandwidth on MDO3000 Series products post purchase Visit www tektronix com for information on available upgrade products Description Tektronix part number TekVPI to TekProbe II BNC Adapter TPA BNC adapter TPA N VPI adapter TekVPI probes that work with MDO3000 Adapter from N connection RF input to TekVPI probe TPA BNC TPA N BNC Visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Series oscilloscopes NEX HD2HEADER Selector Tool on the Tektronix website at www tektronix com probes NEX HD2HEADER Adapter that routes the channels from a Mictor connector to 0 1 inch header pins TEK USB 488 Adapter Rackmount kit GPIB to USB Adapter TEK USB 488 RMD3000 Adds rackmount brackets Soft transit case Protective front cover Case for carrying instrument Also included with this case is a hard plastic protective instrument front cover ACD3000 200 5052 00 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Optional accessories cont Accessory Hard transit case Front cover Demonstration Board MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer Manual MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Technical Reference Manual MDO3000 Series Oscillosco
14. MIL STD 1553 requires an MDO3AERO module Parallel requires option MDO3MSO See page 14 Application Module Free Trial You can use your oscilloscope to trigger on multiple data buses if you have the appropriate application module installed The MDO3000 Series can trigger on parallel buses without an application module The oscilloscope can display both the physical layer as analog waveforms and the protocol level information as digital and symbolic waveforms To set up the bus trigger 1 If you have not already defined your bus using the front panel B1 or B2 buttons do so now See page 67 Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus 2 Push Trigger Menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual S gt E itis C So ou Sp j BER a 0968 046 93 Trigger Setup 94 3 Push Type Trigger On Address Direction Mode OFF 7 4 Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the trigger type side menu until you select Bus 5 Push Source Bus and use the Source Bus side menu to select the bus that you want to trigger on 6 Push Trigger On and select the desired trigger on feature from the side menu Parallel Bus Trigger requires option MDO3MSQ You can trigger on a binary or hex data value Push Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest with the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs I2C Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start Repeated Start Stop Missing Ack
15. 1 Connect the P6316 16 channel logic probe to the input signal source L j azz im iy il 2 Connect the ground lead or leads to the circuit ground You can connect a separate lead for each channel or a common ground lead for each group of 8 wires 3 If needed connect the appropriate grabber for each probe to the probe tip 4 Connect each probe to the desired circuit test point 5 Push D15 DO on the front panel to display the menu 6 Push D15 DO on the lower menu to access the D15 DO On or Off menu boo MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 79 Acquire the Signal 7 Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the list of digital channels Turn Multipurpose b to position the selected channel As you position channels close to each other on the display the oscilloscope groups the channels and adds the group to the pop up list You can select the group from the list to move all the channels in the group instead of individual channels 8 Push Thresholds on the lower menu You can assign a different threshold value to each channel 9 Push Edit Labels on the lower menu and create the label You can create labels through the front panel or with an optional USB keyboard See page 55 Labeling Channels and Buses 10 Push Monitor to show the activity on digital channels
16. 6 pollution degree 6 probe ground leads 79 threshold accuracy 6 threshold range 6 Pan 147 148 knob 42 148 149 Parallel bus 67 93 trigger 93 94 Pause 148 Peak detect acquisition mode 62 Peak detection type 118 Peak detection type 117 Peak Hits measurement 126 Peak to peak measurement 124 126 Period measurement 123 Persistence display 101 infinite 102 variable 102 Phase measurement 123 Physical layer bus activity 78 PictBridge 29 170 Picture mode 158 Play 148 Play pause button 42 148 mode 148 Pollution Degree P6316 6 Portrait 163 171 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Position bus 111 digital channels 111 Horizontal 88 89 106 142 Vertical 106 Position and offset 110 Positive Duty Cycle measurement 123 Positive Overshoot measurement 124 Positive Pulse Count measurement 125 Positive Pulse Width measurement 123 Posttrigger 87 89 Pouch probe and accessory 2 Power cord 2 input 53 off 10 removing 10 supply 9 Switch 44 Power measurements 159 Predefined math expressions 139 Pretrigger 87 89 Previous button 42 Print 171 E mail 175 Ethernet 173 hard copy 170 Print button 44 Probe accessory 2 logic 2 Probe Comp 11 12 PROBE COMP 36 PROBE COMP connector 52 Probe compensation non TPP0250 non TPP0500B ornon TPP1000 13 TPP0250 TPPO500B or TPP1000 11 Probe connector analog 52 logic 52 Index Probes BNC 8 connecting 7
17. Delete Printer 176 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 7 Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to find the first character in the name that you want to enter If you are using a USB keyboard use the arrow keys to position the insertion point and type in the printer name See page 35 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope NOTE There is a single set of SMTP server settings saved for both the e mail printer and for Act on Event e mail notification Test gt Application gt Act on Event gt Actions gt E mail Notification gt Configure E mail If you modify the SMTP settings in one of these two locations they will be similarly modified in the other location 8 Push Select or Enter Character to let the oscilloscope know that you have picked the proper character to use You can use the lower menu buttons to edit the name as needed 9 Continue scrolling and pushing Select until you have entered all the desired characters 10 Push the down arrow key to move the character cursor down to more rows to fill out 11 Turn the Multipurpose a knob and push Select or Enter Character as often as needed to enter the name 12 If desired push the down arrow key to move the character cursor down to added rows 13 Turn Multipurpose a and push Select or Enter Character as often as needed to enter the name MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User M
18. NOTE Math waveforms are not available for use with serial buses NOTE Math functions are available when the instrument is operating in time domain mode Use the following procedure for executing simple x math operations on two waveforms 1 Push Math m mm 0968 037 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 139 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push Dual Wfm Math Dual Wfm FFT Advanced Spectrum M Label Math Math Math 3 On the side menu set the sources to either channel 1 2 3 4 or reference waveforms R1 2 3 or 4 Choose the x or operators 4 For example you might calculate power by multiplying a voltage waveform and a current waveform Voltage aN En A N N za wikan if gt s m Quick Tips m Math waveforms can be created from channel or reference waveforms or a combination of them m Measurements can be taken on math waveforms in the same way as on channel waveforms m Math waveforms derive their horizontal scale and position from the sources in their math expressions Adjusting these controls for the source waveforms also adjusts the math waveform m You can zoom in on math waveforms using the inner knob of the Pan Zoom control Use the outer knob for positioning the zoomed area See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms Using FFT An FFT function breaks down signals into component frequencies which the oscilloscope uses
19. Universal Euro Option A1 United Kingdom Option A2 Australia Option A3 Switzerland Option A5 Japan Option A6 China Option A10 India Option A11 Brazil Option A12 No power cord or AC adapter Option A99 One 16 channel logic probe with accessories Bag to hold probes and related accessories MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Tektronix part number 161 0348 XX 161 0343 XX 161 0344 XX 161 0346 XX 161 0347 XX 161 0342 XX 161 0341 00 161 0349 XX 161 0356 XX P6316 016 2008 XX Optional application modules Tektronix part number MDO3AERO Description Installation MIL STD 1553 Serial Triggering and Analysis MDO3AUDIO Audio Serial Triggering and Analysis 12S LJ RJ TDM MDO3AUTO MDO3COMP MDO3EMBD Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis CAN and LIN Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis 12C and SPI MDO3FLEX MDO3USB FlexRay Serial Triggering and Analysis Universal Serial Bus Triggering and Analysis LS FS HS High speed is decode only available on 1 GHz models only MDO3LMT MDO3PWR Limit Mask Test Analysis Power Measurement Analysis Optional instrument upgrades Tektronix part number MDO3AFG Description Arbitrary function generator MDO3MSO 16 digital channels includes P6316 digital probe MDO3SA Increase spectrum analyzer input frequency range to 9 kHz 3 GHz
20. disconnecting the probe from the measurement instrument Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 207 Appendix C P6316 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Do not Operate Without Covers Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Avoid Exposed Circuitry Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures If you suspect there is damage to this product have it inspected by qualified service personnel Do Not Operate in Wet Damp Conditions Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry Safety Terms and Symbols in This Manual These terms may appear in this manual A WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life A CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols on the Product This symbol may appear on the product A CAUTION Refer to Manual 208 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix D OpenSSL License Appendix D OpenSSL License License Issues The OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license i e both the conditions of the OpenSSL Licens
21. display the waveforms You can display up to 8L waveforms at one time 7 You can label individual digital channels for easier identification See page 55 Labeling Channels and Buses MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 8 To group some or all of the digital channels together move the channels right next to each other All the channels that are next to each other automatically form a group You can see the groups by pushing Select on the side menu and turning the Multipurpose a knob When a group is selected turn Multipurpose b to move the whole group Viewing Digital Channels Display Waveform or Trace Data s The various ways of displaying data from the digital channels help you analyze the signals Digital channels store a high or low state for each sample Logic high levels are displayed in green Logic low levels are displayed in blue When a single transition occurs during the time represented by one pixel column the transition edge is displayed in gray When multiple transitions occur during the time represented by one pixel column the transition edge is displayed in white When the display shows a white edge indicating multiple transitions you may be able to zoom in and see the individual edges When you are zoomed in so far that there is more than one pixel column per sample the uncertainty of the edge position is indicated by light gray shading NOTE When the light gray shading is d
22. ground lead 14 logic 8 P6316 203 TEK USB 488 Adapter 3 TekVPI 3 7 TPA BNC Adapter 3 8 TPP0250 1 196 TPPOSOOB 1 196 TPP1000 1 196 Pulse Width trigger defined 91 R Rackmount 3 RBW 84 Readout Acquisition 45 Auxiliary 47 Channel 47 Cursor 46 135 Horizontal position scale 47 MagniVu 47 Record length sampling rate 46 Timing resolution 47 Trigger 46 97 Trigger frequency 114 Trigger status 46 Real time sampling 59 Rear panel connectors 53 Recalling setups 166 waveforms 162 Record length xvi 60 Record length sampling rate readout 46 Rectangular FFT window 86 142 Ref button 40 144 145 165 Ref R 165 Reference button 39 Reference level 117 Reference levels 129 Reference menu 40 145 146 Reference waveforms 145 displaying 165 removing 146 166 saving 165 saving 10 M waveforms 146 Removing reference waveforms 146 166 217 Index Removing waveform 101 Rename a drive directory or file 169 Resolution bandwidth 84 RF button 22 41 48 115 RF input connector 36 52 Right Justified RJ 40 67 93 Rise Time measurement 123 Rise Fall trigger defined 92 Rising Edge Count measurement 125 RMS measurement 125 Roll mode 64 Rolling window data matching 96 RS 232 40 67 93 bus trigger 94 cursor readout 135 data value matching 97 decoding 74 RS 422 40 67 RS 485 40 67 Run Stop button 43 64 100 Runt trigger defined 91 S Sample acqui
23. samples The horizontal scale determines the size of the acquisition window relative to the waveform You can scale the window to contain a waveform edge a cycle several cycles or thousands of cycles Quick Tip Acquire the Signal 0968 052 m Use the zoom feature to see multiple cycles of your signal in the upper part and a single cycle in the lower part of the display See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms Labeling Channels and Buses You can add a label to the channels and buses shown on the display for easy identification The label is placed on the waveform baseline indicator in the left side of the screen The label can have up to 32 characters To label a channel push a channel input button for an analog channel 1 Push a front panel button for an input channel or a bus MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual aD E d 5 CH a Si et Ai I 2 F 7 pi 9 x Al ii i oS 9 I s CE cocok ai IL m Oce om WE o 59 Acquire the Signal 2 Push a lower menu button to create a label Label such as for channel 1 or B1 Preset of labels abel 3 Push Choose Preset Label to view a list Choose 4 Turn Multipurpose b to scroll through the list to find a suitable label You can edit the label after you insert it if necessary Multipurpose 1785 160
24. 126 power 159 reference levels 129 Snapshot 128 Statistics 127 Median measurement 126 Memory erasure of 178 Menu 36 Bus 40 68 buttons 38 Cursors 132 Default Setup 44 Frequency Domain 22 41 Math 40 Measurement 38 Reference 40 145 146 Save Recall 39 44 162 Trigger 90 98 Utility 19 20 39 44 103 114 115 171 Vertical 39 107 Menu Off button 44 Microsoft Excel 29 Word 29 MIL STD 1553 40 67 93 bus trigger 95 data value matching 97 Min hold trace 116 Min measurement 124 126 Mode roll 64 Monitor 80 Mount or unmount a networked drive 169 Multiple transition detection 113 Multipurpose knob 38 41 61 62 165 mV graticule 104 N N connector RF input 36 Negative Duty Cycle measurement 123 Negative Overshoot measurement 124 Negative Pulse Count measurement 125 Negative Pulse Width measurement 123 Network printing 173 Networked drives mounting and unmounting 169 NEX HD2HEADER 3 Next button 42 Normal trace 116 Normal trigger mode 87 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual O Occupied bandwidth measurement 131 Offset and position 110 Offset vertical 108 OpenChoice Desktop 1 26 29 Operating specifications 5 Option key 15 Orientation of the image 163 171 Outer knob 42 Overlay 19 p P6316 81 humidity 7 input capacitance 6 input resistance 6 logic probe 2 maximum nondestructive input signal 6 maximum signal swing
25. 47 Before Installation 1 Blackman Harris FFT window 86 143 Blue lines 113 BNC interface 8 Burst Width measurement 123 Bus button 67 68 93 display 48 70 menu 40 68 positioning and labeling 111 setup 68 Bus and Waveforms display show physical layer bus activity 78 Bus button 39 Bus trigger defined 93 Buses 67 93 cursor readout 135 Button Acquire 39 60 62 101 AFG 39 Ampl 41 83 Index Arbitrary function generator 36 Autoset 11 38 43 54 58 B W 41 B1 B2 40 67 68 93 bus 67 68 93 Bus 39 BW 85 Channel 39 Cursors 41 132 D15 D0 44 81 Default Setup 39 44 54 57 Fine 38 41 43 Force Trig 43 87 Freq Span 41 82 hard copy 44 178 Intensity 42 105 M 40 139 140 Markers 41 Math 39 40 139 140 Measure 38 122 127 128 Menu Off 44 Next 42 Play pause 42 148 Previous 42 Print 44 printer 178 Ref 40 144 145 165 Reference 39 RF 22 41 48 115 Run Stop 43 64 100 Save Recall 39 44 162 Search 38 150 Select 41 Set Clear Mark 42 149 Set to 50 43 89 Single 43 100 Span 83 Test 38 Trigger level 43 Trigger menu 90 Trigger Menu 39 Utility 18 20 21 39 103 104 113 114 171 Vertical 39 Zoom 42 BW button 85 byte matching 96 213 Index C Calibration 21 22 Calibration certificate 1 CAN 40 67 93 bus trigger 95 Case hard transit 4 soft transit 3 Center f
26. 9 The trigger readout shows the trigger source slope and level The trigger readouts for other trigger types show other parameters ap 12 0m4 10 The top line of the record length sampling rate readout shows the sampling rate You can adjust it with the Horizontal Scale knob The bottom line shows the record length You can adjust it by pushing Acquire and Record Length on the lower menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument 2 5068 5 10k paints 11 The horizontal position scale readout shows on the top line the horizontal scale adjust with the Horizontal Scale knob With Delay Mode on the bottom line shows the time from the T symbol to the expansion point icon adjust with the Horizontal Position knob Use horizontal position to insert added delay between when the trigger occurs and when you actually capture the data Insert a negative time to capture more pretrigger information With Delay Mode off the bottom line shows the time location of the trigger within the acquisition as a percentage 400ns 10 00 6 12 The Timing Resolution readout shows the timing resolution of the digital channels Timing resolution is the time between samples It is the reciprocal of the digital sample rate When the MagniVu control is on MagniVu appears in the readout D15 mm memes SESS SESE DO gt Timing Resolution 2 00ns 3249 025 13 Measurement readouts show the selected measurem
27. Address Data or Address Data If you are setting up an 12C trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Address or Address Data push Address on the lower menu to access the 12C Address side menu Push Addressing Mode on the side menu and select 7 bit or 10 bit Push Address on the side menu Enter the address parameters of interest with the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs Then push Direction on the lower menu and select the direction of interest Read Write or Read or Write If you have made a Trigger On selection of Data or Address Data push Data on the lower menu to access the 12C Data side menu Push Number of Bytes and enter the number of bytes with Multipurpose a Push Addressing Mode on the side menu and select 7 bit or 10 bit Push Data on the side menu Enter the data parameters of interest with the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs For more information on the 12C address formats refer to item 2 under Setting Up Bus Parameters SPI Bus Trigger You can trigger on SS Active MOSI MISO or MOSI amp MISO If you are setting up an SPI trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of MOSI or MISO push Data on the lower menu push MOSI or MISO on the side menu and enter the data parameters of interest using the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs Then push Number of Bytes and enter the number of bytes with the Multipurpose a knob If you select MOSI amp MISO push Data on the lower menu and enter t
28. Address Packet Data Packet Handshake Packet Special Packet or Error MIL STD 1553 Search for Sync Command Status Data Time RT IMG Error 152 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Auto magnify As you adjust the horizontal scale control to faster time division settings the MDO3000 Series automatically increases the sample rate to keep acquiring the same record length in the shorter period of time Eventually though the MDO3000 Series hits its maximum sample rate Once the instrument is at its fastest sample rate further changes to faster timebase settings cause the oscilloscope to operate in Auto magnify mode where the oscilloscope shows the faster desired time division setting and continues to acquire the desired record length The result is that the oscilloscope cannot show all of the acquired points within the desired time division setting Instead the oscilloscope shows you only a portion of the entire record in the time domain graticule This feature provides you with a way to magnify a portion of the record without having to use the smaller zoom screen display This feature gives you the maximum benefit of the sample rate record length combination in your oscilloscope With Auto magnify you have access to the full record length at the maximum sample rate NOTE Auto magnify only comes on when the zoom feature is turned off 1 The entire acquisition is indicated by the horizontal bar i
29. Australia Russian Federation This product is approved by the Russian government to carry the GOST mark Safety compliance This section lists the safety standards with which the product complies and other safety compliance information EU declaration of conformity low voltage Compliance was demonstrated to the following specification as listed in the Official Journal of the European Union Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC m EN61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m EN 61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits U S nationally recognized testing laboratory listing m UL61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m UL61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits Canadian certification m CAN CSA C22 2 No 61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m CAN CSA C22 2 No 61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular r
30. Full 104 Grid 104 intensity 105 IRE 104 mV 104 Solid 104 styles 103 Green lines 113 Grid graticule style 104 Ground 9 lead 14 strap 9 strap connector 52 Ground strap 36 Ground yourself to discharge Static 9 Group icon 48 Grouping channels 80 digital 111 H Hamming FFT window 86 142 Hanning FFT window 86 143 Hard copy button 44 printing 170 HCTEK4321 transit hard case 4 Height MDO3000 5 Hi Res acquisition mode 62 High measurement 124 High low indicators 47 Histogram waveform reset the count 138 setup 136 Histogram measurements 126 Hits in Box measurement 126 Holdoff trigger 88 Horizontal delay 88 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Horizontal lines Green and blue 113 Horizontal position 43 60 88 89 106 142 and math waveforms 140 defined 55 readout 47 Horizontal scale 43 106 142 and math waveforms 140 defined 55 readout 47 How to calibrate a TPP0250 TPP0500 or TPP1000 voltage probe 11 compensate a non TPP0250 non TPPO500B or non TPP1000 voltage probe 13 compensate the signal path 21 connect probes and adapters 7 connect to a computer 26 erase memory 178 label channels and buses 55 manage long record length waveforms 147 perform a functional check 10 power off the oscilloscope 10 power on the oscilloscope 9 print a hard copy 170 print via e mail 175 recall setups 166 recall waveforms 162 save screen images 162 save set
31. Push to perform an automatic setup of oscilloscope settings 4 Test Push to activate advanced or application specific testing features MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Acquire Push to set the acquisition mode and adjust the record length Trigger Menu Push to specify trigger settings M Push to manage the math waveform including the display or removal of the math waveform from the display R Push to manage reference waveforms including the display or removal of each reference waveform from the display oS st S SF B1 or B2 Push to define and display a serial bus if you have the appropriate application modules Parallel bus support is available on MDO3000 products with the MDO3MSO option installed Also push the B1 or B2 button to display or remove the corresponding bus from the display 10 AFG Push to enable the arbitrary function generator output and access the AFG menu 11 Vertical Position Turn to adjust the vertical position of the corresponding waveform Push to center the waveform baseline indicator 12 Channel 1 2 3 or 4 Menu Push to set vertical parameters for input waveforms and to display or remove the corresponding waveform from the display 13 Vertical Scale Turn to adjust the vertical scale factor of the corresponding waveform volts division Push the front panel Fine button to make smaller adjustments Below the display buttons Use the buttons below
32. are both good The Kaiser window is best used when frequencies are very close to the same value but have widely differing amplitudes the side lobe level and shape factor are closest to the traditional Gaussian RBW This window is also good for random signals MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 85 Acquire the Signal Description Window Rectangular The frequency resolution when using the Rectangular a k a boxcar or none window is very good the spectral leakage is high and amplitude accuracy is poor Use the Rectangular window for measuring transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are nearly equal Also use this window for equal amplitude sine waves with frequencies that are very close together and for broadband random noise with a relatively slow varying spectrum This window is the best type for measuring the frequency spectrum of non repetitive signals and measuring frequency components near DC Hamming The frequency resolution when using the Hamming window is good slightly better than Hanning the spectral leakage is moderate and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hamming window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Hanning The frequency resolution when using the Hanning a k a Hann window is good the spectral leakage is low and amplitud
33. are needed such as in fall time or rise time measurements Calculate using either the min max or histogram method The min max method uses the minimum value found The histogram method uses the most common value found below the midpoint This value is measured over the entire waveform or gated region This is measured over the entire waveform or gated region and is expressed as Positive Overshoot Maximum High Amplitude x 100 This is measured over the entire waveform or gated region and is expressed as Negative Overshoot Low Minimum Amplitude x 100 This is the summation of the positive overshoot and the negative overshoot MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Amplitude measurements cont Measurement Description Mean we The arithmetic mean over the entire waveform or gated region Cycle Mean Pies The arithmetic mean over the first cycle in the waveform or the first cycle in the gated ie region RMS Se The true Root Mean Square voltage over the entire waveform or gated region ING Cycle RMS pe The true Root Mean Square voltage over the first cycle in the waveform or the first Tat cycle in the gated region RMS voltage Voltage peak to peak Zero volts Miscellaneous measurements Measurement Description Positive Pulse f The number of positive pulses that rise above the mid reference crossing in th
34. as to conform with Netscapes SSL This library is free for commercial and non commercial use as long as the following conditions are adhered to The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution be it the RC4 RSA hash DES etc code not just the SSL code The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com Copyright remains Eric Young s and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed If this package is used in a product Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation online or textual provided with the package Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement This product includes cryptograp
35. at one time 3 After you turn off the power to the oscilloscope you can remove the physical application module from the oscilloscope Refer to the MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Application Module Installation Manual that came with your application module for instructions on installing and testing an application module NOTE If you transfer a license from a module to an oscilloscope the module will not work on another oscilloscope until you transfer the license back from the oscilloscope to the module Consider putting the physical module in an envelope or other storage with a label recording the date module name model and serial number of the oscilloscope which holds the license This will help prevent contusion later if someone finds the module installs it in some other oscilloscope and wonders why it does not work Upgrading Bandwidth You may increase the bandwidth of an instrument when your project requirements demand higher performance Do this by purchasing an upgrade 1 GHz upgrades require Tek Service installation and option IFC calibration Model to be upgraded Bandwidth before Bandwidth after Order this product upgrade upgrade MDO3012 100 MHz 200 MHz MDO3BW1T22 100 MHz 350 MHz MDO3BW1T32 100 MHz 500 MHz MDO3BW1T52 100 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW1T102 200 MHz 350 MHz MDO3BW2T32 200 MHz 500 MHz MDO3BW2T52 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 15 Installation MDO3014 MDO3022 MDO3024 200 MHz 350 MHz 350 MHz 5
36. can display bus information without triggering on the bus signal Setting Up Bus Parameters NOTE For most bus sources you may use any combination of channels 1 through 4 and D15 through DO With some buses you may also use Ref 1 through 4 and Math as sources for protocol decode To trigger on serial or parallel bus conditions refer to Triggering on Buses See page 93 Triggering on Buses To set up bus parameters 1 Push B1 or B2 to bring up the lower bus menu 2 Push Bus Turn Multipurpose a to scroll B1 Label Bus Event through the list of bus types and select the paid ween tee desired bus Parallel 12C SPI RS 232 CAN LIN FlexRay Audio USB or MIL STD 1553 The actual menu items shown will depend on your model oscilloscope and the application modules installed 3 Push Define Inputs The choices depend on the selected bus 68 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Push Thresholds Use the side menu buttons to define wedi parameters for the inputs such as specific ve signals to an analog or digital channel Clocked If you select Parallel push the side menu Sata button to enable or disable Clocked Data Yes Push the side menu button to select the Clock Edge on which to clock data rising edge falling edge or both edges Number of Data Bits Define Bits Turn Multipurpose a to select the Number of Data Bits in the parallel bus Turn Multipurpose a to select the de
37. device port is the correct USB port for computer connectivity Use the rear and front panel USB 2 0 host port to connect your oscilloscope to USB flash drives Use the USB Device port to connect your oscilloscope to a PC or a PictBridge printer USB Host port Lo USB Device port Using the LXI Web Page and e Scope With e Scope you can access any Internet connected MDO3000 Series oscilloscope from a web browser on your computer or tablet To set up e Scope communications between your oscilloscope and a Web browser running on a remote computer 1 Connect the oscilloscope to your computer network with an appropriate Ethernet cable AN 0968 010 2 Push Utility N Utility 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 29 Installation 30 10 ili Utilit Push Utility Page Turn Multipurpose a and select I O I O Push Ethernet amp LXI Utility Page I O View the top item on the side menu to EAN determine the condition of the LAN An Status indicator turns green for good status and red if the device detects a fault Push LAN Settings to display the network aa parameters configured on your oscilloscope Push LAN Reset to restore the LAN defaults LAN Reset to your oscilloscope Push Test Connection to check if your Test vg oscilloscope can find an attached network 70 Push more to see another page of side more 1 of 2 menu items USB Ethernet amp LXI Network S
38. instrument i Pead response From instrument print this usage info containing a 7 are treated at queries and responses al au is 1088P milliseconds 34 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 12 You can now type in a standard query such as idn The Telnet session window will respond by displaying a character string describing your instrument You can type in more queries and view more results using this Telnet session window You can find the syntax for relevant commands queries and related status codes in the MDO3000 Series Programmer Manual NOTE Do not use the computer s backspace key during an MS Windows Telnet session with the oscilloscope Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope You can connect a USB keyboard to a USB Host port on the rear or front panel of the oscilloscope The oscilloscope will detect the keyboard even if it is plugged in while the oscilloscope is powered on You can use the keyboard to quickly create names or labels You can bring up the Label button on the lower menu by pushing a Channel or Bus button Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the insertion point and then type in a name or label Labeling channels and buses makes the information on the screen easier to identify To choose whether to use a keyboard with a United States US key layout or one with an alternative layout 1 Push Utility Qus 3249 012 2 Push Utility Page 3 T
39. lt arrow button to jump to an existing mark 2 Push Set Clear If no search mark is at the screen center the oscilloscope will add one MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 4 siesos te 52 NE O rA 2 S Saar aa any 0 o m gt O50o om Jagan a ar 0968 049 149 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Investigate your waveform by moving from search mark to search mark Use the next or previous lt arrow button to jump from one marked location to another without adjusting any other controls 4 Delete a mark Push the next or previous lt arrow button to jump to the mark you want to clear To remove the current center positioned mark push Set Clear It works on both manually and automatically created marks To automatically set and clear delete search marks 1 Push Search 2 Select the search type desired from the Threshold lower menu The search menu is similar to the trigger menu 3 From the side menu turn on the search function lf desired go to the second page of the side menu and turn on the search mark table The search mark table shows a time stamped listing of each event 150 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 4 On the screen hollow triangles show the Analyze Waveform or Trace Data location of automatic marks and solid triangles show the custom user defined locations These appear on both normal and zoo
40. monitor the State of an entire bus for setup and hold violations You can use up to 20 channels for a Setup and Hold trigger 4 analog and 16 digital Push Clock on the side menu to select the clock channel Push the Select control Data and Not used buttons to select one or more channels you want to monitor for setup and hold violations NOTE Optimum Setup and Hold trigger performance is achieved by using only analog channels or only digital channels Trigger on rise and fall times Trigger on pulse edges that traverse between two thresholds at faster or slower rates than the specified time Specify pulse edges as positive or negative or either MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Type Video Bus Triggering on Buses Trigger Setup Trigger Conditions Trigger on specified fields or lines of a composite video signal Only composite signal formats are supported Trigger on NTSC PAL or SECAM Works with Macrovision signals Trigger on a variety of HDTV video standard signals as well as custom non standard bilevel and trilevel video signals with 3 to 4 000 lines Trigger on various bus conditions I2C requires a MDO3EMBD module SPI requires an MDO3EMBD module CAN requires an MDO3AUTO module RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART require an MDO3COMP module LIN requires an MDO3AUTO module FlexRay requires an MDO3FLEX module Audio requires an MDO3AUDIO module USB requires an MDO3USB module
41. more information Also refer to Contacting Tektronix at the beginning of the manual You purchase application modules as stand alone products You can purchase them at the time of initial MDO3000 purchase or at a later time Application modules have licenses You can transfer a license between an application module and an oscilloscope The license may be contained in the module allowing you to move the module from one instrument to another Alternatively you can contain the license in the oscilloscope allowing you to remove the module and store it for safekeeping You can transfer the license back to the module for use in another MDO3000 oscilloscope Transferring the license to an oscilloscope and removing the module permits the use of more than two applications simultaneously The MDO3AERO Aerospace Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level information on MIL STD 1553 buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information Signal Inputs Ch1 Ch4 Math Ref1 Ref4 Recommended Probing Differential or single ended only one single ended signal required The MDO3AUDIO Audio Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level information on 12S LJ RJ and TDM audio buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding searc
42. over an Internet Protocol based computer network You can use your oscilloscope s socket server feature to let your oscilloscope communicate with a remote terminal device or computer To set up and use a socket server between your oscilloscope and a remote terminal or computer 1 Connect the oscilloscope to your computer network using an appropriate Ethernet cable Ta 0968 010 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 2 Push Utility a Utility 3249 012 3 Push Utility Page gt Turn Multipurpose a and select I O I O 5 Push Socket Server He USB a Hi Neva ers Socket Server 6 On the resulting Socket Server side menu SEUS push the top entry to highlight Enabled Disabled 7 Choose whether the protocol should be Protocol None or Terminal Neate t Terminal A communication session run by a human at a keyboard typically uses a terminal protocol An automated session might handle its own communications without such protocol from the oscilloscope Current Port 4000 8 If required change the port number by Select Port turning Multipurpose a 9 If required press OK to set the new port OK number Set Port MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 33 Installation 10 After you have set up the socket server parameters the computer is now ready to communicate with the oscilloscope If you are running an MS Windows PC you could run its default cli
43. pF typical Pollution Degree 2 Indoor use only 6 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Humidity 5 to 95 relative humidity Cleaning Inspect the oscilloscope and probes as often as operating conditions require To clean the exterior surface perform the following steps 1 Remove loose dust on the outside of the oscilloscope and probes with a lint free cloth Use care to avoid scratching the display 2 Use a soft cloth dampened with water to clean the oscilloscope Use an aqueous solution of 75 isopropyl alcohol for more efficient cleaning CAUTION Avoid getting moisture inside the unit during external cleaning Use only enough cleaning solution to dampen the cloth or swab CAUTION To avoid damage to the surface of the oscilloscope or probes do not use any abrasive or chemical cleaning agents Connecting Probes The oscilloscope supports probes with the following 1 Tektronix Versatile Probe Interface TekVPI These probes support two way communication with the oscilloscope through on screen menus and remotely through programmable support The remote control is useful in applications like ATE where you want the system to preset probe parameters 2 Tektronix Versatile Probe Interface TekVPI for Passive Probes These probes build upon the functionality of the TekVPI interface Each probe is matched with its corresponding oscilloscope channel allowing the oscilloscope to optimiz
44. peaks will tend to qualify to have markers If the threshold is higher fewer peaks tend to qualify to have markers The excursion is how far a signal needs to fall in amplitude between marked peaks to be another valid peak If the excursion is low more peaks will tend to qualify to have associated markers If the excursion is high fewer peaks will tend to qualify to have associated markers MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Each automatic marker has a readout associated with it These can be absolute or delta readouts An absolute marker readout shows the actual frequency and amplitude of the associated marker A delta marker readout shows the frequency and amplitude differences from the Reference Marker The Reference Marker s readout indicates absolute frequency and amplitude regardless of the readout type Manual Markers Two manual markers are provided for you to measure non peak areas of the spectrum and to measure Noise Density and Phase Noise When the manual markers are turned on the Reference Marker is no longer automatically attached to the highest amplitude peak It is now assigned to the Multipurpose a knob and can be moved to any location you desire This enables easy measurement of any part of the spectrum as well as delta measurements to any part of the spectrum This also lets you measure non peak spectral content of interest The readouts for manual markers indicate frequency and amplit
45. reference waveforms To Display a Histogram 1 Set up the oscilloscope to show the a a waveform on which to measure the Q histogram Use Autoset if appropriate E oE oj F he he he be LL _ CDC e OSD o ou 3249 009 Measure 2 Push Measure 3 Push Waveform Histograms on the lower menu 136 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 1 Push the top button on the side menu to Off select the waveform axis for which you want WGC to show the histogram values Vertical or Horizontal Horizontal Push Source on the side menu and turn Multipurpose a to select the channel for which to display histogram measurements Push Horiz Limits on the side menu and turn the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs to set the L left and R right boundaries of the histogram box Push Vert Limits on the side menu and turn the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b to set the T top and B bottom boundaries of the histogram box Push more 1 of 2 Push Display on the side menu and select Display Linear or Log Linear Log Tak s si Push Add Measurement on the lower menu to add measurements on the histogram data MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 137 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push Source on the side menu and turn Source Multipurpose a to select H for histogram a H measurements 3 Push Measurement Type on the side M
46. source Use only insulated voltage probes test leads and adapters supplied with the product or indicated by Tektronix to be suitable for the product MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual V Important safety information yi Observe all terminal ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product Do not exceed the Measurement Category CAT rating and voltage or current rating of the lowest rated individual component of a product probe or accessory Use caution when using 1 1 test leads because the probe tip voltage is directly transmitted to the product Do not apply a potential to any terminal including the common terminal that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal Do not float the common terminal above the rated voltage for that terminal Do not operate without covers Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed or with the case open Hazardous voltage exposure is possible Avoid exposed circuitry Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Do not operate with suspected failures If you suspect that there is damage to this product have it inspected by qualified service personnel Disable the product if it is damaged Do not use the product if it is damaged or operates incorrectly If in doubt about safety of the product turn it off and dis
47. source channel 1 1786 118 Edge trigger readout 2 Trigger slope rising 3 Trigger level 0 00 V MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 97 Trigger Setup Using Sequence Trigger A Main and B Delayed Combine an edge A Event Main trigger with the B Event Delayed trigger to capture more complex signals After the A Event occurs the trigger system looks for the B Event before triggering and displaying the waveform A and B triggers can and typically do have separate sources NOTE You can select sequence triggering when you choose the slope type Falling or Rising but not when you pick the slope type Both Use the Edge trigger menu to set up the A trigger first Then to use the B trigger 1 Push Trigger Menu e pe l os peers et ee Gi 2 Push Type 3 Turn Multipurpose a to select a trigger type of Sequence B Trigger This brings up the Sequence B Trigger menu 4 Push B Trigger After A Type Source Coupling B Trigger Mode B Trigger amp Holdoff 98 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Select the method for sequencing the B trigger after the A by pushing a side menu button B Events 1 Set to Minimum 5 Set the other Sequence Trigger parameters in the related side and lower menus B Trigger After Delay Time The A trigger arms the instrument A trigger point Posttrigger acquisition starts on the first B edge after the trigger delay time
48. spreadsheet programs Analog and RF data stored in this file format can also be recalled to reference memory Saving a waveform or trace to reference memory To save a waveform or trace to nonvolatile memory inside the oscilloscope push the Save Waveform screen button select the waveform that you want to save and then select one of the reference waveform locations Saved waveforms contain only the most recent acquisition Gray scale information if any is not saved NOTE 10 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage Displaying a reference waveform To display a waveform stored in nonvolatile memory 1 Push Ref R MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 165 Save and Recall Information 2 Push R1 R2 RI or R4 If you push the side menu Ref Details you can read whether the reference holds analog waveform or RF trace information Removing a reference waveform from the display To remove a reference waveform from the display 1 Push Ref R 2 Push R1 R2 RI or R4 on the lower menu to remove the reference waveform or trace from the display The reference waveform is still in nonvolatile memory and can be displayed again with another push of the button NOTE 10 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external stor
49. the AC signal Push Termination repeatedly to select the input impedance to use Set the input impedance termination to 50 Q or 1 MQ if using DC coupling Input impedance is automatically set to 1 MQ when using AC coupling 75 Q is available on models lt 500 MHz For more information on input impedance see Quick Tips See page 110 Quick Tips Push Invert to invert the signal Select Off for normal operation and On to invert the polarity of the signal in the preamplifier MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 107 Display Waveform or Trace Data 5 Push Bandwidth and select the desired bandwidth on the side menu The set choices are Full 250 MHz and 20 MHz Additional choices may appear depending on the probe that you use Select Full to set the bandwidth to the full oscilloscope bandwidth Select 250 MHz to set the bandwidth to 250 MHz Select 20 MHz to set the bandwidth to 20 MHz NOTE 100 MHz and 200 MHz model oscilloscopes do not include a 250 MHz option on the menu 6 Push Label to create a label for the channel See page 55 Labeling Channels and Buses 7 Push More to access a pop up menu of additional features These are described below 8 Select Fine Scale to enable Multipurpose Fine Scale a to make fine vertical scale adjustments Offset Position Probe Setup Deskew 9 Select Offset to enable Multipurpose a to make vertical offset adjustments Push Set to 0 V o
50. the OpenSSL Project 6 Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http Awww openssl org THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT AS IS AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 209 Appendix D OpenSSL License 210 NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com H Original SSLeay License Copyright C 1995 1998 Eric Young eay cryptsoft com All rights reserved This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com The implementation was written so
51. the baseline indicator at the top of the frequency graticule 3 Push Vertical and turn Multipurpose a to adjust the vertical position You will move the baseline indicator up or down This is useful if you want to move signals onto the visible display Turn Multipurpose b to adjust the vertical scale 4 Push Vertical Units and turn Multipurpose a to define the vertical units of measure for the frequency domain Choices are dBm dBuW dBmV dBuV dBmA and dByA This is useful if your application requires a different unit of measurement than that being currently displayed 5 Push Auto Level to direct the oscilloscope to automatically calculate and set the reference level for you Resolution Bandwidth Amplitude Ref Level a 25 0 dBm Vertical 420 mdiv 20 0 dB div Vertical Units dBm Auto Level The resolution bandwidth RBW determines the level to which the oscilloscope can resolve individual frequencies in the frequency domain For example if the test signal contains two carriers separated by 1 kHz you will not be able to discriminate between them unless the RBW is less than 1 kHz The views below both show the same signal The difference between them is their RBW Ly Lad l Ah y nit N Lower narrower RBWs take longer to process but have finer frequency resolution and a lower noise floor Higher wider RBWs take less time to process but have less frequency resolution and a high
52. the timebase and varies between multiple single shot measurements over the observation interval the amount of time from the first single shot measurement to the final single shot measurement Threshold 100 mV 3 of threshold setting after calibration Accuracy digital Requires valid SPC input Table 1 RF Channel Characteristics Characteristic Description 11 Phase Noise 10 kHz lt 81 dBc Hz 85 dBc Hz typical 100 kHz lt 97 dBc Hz 101 dBc Hz typical 1 MHz lt 118 dBc Hz 122 dBc Hz typical Phase Noise measured offset from 1 GHz CW signal y Displayed Average Noise Level 9 kHz to 50 kHz lt 109 dBm Hz lt 113 dBm HZz typical DANL 50 kHz to 5 MHz lt 126 dBm Hz 130 dBm Hz typical 5 MHz to 2 GHz lt 138 dBm Hz lt 142 dBm Hz typical 2 GHz to 3 GHz lt 128 dBm Hz lt 132 dBm Hz typical 1 Level Measurement Uncertainty lt 1 2 dB lt 0 6 dB typical 18 C 28 C temperature range lt 2 0 dB 10 C to 55 C MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 193 Appendix A Warranted Specifications Table 1 RF Channel Characteristics cont Characteristic V Spurious Response SFDR y Residual Spurious Response y Reference Frequency Error Cumulative 194 Description 2nd harmonic distortion gt 100 MHz lt 55 dBc 2nd harmonic distortion gt 100 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level 2nd ha
53. to national metrology institute s and IS09001 quality system registration Front Panel Overlay Probes Adapter MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Description General installation and safety information Electronic versions of or links to documents including the User Manual Programmer Manual and the Technical Reference Productivity analysis and documentation software French Option L1 Italian Option L2 German Option L3 Spanish Option L4 Japanese Option L5 Portuguese Option L6 Simplified Chinese Option L7 Traditional Chinese Option L8 Korean Option L9 Russian Option L10 For 100 and 200 MHz models one 250 MHz 10X passive probe per channel Two TPP0250 for the MDO3012 22 and four TPP0250 for the MDO3014 24 For 350 and 500 MHz models one 500 MHz 10X passive probe per channel Two TPP0500B for the MD03032 52 and four TPPO500B for the MDO3034 54 For 1 GHz models one 1 GHz 10X passive probe per channel Two TPP1000 for the MDO3102 and four TPP1000 for the MDO3104 N Male to BNC Female Tektronix part number 071 3249 XX 063 4526 XX 335 3264 XX 335 3265 XX 335 3266 XX 335 3267 XX 335 3268 XX 335 3269 XX 335 3270 XX 335 3271 XX 335 3272 XX 335 3273 XX TPP0250 TPP0500B TPP1000 103 0473 XX Installation Standard accessories cont Accessory Power Cord Logic probe with MDO3MSO option Probe and accessory pouch Description North America Option A0
54. to the measurement instrument before connecting the probe to the circuit under test Disconnect the probe input and the probe reference lead from the circuit under test before disconnecting the probe from the measurement instrument Avoid Electric Shock To avoid injury or loss of life do not connect or disconnect probes or test leads while they are connected to a voltage source Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product Avoid Electric Shock When using probe accessories never exceed the lowest rating of the probe or its accessory whichever is less including the measurement category and voltage rating Avoid Electric Overload To avoid injury or fire hazard do not apply potential to any input including the reference inputs that varies from ground by more than the maximum rating for that input Avoid Exposed Circuitry and Do not Operate Without Covers Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Inspect The Probe And Accessories Before each use inspect probe and accessories for damage cuts tears defects in the probe body accessories cable jacket etc Do not use if damaged Do Not Operate in Wet Damp Conditions Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry Safety Terms and Symbols Terms in This Manua
55. use zoom 1 Rotate the inner knob on the Pan Zoom control clockwise to zoom in on a selected portion of the waveform Rotate the knob counterclockwise to zoom back out 1785 069 2 Alternatively enable or disable the zoom mode by pushing the zoom button D 1785 070 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 147 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Examine the zoomed view of the waveform that appears on the larger lower portion of the display The upper portion of the display will show the position and size of the zoomed portion in the waveform within the context of the overall record 1785 154 Panning a Waveform While the zoom feature is on you can use the pan feature to quickly scroll through the waveform To use pan 1 Rotate the pan outer knob of the pan zoom controls to pan the waveform a Turn the knob clockwise to pan forward Turn it counterclockwise to pan backwards The further you turn the knob the faster the zoom window pans D Playing and Pausing a Waveform 1785 073 Use the play pause feature to automatically pan through a waveform record To use it 1 Enable the play pause mode by pushing the play pause button 2 Adjust the play speed by turning the pan outer knob further The further Gn you turn it the faster it goes D 1785 074 148 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 3 Change the play direction by reversing the direction that
56. waveform or the 16 digital channel waveforms You can also use a CSV spreadsheet file stored externally or a predefined template You can modify your arbitrary waveform via an on screen editor and then replicate it out of the generator For more involved waveform manipulation you can use Tektronix AroExpress PC based waveform creation and editing software It is available for free download from www tektronix com software Use version 3 1 or later with the MDO3000 How to access the AFG To access the AFG output connect your cable to the port marked AFG OUT in the back of the oscilloscope To see the output of the AFG connect the other end of the cable to one of the input channels on the front of the oscilloscope N SN N Push the front panel AFG button to turn the AFG output on and off The button lights up when the output is on The light goes out when it is off The On Off status is always off when you recall an instrument setup The AFG will always come up in the off state when you turn the oscilloscope power on MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 183 Use the Arbitrary Function Generator How to change the waveform type 1 Push the AFG button to bring up the AFG as a eos lower menu ITE Al C L O PS 2S 0am a 0968 058 Waveform Frequency 100 00kHz Period 10 000us Output Sine form Amplitude 500 00m High 250 00mv Settings Settings Offset Vpp Low 2
57. when recycling an instrument or component Equipment recycling Production of this equipment required the extraction and use of natural resources The equipment may contain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health if improperly handled at the product s end of life To avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure that most of the materials are reused or recycled appropriately This symbol indicates that this product complies with the applicable European Union requirements according to Directives 2002 96 EC and 2006 66 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE and batteries For information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com Perchlorate materials This product contains one or more type CR lithium batteries According to the state of California CR lithium batteries are classified as perchlorate materials and require special handling See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate for additional information Restriction of hazardous substances This product is classified as an industrial monitoring and control instrument and is not required to comply with the substance restrictions of the recast ROHS Directive 2011 65 EU until July 22 2017 XIV MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Preface Preface
58. you are turning the pan knob 4 During play up to a point the more you turn the ring the faster the waveform accelerates If you rotate the ring as far as it can go the play speed does not change but the zoom box quickly moves in that direction Use this maximum rotation feature to replay a portion of the waveform that you just saw and want to see again 5 Pause the play pause feature by pushing the play pause button again Searching and Marking Waveforms Analyze Waveform or Trace Data D 1785 074 You can mark locations of interest in the acquired waveform These marks help you limit your analysis to particular regions of the waveform You can mark areas of the waveform automatically if they meet some special criteria or you can manually mark each item of interest You can use arrow keys to jump from mark to mark area of interest to area of interest You can automatically search and mark many of the same parameters that you can trigger on Search marks provide a way to mark a waveform region for reference You can set marks automatically with search criteria You can search for and mark regions with particular edges pulse widths runts logic states rise fall times setup and hold and bus search types To manually set and clear delete marks 1 Move the zoom box to the area on the waveform where you want to set or clear a search mark by turning the pan outer knob Push the next or previous
59. 0 OOC 6 00000 0968 050 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Using Spectral Analysis Controls These buttons configure the acquisition and display of the RF input 1 RF Push to bring up the frequency domain display and menu The RF menu provides access to the Spectrogram display 2 Freq Span Push to specify the portion of the spectrum to view on the display Set the center frequency and the span or set the start and stop frequency 3 Ampl Push to set the reference level 4 BW Push to define the resolution bandwidth 5 Markers Push to set automatic or manual markers Using Other Controls 3249 016 1 Cursors Push once to activate the two vertical cursors Push again to turn off all cursors Push and hold to bring up the cursor menu Use the menu to select the cursor features such as type source orientation linked status and units When the cursors are on you can turn the multipurpose knobs to control their position 2 Turn the upper multipurpose knob a when activated to move a cursor to set a numerical parameter value for a menu item or to select from a pop out list of choices Push the Fine button to toggle between coarse and fine adjustment Screen icons tell you when a or b are active 3 Select Push to activate special functions MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 41 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 42 10
60. 00 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 350 MHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 350 MHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 350 MHz 350 MHz 1 GHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 1 GHz 200 MHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 900 MHz 1 GHz 1 GHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 1 GHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 500 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW2T102 MDO3BW3T52 MDO3BW3T102 MDO3BW5T102 MDO3BW1T24 MDO3BW1T34 MDO3BW1T54 MDO3BW1T104 MDO3BW2T34 MDO3BW2T54 MDO3BW2T104 MDO3BW3T54 MDO3BW3T104 MDO3BW5T104 MDO3BW2T32 MDO3BW2T52 MDO3BW2T102 MDO3BW3T52 MDO3BW3T102 MDO3BW5T102 MDO3BW2T34 MDO3BW2T54 MDO3BW2T104 MDO3BW3T54 MDO3BW3T104 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 500 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW5T 104 MDO3032 350 MHz 500 MHz MDO3BW3T52 350 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW3T 102 500 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW5T 102 MDO3034 350 MHz 500 MHz MDO3BW3T54 350 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW3T 104 500 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW5T 104 MDO3052 500 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW5T 102 MDO3054 500 MHz 1 GHz MDO3BW5T 104 Installation To enable the upgrade you will need to order a bandwidth upgrade product 1 GHz upgrades require you to send your instrument to a Tektronix Service Center All others can be performed in the field by the customer You will need to supply the model number and serial number when placing your orde
61. 148 pause 148 play 148 play pause 148 record defined 60 record view 46 removing 101 search and mark 149 user marks 149 zoom 147 Weight MDO3000 5 White edges 113 Width MDO3000 5 Word 29 X XY cursors 136 display 102 Z Zoom 147 button 42 graticule size 148 knob 42 147 219
62. 1785 109 EEE ws m m Oce om Ia 0968 025 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 Push FastAcq FastACq 3 Toggle the FastAcq side menu button to Fast Acq select On Off 4 Push Waveform Palette Waveform Palette a Temper ature 5 Turn the Multipurpose a knob to select the desired display palette The display palette lets you enhance the visibility Multipurpose of events This choice uses intensity grading to indicate how often rare transients occur relative to normal signals The choices are Temperature Spectral Normal and Inverted Temperature uses color grading to indicate frequency of occurrence with hot colors like red yellow indicating frequently occurring events and colder colors like blue green indicating rarely occurring events Spectral uses color grading to indicate frequency of occurrence with colder colors like blue indicating frequently occurring events and hot colors like red indicating rarely occurring events Normal uses the default channel color like yellow for channel one along with gray scale to indicate frequency of occurrence where frequently occurring events are bright Inverted uses the default channel color along with gray scale to indicate frequency of occurrence where rarely occurring events are bright These color palettes help highlight the events that over time occur more often or in the case of infrequent anomalies occur less
63. 249 012 4 Push Utility Page 5 Turn Multipurpose a and select I O I O 6 Ifyou are using USB the system sets itself ili USB ene amp Bilas sei GPIB up automatically for you if USB is enabled tia j Check USB on the lower menu to be sure that USB is enabled If itis not enabled push USB Then push Connect to Computer on the side menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 27 Installation 28 lf you are using GPIB push GPIB Enter the Talk Listen 7 To use Ethernet push Ethernet amp LXI on the lower menu Use the side menu buttons to adjust your network settings as needed For more information see the e Scope setup information below lf you want to change socket server parameters push Socket Server and enter new values through the resulting side menu Address GPIB address on the side menu by turning pays the Multipurpose a knob This will set the GPIB address on an attached TEK USB 488 Adapter MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 10 Run your application software on your computer Quick Tips m Your oscilloscope shipped with a CD that contains a variety of Windows based software tools for efficient connectivity between your oscilloscope and your computer These include tool bars that speed connectivity with Microsoft Excel and Word There is also a standalone acquisition program called Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop m The rear panel USB 2 0
64. 4 Push Graticule on the lower menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 103 Display Waveform or Trace Data 5 Select the desired style on the side menu The Frame graticule provides a clean screen on which you can most easily read automatic measurement results and other screen text The Full graticule can help you make cursor measurements on hard copies The Grid Solid and Cross Hair graticules provide compromises between Frame and Full Quick Tips Display Graticule x T 2910 067 m You can display IRE and mV graticules To do this set the trigger type to video and set the vertical scale to 114 mV division The 114 mV division selection is available in the fine vertical scale settings for the channel when you set the trigger type to video The oscilloscope will automatically display the IRE graticule for NTSC signals and the mV graticule for other video signals PAL SECAM HDTV and custom Setting the LCD Backlight Brightness and Dimming Settings 1 Push Utility 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn Multipurpose a and select Display 4 Push Backlight N Utility 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data 5 Select the intensity level on the side menu Backlight Choices are High Medium and Low Backlight Intensity 6 Enabling Auto Dim will turn down the Auto Dim screen lighting after a set time Using it may Off help prol
65. 50 00 0 0000 V mV 2 Push the Waveform button on the AFG Takia E lower menu and turn the Multipurpose a ES iiaii a knob to select the waveform type INP aa OA EA A OA OA A E DON para i ee on ail Pied wiles Sind J tma lj mA Lomi Y W V Y y i V Eeperertiol Bice a it k aa E Sara a A 3 Push the Waveform Settings button on the AFG lower menu to set the frequency period amplitude offset and the high and low levels of the desired waveform 4 Push the Output Settings button on the lower menu to adjust the load impedance and amount of additive noise You can enable the AFG trigger pulse to b Ses eee a a eens pean eee coaa aes come out of the rear panel AUX OUT port This is useful if you want an AUX OUT pulse w that is synchronized to your AFG waveform block To enable this feature push AFG gt Output Settings gt AUX OUT gt AFG EF lanaa F a ie The channel 1 sine wave shows the output of the AFG The channel 2 square wave show the output of the AFG sync pulse It comes from the AUX OUT port 184 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Restrictions When an output frequency is The output waveform MHz higher than 4 9 MHz some restrictions exist A frequency setting divided frequency that is lower than 4 9 MHz is lt 4 9 MH output from the AUX OUT port The AFG trigger 7 frequency will be limited as shown in the table gt 4 9 MHz to 14 7 MHz ae gt 14 7 MHz to 24 5 M
66. 7 detail that you need around the position Pcie delay expansion point 2810 049 The part of the record that occurs before the trigger is the pretrigger portion The part that occurs after the trigger is the posttrigger portion Pretrigger data can help you troubleshoot For example to find the cause of an unwanted glitch in your test circuit you can trigger on the glitch and make the pretrigger period large enough to capture data before the glitch By analyzing what happens before the glitch you may uncover information that helps you find the source of the glitch Alternatively to see what is happening in your system as a result of the trigger event make the posttrigger period large enough to capture data after the trigger Slope and Level The slope control determines whether the Positive going edge Negative going edge instrument finds the trigger point on the rising or the falling edge of a signal Trigger level can The level control determines where on that be adjusted edge the trigger point occurs vertically Trigger slope can be positive negative or both 0968 053 The oscilloscope provides a long horizontal bar or bars across the graticule to temporarily show the trigger level 1785 152 1 Turn the front panel Trigger Level knob to adjust the trigger level without going to a menu 2 Push the front panel Trigger Level knob to quickly set the trigger level to the Push to midpoint of the waveform a
67. C above 30 C 1 5 for 5 mV div and above derated at 0 100 C above 30 C 3 0 variable gain derated at 0 100 C above 30 C Offset position and the constant offset term must be converted to volts by multiplying by the appropriate volts div term The basic accuracy specification applies directly to any sample and to the following measurements High Low Max Min Mean Cycle Mean RMS and Cycle RMS The delta volt accuracy specification applies to subtractive calculations involving two of these measurements The delta volts difference voltage accuracy specification applies directly to the following measurements Positive Overshoot Negative Overshoot Pk Pk and Amplitude The limits are as follows Measurement Type DC Accuracy in Volts Average of gt 16 waveforms DC Gain Accuracy X reading offset position Offset Accuracy 0 1 div Delta Volts between any two averages of DC Gain Accuracy X reading 0 05 div 216 waveforms acquired with the same scope setup and ambient conditions MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 191 Appendix A Warranted Specifications y Offset accuracy V Long term sample rate and delay time accuracy Auxiliary output AUX OUT V Random Noise Sample acquisition mode 192 0 005 x offset position DC Balance NOTE Both the position and constant offset term must be converted to volts by multiplying by the appropriate volts div term 10
68. Delta readouts are relative to the Reference Marker Delta MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 119 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Automatic Peak Markers Automatic peak markers are on by default and assist with quickly identifying the frequency and amplitude of peaks in the spectrum 1 The Reference Marker is placed on the highest amplitude peak Itis marked with R Chae Yos weer dee ie 0 Bc a red R in a triangle 2 The automatic markers indicate frequency and amplitude 32 7 dBm 42 8 dBm 32 5 dBm 3 Absolute readouts show the actual frequency and amplitude of the automatic markers 4 Delta readouts show the frequency and amplitude of the automatic markers relative to the reference marker In the screen shot shown below a marker has been placed on each of the obvious peaks in the display The Reference Marker is the highest peak It is marked with the red R in a triangle and its readout is shown in red text 1 Reference marker 2 Automatic markers es Ns 0 00 dBm 2 39616GF Y2 lt T or 192G V2 40984GHz eN 40 0 dBm 27 8 dB pandae harain r33 2 dB 2 410GHz 2 390GH2 Ref 0 00 dBm Scale 10 0 dB div JCF 2 40000000GHz Span 20 0000MHz RBW 20 0kHz 0968 062 Use Threshold and Excursion to define which peaks are marked The threshold is a minimum amplitude that a signal must cross to be a valid peak If the threshold is lower more
69. Disconnect the probe input and the probe reference lead from the circuit under test before disconnecting the probe from the measurement product Connect and disconnect properly De energize the circuit under test before connecting or disconnecting the current probe Connect the probe reference lead to earth ground only Do not connect a current probe to any wire that carries voltages above the current probe voltage rating Inspect the probe and accessories Before each use inspect probe and accessories for damage cuts tears or defects in the probe body accessories or cable jacket Do not use if damaged Ground referenced oscilloscope use Do not float the reference lead of this probe when using with ground referenced oscilloscopes The reference lead must be connected to earth potential 0 V MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual vii Important safety information Service safety summary The Service safety summary section contains additional information required to safely perform service on the product Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures Read this Service safety summary and the General safety summary before performing any service procedures To avoid electric shock Do not touch exposed connections Do not service alone Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this product unless another person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present Disconnect power To avoid electric sho
70. Enr a uae Ase a a a ease seaueanetetan ae a a a nastewnas tale 162 Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data nuuunennnnnnnuunessrrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrrrsrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn 163 Saving and Recalling Setups lt 45 dxcuzisctavs tans tat ie cimtenanekadauawdan ata eaaaatauache tated dn dane mecemeentakatauedenntees 166 Saving with One Button Push lt icand comactidess og ae ceteecontaddas iptanenceaatcanaantdguas eas aeeaaGeecamntaseasinion 168 Managing Drives Directories and Files con suisciiusnwddeuee su aah datas bonded tinwess deeds ioead su deabtobenddadiedueetorhi sennosiens 169 IVIOUIATIAG as ING TWORKC DIYE ssns nical ee late eine ataya N ination Miele ea Vishay Baume E A AE eas Mal aden 169 Panino Fela COD dire eee Cnn ire ta te tee aCe ev aSA er eran OnE eee een a roe eer ee ee 170 Using Oscilloscope Security Features icccieucsdennenimenhetlacdiwner stds aoa wedanveaaneneabdemmenimenh ladder ntdanas 178 Use the Arbitrary Function Generator ueeesssnrnnnueenrrrrrrrrrersrrrrrrrrrersrrrrrrrrressrrrrrrrrrersrrrrrrrrrsrsrne 183 USE INE ADPIC MOOUICS isa tans a a a a a a a a a a a a aS 189 Appendix A Warranted Specifications nnnnnuessnnuussrnnnenrrrrnrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrerrrrrrerni 191 Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information 196 Operaning IMOMMANONG garsas a a a a a a E a 196 Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope
71. FrPo om 3249 005 Functional Check Perform this quick functional check to verify that your oscilloscope is operating correctly 1 Connect the oscilloscope power cable as described in Powering On the Oscilloscope See page 9 2 Power on the oscilloscope o0ee 0000 Gn i J 00000 SLU be i Cay j hand 10 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 3 Connect the probe connector to oscilloscope channel 1 and the probe tip and reference lead to the PROBE COMP terminals on the oscilloscope front panel 4 Push Default Setup 5 Push Autoset The screen should now display a Square wave approximately 2 5 V at 1 kHz lf the signal appears but is misshapen perform the procedures for compensating the probe If no signal appears rerun the procedure lf this does not remedy the situation have the instrument serviced by qualified service personnel Installation Default Setup 3249 008 Compensating a TPP0250 TPP0500B or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe The MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes can automatically compensate TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 probes This eliminates the need for manual probe compensation as is typically performed with other probes Each compensation generates values for a specific probe and channel combination If you want to use the probe on another channel and desire to compensate the new probe channel pair you mus
72. Front Panel Connectors tn er er er ee 52 Side Panel CONNECCION i raaa E a ee aa 52 Rear Fane CONECTO oerein a a a a E ana E rE a i E AAAS 53 Pedre ine N rae E SEE abe E E N T EE N AT EES 54 Setting Up Analog Channels nnnueennsannnnnueesnnrrrnnnrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrri 54 Using the Default AOD sescscisssiretessiepparnereeseseienaeiin teed ean toe dane atiseestat A E e a Eii 57 MISTING AO O aeea E AE A E R E EN E E E EET EE EE E EEE E E 58 Acuei CONCA a e E EE E AE AAA E E E AE AA 59 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Table of Contents LI SING eS UNC Catt na Acca tacan da an duis tna liam tarde aa aticaben eed nite nan tdtaninata canta dee tad anteanhitae aiuea alent dingusedroecna ciate 60 How the Analog Acquisition Modes WORK i2 2 ahadndssd tecattetetacstihentee dal didentetada dni Gentadalasiadydetatadtedamatnentel 62 Changing the Acquisition Mode Record Length and Delay Time cccccccecce cence tees eeeeeteeeeeeeeaneeenees 62 using ROM AVI OG ses estos ween ala Bb N we use Bw nnd Sot te esd Wie deed Rhode a SOLD ats tact a ec ee ender Ns 64 ACPOM EVEN Gacutan dndanmanuleduestudierstimacimendt iat aseuiet aaa aaa 65 Seting Up a Setial OF Parallel BUS 2 22 ca0 satan tacceda tire accurate ge dmiencteniwas om as Sesiak a a EER T 67 seting Up Digal SMa GIS orn rean a a a E ae 79 When and Why to Turn On MaGniVlteis lt ancuessveadeudamadies deieaausaius aiaacesdesesgaduadte iva
73. Hz gt 24 5 MHz to 34 3 MHz gt 34 3 MHz to 44 1 MHz gt 44 1 MHz to 50 MHz How to create an arbitrary waveform Use the Arbitrary Function Generator AFG trigger output frequency MHz Signal frequency Signal frequency 3 Signal frequency 5 Signal frequency 7 Signal frequency 9 Signal frequency 11 You can create the waveform from any of the four internal ARB memories the four or two analog channels the four or two reference waveforms the math waveform or the 16 digital channel waveforms You can also use a CSV spreadsheet file stored externally or a predefined template square sine ramp pulse or noise 1 Push the AFG button to bring up the AFG lower menu on Waveform Waveform Waveform Settings Edit 2 On the lower menu push Waveform and turn Multipurpose a to select Arbitrary from the list of waveforms on the resulting pop up menu 3 Push Waveform Settings to set the frequency period amplitude offset and high and low levels 4 Push Waveform Edit to bring up the Waveform Edit lower menu This menu will let you manipulate existing waveform points as well as to add and delete points and to edit the voltage level For cases with many points to edit consider using Tektronix ArbExpress software which is available for free download from www tektronix com software Also use the Waveform Edit menu to create new arbitrary waveforms in the instrument You can do this by loa
74. Hz to 1 GHz m Sample rates of 2 5 GS s on all analog channels 5 GS s on 1 or 2 channels for the MDO3104 or MDO3102 10M points record length on all channels m Maximum waveform capture rate gt 280 000 waveforms second with FastAcg gt 50 000 waveforms second with normal operation m Advanced triggering and analysis 12C SPI USB 2 0 CAN LIN FlexRay RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 UART 12S Left Justified LJ Right Justified RJ TDM MIL STD 1553 with the appropriate application module and Parallel m Power analysis and limit and mask testing application modules optional m Arbitrary function generator and 16 digital channels optional m Digital voltmeter free with product registration Conventions Used in This Manual The following icons are used throughout this manual Sequence Step Front panel power Connect power Network USB SN amp xvi MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Before Installation Installation Unpack the oscilloscope and check that you received all items listed as standard accessories The following pages list recommended accessories and probes instrument options and upgrades Check the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com for the most current information Standard accessories Accessory MDO3000 Installation and Safety Manual MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Documentation Browser CD Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop CD Calibration certificate documenting traceability
75. MDO3000 Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes User Manual LAQIQN TULL AOI QUU ATE LAY AA Tektronix 077 0968 00 S MDO3000 Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes User Manual www tektronix com 077 0968 00 Tektronix 7 Copyright Tektronix All rights reserved Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its subsidiaries or suppliers and are protected by national copyright laws and international treaty provisions Tektronix products are covered by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc e Scope iView OpenChoice and TekSecure and TekVPI are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc MagniVu and Wave Inspector are trademarks of Tektronix Inc PictBridge is a registered trademark of the Standard of Camera amp Imaging Products Association CIPA DC 001 2003 Digital Photo Solutions for Imaging Devices Contacting Tektronix Tektronix Inc 14150 SW Karl Braun Drive P O Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 USA For product information sales service and technical support n North America call 1 800 833 9200 Worldwide visit www tektronix com to find contacts in your area MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Warranty Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a peri
76. MHz 900 MHz 1 GHz lt 1 4 ns lt 700 ps lt 450 ps Rigid tip 3 9 pF 0 3 pF Pogo pin tip 5 1 pf 0 5 pF 10 1 2 2 9 75 MQ 0 5 10 MO 2 5 67 ns 300 Vams CAT II 1 3 m 3 cm 199 Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information VAC rms 1 1 10 100 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 100M 1G Frequency Hz 2809 004 Refer to the reference lead derating curve above when making floating measurements Table 6 Environmental specifications Characteristics Description Temperature Operating 15 C to 65 C 5 F to 149 F Nonoperating 62 C to 85 C 80 F to 185 F Humidity Operating 5 to 95 relative humidity RH up to 30 C 5 to 75 RH above 30 C up to 65 C Noncondensing Nonoperating 5 to 45 RH above 65 C up to 85 C Noncondensing Altitude Operating 3 0 km 9 842 ft maximum Nonoperating 12 2 km 40 000 ft maximum Table 7 Certifications and compliances Characteristics Description EC Declaration of Compliance was demonstrated to the following specification as listed in the Official Journal Conformity of the European Communities Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC EN61010 031 2002 Measurement Category Category Examples of Products in this Category Descriptions CAT III Distribution level mains fixed installation CAT Il Local level mains appliances portable equipme
77. NAND or NOR across multiple waveforms with each input set to either High Low or Don t Care Search for when the event goes true goes false or stays valid for gt lt or a user specified time Additionally you can define one of the inputs as a clock for synchronous state searches Setup amp Hold Search for violations of user specified Setup and Hold times MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 151 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Search Description Rise Fall Time Search for rising and or falling edges that are gt lt or a user specified time Bus Parallel Search for a binary or hex value I2C Search for Start Repeated Start Stop Missing Ack Address Data or Address and Data SPI Search for SS Active MOSI MISO or MOSI amp MISO RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 UART Search for Tx Start Bit Rx Start Bit Tx End of Packet Rx End of Packet Tx Data Rx Data Tx Parity Error Rx Parity Error CAN Search for Start of Frame Type of Frame Data Remote Error Overload Identifier standard or extended Data Identifier and Data End of Frame or Missing Ack Bit Stuffing Error LIN Search for Synch Identifier Data ID amp Data Wakeup Frame Sleep Frame Error FlexRay Search for Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Cycle Count Header Fields Data ID amp Data End of Frame Error Audio Search for Word Select or Data USB Search for Sync Reset Suspend Resume End of Packet Token
78. Path Compensation Installation Signal Path Compensation SPC corrects for DC inaccuracies caused by temperature variations and or long term drift Run the compensation whenever the ambient temperature has changed by more than 10 C 18 F or once a week if you use vertical settings of 5 mV division or less Failure to do so may result in the instrument not meeting warranted performance levels at those volts div settings Signal Path Compensation for Time and Frequency Domains To compensate the signal path 1 Warm up the oscilloscope for at least 20 minutes Remove all input signals probes and cables from channel inputs Input signals with AC components adversely affect SPC 2 Push Utility 3 Push Utility Page 4 Turn Multipurpose a and select Calibration 5 Push Signal Path on the lower menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Eee Q Qu SS ttn O5 gt om S ey 3249 012 Utility at Page Pass Calibration 21 Installation 6 Push OK Compensate Signal Paths on OK ay the resulting side menu Signal Paths The calibration will take approximately 10 minutes to complete 7 After calibration verify that the status aD Pan ee indicator on the lower menu displays Pass HAN a Pass If it does not then recalibrate the instrument or have the instrument serviced by qualified service personnel Service personnel use the factor
79. Preset 5 Push Insert Preset Label to add the label Insert Label If you are using a USB keyboard use the o O g arrow keys to position the insertion point O coco coco 0o O0 o o o and edit the inserted label or type in a new poooo0o0000000 O00 ooo CODOOOOOOOOOOO U OAO Keyboard to Your Osciloscope REM y EEH eypoard tO YOUr USCIIOSCOPE y p 0 Aa aa aA 2121 220 6 If you do not have a USB keyboard ii connected push the side and lower menu arrow keys to position the insertion point O E ree e ee ee 56 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 7 Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to find the character in the name that you Multipurpose want to enter 1785 039 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz 0123456789_ amp lt gt 8 Push Select or Enter Character to let the oscilloscope know that you have picked the proper character to use You can use the lower menu buttons to edit Pell 5 Pai Delete Clear r r the label as needed ALIE pace 9 Continue scrolling and pushing Select until you have entered all the desired characters For another label push the side and lower menu arrow keys to reposition the insertion point 10 Push Display Labels and select On to see ee the label oi Off Using the Default Setup To return the oscilloscope to its default settings
80. Push Set to Auto to have the oscilloscope Set to Auto automatically determine a persistence time for you 7 Push Clear Persistence to reset the pie Per persistence information ae 8 To display the amplitude from one waveform against the amplitude from another push XY Display Then push Triggered XY from the side menu A data point from the first waveform specifies the horizontal location while the corresponding data point from the second waveform specifies the vertical location for each displayed point You can optionally view both the YT and XY displays simultaneously on the same screen Quick Tips Push Dots Only On Off on the side menu Waveform m Variable persistence accumulates record points for a specified time interval Each record point decays independently according to the time interval Use variable persistence for displaying infrequently appearing signal anomalies such as glitches Infinite persistence continuously accumulates record points until you change one of the acquisition display settings Use infinite persistence for displaying unique signal anomalies such as glitches m The XY Display mode graphs the data in fixed pairs of waveforms against one another MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Setting the Graticule Style 1 To set the graticule style push Utility N 3249 012 n 7 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn Multipurpose a and select Display
81. S q ee A eee i oe _ _ _ _ 0968 054 2 With cursors on push Select This turns the cursor linking on and off If linking is on turning Multipurpose a moves the two cursors together Turning Multipurpose b adjusts the time between the cursors 3 Push Fine to toggle between a coarse anda fine adjustment for the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs Pushing Fine also changes the sensitivity of 5 4 i i SSSR other knobs as well ee eso 4 Push and hold Cursors to display the cursor menu 5 Push Cursors on the lower menu to set the Cursors Source Bars UGA cursors to Screen Waveform Selected Horizontal On Screen Screen ei Vertical In screen mode two horizontal bars and two vertical bars span the graticule 6 Turn Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b to move the pair of horizontal cursors Multipurpose 1785 039 N Multipurpose 1785 160 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 133 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 7 Push Select This makes the vertical cursors active and the horizontal cursors inactive Now as you turn the multipurpose knobs the vertical cursors will move Push Select to make the horizontal cursors active again 8 View the cursor and the cursor readout nm isa 3 Navid aA NOTE On digital channels you can take timing measurements with cursors but not amplitude measurements 0968 055
82. SK USER HSCALE 4 0000E 9 MASK USER HTRIGPOS 318 1000E 3 MASK USER WIDTH 29 5500E 9 MASK USER RECORDLENGTH 1000 MASK USER TRIGTOSAMP 7 2750E 9 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 155 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data REM Mask Points are Defined in Volts and Seconds REM Points in a segment must be defined in counter clockwise order REM A single point at 0 0 indicates an empty segment MASK USER SEG1 POINTS 7 5000E 9 1 5000 7 5000E 9 100 0000E 3 5 1656E 9 100 0000E 3 1 3536E 9 500 0000E 3 1 3536E 9 1 2000 7 2750E 9 1 1000 15 9036E 9 1 2000 15 9036E 9 500 0000E 3 19 7156E 9 100 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 100 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 1 5000 MASK USER SEG2 POINTS 7 5000E 9 500 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 500 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 100 0000E 3 13 4214E 9 200 0000E 3 13 4214E 9 500 0000E 3 11 6780E 9 800 0000E 3 7 2750E 9 900 0000E 3 2 8720E 9 800 0000E 3 1 1286E 9 500 0000E 3 1 1286E 9 200 0000E 3 7 5000E 9 100 0000E 3 MASK USER SEG3 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG4 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG5 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG6 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG 7 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG8 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 Create a custom mask via a remote interface To use remote interface commands to create and edit a mask see the MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope Programmer Manual Set Up the Test To set up the limit or mask test connect the test source to the oscilloscope For a limit t
83. Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data The figure to the right shows the frequency domain window s trace indicator 1 An RF trace indicator is placed at the Reference Level 2 A capital M appears if the maximum trace is turned on 3 A capital A appears if the average trace is turned on 2913 097 4 A capital N appears if the normal trace is turned on 5 The small m appears if the minimum trace is turned on Orange highlighting indicates the currently selected trace In the figure to the right the small m which stands for the minimum trace is highlighted This indicates that the minimum trace is currently selected Detection Types The MDO3000 calculates FFTs with a 1 000 to 2 000 000 point output depending on the acquisition settings It then reduces that FFT output into a 750 pixel wide display This means that approximately 1 to 2 000 FFT points get compressed into each pixel column The MDO3000 gives you several choices as to how this compression is done The choices are peak sample average and peak The figure below illustrates how these detection methods work in a 5 1 compression where five points are reduced to each pixel column 1 FFT points 2 Decimation 3 Peak Uses the highest amplitude point in each interval 4 Sample Uses the first point in each interval LLL o MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 117 Display Waveform or Trace Data
84. Turn Multipurpose a and select Print Print Setup Setup 4 Push Select Printer if you are changing the Utility Select Orientation Ink a el default printer Page Printer ETEA Printer ZIN letter ettings Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the list of available printers Push Select to choose the desired printer To add a non PictBridge USB printer to the list plug the printer into a USB host port The oscilloscope will automatically recognize most printers To set up a PictBridge USB printer refer to the next topic To add an Ethernet printer to the list refer to that topic See page 175 E mail Printing 5 Select the image orientation portrait or landscape 2121 237 Landscape 1785 116b Portrait MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 171 Save and Recall Information 6 Choose Ink Saver On or Off The On selection will print out a copy with a clear white background 1785 145a 1785 145b Ink Saver on Ink Saver off Printing to a PictBridge Printer To set up the oscilloscope to print to a PictBridge printer 1 Push Utility Utility 3249 012 2 Push Utility Page Page 3 Turn Multipurpose a and select I O I O 4 Push USB oe USB Ethernet amp ais pea GPIB age LXI onfigura erver I O tion 172 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 Push Connect to PictBridge Printer Printing Over Ethernet To set up the oscilloscope to print o
85. USB hard drive 2 Power off your oscilloscope eC ELLE e n mea D m oo gt a 3 Insert the USB flash or hard drive into the USB port on the front panel of your oscilloscope Se a a a ae a m DEGO om ea MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 23 24 Installation 4 Power on the oscilloscope The instrument automatically recognizes the replacement firmware and installs it lf the instrument does not install the firmware rerun the procedure If the problem continues try a different model of USB flash or hard drive Finally if needed contact qualified service personnel NOTE Do not power off the oscilloscope or remove the USB drive until the oscilloscope finishes installing the firmware 5 Power off the oscilloscope and remove the USB flash or hard drive 6 Power on the oscilloscope 7 Push Utility Poktrontx F232 ea fi eat k ke ert i 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 8 Push Utility Page 9 Turn Multipurpose a and select Config 10 Push About The oscilloscope displays the firmware version number 11 Confirm that the version number matches that of the new firmware MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Utility Page Utility Page Language Set Date amp About Time Manage Modules amp Options Installation 25 Installation Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer Con
86. Vector Signal Analysis software Turn the Multipurpose b knob and select the location to save the waveform or trace data to or to recall it from Save the information externally to a file on a USB drive or mounted network drive Alternatively save the information internally to one of the four or two reference files MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 5 Push File Details to save to a USB or File Details network drive This brings up the file manager screen Use it to navigate to the desired drive and folder and optionally to specify the file name Skip this step to use the default name and location Saving a waveform to file When you push File Details on the side menu the oscilloscope changes the side menu contents The following table describes these side menu items for saving data to a mass storage file Side menu button Description Instrument Specific File Sets the oscilloscope to save data from analog digital or RF channels and math and Format ISF reference waveforms derived where possible from those channels in Instrument Specific Format isf format This format is the fastest to write It also creates the smallest sized file Use this format if you intend to recall an analog waveform or RF trace to reference memory for viewing or measuring Spreadsheet file format Sets the oscilloscope to save data as a comma separated data file that is compatible with csv popular
87. a web browser on your computer Connect the oscilloscope to your network using the LAN port The built in LXI web interface Core 2011 Version 1 4 provides network configuration information which you can edit and customize It also provides remote instrument control through the e Scope user interface There you can control instrument settings save screen images save instrument data or setups and much more Do all this through a password protectable web interface To set up VISA communications between your oscilloscope and a computer 1 Load the VISA drivers on your computer Also load your application such as OpenChoice Desktop You will find the drivers and OpenChoice Desktop software on the appropriate CD that comes with your oscilloscope or at the Tektronix software finder Web page www tektronix com 26 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 2 Connect the oscilloscope to your computer i with the appropriate USB or Ethernet cable Ce A vo Me a paid 0 0 w amp e k coool a 3249 010 To communicate between the oscilloscope and a GPIB system connect the oscilloscope to the TEK USB 488 GPIB to USB Adapter with a USB cable Then connect the adapter to your GPIB system with a GPIB cable CTT n Cycle the power on the oscilloscope Bason 3 Push Utility l pasir a 2 adan ofec om Qu 3
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89. acquisition and is available at any time running or stopped MagniVu provides an ultra high resolution view of your data sampled at a maximum resolution of 121 2 ps for 10 000 points centered around the trigger NOTE MagniVu centers itself around the trigger point If you turn MagniVu on while using a large record length and you are looking somewhere other than the trigger point then the digital signal may be off screen In most of these cases you can find the digital record by looking for the digital signal in the upper overview and panning accordingly NOTE You should turn on MagniVu when light gray shading is displayed to indicate the uncertainty of the edge position If the shading is not displayed you do not need to use MagniVu See page 113 Viewing Digital Channels Using MagniVu 1 Push D15 DO D15 D0 0968 024 2 Push MagniVu and select On D15 D0 Thresholds Label Monitor MagniVu Height oe On On ML MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 81 Acquire the Signal Quick Tips mf you think you need more timing resolution turn on MagniVu to increase the resolution m MagniVu is always acquired If the oscilloscope is in a stopped state you can turn on MagniVu and still get the resolution without taking another acquisition m The serial bus features do not use data acquired in MagniVu mode Setting Up the RF Inputs 82 Frequency and Span Parameters 1 The center frequency is a precise frequen
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92. age Saving and Recalling Setups Setup information includes acquisition information such as vertical horizontal trigger cursor and measurement information It does not include communications information such as GPIB addresses To save the setup information 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Save Setup or Recall Setup on the Recall Recall Assign File Waveform Setup Utilities ower Menu SATE to Setup 166 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information From the resulting side menu select the location to save the setup to or to recall it ida from To File To save setup information to one of the ten internal setup memories in the oscilloscope Edit Label push the appropriate side menu button To save setup information to a USB or ne network drive push the To File button more lf you are saving information to a USB or network drive turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the file structure See page 160 Multipurpose External file structure a 1785 039 Push Select to open or close file folders Push the Menu Off button to cancel the save operation or push Save to Selected File on the side menu to complete the operation 0968 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 167 Save and Recall Information 5 Save the file Save to Selected File Quick Tips Recalling the Default Setup Push Default Setup on the front panel to initialize the os
93. al Act on Event Tell the oscilloscope to perform a defined action after a defined event has occurred The event can be a trigger or a certain number of acquisitions The action can be to Push Test Stop acquisitions Save a waveform or a screen image to a file Print Send a pulse out the AUX OUT port Generate a remote interface SRQ send an e mail notification Display a message on the oscilloscope display Application Event Acquisition Push Application on the lower menu Turn Multipurpose a to select Act on Event Multipurpose 1785 039 Push Event on the lower menu This brings up the event type side menu Select the desired event type MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Action Repeat Off 65 Acquire the Signal Event Type Acquisi tions a 10 5 Push Actions on the lower menu This brings up the Actions side menu Use the menu to select an action to occur on the event 6 Select the action type from the resulting Fa pop out menu ee a Stop Acq 7 Select whether or not to enable the action Enable Action Ql off 8 If you selected E mail Notification from the Configure list of actions above you can now select eal Configure E mail from the side menu to define the parameters of the e mail NOTE There is a single set of SMTP server settings saved for both Act on Event e mail notification and for the e mail printer set through the U
94. allow the V input signal to cover between 4 and 8 divisions y Frequency Accuracy 10 ppm Frequency Counter Maximum 100 MHz for 100 MHz models Input Frequency 150 MHz for all other models Table 4 Interfaces Input and Output Ports Characteristic Description V Auxiliary Output Aux Out Selectable Output Main Trigger Event or AFG Main Trigger HIGH to LOW transition indicates the trigger occurred Event Out The instrument will output a negative edge during a specified trigger event in a test application A falling edge occurs when there is a specified event in a test application i e the waveform crosses the violation threshold in the limit mask test application A rising edge occurs when the trigger system begins waiting for the next test application event AFG The trigger output signal from the AFG MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 195 Appendix B TPP0250 TPPO500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Operating Information The TPP0250 TPPO500B and TPP1000 10X Passive Probes are compact passive probes with 10X attenuation that are designed for use with Tektronix MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes The probes have no user or Tektronix serviceable parts Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope Connect the probe as shown in the illustrations below l Compensati
95. an physically install up to two application modules at one time Application modules can go into the slots with a window in the upper right corner of the front panel One additional slot is directly behind the one that you can see To use the hidden slot install the module with the label facing away from you Some of the modules have licenses that allow you to transfer the license between your application modules and the oscilloscope You can keep each license in the module which will allow you to move the module from one instrument to another Alternatively you can move the license from the module to the oscilloscope This approach will allow you to store the module separately from the oscilloscope for safe keeping This approach will also allow you to use more than two applications on your oscilloscope simultaneously To transfer a license from a module to your oscilloscope or from your oscilloscope to a module 1 Turn off the power to the oscilloscope Insert the application modules into the oscilloscope Turn on the power 2 Push Utility on the front panel If needed push Utility Page on the lower menu and turn the Multipurpose a knob to select Config Push Manage Modules and Options on the lower menu and then push License Type on the side menu until Modules is selected The licenses contained in the oscilloscope will be listed in the side menu Push the button next to the appropriate license to transfer You may transfer up to two licenses
96. anual Save and Recall Information Multipurpose 1785 039 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopaqrstuvwxyz 0123456789_ amp lt gt Enter Back Delete Clear Character Space Add Printer 1 SE 177 Save and Recall Information 14 When done push OK Accept Printing with One Button Push Once you have connected a printer to your oscilloscope and set up print parameters you can print current screen images with a single push of a button Push the printer icon button in the lower left corner of the front panel Using Oscilloscope Security Features Erasing Oscilloscope Memory The MDO3000 provides optional enhanced security to enable password protected control of turning on off all instrument ports You can erase all setup and waveform information saved in the nonvolatile oscilloscope memory with the TekSecure function If you have acquired confidential data on your oscilloscope you may want to execute the TekSecure function before you return the oscilloscope to general use The TekSecure function m Replaces all waveforms in all reference memories with null values m Replaces the current front panel setup and all stored setups with the default setup m Displays a confirmation or warning message depending on whether the verification is successful or unsuccessful m With the MDO3SEC option you can also turn the I O ports on or off and turn the firmware upgrade c
97. apability on or off To use TekSecure without the MDO3SEC application module installed N Utility 3249 012 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn the Multipurpose a knob and select Security Security 178 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 4 Push TekSecure Erase Memory Page TekSecure e Security Erase Memory 5 Push OK Erase Setup and Ref Memory on the side menu This erases data in the oscilloscope s reference waveform and setup memory locations To cancel the procedure push Menu Off _ 0968 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 179 Save and Recall Information 6 Power off the oscilloscope and then power it back on to complete the process me OOG MOOOC G O ooc E 0000 L K ge d mCOCO oa Bi L To use TekSecure with the MDO3SEC application module installed 1 Push Utility E s5eoo mj See Soca ene G EE RS 3249 012 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn the Multipurpose a knob and select Security Security 180 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 4 Push TekSecure Erase Memory Utility TekSecure Security Firmware I O Ports Page Erase Password Upgrades Enabled Memory Enabled 5 Push OK Erase Setup and Ref Memory on the side menu As before this erases data in the oscilloscope s reference waveform and setup memory locations
98. ask on the lower menu 8 On the resulting side menu push Source Source i Channel Channel and turn Multipurpose a to a choose the waveform to use as the template for the limit test 9 Push Horizontal Limit to set the mask meee 200mdiv horizontal limits The units are referenced to graticule divisions where one major division contains 1 000 milli divisions mdiv 10 Push Vertical Limit to set the mask ate vertical limits The units are referenced to graticule divisions where one major division contains 1 000 millidivisions mdov 11 Push OK Create Limit Mask to make the OK mask in the oscilloscope Create Limit Mask Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 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 remote interface Create a custom mask from a text file 1 Push the front panel Test button 2 Push Application on the lower menu Turn Multipurpose a to select Limit Mask Test from the menu 3 Push Set Up Mask on the lower menu 4 From the resulting side menu push Recall Mask from File Your mask text file should have an msk file name extension and use the following format REM Initialize the custom mask gt MASK CUSTom INIT REM Mask Setup Information MASK USER LABEL Custom Mask of STS 1 MASK USER AMPLITUDE 1 0000 MASK USER VSCALE 200 Q0000E 3 MASK USER VPOS 2 5000 MASK USER VOFFSET 0 0E 0 MA
99. at a glance 11 Push MagniVu on the lower menu to increase the timing resolution See page 81 When and Why to Turn On MagniVu 80 Z 4 00ms 50 0kS s ie Wv 0 00000 s 10k points 3 30 V a Trigger Frequency lt 10 Hz D15 a WE Timing Resolution 20 0ps MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 12 Push Height on the lower menu repeatedly to set the signal height You only need to do this once to set the height for all of the digital channels Quick Tip m Use the zoom feature to see multiple cycles of the signal in the upper part and a single cycle in the lower part of the display See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms m When setting up the logic probe the first set of eight leads pins 7 to 0 on the logic probe are marked GROUP 1 on the lead box The second set pins 15 to 8 is marked GROUP 2 m Digital channels store a high or low state for each sample The threshold that separates high from low can be set for each set of eight channels When and Why to Turn On MagniVu Tektronix MagniVu acquisition technology allows you to have higher timing resolution so that you can more accurately determine edge placement and make more precise timing measurements on digital edges Using MagniVu you can see up to 16 times more detail than you can using normal digital channel sampling The MagniVu record is acquired in parallel to the main digital
100. aveforms You can display all the reference waveforms at the same time Push the appropriate screen button to select a particular reference waveform m Removing Reference Waveforms from the Display To remove a reference waveform from the display push R on the front panel to access the lower menu Then push the associated lower menu to turn it off Scaling and Positioning a Reference Waveform You can position and scale a reference waveform independently from all other displayed waveforms Select the reference waveform and then adjust it with a multipurpose knob You can do this whether acquisition is running or not lf a reference waveform is selected scaling and repositioning of the reference waveform operates the same way whether zoom is turned on or off Saving 10 M Reference Waveforms 10 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms The Wave Inspector controls zoom pan play pause marks search help you to efficiently work with long record length waveforms To magnify a waveform horizontally turn the Zoom knob To scroll through a zoomed waveform turn the Pan knob The Pan Zoom Control consists of ee ee af 1 An outer pan knob 2 An inner zoom knob 1785 053 Zooming a Waveform To
101. ax measurements that have gone out of bounds Push Reset DVM Statistics to remove the from the display See page 131 Taking Digital Voltmeter Measurements MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 51 Get Acquainted with the Instrument Front Panel Connectors 1 Logic Probe Connector 2 Channel 1 2 3 4 Channel inputs with TekVPI Versatile Probe Interface OOO 00O ROO 3 RF input connector ae 4 PROBE COMP Square wave signal Oe source to compensate or calibrate probes Output voltage 0 2 5 V amplitude 1 behind 1 KQ 2 Frequency 1 kHz 5 Ground 6 Application Module Slots Side Panel Connector 1 Ground strap connector This is a receptacle for a grounding strap 0968 043 52 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Rear Panel Connectors 1 AFG OUT Use the AFG OUT port to transmit signals from the arbitrary function generator 2 AUX OUT 3 LAN Use the LAN Ethernet port RJ 45 connector to connect the oscilloscope to a 10 100 Base T local area network 4 Video Out Use the Video Out port DB 15 female connector to show the oscilloscope display on an external monitor or projector 5 USB 2 0 Device port Use the USB 2 0 High Speed Device port to connect a PictBridge compatible printer or for direct PC control of the oscilloscope using USBTMC protocol NOTE The cable connected from the USB 2 0 Device port to the h
102. below reference level and reference level lt 15 dBm 45 dBc 50 dBc typical for side bands lt 25 kHz offset from the carrier lt 78 dBm lt 67 dBm at 2 5 GHz lt 76 dBm at 1 25 GHz lt 15 dBm reference level and RF input terminated with 50 Q Cumulative Error 10 x 10 8 Includes allowances for Aging per Year Reference Frequency Calibration Accuracy and Temperature Stability Valid over the recommended 1 year calibration interval from 10 C to 55 C MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix A Warranted Specifications Table 2 Arbitrary Function Generator Characteristic Description V Sine and Ramp Frequency 130 ppm frequency lt 10 kHz 50 ppm frequency gt 10 kHz Accuracy V Square and Pulse Frequency 130 ppm frequency lt 10 kHz 50 ppm frequency gt 10 kHz Accuracy Signal Amplitude Accuracy 1 5 of peak to peak amplitude setting 1 5 of absolute DC offset setting 1 mV frequency 1 kHz V DC Offset Accuracy 1 5 of absolute offset setting 1 mV Add 3 mV of uncertainty per 10 C change from 25 C ambient Table 3 DVM Counter Characteristic Description y Voltage Accuracy DC 2 mV 4 Vertical Scale Voltage Absolute Input Voltage 1 of Absolute Input Voltage 0 5 of Absolute Offset Voltage AC 2 40 Hz to 1 kHz AC 2 20 Hz to 10 kHz typical For AC measurements the input channel vertical settings must
103. cccseeeeee eee es 13 Application Module Free Trial 0 ccccc cece cece een eee eee n nee eee e een E EEE E Ee en DEAE EEE E ESE EEE EEE See EE SEES SESE EES 14 Installing an Application MOdule 0 0 cece cece eee nee enn n Eee eee E EEE EEE Ee DERE EEE E EE ED EEE EERE See E EEE EEE EES 14 AICI ACTING 2 ANN CII antsy 3c anette an tera a ecient R EAA oh bales Wins a TAE NEEE 15 Changing the Language of the User Interface or Keyboard ccccccceceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeaeeneaees 18 Changing the Date and Time 5 s 2 0ss em edawdewey sannee sadeeweaanoadinnns nediinie hat amano aiedetaenddeedantddunneeemeorbaadunes 20 SIO Pathi COMM CM CANON ceicaccanstnaumae tone tecte anadioon chews ai a aad iaa a aE 21 Upgrading Firmware case hcer crest coups aut anaes esate AEA N AA bios oe alee mea Sotho AEA N 23 Connecting Your Oscilloscope 10 a Computer saiinsrcasnccivihe brtunnsredaenteeaaanniee beatinerseand ead ee ertena ries 26 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your OSCIIIOSCOPE 6 cece cece cece cece cece eee cnet eee ates eee e seas eee ee teens eee aE Enna 35 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 0c ccc cece cece ene eee n eH ee en EEE Eee EE EEE EEE EEE DEE EEE SE EE EE EEE EEE EEE EES 36 Front Panel Menus Controls and Connectors ccc cece cc cee cece eee e eee eee eeeeaeeeeeeeeeannneeeeeeennentteeennnnney 36 Front Panel Menus and COMMONS rag oeee cease rea ict EEE EE annie nae oom ENEE E EE 37
104. ce 5 Set Min Hold to On to display the min hold trace The figure to the right illustrates the different trace types 1 Normal trace Each acquisition is discarded as new data is acquired 2 Max hold trace The maximum data values are accumulated over multiple acquisitions of the Normal trace 3 Min hold trace The minimum data values are accumulated over multiple acquisitions of the Normal trace 4 Average trace Data from the Normal trace is averaged over multiple acquisitions This is true power averaging which occurs before the log conversion Each power of 2 averaging reduces the displayed noise by 3 dB 116 Spectrum Traces Normal Qh Of Average 16 On ij Max Hold On ij Min Hold On ij Tek Stop i 15 0 dBm Spectrum i i i Traces m T i i Normal 535 0 a en hoen es eres ees ens 2 eee See A eee off to A EEE M ee OETI EE Average 16 eS RN E ANE EE art Max Hold BA p epee peee yi Lis vee y Fi N rary ene i Prec o r 7 s JAINA j At heme f iy P 1 mel al A eee E vl am Min Hold Miga a pA EN te y M re ford ca ae LL e tener A a come i k Be ere i Reel ESE Ss Evens 105 bkg pened TII II 7 k Mt ai ly Reset Spectrum _ bath i Span 5 Sean 5 o0000MF Traces Ref 15 0 dBm ft 10 0 dB div CF 2s 40000000GH2 Soin 5 ee Spectrum Spectrogram Spectrum yi Edit A Traces Off Free Run hats Labels More ren MDO3000
105. ch as USB drives or network drives to save setups waveforms and screen images Use the external storage to carry data to remote computers for further analysis and for archiving External file structure If you are saving information to external storage select the appropriate menu such as the To File side menu to save setups and waveforms and turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the external file structure m E is the USB memory device plugged into the USB port on the front of the oscilloscope m F is the USB memory device plugged into the USB port on the rear of the oscilloscope m through Z are network storage locations Turn the Multipurpose a knob to scroll through the list of files Push Select on the front panel to open and close folders Naming your file The oscilloscope gives all files it creates a default name in the following format m tekXXXXxX set for setup files where XXXXX is an integer from 00000 to 99999 m tekXXXXX png tekXXXXX bmp or tekXXXXx tif for image files m tekXXXXYYY csv for spreadsheet files or tekKXXXXYYY isf for internal format files For waveforms the XXXX is an integer from 0000 to 9999 The YYY is the channel of the waveform and can be one of the following m CH1 CH2 CH3 or CH4 for the analog channels D00 D01 D02 D03 and so on through D15 for the digital channels m MTH for a math waveform m RF1 RF2 RF3 or RF4 for reference memory waveforms m ALL for a single spreadsheet file containin
106. cilloscope to a known setup See page 57 Using the Default Setup Saving with One Button Push After you have defined the save recall parameters with the Save Recall Menu button and menu you can save files with a single push of the Save button For example if you have defined the save operation to save waveform data to a USB flash drive then each push of the Save button will save current waveform data to the defined USB flash drive 1 To define the Save button behavior push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Assign Save to Recall Recall Assign File Waveform Setup Utilities g to Setup 3 Push the side menu button corresponding to the items or items you wish to save when you push the Save button Screen Image ee Waveform and Setup 4 From now on when you push Save the oscilloscope will perform the action that you just specified rather than requiring you to navigate through the menus each time Save 168 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Managing Drives Directories and Files You can manage drives directories and files from the oscilloscope user interface 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push File Utilities Recall Assign File Waveform Save Utilities to Setup Select the desired file operation from the side menus You can m Create a new folder Delete a highlighted directory or file m Copy a highlighted drive directory or file m Paste a previousl
107. ck switch off the product power and disconnect the power cord from the mains power before removing any covers or panels or opening the case for servicing Use care when servicing with power on Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product Disconnect power remove battery if applicable and disconnect test leads before removing protective panels soldering or replacing components Verify safety after repair Always recheck ground continuity and mains dielectric strength after performing a repair viii MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Important safety information Terms in this manual These terms may appear in this manual A WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols and terms on the product These terms may appear on the product m DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking m WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product When this symbol is marked on the product be sure to consult the manual to find out the nature of the potential hazards and any actions which have to be taken to avoid them This symbol may also be used to refer the user to ratings in the manual The fo
108. connect the power cord Clearly mark the product to prevent its further operation Before use inspect voltage probes test leads and accessories for mechanical damage and replace when damaged Do not use probes or test leads if they are damaged if there is exposed metal or if a wear indicator shows Examine the exterior of the product before you use it Look for cracks or missing pieces Use only specified replacement parts Use proper fuse Use only the fuse type and rating specified for this product Do not operate in wet damp conditions Be aware that condensation may occur if a unit is moved from a cold to a warm environment Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere Keep product surfaces clean and dry Remove the input signals before you clean the product Provide proper ventilation Refer to the installation instructions in the manual for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation Slots and openings are provided for ventilation and should never be covered or otherwise obstructed Do not push objects into any of the openings Provide a safe working environment Always place the product in a location convenient for viewing the display and indicators Avoid improper or prolonged use of keyboards pointers and button pads Improper or prolonged keyboard or pointer use may result in serious injury Be sure your work area meets applicable ergonomic standards Consult with an ergonomics professional to avoid st
109. create a custom a File name for the screen image file Skip this cal Step to use a default name 7 Push OK Save Screen Image to write the image to the selected media For information on printing screen images of waveforms go to Printing a Hard Copy See page 170 Printing a Hard Copy Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data Waveform and trace data consists of the numeric values for each point in the waveform or trace It copies the data as opposed to a graphical image of the screen To save the current waveform or trace data or to recall previously stored waveform or trace data 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Save Waveform or Recall Waveform Recall Assign File Waveform Utilities on the lower menu FETE to NOTE The oscilloscope can save digital waveforms to csv files not reference memories The oscilloscope cannot recall digital waveforms NOTE The oscilloscope can save but not recall RF acquisitions as TIQ files You can use TIQ files with Tektronix SignalVu Vector Signal Analysis software MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 163 Save and Recall Information 164 3 Turn the Multipurpose a knob and on the side menu select one of the displayed waveforms or traces Alternatively select All Displayed Waveforms When saving RF trace data you can select to save it as either the standard display data or as baseband and Q data TIQ files Use the and Q data with Tektronix SignalVu
110. cteristic Description Input channels 16 digital input Input resistance typical 101K Ohm to ground Input capacitance 8 pF Input signal swing Minimum typical 900 mV p p Specified at the input to the P6316 probe with all 8 ground inputs connected to the user s ground Use of leadsets grabber clips ground extenders or other connection accessories may compromise this specification Maximum typical 30 V 20 V Table 9 Environmental specifications Characteristic Description Temperature Maximum operating 50 C 122 F Minimum operating 0 C 32 F Non operating 40 C to 71 C 40 F to 159 F Humidity 5 to 95 relative humidity at up to 30 C 86 F 5 to 60 RH above 30 C 86 F up to 50 C 122 F non condensing Altitude Operating 3 000 meters 9 843 feet Non operating 12 000 meters 39 370 feet Equipment Recycling This product complies with the European Union s requirements according to Directive 2002 96 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE For more information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com Safety Summary To avoid potential hazards use this probe only as specified Connect and Disconnect Properly Connect the probe output to the measurement instrument before connecting the probe to the circuit under test Disconnect the probe input and the probe ground from the circuit under test before
111. cy at the center of the display In many applications it is a carrier frequency 2 The span is the range of frequencies you can observe around the center frequency To define the center frequency and the span 1 Push Freq Span on the front panel as lt sae i g bs k i e a Y T 4 eC 1 it ts F D O 2S oa Ia MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Frequency amp Span 2 Push Center Frequency on the side menu Center and use either the Multipurpose a knob or Teauency the oscilloscope keypad to enter the desired Pe Gii center frequency If you use the keypad you can also use the resulting side menu choices to enter units 3 Push Span and use either the Multipurpose Span b knob or the keypad to enter the desired b 3 00 GHz span If you use the keypad you can also use the resulting side menu choices to enter units 4 Push Start to set the lowest frequency to Start capture 7 36 MHz 5 Push Stop to set the highest frequency to Stop capture 3 74 GHz 6 Push Y to Center to move the frequency Y To Center identified by the reference marker to the center frequency Reference Level 1 Push Ampl to bring up the side menu for adjusting RF amplitude settings MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 83 Acquire the Signal 84 2 Push Ref Level and turn Multipurpose a to set the approximate maximum power level as shown by
112. ding them from files or from live channels MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 100 00kHz Period Output 500 00m 10 000uV Settings Vpp High 0 000 250 00mV Low 250 00mV 185 Use the Arbitrary Function Generator 186 lf needed push AFG gt Waveform Edit to bring up the waveform edit lower menu 5 Push Edit Existing to change add or delete points in a current waveform When you enable the internal editor the screen M splits into a smaller top window and a larger bottom window The smaller top part of the screen becomes an overview which shows the entire waveform memory A box shows the zoomed in portion of ian the waveform Wo peel bao atal The larger lower part becomes the zoomed in view of the overview as defined by the boxin the top part of the screen This lower part shows up e to 500 points of the record iol Turn the Multipurpose a knob to select a point to edit Turn the Multipurpose b knob to set the voltage level of that point The voltage level is a function of the current amplitude and offset settings for the waveform Use the side menu items to add or remove points from the waveform 6 Push Create New from the lower menu to make a fresh arbitrary waveform On the resulting side menu turn Multipurpose a or use the keypad to define the number of points in the waveform Your waveform can have up to 131 072 points Turn Multipurpose b to choose t
113. e a Trigger On selection of Identifier Data or Identifier amp Data push Identifier or Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest on the resulting side menu lf you have made a Trigger On selection of Error push Error Type on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest on the side menu FlexRay Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Cycle Count Header Fields Data Id amp Data End of Frame or Error Audio Bus Trigger lf you are using an 12C Left Justified LJ or Right Justified RJ audio bus you can trigger on Word Select or Data If you are using an TDM audio bus you can trigger on Frame Sync or Data USB Bus Trigger You can trigger on Sync Reset Suspend Resume End of Packet Token Address Packet Data Packet Handshake Packet Special Packet or Error MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 95 Trigger Setup 96 MIL STD 1553 Bus Trigger You can trigger on Sync Command Status Data Time RT IMG or Error If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Command push RT Address on the lower menu to enter specific values of RT Address to trigger on Push Command Word Details on the lower menu to enter the T R bit value Subaddress Mode value Word Count Mode Code value and Parity value If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Status push RT Address on the lower me
114. e accuracy is fair Use the Hanning window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Blackman Harris The frequency resolution when using the Blackman Harris window is poor the spectral leakage is very low and amplitude accuracy is good Use the Blackman Harris window for measuring predominantly single frequency waveforms to look for higher order harmonics or several moderately or widely spaced sinusoidal signals Flat Top The frequency resolution when using a Flat Top window is poor the spectral leakage is low and amplitude accuracy is very good Use the Flat Top window for making accurate amplitude measurements of moderately or widely spaced sinusoidal signals POD 86 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Trigger Setup This section contains concepts and procedures for setting up the oscilloscope to trigger on your signal Triggering Concepts Trigger Event The trigger event establishes the time reference point in the waveform record All waveform record data is located in time with respect to that point The instrument continuously acquires and retains enough sample points to fill the pretrigger portion of the waveform record That is the part of the waveform that is displayed before or to the left of the triggering event on screen When a trigger event occurs the in
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116. e from Sample oe Peak Detect Hi Res Envelope or Average NOTE Peak Detect and Hi Res modes take advantage of sample points that the oscilloscope would have discarded at lower sweep speeds Therefore these modes only work when the current sample rate is less than the maximum possible sample rate As soon as the oscilloscope starts to acquire at the maximum sample rate then the Peak Detect Hi Res and Sample modes all look the same You can control the sample rate by setting the Horizontal scale and the Record Length 4 Ifyou chose Average turn Multipurpose a to set the number of waveforms to average OVE Multipurpose a 1785 039 5 Push Record Length 6 Scroll through the available choices Choose among 1000 10 k 100 k 1M 5 M and 10 M points MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 63 Acquire the Signal 7 Push Delay on the lower menu to select Acquired waveform On when you want to delay the acquisition E relative to the trigger event Ti ALLIS Delay time gt Expansion point With Delay set to On turn the Horizontal Position knob counterclockwise to increase the delay The trigger point will move to the left and ultimately outside of the acquired waveform Then you can adjust the Horizontal Scale knob to acquire more detail around the area of interest at the center of the screen When this delay is on the trigger point separates from the horizontal expansion poin
117. e signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Window MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Description Window Hanning The frequency resolution when using the Hanning a k a Hann window is good the spectral leakage is low and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hanning window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Blackman Harris The frequency resolution when using the Blackman Harris window is poor the spectral leakage is very low and amplitude accuracy is good Use the Blackman Harris window for measuring predominantly single frequency waveforms to look for higher order harmonics or several moderately or widely spaced sinusoidal signals Using Advanced Math The advanced math feature lets you create a custom math waveform expression that can incorporate active and reference waveforms measurements and or numeric constants To use this feature 1 Push Math gsp gt a ead A i ue Lt amp m OSC om ag Blet ar 0968 037 2 Push Advanced Math Dual Wfm FFT Nees Spectrum M Label Math Math Math 3 Use the side menu buttons to create custom expressions MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 143 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 4 Push Edit Expression and use the
118. e the signal input path This provides AC compensation across the frequency band 2913 008 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 7 Installation 3 TPA BNC Adapter The TPA BNC Adapter allows you to use TEKPROBE II probe capabilities such as providing probe power and passing scaling and unit information to the oscilloscope 4 BNC Interfaces some of these use TEKPROBE Capabilities to pass the waveform signal and scaling to the oscilloscope Some only pass the signal and there is no other communication 5 Logic Probe Interface The P6316 probe provides 16 channels of digital on or off state information 6 The TPA N VPI Adapter allows you to use TekVPI probes in the RF input For more information on the many probes available for use with MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix website at www tektronix com Securing the Oscilloscope 1 Use a standard laptop computer style security lock to secure your oscilloscope to your location 8 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Powering on the Oscilloscope Ground the Oscilloscope and Yourself To power on the instrument connect the power cord that was provided with the instrument to the power connector on the rear panel Connect the po
119. e waveform Count or gated region Negative Pulse f The number of negative pulses that fall below the mid reference crossing in the waveform Count or gated region Rising Edge il il The number of positive transitions from the low reference value to the high reference Count value in the waveform or gated region g g Falling Edge The number of negative transitions from the high reference value to the low reference Count value in the waveform or gated region Area Area measurement is a voltage over time measurement It returns the area over the go entire waveform or gated region in volt seconds Area measured above ground is positive area measured below ground is negative Cycle Area m A voltage over time measurement The measurement is the area over the first cycle F in the waveform or the first cycle in the gated region expressed in volt seconds The area above the common reference point is positive and the area below the common reference point is negative MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 125 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Histogram measurements Measurement Waveform Count Hits in Box Peak Hits Median Peak to peak Histogram Max Histogram Min Histogram Mean Standard Deviation Sigmat Sigma2 Sigma3 Description Displays the number of waveforms that contributed to the histogram Displays the number of samples within the histogram box or on its boundaries Displays the number of samples i
120. easure ment Type b Peak Hits menu and turn Multipurpose b to select a histogram measurement 4 Push OK Add Measurement on the side menu to add the measurement to the Add Mea surement measurement readout list To Reset Histogram Measurements and Statistics To reset the histogram measurements and statistics follow these steps 1 Push Waveform Histograms on the lower Add Mea Remove Indicators DVM Wave im surement Measure form His menu ment tograms More 2 Push more 1 of 2 on the side menu more 1 of 2 3 Push Reset Histogram Counts on the side Reset Histogram lens Counts 4 Push More on the side menu Add Mea Remove Indicators DVM Wave y N surement Measure form His ment tograms More 138 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 5 Push Reset Statistics on the side menu Reset Statistics You can view the histogram at the top for horizontal histograms or the left edge for vertical histograms of the graticule Quick Tips m Use horizontal histograms to measure signal jitter m Use vertical histograms to measure signal noise Using Math Waveforms Create math waveforms to support the analysis of your channel and reference waveforms By combining and transforming source waveforms and other data into math waveforms you can derive the data view that your application requires
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122. ef 1 4 MATH digital channels DO D15 m The arbitrary waveform memory may be saved to and loaded from one of four arbitrary waveform memory locations These may only be loaded to the active arbitrary waveform You cannot save them to files or recall them directly to the arbitrary waveform memory locations NOTE Loading from digital waveform sources will use the main waveform record MagniVu records are not supported NOTE Load impedance scales the vertical settings to show what the load would see based on the load impedance Since the AFG is a 50 Q source for most accurate operation set the load impedance to 50 Q and set the input channel to 50 Q NOTE Noise range is reduced above 50 of the function Maximum Amplitude according to the function Noise Percent Maximum 100 0 Maximum Amplitude Amplitude 1 0 188 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Use the Application Modules Use the Application Modules Optional application module packages extend the capability of your oscilloscope See page 14 Application Module Free Trial See page 14 Installing an Application Module Refer to the MDO3000 Series Application Module Installation Instructions that came with your application module for instructions on installing and testing an application module Some modules are described in the following list Additional modules may be available Contact your Tektronix representative or visit our Web site at www tektronix com for
123. el connected to the signal 2 Push Include R W in Address and then push the desired side button This control determines how the oscilloscope shows the 12C addresses in bus decode traces cursor readouts Event Table listings and trigger settings If you select Yes the oscilloscope displays 7 bit addresses as eight bits where the eighth bit LSB is the R W bit It displays 10 bit addresses as 11 bits where the third bit is the R W bit If you select No the oscilloscope displays 7 bit addresses as seven bits and 10 bit addresses as ten bits In the physical layer of the 12C protocol 10 bit 2C addresses are preceded by the five bit code 11110 The oscilloscope does not include these five bits in address readouts MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 71 Acquire the Signal SPI Bus To acquire data from an SPI bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected SPI push Define Inputs and the appropriate side menu choices You can set the Framing to SS Slave Select or to Idle Time You can assign the predefined SCLK SS MOSI or MISO signals to any channel 2 Push Configure and the desired side menu choices 3 Push SCLK to set the edge of the signal to match the SPI bus being acquired 4 Set the level of the SS MOSI and MISO signals to match the SPI bus Active High means that a signal is considered active when the signal is greater than the threshold value Active Low means that the
124. ements Tek Probe Il probes require use of the TPA BNC Adapter The Difference Between Vertical Position and Offset Adjust the vertical position to place the waveforms where you want to see them The waveform baseline indicators indicate the zero Volts or Amps level for each waveform If you adjust the channel s Vertical Scale the waveform expands or contracts around the waveform s baseline indicator When you use the Channel lt x gt gt More gt Offset gt Vertical Offset control to move a waveform the baseline indicator no longer represents zero Instead it represents the level of the offset If you adjust the channel s Vertical Scale the waveform expands or contracts around the waveform s baseline indicator 50 Q Protection If you select 50 Q termination the maximum vertical scale factor is limited to 1 V div except that with a 10X probe the scale factor is 10 V If you apply excessive input voltage the oscilloscope automatically switches to 1 MQ termination to protect the internal 50 Q termination For more details refer to the specifications in the MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Technical Reference MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Positioning and Labeling Bus Signals Positioning bus signals Push the appropriate front panel bus button and turn the Multipurpose a knob to adjust the vertical position of the selected bus See page 67 Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus 1 Push the appr
125. ended The MDO3FLEX Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level information on FlexRay buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools packet decode tables with time stamp information Signal Inputs Any Ch1 Ch4 and with option MDO3MSO any DO D15 single ended probing only Recommended Probing Single ended or differential The MDO3LMT Limit and Mask Test Module enables testing against limit templates generated from golden waveforms and mask testing using custom masks The MDO3PWR Power Analysis Module enables quick and accurate analysis of power quality switching loss harmonics safe operating area SOA modulation ripple and slew rate dl dt dV dt The MDO3USB USB 2 0 Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level content for low speed and full speed USB serial buses Also enables use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 189 Use the Application Modules 190 views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information for low speed full speed and high speed USB serial buses Signal Inputs Low speed and Full speed Any Ch1 Ch4 any DO D15 with option MDO3MSO Low speed Full speed and High speed Any Ch1 Ch4 Math Ref1 Ref4 Recommended Probing Low speed and Full speed Single ended or di
126. eneral Purpose Logic Probe Information Typical Application 1 Use the P6316 probe to view digital signals on a system bus 2 Use an analog probe such as the TPP0250 TPP0500B or TPP1000 passive probe to view analog waveform information fy P0000 esee eo ai awa h o Or gt 5 Gl i An al t i J T ind 000000 e Probe lead sets Probe Group 1 Group 2 Black probe 0 8 Brown probe 1 9 Red probe 2 10 Orange probe 3 11 Yellow probe 4 12 Green probe 9 13 Blue probe 6 14 Violet probe T 15 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 205 lon P6316 General Purpose Logic Probe Informati Appendix C Accessories the illustration that follows In th the probe and are shown ip wi The following standard accessories sh Part number 196 3508 XX 020 2896 XX Quantity 2 Description Item 1 8 channel leadset 2 kits of 10 each 2 kits of 5 each Micro grabber clip 020 2897 XX Probe tip 3 071 2345 XX 1 each Instructions English Japanese amp Simplified Chinese languages luded with the probe but not in the accessory kit ions are inc Instruct The instructions can be downloaded at www tektronix com manuals 1 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 206 Appendix C P6316 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Specifications Table 8 Electrical and mechanical specifications Chara
127. ent 126 Start an acquisition 100 Statistics 127 Stop an acquisition 100 Switch power 44 gt Table Event 70 Search mark 150 Table Event 70 TDM 40 67 93 TEK USB 488 Adapter 3 27 28 TekSecure 178 TekVPI 7 probes 3 Telnet 34 Temperature MDO3000 5 Termination 107 Test button 38 Threshold 120 accuracy P6316 6 range P6316 6 Timeout trigger defined 91 Timing resolution readout 47 TIQ files 163 TotalOvershoot measurement 124 TPA BNC Adapter 3 8 TPA N VPI Adapter 3 8 TPP0250 probe 1 TPP0250 TPP0O500B or TPP1000 compensation 11 TPPOSO0B probe 1 TPP1000 probe 1 Trace average 116 Indicator 117 max hold 116 min hold 116 normal 116 Transit case hard 4 soft 3 Transition trigger defined 92 Trigger Audio bus 95 B trigger after delay time 99 Bus defined 93 buses 93 byte matching 96 Can bus 95 concepts 87 coupling 88 data matching on a rolling window 96 delayed 98 Edge defined 91 event defined 87 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual FlexRay bus 95 forcing 87 Frequency readout 114 holdoff 88 level 89 level button 43 level icon 46 level knob 89 LIN bus 95 Logic defined 92 menu 90 98 MIL STD 1553 bus 95 MIL STD 1553 data value matching 97 modes 87 90 Parallel bus 94 parallel bus data matching 97 parallel buses 67 point 60 position icon 45 posttrigger 87 89 pretrigger 87 89 Pulse Width def
128. ent Telnet which has a Microsoft Telnet gt command interface One way to do this is by typing Telnet in the Run window The Telnet window will open on the PC NOTE On MS Windows 7 you must first enable Telnet in order for Telnet to work 11 Start a terminal session between your i P Era z computer and your oscilloscope by typing in Sid CAWINDOWS system32 telnet exe t an open command with the oscilloscope s Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client LAN address and port You can obtain the LAN address by pushing the Ethernet amp LXI lower menu button Microsoft Telnet o 134 62 60 74 4000 and the resulting LAN Settings side menu button to view the resulting Ethernet and LXI Settings screen You can obtain the port by pushing Socket Server on the lower menu and viewing Current Port on the side menu For example if the oscilloscope IP address was 123 45 67 89 and the post was the default of 4000 you could open a session by writing into the MS Windows Telnet screen o 123 45 67 89 4000 The oscilloscope will send a help screen to the computer when it has finished connecting A CAWNDOWS system 32 telnet oxe Weloome to Microsoft Telnet Client Escape Gharacter is CTRL Escape Character is CTRL t wa Telnet 134 62 69 74 ektronix ADOSH12 Instrument Gontrol Terminal Session Control commands tt lt tincout gt set the response timeout in milliseconds td send device clear to the
129. ents You can select up to four measurements to display at one time A A symbol appears instead of the expected numerical measurement if a vertical clipping condition exists Part of the waveform is above or below the display To obtain a proper numerical measurement turn the vertical scale and position knobs to make all of the waveform appear in the display CD Period 995 us CD Freq 1 004 kHz 1785 144 14 The auxiliary waveform readouts show the vertical and horizontal scale factors of the math and reference waveforms Mo 1785 138 15 The channel readout shows the channel scale factor per division coupling invert and bandwidth status Adjust with the Vertical Scale knob and in the channel 1 2 3 or 4 menus D 20 0mvV Qw 2121 243 16 For digital channels the baseline indicators point to the high and low levels The indicator colors follow the color code used on resistors The DO indicator is black the D1 indicator is brown the D2 indicator is red and so on MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 47 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 48 ATT 17 The group icon indicates when digital channels are grouped 2121 216 o 2121 253 18 The bus display shows decoded packet level information for serial buses or for parallel buses The bus indicator shows the bus number and bus type 19 For analog channels the waveform baseline indicator shows the zero volt level of a wavefor
130. equirements for testing and measuring circuits MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual xi Additional compliances m IEC 61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m IEC 61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits Equipment type Test and measuring equipment Safety class Class 1 grounded product Pollution degree descriptions A measure of the contaminants that could occur in the environment around and within a product Typically the internal environment inside a product is considered to be the same as the external Products should be used only in the environment for which they are rated m Pollution degree 1 No pollution or only dry nonconductive pollution occurs Products in this category are generally encapsulated hermetically sealed or located in clean rooms m Pollution degree 2 Normally only dry nonconductive pollution occurs Occasionally a temporary conductivity that is caused by condensation must be expected This location is a typical office home environment Temporary condensation occurs only when the product is out of service m Pollution degree 3 Conductive pollution or dry nonconductive pollution that becomes conductive due to condensation These are sheltered locations where neithe
131. er noise floor MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 1 Push BW to bring up the resolution bandwidth side menu This allows you to set j k i the smallest frequency difference that the rA instrument can discern in the frequency axis rot cCoO 0968 032 Bandwidth 2 Push RBW Mode to select either Auto or Manual ea Auto sets the resolution bandwidth Manual automatically as you change the span The default behavior is RBW Span 1000 Manual allows you to set your own resolution bandwidth 3 To manually adjust the RBW push RBW and turn Multipurpose a 4 Push Span RBW and turn Multipurpose a to set the span RBW ratio This ratio is used when the RBW Mode is set to Auto The default is 1000 1 but you can set it to other values in a 1 2 5 sequence e g 1000 20000 50000 5 Push Window and turn Multipurpose a to Window choose which FFT window type to use Kaiser The choices are Kaiser Rectangular Hamming Hanning Blackman Harris or Flat Top The RF bandwidth FFT feature provides six windows Each offers a trade off between frequency resolution and magnitude accuracy The choice of which window to use depends upon what you want to measure and your source s signal characteristics Use the following guidelines to select the best window Description Window Kaiser The frequency resolution when using the Kaiser window is fair the spectral leakage and ASN amplitude accuracy
132. er use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Tektronix supplies or d to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TEKTRONIX RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES W15 15AUG04 Table of Contents Table of Contents important safety information oi 5a0425csusaeonwsngn agnor anados a E tes A setaunooraenannsosean ie rewtncsuorccsanaden V ee eE E A EE seo pc errs cts ses A A E E E AA A T V Service safety SUMMANY Seeisaie oicinwtaqunrcmios ancicentarereurasoewiniieinencatieiddaw diene Scant rnrn rrr rrr trr rr rrrrrr rrer rrurrrrr Errr rnrn viii TESTIS S TAU eea iE E OENE E E O E tat E AE EEE IX Symbols and terms on WiC OGUCT ac ccs ahrtrnerinsloctetgu daria otovncemibasincorineleegireaaiaor au tieaniat
133. es as needed and the associated menu items to select add or remove a waveform 000G 1785 119 1785 120 7 1785 121 1785 122 Original waveform Scaled vertically Positioned vertically MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Quick Tips Preview If you change the Position or Scale controls when the acquisition is stopped or when it is waiting for the next trigger the oscilloscope rescales and repositions the relevant waveforms in response to the new control settings It simulates what you will see when you next push the RUN button The oscilloscope uses the new settings for the next acquisition You may see a Clipped waveform if the original acquisition went off the screen The math waveform cursors and automatic measurements remain active and valid when using preview Setting Input Parameters Use the vertical controls to select waveforms adjust the waveform vertical position and scale and set input parameters 1 Push a channel menu button 1 2 3 or4to oJ Yo of Ko oy Qoy bring up the vertical menu for the designated waveform The vertical menu only affects TE the selected waveform a Pushing a channel button will also select or cancel that waveform selection Push Coupling repeatedly to select the Coupling ma Invert Bandwidth coupling to use We Ac On Il Use DC coupling to pass both AC and DC MA 509 components Use AC coupling to block the DC component and show only
134. essory Selector Tool on the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com probes for the most up to date information Operating Considerations MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Mains Input Voltage 100 V to 240 V 10 Mains Input Power Frequency 50 60 Hz at 100 V to 240 V 400 Hz 10 at 100 to 132 V Weight 4 2 kg 9 2 lbs standalone instrument Height including feet but not handle 203 2 mm 8 in Width 416 6 mm 16 4 in Depth 147 4 mm 5 8 in Clearance 51 mm 2 in Temperature Operating 10 C to 55 C 14 F to 131 F Description Describes how to install application modules on your oscilloscope English Option LO French Option L1 Italian Option L2 German Option L3 Spanish Option L4 Japanese Option L5 Portuguese Option L6 Simplified Chinese Option L7 Traditional Chinese Option L8 Korean Option L9 Russian Option L10 Describes how to sanitize or remove memory devices from the Tektronix MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes MDO3000 Series Nonoperating 40 C to 71 C 40 F to 159 F MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Tektronix part number 071 3250 XX 071 2631 XX 077 0235 XX 077 0236 XX 077 0237 XX 077 0238 XX 077 0239 XX 077 0240 XX 077 0241 XX 077 0242 XX 077 0243 XX 077 0244 XX 077 0980 XX Installation Humidity Operating 5 to 90 relative humidity RH at up to 40 C 5 to 60 RH above 40 C up to 55 C non conde
135. est set the test source horizontal and vertical settings to the same values that were used to create the limit test mask Push Set Up Test on the lower menu and set the following Setting Description Source Channel Select the channel to be tested Violation Threshold Set the number of violations that can occur before a test status is considered failed Stop After Waveform Set the test to stop after a set number of waveforms Stop After Time Set the test to stop after a set amount of time elapses Select Action on Failure Set how the oscilloscope responds to test failure You can set multiple actions These are Stop acquisition Save waveform to file Save screen image to file Print screen image Aux out pulse Set a remote interface service request SRQ Select Action on Test Completion Set how the oscilloscope will respond to test completion You can set multiple actions They are Aux out pulse Set a remote interface service request SRQ Pre Test Delay Set a delay before starting a test 156 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Setting Description Repeat Test Set On for the test to repeat when it has run the minimum number of waveforms or the minimum amount of time Set Off tor the test to run a single time and not repeat Mask Polarity Set the mask polarity to use during the test When Both is selected the test will run with Normal polarity for about half of the expected number of waveforms or amou
136. f audio bus data configuration on which to trigger 3 Select 12S to trigger on the standard Inter IC Sound or Integrated Interchip Sound electrical serial bus interface standard stereo format 4 Select Left Justified to trigger on an I2S stream where there is no bit clock delay and the data starts right on the edge of the word select clock 5 Select Right Justified to trigger on an 12S Right stream where the data lines up with the right RU i edge of the word select clock 6 Select TDM to trigger on time division multiplexing 7 Push Configure and the appropriate buttons on the side menu to further set up I2S triggering USB Bus To acquire data from a USB bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected USB push Define Inputs to set the USB bus speed and probe type 2 The Thresholds Label Bus Display and Event Table menus operate similarly to the other serial buses NOTE 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high speed HS USB MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 77 Acquire the Signal MIL STD 1553 To acquire data from a MIL STD 1553 bus you need to also set up these items 1 Push Define Inputs and turn Multipurpose a to select the desired side menu choices Select the polarity desired to match the MIL STD 1553 bus being acquired 2 The Thresholds Label Bus Display and Event Table menu items operate similarly to how they work on other serial bus menus De
137. f the negative pulse width to the signal period expressed as a percentage The duty cycle is measured on the first cycle in the waveform or gated region The duration of a burst a series of transient events and is measured over the entire waveform or gated region 123 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Rise time Fall time 100 90 Voltage 50 Pulse width 10 0 1785 084 Amplitude measurements Measurement Peak to peak Amplitude Max Min High Low Positive Overshoot Negative Overshoot Total overshoot Description The absolute difference between the maximum and minimum amplitude in the entire waveform or gated region The high value less the low value measured over the entire waveform or gated region The most positive peak voltage Max is measured over the entire waveform or gated region The most negative peak voltage Min is measured over the entire waveform or gated region This value is used as 100 whenever high reference mid reference or low reference values are needed such as in fall time or rise time measurements Calculate using either the min max or histogram method The min max method uses the maximum value found The histogram method uses the most common value found above the midpoint This value is measured over the entire waveform or gated region This value is used as 0 whenever high reference mid reference or low reference values
138. ference between two points in an electrical circuit 1 Push channel 1 2 Push Measure 3 Push the bottom menu button labelled DVM MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Measure 0968 048 Add Remove ia a Waveform Measure His tograms Measure ment ment k B 131 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 4 From the side menu select the desired Mode Source and Display Style View the finished results Digital Voltmeter Mode a oi Source b 1 Autorange Unavail able when Triggering on DVM Source Display Style Full Minimized oft sete Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors Cursors are on screen markers that you position in the waveform display to take manual measurements on acquired data They appear as horizontal and or as vertical lines To use cursors on analog or digital channels 1 Push Cursors to turn cursors on NOTE A second push turns cursors off You can also push and hold Cursors to display the cursor menu 132 4 z 3 POE a ki af g m E MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data In this example two vertical cursors appear l lt a g i 400 005 152 0mV on the selected waveform As you turn eee eres T f O ads 23920m dv dt 163 3kV s Multipurpose a you move one cursor tothe right or left As you turn knob Multipurpose 2 b you move the other cursor aaa a eee
139. fferential High speed Differential NOTE 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high speed HS USB MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix A Warranted Specifications Appendix A Warranted Specifications V Analog bandwidth 50 Q DC Balance V DC Gain accuracy V DC Voltage Measurement Accuracy Average Acquisition mode The Analog Bandwidth when the instrument is DC 50 coupled and the Bandwidth Selection if Full The limits stated below are for ambient temperature of lt 30 C and the bandwidth selection set to FULL Reduce the upper bandwidth frequency by 1 for each C above 30 C Bandwidth 5 mVidiv to 2 mVidiv to 1 mVidiv to 1 Vidiv 9 98 mV div 4 98 mVidiv 1 99 mVidiv 100 MHz DC to 100 MHz 0 2 div with the input DC 50 coupled and 50 Q terminated 0 2 div with the input DC 75 Q coupled and 75 terminated 0 25 div at 2 mV div with the input DC 50 Q coupled and 50 Q terminated 0 25 div at 2 mV div with the input DC 75 Q coupled and 75 Q terminated 0 5 div at 1 mV div with the input DC 50 Q coupled and 50 Q terminated 0 5 div at 1 mV div with the input DC 75 Q coupled and 75 Q terminated 0 2 div with the input DC 1 MQ coupled and 50 Q terminated 0 3 div at 1 mV div with the input DC 1 MQ coupled and 50 terminated All above specifications are increased by 0 01 divisions C above 40 C 2 5 for 1 mV div derated at 0 100 C above 30 C 2 0 for 2 mV div derated at 0 100
140. fine B1 Label Bus Event Inputs 1553 Display Table 3 Push RT if you wish to change the Response Time RT maximum and minimum default values Physical Layer Bus Activity Oscilloscope waveform traces from analog channels 1 to 4 digital channels D15 to DO Math waveforms and the traces you see when you choose to display a bus always show the physical layer bus activity In the physical layer display bits that were transmitted earlier are to the left and bits that were transmitted later are to the right m 2C and CAN buses transmit the MSB most significant bit first m SPI buses do not specify a bit order m RS 232 and LIN buses transmit the LSB least significant bit first NOTE The oscilloscope displays the decode traces and event tables for all buses with the MSB on the left and LSB on the right For example an RS 232 signal after the start bit might be high high high low high low low and high Since the RS 232 protocol uses high for zero and low for one this value would be 0001 0110 Since the decode displays the MSB first the oscilloscope reverses the order of the bits and displays 0110 1000 If the bus display is set to hex the value displays as 68 If the bus display is set to ASCII the value displays as h 78 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Setting Up Digital Channels Use front panel buttons and knobs to set up your instrument to acquire signals using the digital channels
141. g multiple channels when you select Save All Waveforms For RF traces XXXX is an integer from 0000 to 9999 The YYY defines the trace and can be one of the following m NRM for a normal trace m AVG for an average trace m MAX for a maximum hold trace 160 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information m MIN for a minimum hold trace TIQ for a baseband amp Q file NOTE Analog digital and RF waveforms and traces and those waveforms and traces derived from them such as math and references can be saved to an ISF file When saving all channels in ISF format a group of files will be saved Each will have the same value for XXXX but the YYY values will be set to the different channels that were turned on when the Save All Waveforms operation was performed The XXXX value will automatically increment each time you save a file of the same type For example the first time you save a file that file is named tekO0000 The next time you save the same type of file the file will be named tek00001 Editing file directory reference waveform or instrument setup names Give files descriptive names that you can recognize at a later date To edit file names directory names reference waveform and instrument setup labels 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Save Screen Image Save Waveform Mine Assign i m rm or Save Setup SENG to Os Setup 3 For waveform or setup files enter the file To File manager b
142. gated region Frequency is the reciprocal of the period it is measured in hertz Hz where one Hz is one cycle per second The time required to complete the first cycle in a waveform or gated region Period is the reciprocal of frequency and is measured in seconds The time required for the leading edge of the first pulse in the waveform or gated region to rise from the low reference value default 10 to the high reference value default 90 of the final value The time required for the falling edge of the first pulse in the waveform or gated region to fall from the high reference value default 90 to the low reference value default 10 of the final value The time between the mid reference default 50 amplitude point of two different waveforms See also Phase The amount of time that one waveform leads or lags another waveform expressed in degrees where 360 makes up one waveform cycle See also Delay The distance time between the mid reference default 50 amplitude points of a positive pulse The measurement is made on the first pulse in the waveform or gated region The distance time between the mid reference default 50 amplitude points of a negative pulse The measurement is made on the first pulse in the waveform or gated region The ratio of the positive pulse width to the signal period expressed as a percentage The duty cycle is measured on the first cycle in the waveform or gated region The ratio o
143. gnals 91 Trigger Setup Trigger Type Logic Setup and Hold Rise Fall Time 92 x lt lt r I 1785 097 Trigger Conditions Trigger when all channels transition to the specified State Turn Multipurpose a to select a channel Push the appropriate button on the side menu to set that channel s state to High H Low L or Don t Care X Push Clock on the side menu to enable clocked state triggering You can have at most a single clock channel Push Clock Edge on the lower menu to change the polarity of the clock edge Turn off clocked triggering and return to unclocked pattern triggering by selecting the clock channel and setting it to high low or don t care For unclocked triggering by default triggering occurs when the selected condition goes true You can also select triggering when the condition goes false or time qualified triggering You can use up to 20 channels for a Logic trigger 4 analog and 16 digital NOTE Optimum Logic trigger performance is achieved by using only analog channels or only digital channels Trigger when a logic data input changes state inside of the setup or hold time relative to a clock edge Setup is the amount of time that data should be stable and not change before a clock edge occurs Hold is the time that data should be stable and not change after a clock edge occurs MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes are capable of multiple channel Setup and Hold triggering and can
144. h tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information Signal Inputs Any Ch1 Ch4 and with option MDO3MSO any DO D15 Recommended Probing Single ended The MDO3AUTO Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level information on CAN and LIN buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information Signal Inputs CAN or LIN Any Ch1 Ch4 and with option MDO3MSO any DO D15 Recommended Probing CAN Single ended or differential LIN Single ended The MDO3COMP Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level information on RS 232 422 485 UART buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information Signal Inputs Any Ch1 Ch4 and with option MDO3MSO any DO D15 Recommended Probing RS 232 UART Single ended RS 422 485 Differential The MDO3EMBD Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet level information on I2C and SPI buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with timestamp information Signal Inputs 12C or SPI Any Ch1 Ch4 and with option MDO3MSO any DO D15 Recommended Probing Single
145. he basic function Choose between square sine ramp pulse and noise Push OK Create to build the new waveform pgp Ll ata ese 100 00kHz Period Save pl 00m 19 000 HS Waveform Low 250 00mV MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Use the Arbitrary Function Generator 7 Push the lower menu button labeled Load Waveform Turn Multipurpose a to choose which of your waveforms to display Also you can use the side menu to load a saved waveform from a file When you have chosen the desired waveform push OK Load from the side menu Clear the menu by pushing Menu Off twice Be sure that you have a BNC cable connected from the AUX OUT port on the back to the channel 1 port on the front View your arbitrary waveform on the fo 4 oscilloscope display 8 On the lower menu push Save Waveform Turn Multipurpose a to select which of the four slots to store your newly created waveform Push OK Save If you want push Edit Labels and use Multipurpose a and the lower menu to assign a name to your new waveform Clear the label menu by pushing Menu off MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 187 Use the Arbitrary Function Generator Quick Tips m You can save arbitrary waveforms in CSV format A CSV file consists of sets of waveform point pairs voltage point number m You can load arbitrary waveforms from a variety of active time domain waveform sources Channel 1 4 R
146. he instrument to trigger by pushing the front panel Force Trig button MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 87 Trigger Setup Trigger Holdoff Adjust holdoff to obtain stable triggering when the instrument is triggering on undesired trigger events Trigger holdoff can help stabilize triggering since the oscilloscope does not recognize new triggers during the holdoff time When the instrument recognizes a trigger event it disables the trigger system until acquisition is complete In addition the trigger system remains disabled during the holdoff period that follows each acquisition Trigger Coupling Trigger coupling determines what part of the signal is passed to the trigger circuit Edge and Sequence triggering can use all available coupling types DC AC Low Frequency Rejection High Frequency Rejection and Noise Rejection All other trigger types use DC coupling only Horizontal Position When Delay Mode is on use horizontal position to acquire waveform detail in a region that is separated from the trigger location by a significant interval of time 88 rim __ ___J U a 1785 127 Holdoffs o Acquired l eo JUUUUUUMUULUL l me Horizontal ____ position Expansion point 1785 159 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup 1 Adjust the position delay time by rotating the Horizontal Position knob 2 Turn horizontal SCALE to acquire the
147. he parameters of interest in the side menus MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup RS 232 Bus Trigger You can trigger on Tx Start Bit Rx Start Bit Tx End of Packet Rx End of Packet Tx Data or Rx Data If you are setting up an RS 232 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Tx Data or Rx Data push Data on the lower menu Push Number of Bytes and enter the number of bytes with Multipurpose a Push Data on the side menu and enter the parameters of interest with the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs CAN Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Data Id amp Data End of Frame and Missing Ack If you are setting up a CAN trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Type of Frame push Frame Type on the lower menu and select Data Frame Remote Frame Error Frame or Overload Frame lf you have made a Trigger On selection of Identifier push Identifier on the lower menu and select a Format Then push Identifier on the side menu and enter a binary or hex value with multipurpose knobs a and b Push Direction on the lower menu and select the direction of interest Read Write or Read or Write lf you have made a Trigger On selection of Data push Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest LIN Bus Trigger You can trigger on Sync Identifier Data Id amp Data Wakeup Frame Sleep Frame or Error If you are setting up an LIN trigger and have mad
148. hen decoding an RS 232 bus in ASCII mode a large dot indicates that the value represents a character outside the printable ASCII range CAN Bus To acquire data from a CAN bus you need to also set up these items 2121 233 2121 232 1 If you selected CAN push Define Inputs Bus B1 Define Thresholds Bit Rate a a Event and the appropriate side menu choices opui 500 Kbps isplay able 14 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 Turn Multipurpose a to select the channel CAN Input connected to the CAN bus source 3 Turn Multipurpose a to select the type of CAN signal CAN_H CAN_L Rx Tx or Differential 4 Turn Multipurpose a to set the Sample Point from 5 to 95 of the position within the bit period or the unit interval 5 Push Bit Rate and turn Multipurpose a to select from the list of predefined bit rates Alternatively you can set the bit rate to a specific value To do so select Custom and then turn Multipurpose b to set the bit rate from 10 000 to 1 000 000 LIN Bus To acquire data from a LIN bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected LIN push Define Inputs and the appropriate side menu choices 2 Turn Multipurpose a to select the channel connected to the LIN bus source 3 Turn Multipurpose a to set the Sample Point from 5 to 95 of the position within the bit period or the unit interval 4 Select the Polarity to match the LIN bus Polar
149. hic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com The word cryptographic can be left out if the routines from the library being used are not cryptographic related MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix D OpenSSL License 4 If you include any Windows specific code or a derivative thereof from the apps directory application code you must include an acknowledgement This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjnh cryptsoft com THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE The licence and distribution terms for any publicly available version or derivative of this code cannot be changed i e this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution licence including the GNU P
150. ined 91 readout 46 97 Rise Fall defined 92 RS 232 bus 94 RS 232 data value matching 97 Runt defined 91 Sequence B Trigger defined 91 sequential 98 serial buses 67 Setup and Hold defined 92 Slope 89 SPI bus 94 Status readout 46 Timeout defined 91 Trigger on B events 99 USB bus 95 Video defined 93 Trigger menu button 39 Trigger modes Auto 87 Normal 87 Trigger types defined 91 Triggering on Buses 93 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual U UART 40 67 Undo Autoset 58 Default Setup 57 Upgrading bandwidth 15 firmware 23 USB 67 93 160 170 bus trigger 95 Device port 53 flash drive 29 host ports 44 User interface language 18 User marks 149 Utility button 18 20 21 39 103 104 113 114 171 Utility menu 19 20 39 44 103 114 115 V Variable persistence 102 Ventilation 6 Versatile Probe Interface 7 Version firmware 25 Vertical button 39 menu 39 107 offset 110 Offset 108 position 106 position and autoset 59 position and offset 110 Position knob 39 55 scale 106 Scale knob 55 Video Autoset 59 picture mode 158 Tests 158 Video Out port 53 Video trigger defined 93 View digital channels 113 waveform record 46 VISA 26 Index Voltage Source MDO3000 5 W Wave Inspector 147 Waveform adding 101 baseline indicator 48 Count measurement 126 display style 101 histogram measurements 126 intensity 105 pan 147
151. ing 300 V CAT Il Reorder Tektronix part number 013 0362 xx Micro hook tip Use this tip to access test points in tight spaces Press the hook tip onto the probe tip and then extend the pincers around the circuit Rating 300 V CAT Il Reorder Tektronix part number 013 0363 xx Universal IC cap Use this cap to prevent shorting the probe tip between IC pins Press the cap on the probe tip until it snaps on and then spin the cap to expose the probe tip toward the IC lead Reorder Tektronix part number 013 0366 xx Ground springs To limit aberrations on high frequency signals caused by ground path inductance bend the spring to reach nearby ground connections lt 0 75 in long lt 0 25 in short Reorder Tektronix part numbers 016 2028 xx long 2 ea 016 2034 xx short 2 ea 197 Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Item Description Ground lead with alligator clip Secure the lead to the probe head ground and then to your circuit ground Reorder Tektronix part number 196 3521 xx 2809 013 j Color bands Use these bands to identify the oscilloscope channel at the probe head S 2 Reorder Tektronix part number 016 0633 xx 5 Sl pairs Optional Accessories The accessories shown below are available for the probes and are rated lt 30 V unless indicated otherwise Accessory Part number MicroCKT Test Tip 206 0569 xx One ships with each o
152. is warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Tektronix supplies or d to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TEKTRONIX RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES W16 15AUG04 P6316 TPP0250 TPPO500B and TPP1000 Probes Warranty Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of original purchase from an authorized Tektronix distributor If the product proves defective during this warranty period Tektronix at its option ei
153. isplayed use MagniVu Annotating the Screen UN 2121 214 2121 217 You can add your own text to the screen by doing the following 1 Push Utility MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 3249 012 113 Display Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push Utility Page Turn the Multipurpose a knob and select Display Push Screen Annotation on the resulting lower menu Push Display Annotation to select On on the side menu The annotation window now appears Position it by turning the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs Push Edit Annotation on the side menu Turn the Multipurpose a knob to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to select each desired character Alternatively use a USB keyboard to type in characters See page 35 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope To reposition the annotated text push Position on the side menu and turn Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b as desired Viewing the Trigger Frequency You can display a readout of trigger frequency It counts all of the triggerable events whether the oscilloscope triggered on them or not and displays the number of times per second that they occur To display this readout do the following 114 1 Push Utility Utility Page Utility 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data ili Utilit Push Utility Page Turn Multipurp
154. ity being acquired Normal High 1 Polarity Inverted High 0 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 75 Acquire the Signal 5 Push Configure and the appropriate side menu choices 6 Push Bit Rate and turn Multipurpose ato Bit Rate select from the list of predefined bit rates a 19 2K bps Alternatively you can set the bit rate to a specific value To do so select Custom and then turn Multipurpose b to set the bit rate from 800 bps to 100 000 bps 7 Push LIN Standard and turn Multipurpose a to select the appropriate standard 8 Push Include Parity Bits with Id to select ee whether or not to include parity bits with Id On j FlexRay Bus To acquire data from a FlexRay bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected FlexRay push Define Bus B1 Define Thresholds BitRate B1 Label a Event i Input j R Di Inputs and the desired side menu choices WESS ee ERY isplay able 2 As appropriate push the Threshold Bit Rate Label Bus Display and Event Table buttons and set their corresponding parameter values Audio Bus To acquire data from an Audio bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected Audio push Define Inputs Bus B1 Define Thresholds Configure i ou Event and the desired side menu choices inputs isplay able 76 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 Push Type and turn Multipurpose a ae to select the type o
155. l These terms may appear in this manual WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 201 Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information N CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols on the Product These symbols may appear on the product A CAUTION Refer to Manual 202 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix C P6316 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Appendix C P6316 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Product Description The P6316 general purpose logic probe connects the Tektronix MDO3000 Series of mixed signal oscilloscopes to digital buses and signals on your target system The probe breaks out 16 data channels over two 2x8 pin headers GROUP 1 and GROUP 2 Each header includes eight signals on one row and eight grounds along the opposite row The P6316 is included with option MDO3MSO A pair of interchangable flying lead sets are included with the probe The lead sets bring out one ground connection on each end and eight signal leads for connecting to individual test points SA A ve Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope Connect the probe as shown in the illustration below 1 Insert the probe label side up into the connector on the oscillo
156. l hS A trigger source B trigger source Seedy a coer eee gt B trigger point elay time Trigger on B Events The A trigger arms the instrument Pretrigger record Posttrigger record Posttrigger acquisition starts on the nth B event A trigger point Acquired H waveform record gt A tigger souree SUU UU UU UU B trigger source ANAK Waiting for the nth event B inggar point Where n 5 Quick Tips m B trigger delay time and horizontal position are independent functions When you establish a trigger condition using either the A trigger alone or the A and B triggers together you can also use the horizontal position control to delay the acquisition by an additional amount m When using the B trigger the A and B trigger types can only be Edge MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 99 Trigger Setup Starting and Stopping an Acquisition After you have defined the acquisition and trigger parameters start the acquisition with Run Stop or Single Push Run Stop to start acquisitions onse Rms The oscilloscope acquires repeatedly until you push the button again to stop the acquisition m Push Single to take a single acquisition Single sets the trigger mode to Normal for the single acquisition mf any analog or digital waveforms are active then pressing Run Stop to stop acquisitions will cause the oscilloscope to wait for one more trigger event before Stopping Once the acquisition occu
157. l position Autoset always sets vertical offset If you use Autoset when no channels are displayed the instrument turns on channel 1 and scales it If you use Autoset and the oscilloscope detects a video signal the oscilloscope automatically sets the trigger type to video and makes other adjustments to display a stable video signal Acquisition Concepts Before a signal can be displayed it must pass through the input channel where it is scaled and digitized Each channel has a dedicated input amplifier and digitizer Each channel produces a stream of digital data from which the instrument extracts waveform records Sampling Process Acquisition is the process of sampling an analog signal converting it into digital data and assembling it into a waveform record which is then stored in acquisition memory Real Time Sampling MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes use real time sampling In real time sampling the instrument digitizes all of the points it acquires using a single trigger event MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 0V 5 0V yr N ov ov OV OV d Ws ws Input signal Sampled points 5 0 V 5 0V Digital values Record points ATN JU 2121 030 Sampling rate 59 Acquire the Signal Waveform Record The instrument builds the waveform record through use of the following parameters Sample interval The time between recorded sample poi
158. llel bus the table lists the value of the bus at each clock edge For an unclocked parallel bus the table lists the value of the bus whenever any one of its bits changes The Event Table lists bytes words or packets depending on the bus type 8 Push Save Event Table to save the event table data in a csv spreadsheet format on the currently selected storage device 70 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal This example of an Event Table is from an Tektronix version v1 24 RS 232 bus Bus Definition R5232 Time Tx RS 232 event tables display one line foreach 4 77E 02 7 or 8 bit byte when Packets are set to Off ru RS 232 event tables display one line foreach 3 75E 02 packet when Packets are set to On ae Other buses display one word frame or 2 73E 02 packet per row depending on the bus type Zon 14 71E 02 14 37E 02 1 03E 02 6 92E 03 3 49E 03 5 38E 05 3 28E 03 6 71E 03 1 69E 02 2 02E 02 2 43E 02 2 82E 02 246F 09 2519 069 m O 3 0 0 3 a 9 Push B1 or B2 and turn Multipurpose a to move the bus display up or down on the screen I2C Bus To acquire data from an 2C bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you select I2C push Define Inputs and Bus B1 Define Thresholds Include B1 Label Bus Event Input R W i I2 Displ Tabl the appropriate side menu choices ae h i va C isplay able You can assign the predefined SCLK Input or SDA Input to the chann
159. llowing symbol s may appear on the product A CAUTION Protective Ground Refer to Manual Earth Terminal Chassis Ground O Standby MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual IX Compliance information This section lists the EMC electromagnetic compliance safety and environmental standards with which the instrument complies EMC compliance EC Declaration of Conformity EMC Meets intent of Directive 2004 108 EC for Electromagnetic Compatibility Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the Official Journal of the European Communities EN 61326 1 2006 EN 61326 2 1 2006 EMC requirements for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use 1 2 3 CISPR 11 2003 Radiated and conducted emissions Group 1 Class A IEC 61000 4 2 2001 Electrostatic discharge immunity IEC 61000 4 3 2002 RF electromagnetic field immunity 4 IEC 61000 4 4 2004 Electrical fast transient burst immunity IEC 61000 4 5 2001 Power line surge immunity IEC 61000 4 6 2003 Conducted RF immunity 5 IEC 61000 4 11 2004 Voltage dips and interruptions immunity EN 61000 3 2 2006 AC power line harmonic emissions EN 61000 3 3 1995 Voltage changes fluctuations and flicker European contact Tektronix UK Ltd Western Peninsula Western Road Bracknell RG12 1RF United Kingdom This product is intended for use in nonresidential areas only Use in residential areas may cause electromagnetic i
160. lues for 10 individual probes If you try to compensate an 11th probe on a channel the oscilloscope will delete the values for the least recently used probe and add the values for the new probe The oscilloscope will assign default compensation values to a TPP0250 TPPOS500B or TPP1000 probe connected to the Aux In channel NOTE A factory calibration will delete all stored compensation values NOTE A probe compensation failure is most likely due to intermittent connection of the probe tip or ground connection during the probe compensation operation If a failure occurs the oscilloscope will re use the old probe compensation values if they existed prior to the failed probe compensation operation Compensating a non TPP0250 non TPP0500B or non TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe Whenever you attach a passive voltage probe for the first time to any input channel compensate the probe to match it to the corresponding oscilloscope input channel If you are interested in using the automatic probe compensation procedure described above for the TPP0250 TPP0500 and TPP1000 probes See page 11 Compensating a TPP0250 TPP0500B or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe On a non TPP0250 TPPO500B TPP1000 Tektronix passive probe check the instruction manual for your probe to see if it qualifies Otherwise to properly compensate your passive probe 1 Follow the steps for the functional check See page 10 Functional Check MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Use
161. m assuming you have not used any offset The icon colors correspond to the waveform colors 1785 125 Identifying Items in the Frequency Domain Display Activate the frequency domain display by pressing the front panel RF button MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Tek Run Auto i 0 00 dBm W2 400GHz T 17 3 dBm ETA EE E Ss eee ee PE Se es eee Leeeeeee 1 90GHz i Ref 0 00 dBm Scale 10 0 dB divy JCF 2 39919893GHz Span 1 00000GHz RB Ww J 3249 024 1 Vertical graticule labels Start frequency Reference level Vertical scale Center frequency Span and resolution bandwidth Stop frequency o nS M gt e YS PS Reference marker MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 49 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 50 Identifying Items in the Arbitrary Function Generator Display Tek Run E Ley d Pan S00MS s amp T Sine 499 57kHe S05 1 poins sm ds i ED Freauency 499 SkH2 i __ 499 51 5k 496 2 502 8k _ 781 8 _ J 15 59 06 Edge Search events found 10 3249 021 Cn E E at sine N TYY 1 If visible the output is on AFG label 1 0000 pp 57 kH Waveform type e g Sine Additive Noise icon Frequency m Se Be PN Amplitude See page 183 Use the Arbitrary Function Generator MDO3000 Series Oscillo
162. measurement reference levels or taking a snapshot 126 Gating Gating confines the measurement to a certain portion of a waveform To use 1 Push Measure Measure G7 p Bs ii Fag Si o _ SES o om gB ar 0968 048 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push More as many times as needed to Add lie Pals Indicators DVM Waveform i sur z i select Gating from the resulting pop up e Moa menu 3 Position the gates using the side menu options Between Cursors Statistics Statistics characterize the stability of measurements To adjust statistics 1 Push Measure Measure 2 Push More as many times as needed to l oe Indicators DVM Waveform select Statistics from the resulting pop up rent aie menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 127 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Push the side menu options These include sa whether to turn statistics on or off and how tistics many samples to use for mean and standard deviation calculations a of Mean amp Std Dev Samples a A Reset Statistics Snapshot To see all the single sourced measurements at one moment in time 1 Push Measure Measure 0968 048 2 Push Add Measurement Remove Indicators DVM Waveform surement ee His en tograms 3 Turn Multipurpose a to select the desired Source channel Multipurpose sa 1785 039 4 T
163. med waveform views 5 You can quickly investigate your waveform by moving from search mark to search mark with the next and previous lt arrow buttons No other adjustments are needed Quick tips m You can copy trigger settings to search for other locations in your acquired waveform that meet the trigger conditions You can also copy search settings to your trigger Custom User marks are saved with the waveform when the waveform is saved and when the setup is saved Automatic search marks are not saved with the waveform when the waveform is saved However you can easily recapture them by reusing the search function The search criteria are saved in the saved setup The Wave Inspector includes the following search capabilities Search Description Edge Searches for edges rising falling or both with a user specified threshold level Pulse Width Searches for positive or negative pulse widths that are gt lt or a user specified pulse width or are inside or outside of a range Timeout Searches for the lack of a pulse The signal stays above or below or either above or below a set value for a set amount of time Runt Searches for positive or negative pulses that cross one amplitude threshold but fail to cross a second threshold before crossing the first again Search for all runt pulses or only those with a duration gt lt or a user specified time Logic search for a logic pattern AND OR
164. multipurpose knobs and the resulting lower menu buttons to create an expression When done push OK Accept For example to use Edit Expression to take the integral of a square wave 1 Push Clear on the lower menu Turn Multipurpose a to select Intg Push Enter Selection Push Enter Selection 2 3 4 Turn Multipurpose a to select channel 1 5 6 Turn Multipurpose a to select 7 Push OK Accept Using Spectrum Math The spectrum math feature lets you create a math waveform by adding or subtracting frequency traces NOTE Spectrum Math is only available when the instrument is acquiring in Spectrum Analyzer mode 1 Push Math S gage gt OS pa 1 Ia Mesas 2 Push Spectrum Math Use the side menu a M Label choices to construct your desired math i trace 144 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Spec trurn Math 3 Push 1st Source on the side menu and use st Source the multipurpose knobs to adjust the vertical settings of the reference waveform or trace 4 Choose or as the operator Operator 5 Choose the second source from the R provided options ource The math waveform will appear on the display as a red trace 6 Push Label from the lower menu and use the resulting side menu choices to give your math trace an appropriate label NOTE The oscilloscope will only complete the calculation if the units
165. n the bin that contains the most hits Displays the middle histogram data value where half of all histogram data points are less than this value and half are greater than this value Displays the peak to peak value of the histogram Vertical histograms display the voltage of the highest nonzero bin minus the voltage of the lowest nonzero bin Horizontal histograms display the time of the right most nonzero bin minus the time of the left most nonzero bin Displays the voltage of the highest nonzero bin in vertical histograms or the time of the right most nonzero bin in horizontal histograms Displays the voltage of the lowest nonzero bin in vertical histograms or the time of the left most nonzero bin in horizontal histograms Measures the average of all histogram data points within or on the histogram box Measures the standard deviation Root Mean Square RMS deviation of all histogram data points within or on the histogram box Displays the percentage of the hits in the histogram that are within one standard deviation of the histogram mean Displays the percentage of the hits in the histogram that are within two standard deviations of the histogram mean Displays the percentage of the hits in the histogram that are within three standard deviations of the histogram mean Customizing an Automatic Measurement in the Time Domain You can customize automatic measurements by using gating modifying measurement statistics adjusting the
166. n the side menu to set the vertical offset to 0 V For more information on offset see Quick Tips See page 110 Quick Tips 108 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 10 Select Probe Setup to define probe parameters On the side menu m Select Voltage or Current to set the probe type for probes that do not have a TekProbe Level 1 TekProbe Il requires a TPA BNC adapter or TekVPI interface m For probes that do not have a Tek interface when Probe Type is set to Voltage turn Multipurpose a to set Attenuation to match the probe m For probes that do not have a Tek interface when Probe Type is set to Current turn Multipurpose a to set the Amps Volts ratio Attenuation to match the probe m lf you are measuring current by probing the voltage drop across a resistor set Measure Current to Yes Push AIN ratio on the side menu and turn Multipurpose a to set the Amps Volts or Volts Amp ratio of your setup For example if you are measuring the drop across a 2 Q resistor set the V A ratio to 2 m For some types of probes you can push this button to instruct the oscilloscope to perform an AC calibration on the entire signal path from the probe tip to the specific oscilloscope channel This can result in a flatter frequency response over the entire frequency range 11 Select Deskew to make display and measurement adjustments for probes that have differing propagation delays This is especially important when usi
167. n the upper display 2 The portion of the acquisition shown in the time domain graticule is shown within the part of the upper display defined by the brackets TekRun tt so0omv 4 00us 5 006575 W gt 0 00000 s 1M points 2913094 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 153 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Limit and Mask Testing Monitor an active input signal against a mask with the MDO3LMT Limit and Mask Test Module Output pass or fail results The results can show whether the input signal is within the user defined vertical and horizontal bounds of the mask You can create your own mask or recall a mask from a file To set up and run a limit or mask test do the following 1 Select or create the mask 2 Set up the test 3 Run the test and view the results Create or Select the Mask The two mask types you can create or select are limit test and custom Create a limit test mask 1 Push the front panel Default Setup button green l Default Setup 3249 008 2 Connect your probe from your oscilloscope to the mask source 3 Push the front panel Autoset button 4 Push the front panel Test button gi 5 Push Application on the lower menu Turn Multipurpose a to select Limit Mask Test from the menu 6 Push Select Mask on the lower menu and from the resulting side menu select Limit Test 154 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 7 Push Create Limit M
168. name User Password lf necessary use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the user password The oscilloscope only displays s as you type the password They are erased from the screen after OK Accept is pushed NOTE Ensure that file sharing is enabled for the network location 4 Push OK Accept NOTE To unmount a network drive push Save Recall Menu on the front panel push File Utilities on the lower menu push more 1 of 2 on the side menu and Unmount items NOTE Any network locations that were mounted when the oscilloscope was powered down will be automatically remounted when the oscilloscope is powered up Unmount any network location that you do not want to automatically remount on power up Printing a Hard Copy To print an image of what appears on the oscilloscope screen do the following procedure Connect a Printer to Your Oscilloscope Connect a non PictBridge printer to a USB port on the rear or front panel of the oscilloscope Alternatively connect a PictBridge printer to the USB device port on the rear panel or hook up a networked printer through the Ethernet port NOTE Refer to the www tektronix com printer_setup Web page for a list of compatible printers 170 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Set Up Print Parameters To set up the oscilloscope to print hard copies 1 Push Utility N Utility 3249 012 2 Push Utility Page Page 3
169. nect your oscilloscope directly to a computer to let the PC analyze your data collect screen images or to control your oscilloscope See page 162 Saving a Screen Image See page 163 Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data Three ways to connect your oscilloscope to a computer are through the VISA drivers the e Scope Web enabled tools and a socket server Use VISA to communicate with your oscilloscope from your computer through a software application such as Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop Use e Scope to communicate with your oscilloscope through a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer For best results use a browser that supports html 5 Using VISA VISA lets you use your MS Windows computer to acquire data from your oscilloscope for use in an analysis package that runs on your PC such as Microsoft Excel National Instruments LabVIEW Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop software or a program of your own creation You can use a common communications connection such as USB Ethernet or GPIB to connect the computer to the oscilloscope For VISA load the VISA drivers on your computer Also load your application such as OpenChoice Desktop You will find the drivers and OpenChoice Desktop software on the appropriate CD that comes with your oscilloscope or at the Tektronix software finder Web page www tektronix com Using e Scope With e Scope you can access and control any Internet connected MDO3000 Series oscilloscope from
170. ng a current probe in conjunction with a voltage probe For best results use a deskew fixture such as the Tektronix 067 1686 xx MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data 109 Display Waveform or Trace Data If you do not have a deskew fixture you can use the controls in the Deskew menu to set the oscilloscope s deskew parameters to recommended values based on the nominal propagation delay of each probe The oscilloscope automatically loads the nominal propagation delay values of TekVPI and TekProbe II requires use of a TPA BNC adaptor probes For other common probes first push Select on the side menu and select the channel to which the probe is attached Then push Probe Model on the side menu and select the probe model If your probe is not in the list set probe model to Other and push Propagation Delay on the side menu and dial in its propagation delay with Multipurpose a To display the recommended deskew values calculated by the oscilloscope set Show rec deskews on the side menu to Yes To set the deskew values of each channel to the recommended values push Set all deskews to recommended values on the side menu Quick Tips 110 Using Probes with the TekProbe II and TekVPI Interfaces When you attach a probe with the TekProbe II or the TekVPI interface the oscilloscope sets the channel sensitivity coupling and termination resistance automatically to match the probe requir
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172. nsing Non Operating 5 to 90 RH Relative Humidity at up to 40 C 5 to 60 RH above 40 C up to 55 C 5 to 40 RH above 55 C up to 71 C non condensing Altitude Operating 3 000 m about 9 843 ft Non operating 12 000 m 39 370 ft Acquisition System 1 MQ The maximum input voltage At the BNC 300 Vans Installation Category Il De rate at 20 dB decade between 4 5 MHz and 45 MHz De rate 14 db between 45 MHz and 450 MHz Above 450 MHz 5 Vaws Acquisition System 50 Q and 75 Q The maximum input voltage 5 Vrms with a peak at 20 V DF lt 6 25 Dedicated RF Input The maximum operating input level Average Continuous Power 20 dBm 0 1 W DC maximum before damage 40 Voc Max No damage 33 dBm 2 W CW Peak Pulse Power 45 dBm 32 W Peak Pulse Power defined as lt 10 us pulse width lt 1 duty cycle and reference level of gt 10 dBm CAUTION To ensure proper cooling keep the sides and rear of the instrument clear of obstructions Ventilation clearance should be at least 51 mm 2 in on the left side when looking at the front of the instrument and on the rear of the instrument MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope with a P6316 Digital Probe Threshold Accuracy 100 mV 3 of threshold setting after calibration Threshold Range 25 V to 15 V Maximum nondestructive input signal to probe 30 V to 20 V Minimum signal swing 500 MV peak to peak Input resistance 101 KQ Input capacitance 8 0
173. nt CAT Circuits not directly connected to mains Pollution Degree 2 Do not operate in environments where conductive pollutants may be present as defined in IEC 61010 1 Rated for indoor use only Additional Safety Standards UL61010B 1 First Edition amp UL61010B 2 031 First Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 1010 1 92 amp CAN CSA C22 2 No 1010 2 031 94 IEC61010 031 2002 200 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Equipment Recycling This product complies with the European Union s requirements according to Directive 2002 96 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE For more information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com Safety Summary A Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it To avoid potential hazards use this product only as specified Using the probe or accessories in a manner not specified could result in a shock or fire hazard To Avoid Fire or Personal Injury Ground Referenced Oscilloscope Use Do not float the reference lead of this probe when using with ground referenced oscilloscopes for example DPO MSO and TDS series oscilloscopes The reference lead must be connected to earth potential 0 V Connect and Disconnect Properly Connect the probe output
174. nt of time and then will run with Inverted polarity for the remained of the test Run the Test and View the Results 1 Push Run Test on the lower menu to start Application Set Up Select Create Set Up Run Test ae Mask Mask Limit Mask Test esults and stop the test E On Ii a 2 Push Show Results on the lower menu and use the resulting side menu to select whether to show basic or more detailed results You can also reset the results Quick Tips m Use Average acquisition mode to create a smoother cleaner limit test mask If you want to re use the mask later save it to a file by selecting Set Up Mask from the lower menu and Save Mask to File from the resulting side menu To simplify the setup of the test source save the oscilloscope setup so that later you can quickly reload the settings to correctly display the test source for limit testing Have the mask automatically re scale with the source channel setting changes by selecting Set Up Mask on the lower menu and Lock to Source as On on the resulting side menu The math waveform is not available when using mask testing MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 157 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Making Video Tests Trigger on and display video signals Do this with standard built in video test tools To use this application 158 1 Push Test 2 Turn Multipurpose a to select Video Picture 3 Use the bottom menu buttons to set up the desired video test Choose am
175. nterference Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when this equipment is connected to a test object For compliance with the EMC standards listed here high quality shielded interface cables should be used Oscilloscope lt 3 0 division waveform displacement and lt 6 0 division increase in peak to peak noise RF Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to 50 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000 4 3 test for frequencies up to 1 GHz and to 35 dBm for frequencies above 1 GHz Oscilloscope lt 1 0 division waveform displacement and lt 2 0 division increase in peak to peak noise RF Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to 85 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000 4 6 test Performance Criterion C applied at the 70 25 cycle Voltage Dip and the 0 250 cycle Voltage Interruption test levels IEC 61000 4 11 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Australia New Zealand Declaration of Conformity EMC Complies with the EMC provision of the Radiocommunications Act per the following standard in accordance with ACMA m CISPR 11 2003 Radiated and Conducted Emissions Group 1 Class A in accordance with EN 61326 1 2006 and EN 61326 2 1 2006 Australia New Zealand contact Baker amp McKenzie Level 27 AMP Centre 50 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000
176. nts Adjust this by turning the Horizontal Scale knob or pushing Acquire and changing the record length in the Acquire menu m Record length The number of samples required to fill a waveform record Set this by pushing the Acquire button and using the lower and side menus m Trigger point The zero time reference in a waveform record It is shown on the screen by an orange T m Horizontal position When Delay Mode is on this is the time from the trigger point to the expansion point Adjust this by turning the Horizontal Position knob Use a positive time to acquire the record after the trigger point Use a negative time to acquire it before the trigger point m Expansion point The point that the horizontal scale expands and contracts around It is shown by an orange triangle Using FastAcq FastAcg provides high speed waveform capture It is helpful in finding elusive signal anomalies Fast acquisition mode reduces the dead time between waveform acquisitions enabling the capture and display of transient events such as glitches and runt pulses Fast acquisition mode can also display waveform phenomena at an intensity that reflects their 60 rate of occurrence To use FastAcaq 1 Push Acquire Ail IC Sample interval First sampled and digitized point in record Th Trigger point Expansion point Ga ec ee J Horizontal Horizontal acquisition position window
177. nu to enter specific values of RT Address to trigger on Push Status Word Bits on the lower menu to enter values for Message Error bit 9 Instr bit 10 Service Req bit 11 BCR bit 15 Busy bit 16 Subsystem Flag bit 17 DBCA bit 18 Terminal Flag bit 19 and Parity If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Data push Data on the lower menu to enter specific Data values and the Parity value lf you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Time RT IMG push Trigger When on the lower menu to set the trigger condition Push Times on the lower menu to set the Maximum and Minimum times If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Error push Error Type on the lower menu to select the type of error to trigger on I2C SPI USB CAN LIN and FlexRay Bus Trigger Data Matching Rolling window byte matching for 12C SPI USB and FlexRay To use a rolling window to trigger on data you define the number of bytes to match Then the oscilloscope uses a rolling window to find any match within a packet with the window rolling one byte at a time For example if the number of bytes is one the oscilloscope will attempt to match the first byte second byte third and so on within the packet lf the number of bytes is two the oscilloscope will try to match any two consecutive bytes such as one and two two and three
178. ocket GPIB Configura Server tion MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Ethernet amp LXI 11 Push Change Names to change the name of the oscilloscope the network domain or the service name 12 Push Change Ethernet amp LXI Password to change the name of the password 13 Push Change e Scope Password to use the LXI password to also protect your Password oscilloscope from changes made to LAN settings from a Web browser 14 Start your browser on your remote computer In the browser address line enter the host name a dot and the domain name together Alternatively just enter the IP address of the instrument Either way you should then see the LXI Welcome page on your Web browser on your computer screen 15 Click Network Configuration to view and edit the network configuration settings If you are using a password and changing your settings you need to know that the default user name is Ixiuser MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 31 32 Installation 16 For e Scope click the Instrument Control e Scope link on the left side of the LXI SEAME Welcome page You should then see a new T Tnm tab or window open in your browser with e Scope running HA We cere i m e ae am aE ik eee ae fy m i iE s i i korm a Fi FERAN m Lai vi pph ssum Depa HA e ir Using a Socket Server A socket server provides two way communication
179. od of three 3 years from the date of original purchase from an authorized Tektronix distributor If the product proves defective during this warranty period Tektronix at its option either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product Batteries are excluded from this warranty Parts modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance All replaced parts modules and products become the property of Tektronix In order to obtain service under this warranty Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix shipping charges prepaid and with a copy of customer proof of purchase Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under th
180. oduct is not intended for detection of hazardous voltages Use personal protective equipment to prevent shock and arc blast injury where hazardous live conductors are exposed While using this product you may need to access other parts of a larger system Read the safety sections of the other component manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system When incorporating this equipment into a system the safety of that system is the responsibility of the assembler of the system To avoid fire or personal injury Use proper power cord Use only the power cord specified for this product and certified for the country of use Do not use the provided power cord for other products Ground the product This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord To avoid electric shock the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product make sure that the product is properly grounded Do not disable the power cord grounding connection Power disconnect The power cord disconnects the product from the power source See instructions for the location Do not position the equipment so that it is difficult to operate the power cord it must remain accessible to the user at all times to allow for quick disconnection if needed Connect and disconnect properly Do not connect or disconnect probes or test leads while they are connected to a voltage
181. of measure of the source waveforms when combined make logical sense Using Reference Waveforms and Traces Create and store a reference waveform or trace For example you might do this to set up a standard against which to compare other waveforms To use the reference waveforms or traces NOTE 10 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage 1 Push Ref R This brings up the lower reference menu 2 Use the resulting lower menu selections to R1 K0 display or select a reference waveform or 3 May 14 trace MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 145 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 146 3 Push Vertical on the side menu and use Vertical the multipurpose knobs to adjust the vertical WEN settings of the reference waveform or trace 4 Push Horizontal on the side menu and Horizontal use the multipurpose knobs to adjust the horizontal settings of the reference 4 00 us div waveform or trace 5 Push Edit Label and use the resulting Edit Labels menus to define labels to display with the reference waveforms and traces 6 Pus Ref Details to read information Ref Details about the selected reference Use this to determine whether the reference is an analog waveform or an RF trace 7 Push Save to File to store reference at to information in external storage i Quick Tips E Selecting and Displaying Reference W
182. often 1785 039 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 61 Acquire the Signal How the Analog Acquisition Modes Work Sample mode retains the first sampled point from each acquisition interval Sample is the default mode Peak Detect mode uses the highest and lowest of all the samples contained in two consecutive acquisition intervals This mode only works with real time noninterpolated sampling and is useful for catching high frequency glitches Hi Res mode calculates the average of all the samples for each acquisition interval This mode also only works with real time noninterpolated sampling Hi Res provides a higher resolution lower bandwidth waveform Envelope mode finds the highest and lowest record points over all acquisitions Envelope uses Peak Detect for each individual acquisition Average mode calculates the average value for each record point over a user specified number of acquisitions Average uses Sample mode for each individual acquisition Use average mode to reduce random noise 1785 128 1785 130 old bel ld We al LL lol be 1785 131 Ald bel ld ell bod b pS LIL 1785 132 Changing the Acquisition Mode Record Length and Delay Time 62 Use this procedure to change the acquisition mode 1 Push Acquire 2 Push Mode MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 3 Then choose the acquisition mode from the ey ea side menu You can chos
183. ok 3249 013 2 Push a lower menu button If a pop out fans menu appears turn Multipurpose a to ae ae ee ee select the desired choice If a pop up ot Come meow Bizz gt i menu appears push the button again to select the desired choice 3249 026 3 Push aside menu button If the menu item contains more than one choice push the side button repeatedly to cycle through the choices If a pop out menu appears turn Multipurpose a to select the desired choice CCE E a CpepeE om 0968 011 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual oT Get Acquainted with the Instrument 38 4 To remove a side menu push the lower button again or push Menu Off 5 Certain menu choices require you to set a numeric value to complete the setup You can use the upper and lower multipurpose knobs a and b to adjust values You can also set many numerical values with the 10 digit keypad on the front panel z Sgi a rd ee E 6 Push Fine to turn off or on the ability to T A E make smaller adjustments O Celie A i Using the Menu Buttons Use the menu buttons to perform many functions in the oscilloscope vd 3249 015 1 Measure Push to perform automated measurements on waveforms and to access the digital voltmeter DVM and waveform histogram functions 2 Search Push to perform an automated search through an acquisition for user defined events criteria 3 Autoset
184. on output 2913 053 Compensating the Probe with MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes For information on compensating the probe refer to the related section earlier in this manual See page 11 Compensating a TPP0250 TPP0500B or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe Standard Accessories The standard accessories included with the probe are shown below WARNING To avoid electric shock when using the probe or accessories keep fingers behind the finger guard of probe body and accessories To reduce risk of shock when using the probe on floating measurements ensure the reference lead accessories are fully mated before connecting the probe to the circuit under test 196 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Item 2809 009 2809 010 co D P nun Do not use on circuits that exceed 30 Vrms 2809 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Description Probe tips pogo white and rigid gray The white pogo tip is pre installed on the probe and is spring loaded for compliant testing of circuit boards Reorder Tektronix part numbers 206 0610 xx rigid tip 206 0611 xx pogo tip Insulator sleeve Unscrew this sleeve to replace the probe tips See procedure on next page Reorder Tektronix part number 342 1194 xx Hook tip Press the hook tip onto the probe tip and then clamp the hook onto the circuit Rat
185. ong Display on off Standard NTSC or PAL Contrast update rate Odd Even Interlaced Source channel Location on the screen to display the results Applica Display Standard Contrast Odd Source Location un NTSC Even 1 Video Interlaced Picture Off PAL the ber an i fa Toe See a test pattern from a video generator See an actual video picture MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data See a video of a video of a video signal by connecting a cable from the VIDEO OUT in the rear panel to an analog input channel in the front panel Making Automated Power Measurements Acquire measure and analyze power signals with the MDO3PWR Power Analysis Module To use this application 1 Push Test 2 Turn Multipurpose a to select Power Analysis 3 Push Analysis 4 Use the side menu buttons to select the desired analysis function Choose among Power quality Switching loss Harmonics Ripple Modulation Safe operating area Deskew See the MDO3PWR DPO3PWR and DPO4PWR Power Analysis Modules User Manual for more information MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 159 Save and Recall Information Save and Recall Information The oscilloscope provides permanent storage for setups waveforms and screen images Use the internal storage of the oscilloscope to save setup files and reference waveform data Use external storage su
186. ong the LCD life Setting Waveform Intensity Intensity 1 Push Intensity on the front panel This will bring up the intensity readout on a Waveform Intensity 35 the display b Graticule Intensity 75 2 Turn Multipurpose a to select the desired waveform intensity Multipurpose 3 Turn Multipurpose b to select the desired intensity for the graticule Intensity 4 Push Intensity again to clear the intensity readout from the display MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 105 Display Waveform or Trace Data Scaling and Positioning a Waveform 106 Use the horizontal controls to adjust the time base adjust the trigger point and to examine waveform details more closely You can also use the Wave Inspector Pan and Zoom controls to adjust the display of waveforms See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms lf you push the Horizontal Position knob and Delay is set to On the horizontal position is set to 0 seconds If you push it and Delay is set to Off the horizontal position is set to 10 1785 065 BRERESEEEE TTT TAT TT AVATI FARF ENRRRN Pty a ES A LIL WL BRRRE SA n BRERESEEE 1785 120 1785 123 1785 124 Original waveform scaled horizontally Positioned horizontally Use the vertical controls to select waveforms adjust the waveform vertical position and scale and set input parameters Push a channel menu button 1 2 3 or 4 button as many tim
187. opriate front panel bus button to select that bus 2 Turn the Multipurpose a knob to adjust the vertical position of the selected bus Multipurpose 1785 039 Labeling bus signals To label a bus do the following steps 1 Push the appropriate front panel bus button a G N E EG 2 oce om OGG 2 Push Label Bus B1 Define Thresholds B1 Label Bus Event Inputs isplay able See page 55 Labeling Channels and Buses Parallel Positioning Scaling and Grouping Digital Channels 1 Push the front panel D15 D0 button mmn 0968 024 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 111 Display Waveform or Trace Data 112 2 Push D15 D0 on the lower menu 3 Push Select on the side menu Select b 1 04 div Dis n p On lay Off Turn on D7 D0 Turn on D15 D8 4 Turn Multipurpose a to select the channel to move Multipurpose 1785 039 5 Turn Multipurpose b to move the selected channel NOTE The display of the channel or group only moves after you stop rotating the knob Multipurpose 6 To change the scale height of the digital channels push Height on the lower menu NOTE The S Small selection will display each waveform at 0 2 divisions tall The M Medium selection will display each waveform at 0 5 divisions tall The L Large selection will display each waveform at 7 division tall L only works if there is enough room in the display to
188. ose a 118 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Analyze Waveform or Trace Data After having properly set up the acquisition triggering and display of your desired waveform or trace you can analyze the results Select from features such as cursors automatic measurements statistics waveform histograms math and FFT Using Markers in the Frequency Domain 1 Push Markers This brings up the Markers side menu Asa S oa am 2 Push Peak Markers and turn Multipurpose oo a to select how many peaks to label on the 5 a display a OF NOTE This ts the maximum number of peaks that will be marked If there are more peaks that meet the threshold and excursion criteria than the specified number of Peak Markers identified in this control then only the specified number of highest amplitude peaks will be marked 3 Push Y Y To Center to set the center frequency to the Topeng frequency indicated by the Reference Marker The Reference Marker is automatically placed on the highest amplitude peak 4 Push Threshold and turn Multipurpose Threshold a to define the threshold of the peak markers Turn Multipurpose b to define Excursion their excursion value 30 0 dB 5 Push Manual Markers to activate manual ae arkers markers Use manual markers to measure non peak areas of interest in the spectrum On Ai 6 Push Readout to choose between Absolute Readout and Delta readouts
189. ose a and select Display Push Trigger Frequency Readout from the resulting lower menu Push On on the side menu The trigger frequency now appears in the a6 F 168V Trigger readout toward the lower right of the Pe i 1 87497 MH2 Displaying the Frequency Domain Menu 1 Push RF to bring up the frequency domain menu Push Spectrum Traces to bring up the side Sell Spectrum ae Edit Labels lm menu of four different spectrum trace types 99S FreeRun eno that the MDO3000 can display Auto Push Spectrogram to bring up a side menu to enable and configure the spectrogram display Push Detection Method to bring up a side menu of ways to reduce the FFT output to the 750 pixel wide display Push Edit Label to label the RF traces Push More to choose between side menus to compensate the RF signal path or to configure the RF input probe MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 115 Display Waveform or Trace Data Trace Types The frequency domain window supports four spectrum traces You may turn each of these traces on and off independently You can display all or some of them simultaneously 1 Push Spectrum Traces from the RF Menu to bring up the related side menu 2 Set Normal to On to display the normal trace 3 Set Average to On to display the average trace Turn Multipurpose a to set the number of waveforms to include in each average 4 Set Max Hold to On to display the max hold tra
190. ost computer must meet the USB2 0 specification for high speed operation when connected to a high speed host controller USB 2 0 Host port Use the USB 2 0 High Speed Host port to connect a USB memory device or USB keyboard Power input Attach to an AC power line with integral safety ground Lock Use to secure the oscilloscope o oo N D VESA mount 75 mm MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 53 Acquire the Signal Acquire the Signal This section describes concepts of and procedures for setting up the oscilloscope to acquire the signal as you want it to Setting Up Analog Channels Use front panel buttons and knobs to set up your instrument to acquire signals using the analog channels 1 Connect the TPP0250 TPPOSO0B TPP1000 or VPI probe to the input signal source 2 Select the input channel by pushing the front panel buttons NOTE If you are using a probe that does not Supply probe encoding set the attenuation probe factor in the oscilloscope vertical menu for the channel to match the probe 3 Push Default Setup 4 Push Autoset 54 Default 3249 008 3249 009 e RANA am WWE TER D N ae a m OSH P LOC 9 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 Push the desired channel button Then adjust the vertical position and scale 6 Adjust the horizontal position and scale The horizontal position determines the number of pretrigger and posttrigger
191. pes Service Manual Description Traveling case which requires use of the soft transit case ACD3000 Hard plastic cover to help protect the instrument Electronic circuit board used for demonstration and training on the MDO3000 Series English French Italian German Spanish Japanese Portuguese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean Russian Describes commands for remote control of the oscilloscope Available electronically on the Documentation Browser CD or for download from www tektronix com manuals Describes the oscilloscope specifications and performance verification procedure Available electronically on the Documentation Browser CD or for download from www tektronix com manuals Service information on MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Tektronix part number HCTEK4321 200 5052 00 020 3087 XX 071 0968 XX 071 0969 XX 071 0970 XX 071 0971 XX 071 0972 XX 071 0973 XX 071 0974 XX 071 0975 XX 071 0976 XX 071 0977 XX 071 0978 XX 077 0510 XX 077 0979 XX 077 0981 XX Optional accessories cont Accessory MDO3000 Series Application Module Installation Instructions MDO3PWR DPO3PWR and DPO4PWR Power Measurement Module User Manual MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Declassification and Security Instructions The MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes support a multitude of optional probes See page 7 Connecting Probes Visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Acc
192. ppm over any 2 1 ms time interval Selectable Output Main Trigger Event or AFG Main Trigger HIGH to LOW transition indicates the trigger occurred Event Out The instrument will output a negative edge during a specified trigger event in a test application A falling edge occurs when there is a specified event in a test application i e the waveform crosses the violation threshold in the limit mask test application A rising edge occurs when the trigger system begins waiting for the next test application event AFG The trigger output signal from the AFG Characteristic Limits Vout HI 2 2 25 V open circuit 2 0 9 V into a 50 Q load to ground Vout LO lt 0 7 V into a load of lt 4 mA 0 25 V into a 50 load to ground Instrument Bandwidth Selection RMS Noise bandwidth includes instruments with bandwidth upgrades 1 GHz Full bandwidth lt 150 uV 8 of Volts div setting 250 MHz bandwidth limit lt 150 uV 6 of Volts div setting 20 MHz bandwidth limit lt 100 uV 4 of Volts div setting Full bandwidth lt 150 uV 8 of Volts div setting 200 MHz bandwidth limit lt 150 uV 6 of Volts div setting 20 MHz bandwidth limit lt 100 uV 4 of Volts div setting 500 MHz Full bandwidth lt 150 uV 8 of Vidiv setting xA gt x x gt r 350 MHz 250 MHz bandwidth limit lt 150 uV 6 of V div setting 20 MHz bandwidth limit lt 100 uV 4 of V div set
193. quisition Mode side menu and A shows the current progress towards this total number 2 The trigger position icon shows the trigger position in the acquisition 1785 126 3 The expansion point icon an orange triangle shows the point that the horizontal scale expands and compresses around To make the expansion point the same as the trigger point push Acquire and set the lower menu Delay item to Off MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 45 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 46 2121 241 4 The waveform record view shows the trigger location relative to the waveform record The line color corresponds to the selected waveform color The brackets show the part of the record currently displayed on the screen Run Auto 2121 242 5 The trigger status readout shows trigger status Status conditions are PrTrig Acquiring pretrigger data Trig Waiting for trigger Trig d Triggered Auto Acquiring untriggered data 6 The security icon indicates when the I O ports are disabled 7 The cursor readout shows time amplitude and delta A values for each cursor For FFT measurements it shows frequency and magnitude For serial and parallel buses the readout shows the decoded values a 400 0ns 152 0m b 2 800yus 240 0m AZ 400 ps A392 0m dvifdt 163 3kV s 8 The trigger level icon shows the trigger level on the waveform The icon color corresponds to the trigger source color 1785 143
194. r To determine the serial number of your instrument push Utility and then push About The serial number is located on the resulting screen To upgrade bandwidth by installing an option key on your instrument 1 Once you have placed an order for the appropriate bandwidth upgrade product you should receive an Option Key Certificate with the option key number 2 Push Utility eS 2410 017 3 On the lower menu push Utility Page and Utility Page select Config 4 Push Manage Modules amp Options Manage Modules amp Options MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 17 Installation 10 License Type On the side menu push License Type until Options is highlighted Modules Push Install Option O Option i i Ent Enter the Option Key number by turning ale Multipurpose a and pushing Enter Character on the lower menu Alternatively you may use a USB keyboard Push OK Accept on the side menu Following a successful installation of the Accept option key a message will be displayed indicating that you must power cycle the oscilloscope to enable the new features Power cycle the oscilloscope To verify that the bandwidth has been About upgraded push Utility and then push About on the lower menu The bandwidth information should be towards the top of this screen Changing the Language of the User Interface or Keyboard To change the language of the oscilloscope user interface o
195. r Manual 13 Installation 2 Check the shape of the displayed FTLAPL waveform to determine if your probe is properly compensated Properly compensated Under compensated Over compensated 3 If necessary adjust your probe Repeat as needed 1785 140 Quick Tips Use the shortest possible ground lead and signal path to minimize probe induced ringing and distortion on the measured signal Signal with a short ground lead Signal with a long ground lead Application Module Free Trial A 30 day free trial is available for all application module licenses not installed in your oscilloscope The trial period begins when you power on the oscilloscope for the first time After 30 days you must purchase the module if you want to continue using the application To see the date when your free trial period expires push Utility on the front panel push Utility Page on the lower menu turn the Multipurpose a knob to select Config and push About on the lower menu Installing an Application Module CAUTION To avoid damage to the oscilloscope or application module observe ESD electrostatic discharge precautions See page 9 Powering on the Oscilloscope Turn off the oscilloscope power while removing or adding an application module See page 10 Powering off the Oscilloscope 14 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Optional application module packages extend the capability of your oscilloscope You c
196. r keyboard and to change the front panel button labels through the use of an overlay 18 1 Push Utility Utility 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual ili Utilit Push Utility Page Turn Multipurpose a and select Config Push Language from the resulting lower menu Push Menus from the resulting side menu Menus and turn Multipurpose a to select the desired language for the user interface Push USB Keyboard from the resulting side USB Keyboard English menu and turn Multipurpose a to select the desired language version of keyboard to use If you choose to use an English user interface be sure that the plastic front panel overlay is removed lf you choose a language other than English place the plastic overlay for the language that you desire over the front panel to display labels in that language MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Installation Changing the Date and Time To set the internal clock with the current date and time 1 Push Utility Utility 3249 012 2 Push Utility Page Page 3 Turn Multipurpose a and select Config 4 Push Set Date amp Time 5 Push the side menu buttons and turn both aoe the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b time knobs to set the time and date values yy of 6 Push OK Set Date amp Time 20 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Signal
197. r temperature nor humidity is controlled The area is protected from direct Sunshine rain or direct wind m Pollution degree 4 Pollution that generates persistent conductivity through conductive dust rain or snow Typical outdoor locations Pollution degree rating Pollution degree 2 as defined in IEC 61010 1 Rated for indoor dry location use only IP rating IP20 as defined in IEC 60529 xii MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Measurement and overvoltage category descriptions Measurement terminals on this product may be rated for measuring mains voltages from one or more of the following categories see specific ratings marked on the product and in the manual m Category Il Circuits directly connected to the building wiring at utilization points socket outlets and similar points m Category Ill In the building wiring and distribution system m Category IV At the source of the electrical supply to the building NOTE Only mains power supply circuits have an overvoltage category rating Only measurement circuits have a measurement category rating Other circuits within the product do not have either rating Mains overvoltage category rating Overvoltage category II as defined in IEC 61010 1 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual xiii Environmental considerations This section provides information about the environmental impact of the product Product end of life handling Observe the following guidelines
198. requency 83 Channel readout 47 vertical menu 107 Channel button 39 Channel power measurement 131 Cleaning 7 Clearance 6 Clearance MDO3000 5 Communications 26 29 32 Compensate non TPP0250 non TPP500B or non TPP1000 probe 13 signal path 21 TPP0250 TPP500B or TPP1000 probe 11 Confidential data 178 Connecting a USB keyboard 35 toaPC 26 Your oscilloscope 26 Connectivity 1 26 29 32 Connectors front panel 52 rear panel 53 side panel 52 Controls 36 Copy a drive directory or file 169 Coupling 107 Coupling trigger 88 Cover front 3 Create new folder 169 Cross Hair graticule style 104 Cursor readout 46 135 Cursors 132 button 41 132 linking 133 measurements 132 menu 132 XY 136 Cycle Area measurement 125 Cycle Mean measurement 125 Cycle RMS measurement 125 214 D D15 DO button 44 81 Date and time changing 20 Default Setup 57 168 button 44 54 57 menu 44 Undo 57 Default Setup button 39 Delay measurement 123 Delay time 64 Delayed trigger 98 Delete directory or file 169 Depth MDO3000 5 Deskew 109 Detection types 117 Digital channels 113 Baseline indicators 47 Group icon 48 scaling positioning grouping and labeling 111 setup 79 Digital Voltmeter display 51 use 131 Disable Autoset 58 Display frequency domain 48 information 45 persistence 101 style 101 XY 102 Displaying reference waveforms 165 Drivers 26 29 Dual waveform ma
199. ress injuries Use only the Tektronix rackmount hardware specified for this product Probes and test leads Before connecting probes or test leads connect the power cord from the power connector to a properly grounded power outlet MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Important safety information Keep fingers behind the finger guards on the probes Remove all probes test leads and accessories that are not in use Use only correct Measurement Category CAT voltage temperature altitude and amperage rated probes test leads and adapters for any measurement Beware of high voltages Understand the voltage ratings for the probe you are using and do not exceed those ratings Two ratings are important to know and understand m The maximum measurement voltage from the probe tip to the probe reference lead m The maximum floating voltage from the probe reference lead to earth ground These two voltage ratings depend on the probe and your application Refer to the Specifications section of the manual for more information WARNING To prevent electrical shock do not exceed the maximum measurement or maximum floating voltage for the oscilloscope input BNC connector probe tip or probe reference lead Connect and disconnect properly Connect the probe output to the measurement product before connecting the probe to the circuit under test Connect the probe reference lead to the circuit under test before connecting the probe input
200. rmonic distortion 9 kHz to 100 MHz lt 55 dBc 2nd harmonic distortion 9 kHz to 100 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level and reference level lt 15 dBm 3rd order harmonic distortion gt 100 MHz lt 53 dBc 3rd order harmonic distortion gt 100 MHz lt 58 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level 3rd order harmonic distortion 9 kHz to 100 MHz lt 55 dBc 3rd order harmonic distortion 9 kHz to 100 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level and reference level lt 15 dBm 2nd order intermodulation distortion gt 100 Mhz lt 55 dBc 2nd order intermodulation distortion gt 100 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level 2nd order intermodulation distortion 9 kHz to 15 MHz lt 55 dBc 2nd order intermodulation distortion 9 kHz to 15 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level and reference level lt 15 dBm 3rd order intermodulation distortion gt 15 MHz lt 55 dBc 3rd order intermodulation distortion gt 15 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB below reference level 3rd order intermodulation distortion 9 kHz to 15 MHz lt 55 dBc 3rd order intermodulation distortion 9 kHz to 15 MHz lt 60 dBc typical With auto settings on and signals 10 dB
201. rs the Run Stop button will turn red and the Single button will become unlit lf the Trigger Mode is set to Auto and another trigger event does not occur within the Auto trigger timeout period then an acquisition will be made and the instrument will stop lf the Trigger mode is set to Normal the oscilloscope will continue waiting for a trigger event to occur as long as necessary 100 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Display Waveform or Trace Data This section contains concepts and procedures for displaying the acquired waveform or trace Adding and Removing a Waveform 1 To add or remove a waveform from the display push the corresponding front Qo Qo wy Qo panel channel button or the D15 D0 m 2 Menu 3 4 FA EA BUA BS button You can use the channel as a trigger source whether or not it is displayed aM 0968 024 Setting the Display Style and Persistence 1 To set the display style push Acquire 2 Push Waveform Display MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 101 Display Waveform or Trace Data 102 3 Dots on will display the waveform record ene points as dots on the screen Dots off connects the dots with vectors Dots Only On j 4 Push Persistence to Off to display the fake display persistence ace Off 5 Push Persist Time and turn Multipurpose ola a to have waveform data remain on screen JTE for a user specified amount of time 6
202. scilloscopes BNC to Tip Adapter Unterminated Ne oa 013 0367 xx Circuit Board Test Point PCB Adapter 3 es ae 016 2016 xx Chassis Mount Probe Test Jack _ f PE 131 4210 xx 6 Clip on SS 196 3198 xx Ground Lead One ships with each oscilloscopes 12 Alligator rT A 196 3512 xx Ground Lead f One ships with each oscilloscopes Wire spool 020 3045 xx 32 AWG One ships with each oscilloscopes 198 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix B TPP0250 TPP0500B and TPP1000 250 MHz 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Replacing the Probe Tip Order Tektronix part number 206 0610 xx for rigid tip replacement or order part number 206 0611 xx for pogo pin replacement Specifications 2710 009 Securely tighten the insulator and new tip before using the probe Table 5 Electrical and mechanical specifications Characteristic Bandwidth 3 dB System rise time typical System input capacitance System attenuation accuracy Probe series resistance DC System input resistance DC Propagation delay Maximum input voltage Cable length Performance Graphs 20 ne LS No 100 M N o T T T oad 7 E E E E er oe a a Foot tat ST E ext tat St A 1 ep a a NST wok is_ 2a 1 100 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 100M Frequency Hz MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 1G 2809 003 TPP0250 TPP0500B TPP1000 250
203. scope 2 To remove the probe squeeze the buttons on the side and pull out the probe MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 203 Appendix C P6316 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Connecting the Probe to Your Circuit Attach the probe to the circuit using the appropriate connectors and adapters Select the best method for your needs and then proceed to Setting up the Probe To set and view the digital channel parameters do the following Push the D15 D0 button The parameters listed below can be set on each digital channel m Threshold voltage and vertical position the default threshold setting is 1 4 V E Signal height and position set once for all 16 channels m Channel label To set and view bus characteristics do the following Push the B1 to B2 buttons The setup screens allow you to set and view various bus characteristics For buses such as SPI and 2C you must have the appropriate application module See page 67 Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus Functional Check Logic activity immediately displays on all connected active channels If you do not see an active channel 1 Push Trigger 2 Select Edge for the trigger type 3 Select the channel that you are setting up as the source 4 Push Autoset lf you do not see an active signal try another probe channel or analog probe to verify circuit activity at the test point 204 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix C P6316 G
204. scopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Identifying Items in the Digital Voltmeter Display Tek Run D ooo a ACRMS 2072m W n _ fem fs Avg 187 8mV cy Oo Fea Eo J 4 Min 128 Im P Max 253 0my v 1e 8my ni Freg 3 0000 D 1 Measurement type AC DC RMS DC AC RMS or Frequency 2 Numerical value of the current measurement 3 Graphic min max value five second rolling range The number on the left side of the graphic s linear scale is the minimum value of the range e g 0 000 V The number on the right side of the graphic s linear scale is the maximum value of the range e g 400 0 mV The gray bar shows the five second rolling average of measurements The inverted triangle shows the location on the scale of the current measurement value 4 Minimum measurement value recorded since you powered on the instrument or since you last pushed the Reset DVM Statistics menu item 5 Maximum measurement value recorded since you powered on the instrument or since you last pushed the Reset DVM Statistics menu item 6 Average of all measurement values recorded since you powered on the instrument or since you last pushed the Reset DVM Statistics menu item 7 Frequency NOTE An Over bandwidth message appears for voltage measurements 2 10 kHz An Under bandwidth message appears for voltage measurements lt 10 Hz A message appears next to min or m
205. se b knob to select the specific measurement If needed then turn Multipurpose a to select the channel to measure on Multipurpose 5 To remove a measurement push Remove Measurement turn Multipurpose a to select the specific measurement and push OK Remove Measurement on the side menu Quick Tips m To remove all measurements select Remove All Measurements E A Z symbol appears instead of the expected numerical measurement if a vertical clipping condition exists Part of the waveform is above or below the display To obtain a proper numerical measurement turn the vertical scale and position knobs to make all of the waveform appear in the display m lf the oscilloscope displays a Low Resolution message increase the record length of the acquisition so that the 122 oscilloscope has more points from which to calculate the measurement MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data selecting Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain The following tables list each automatic measurement by category time or amplitude See page 122 Taking Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain Time measurements Measurement Frequency Period Rise Time Fall Time Delay Phase Positive Pulse Width Negative Pulse Width Positive Duty Cycle Negative Duty Cycle Burst Width elele algi S a e MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Description The first cycle in a waveform or
206. signal is considered active when the signal is lower than the threshold value 72 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 Use Multipurpose a to set the number of bits of the SPI Word Size 6 Push either side menu button to set the bit order of the SPI bus RS 232 Bus To acquire data from a RS 232 bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected RS 232 push Configure and the desired side menu choices Use the side menu to configure the bus Use Normal polarity for RS 232 signals and Inverted polarity for RS 422 RS 485 and UART buses MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Word Size a 8 bits Bit Order MS First Bit Order LS First Acquire the Signal 73 Acquire the Signal 2 Push Bit Rate and turn Multipurpose ato Bit Rate select the appropriate bit rate 3 Push Data Bits and select the number to Data Bits match the bus 7 g 4 Push Parity and turn Multipurpose a to match the polarity used by the bus as None Odd or Even 5 Push Packets and select On or Off Packets On 0i 6 Turn Multipurpose a to select an End of Packet 0A Linefeed end of packet character RS 232 decoding displays a stream of bytes You can organize the stream into packets with an end of packet character If you defined an end of packet character BD RS 232 Tx Quickstart to use for RS 232 decoding the stream of bytes will be displayed as packets W
207. sired bit to define Turn Multipurpose b to select the desired analog or digital channel as the source for the bit You can set the threshold for all channels in the parallel or serial bus from a list of preset values The preset values vary depending on the bus type Alternatively you can set the threshold to a specific value for the signals that make up the parallel or serial bus To do so push Select on the side menu and turn Multipurpose a to select a Bit or a Channel number Signal name Then turn Multipurpose b to define the voltage level above which the oscilloscope treats the signal as a logic high and below which as a logic low NOTE Some buses use two thresholds per channel MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Multipurpose a Ere 2319045 Multipurpose b X v 2319046 Acquire the Signal Bus B1 Define Thresholds B1 Label Bus Event Parallel Inputs Parallel Display Table 69 Acquire the Signal 5 Optionally push B1 Label to edit the label for Bus B1 Define Thresholds B1 Label Bus Event the bus See page 55 Labeling Channels Mpu Parallel Display Table and Buses 6 Push Bus Display and use the side menu to define how to display the parallel or serial bus Depending on the bus use the side menu or the knobs to set the number format 7 Push Event Table and select On to display a list of bus packets with timestamps For a clocked para
208. sition 55 Vertical Position 39 Vertical scale 55 zoom 42 140 147 L Label bus 111 LabVIEW SignalExpress 26 29 Landscape 163 171 Language change 18 overlay 19 Left Justified LJ 40 67 93 Level trigger 89 License transfers for application modules 14 Limit testing 154 LIN 40 67 93 bus trigger 95 Linked cursors 133 Lock standard laptop 8 Logic probe 2 interface 8 Logic trigger defined 92 Long record length management 147 Low measurement 124 Low resolution message 122 LXI 30 M button 40 139 140 MagniVu 81 MagniVu readout 47 Main trigger 98 Mark 149 Markers 119 120 threshold and excursion 120 Markers button 41 Mask testing 154 216 Math Advanced 143 button 40 139 140 Dual waveform 139 FFT 140 menu 40 spectrum 144 waveforms 139 Math button 39 Max hold trace 116 Max measurement 124 126 Maximum nondestructive input signal P6316 6 Maximum signal swing P6316 6 MDO3AERO 189 MDO3AERO 3 67 MDO3AUDIO 3 67 189 MDO3AUTO 3 67 189 MDO3COMP 3 67 189 MDO3EMBD 3 67 189 MDO3FLEX 67 189 MDO3LMT 3 154 189 MDO3PWR 3 67 159 189 MDO3USB 3 67 189 Mean measurement 125 126 Measure button 38 122 127 128 Measurement adjacent channel power ratio 131 channel power 131 occupied bandwidth 131 Measurement menu 38 Measurements automatic 122 cursor 132 defined 123 DVM 131 frequency domain 130 histogram
209. sition mode 62 Sample detection type 117 Sample interval 60 Sample rates xvi Sampling process defined 59 Sampling real time 59 Save Recall menu 39 44 162 Menu button 39 Save button 162 Save Recall Save button 44 Saving reference waveforms 165 screen images 162 setups 166 waveforms 162 Saving and recalling Information 160 Scale digital channels 111 Horizontal 43 106 142 Vertical 106 Screen annotations 113 Search 149 Search button 38 150 Search mark table 150 Securing memory 178 218 Security icon 46 Security lock 8 Select button 41 Selecting a keyboard key layout style 35 Sequence B Trigger defined 91 Sequential triggering 98 Serial bus 67 trigger 93 Serial number 17 Set Clear Mark button 42 149 Set to 50 button 43 89 Setup default 44 54 57 168 Setup and Hold trigger defined 92 Side panel connector 52 Sigma1 measurement 126 Sigma2 measurement 126 Sigma3 measurement 126 Signal path compensation 21 Frequency domain 22 Time and frequency domains 21 Single button 43 100 Single sequence 64 100 Slope trigger 89 SMTP 66 177 Snapshot 128 Socket server 32 Socket Server 28 Software drivers 26 29 Software optional 189 Solid graticule style 104 Span button 83 SPC 21 Specifications operating 5 power supply 9 Spectrogram display 118 Spectrum Math 144 Spectrum traces 116 SPI 40 67 93 bus trigger 94 Standard Deviation measurem
210. strument starts acquiring samples to build the posttrigger portion of the waveform record that is the part displayed after or to the right of the trigger event After a trigger is recognized the instrument will not accept another trigger until the acquisition is complete and the holdoff time has expired pt tT tT eT ANA TE TA A PY yy ye yy yy A A A A A T ose seeps soon ete ye ad yy A A NG age AE VY PEAVEY et ee 1785 087a 1785 087b Untriggered display Triggered display Trigger Modes The trigger mode determines how the instrument behaves in the absence of a trigger event m Normal trigger mode enables the instrument to acquire a waveform only when it is triggered If no trigger occurs the last waveform record acquired remains on the display If no last waveform exists no waveform is displayed m Auto trigger mode enables the instrument to acquire a waveform even if a trigger does not occur Auto mode uses a timer that starts when the acquisition is started and the pretrigger information is obtained If a trigger event is not detected before the timer times out the instrument forces a trigger The length of time it waits for a trigger event depends on the time base setting Auto mode when forcing triggers in the absence of valid triggering events does not synchronize the waveform on the display The waveform will appear to roll across the screen If valid triggers occur the display will become stable You can also force t
211. t The horizontal expansion point Stays at the center of the screen The trigger point can move off the screen When this happens the trigger marker turns to point in the direction of the trigger point Use the delay feature when you want to acquire waveform detail that is separated from the trigger event by a significant interval of time For example you can trigger on a sync pulse that occurs once every 10 ms and then look at high speed signal characteristics that occur 6 ms after the sync pulse When the delay feature is set to Off the expansion point is tied to the trigger point so that scale changes are centered around the trigger point Using Roll Mode 64 Roll mode gives a display similar to a strip chart recorder for low frequency signals Roll mode lets you see acquired data points without waiting for the acquisition of a complete waveform record Roll mode is enabled when the trigger mode is auto and the horizontal scale is set to 40 ms div or slower Quick Tips Switching to Envelope or Average acquisition mode using digital channels using math waveforms turning on a bus or switching to Normal trigger will disable Roll mode Roll mode is disabled when you set the horizontal scale to 40 ms per division or faster A ogee e Run Stop ee WE Push Run Stop to halt Roll mode abs Bethe 5 e s cy ae ae a a cae O Y BELIA ar Ta 0968 026 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manu
212. t run a new set of compensation steps for that new combination 1 Connect the oscilloscope power cable See page 9 Powering on the Oscilloscope 2 Power on the oscilloscope MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 11 Installation 3 Connect the probe connector to the oscilloscope channel and the probe tip and reference lead to the PROBE COMP terminals on the oscilloscope front panel NOTE Connect only one probe at a time to the probe comp terminals 4 Push a front panel button for an input channel connected to the probe you wish to compensate 1 2 3 or 4 5 Notice on the lower menu that the Coupling Auli Bandwidth oscilloscope has automatically set the probe ac TPP1000 Full termination value 6 Push More repeatedly to select Probe Setup from the resulting pop up menu 12 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation TPP1000 Probe Setup SN 000001 7 Notice that the compensation status starts as Default 8 Push Compensate probe and follow the ell instructions that appear on the display ig n Measure Current Yes When compensating TPP0250 TPP0500B TPP1000 probes on the MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes m Each compensation generates values for a specific probe and channel combination If you want to use the probe on another channel and desire to compensate the new probe channel pair you must run a new set of compensation steps E Each channel can store compensation va
213. tal channels NOTE When serial or parallel buses are selected the data value at that point is displayed in the cursor readout A Readout 400 0ns 152 0m The A readouts indicate the difference b 2 800ps 240 0m between the cursor positions A2 400ps A392 0m dif dt 163 3kV s a Readout Indicates that the value is controlled by the Multipurpose a knob b Readout Indicates that the value is controlled by the Multipurpose b knob The horizontal cursor lines on the display measure the vertical parameters typically voltage MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 135 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data The vertical cursor lines on the display measure horizontal parameters typically time The square and circle shapes in the readout map to the multipurpose knobs when both vertical and horizontal cursors are present Using XY Cursors When the XY Display mode is on the cursor readouts will appear to the right of the lower graticule XY They will include rectangular polar product and ratio readouts The oscilloscope will display vertical bar waveform cursors in the upper graticule YT setting Up a Histogram You can display a vertical voltage or horizontal time histogram Use histogram measurements to get statistical measurement data for a section of a waveform along one axis The sources for a histogram can be any of the four or two analog channels a math waveform or any of the four or two
214. th 139 DVM display 51 use 131 E E mail printing 175 e Scope 29 Edge trigger defined 91 Edges Fuzzy 113 White 113 Envelope acquisition mode 62 Erase setup and ref memory 178 Ethernet 28 29 30 printing 173 Event Table 70 Excel 26 29 Excursion 120 Expansion point 60 Expansion point icon 45 F Factory calibration 22 Fall Time measurement 123 Falling Edge Count measurement 125 FastAcg 60 FFT Blackman Harris 86 143 controls 140 Flat Top 86 Hamming 86 142 Hanning 86 143 Kaiser 85 Rectangular 86 142 File format 163 Instrument Specific File Format ISF 165 TIQ 163 File names 160 File system 160 165 Fine button 38 41 43 Firmware upgrade 23 version 25 firmware img file 23 Flash drive 29 Flat Top FFT window 86 FlexRay 40 67 93 bus trigger 95 Force Trig button 43 87 Format a drive 169 Frame graticule style 104 Freq Span button 41 82 Frequency Domain menu 41 Frequency domain display 48 Frequency domain markers 119 automatic 120 manual 121 Frequency Domain menu 22 Frequency measurement 123 Frequency center 83 Frequency Source MDO3000 5 Front cover 3 Front panel 36 front panel connectors 52 front panel overlay 19 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Full graticule style 104 Function Generator 183 Functional check 10 Fuzzy edges 113 G Gating 126 GPIB 27 GPIB address 28 Graticule Cross Hair 104 Frame 104
215. the display to perform many functions in the oscilloscope 1 Save Recall Menu Push to define the Save button to save and recall setups waveforms or screen images to internal memory a USB flash drive or a mounted network drive 0968 051 2 Default Setup Push to perform an immediate restore of the oscilloscope to the default settings Default Setup 3 Utility Push to activate the system utility functions such as selecting a language or setting the date time N 3249 012 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 39 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 40 4 B1 or B2 Push to define and display a bus if you have the appropriate module application keys m MDO3AERO supports MIL STD 1553 buses m MDOS3AUDIO supports 12S Left Justified LJ Right Justified Ru and TDM buses MDO3AUTO supports CAN and LIN buses E MDO3EMBD supports I2C and SPI buses MDO3COMP supports RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART buses m MDO3FLEX supports FlexRay buses m MDO3USB supports USB 2 0 buses Also push the B1 or B2 button to display or remove the corresponding bus from the display R Push to manage reference waveforms and traces including the display or removal of each reference waveform or trace from the display M Push to manage the math waveform or trace including the display or removal of the math waveform or trace from the display i 0000 000
216. ther will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product Batteries are excluded from this warranty Parts modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance All replaced parts modules and products become the property of Tektronix In order to obtain service under this warranty Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix shipping charges prepaid and with a copy of customer proof of purchase Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improp
217. three and four and so on If the oscilloscope finds a match it will trigger With FlexRay or USB obtain a rolling window match by setting the Byte Offset in the Data menu to Don t care Specific byte matching non rolling window matching for a specific position in the packet for 12C SPI USB CAN and FlexRay You can trigger on a specific byte for 12C SPI CAN and FlexRay in several ways m For 12C and SPI enter the number of bytes to match the number of bytes in the signal Then use don t cares X to mask the bytes that you are not interested in m For 2C push Trigger On on the lower menu to trigger on Address Data Push Address On the side menu push Address and turn Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b as needed Set the address to don t cares X if you want to mask the address The data will be matched starting at the first byte without using a rolling window m For USB triggering occurs when the user selected data input matches the data and qualifier in the signal starting at the byte offset Set the number of bytes to match the number of bytes of interest Use the data qualifier to perform l lt gt gt and lt operations m For CAN triggering occurs when the user selected data input matches the data and qualifier in the signal starting at the first byte Set the number of bytes to match the number of bytes of interest Use the data qualifier to perform MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Set
218. tility gt Print Setup gt Select Printer gt Add E mail Printer menus If you modify the SMTP settings in one of these two locations they will be similarly modified in the other location 9 Push Repeat from the lower menu This lets you set how many times to repeat the selected event and resulting action 66 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus Your oscilloscope can decode and trigger on signal events or conditions that occur on Bus type With this hardware Audio 12S Left Justified LJ Right MDOSAUDIO application module Justified RJ and TDM CAN and LIN MDO3AUTO application module FlexRay MDO3FLEX application module I2C and SPI MDO3EMBD application module MIL STD 1553 MDO3AERO application module Parallel MDO3000 Series oscilloscope with the MDO3MSO option RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and MDO3COMP application module UART USB 2 0 MDO3USB application module NOTE 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high speed HS USB See page 14 Application Module Free Trial Using Buses in Two Steps To quickly use serial bus triggering 1 Push B1 or B2 and enter parameters of the bus on which to trigger You can separately assign a different bus to each of the B1 and B2 buttons MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 67 Acquire the Signal 2 Push Trigger Menu and enter trigger parameters See page 90 Choosing a Trigger Type You
219. ting Full bandwidth lt 150 uV 6 of Volts div setting 20 MHz bandwidth limit lt 100 uV 4 of Volts div setting Full bandwidth lt 150 uV 6 of Volts div Setting 20 MHz bandwidth limit lt 100 uV 4 of Volts div Setting 200 MHz 100 MHz MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix A Warranted Specifications Delta Time The formula to calculate delta time measurement accuracy DTA for a given instrument setting and input Measurement signal is given below assumes insignificant signal content above Nyquist Accuracy SR Slew Rate 1st Edge around the 1st point in the measurement SR Slew Rate 2nd Edge around the 24 point in the measurement N input referred noise voltSms Refer to the Random Noise Sample acquisition mode specification ts 1 Sample Rate TBA timebase accuracy Refer to the Long term sample rate and delay time accuracy specification t delta time measurement duration sec RD Record Length Sample Rate DT App 2 2 45x 4 2 sh 2 g Gps 1E 6 x RD 2g TBA x ty DT Arms 2 2 2 2 se 2 5ps 1E 6 x RD Za TBA x tp Assumes that error due to aliasing is insignificant The term under the square root sign is the stability and is due to TIE Time Interval Error The errors due to this term occur throughout a single shot measurement The second term is due to both the absolute center frequency accuracy and the center frequency stability of
220. tive to the acquired waveforms Push to center when delay is on Push to set to 10 when delay is off 15 Horizontal Scale Turn to adjust the horizontal scale time division 16 Autoset Push to automatically set the vertical horizontal and trigger controls for a usable stable display 17 Single Push to make a single sequence acquisition 18 Run Stop Push to start or stop acquisitions 19 Trigger Level Turn to adjust the trigger level Push Level to Set 50 Push the Trigger level knob to set the trigger level to the midpoint of the waveform 20 Force Trig Push to force an immediate trigger event MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 43 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 44 f ol A ae 0968 060 21 Print Push to print to the selected printer 22 Power switch Push to power on or off the oscilloscope 23 USB 2 0 Host port Insert a USB peripheral to the oscilloscope such as a keyboard or a flash drive 24 Save Push to perform an immediate save operation The save operation uses the current save parameters as defined in the Save Recall menu 25 Save Recall Menu Push to save and recall setups waveforms and screen images to internal memory or a USB flash drive 26 Default Setup Push to perform an immediate restore of the oscilloscope to the default settings 27 Utility Push to activate the system utility functions such as selecting a language or setting the date time
221. to display a graph of the frequency domain of a signal as opposed to the oscilloscope s standard time domain graph You can match these frequencies with known system frequencies such as system clocks oscillators or power supplies 1 Push Math 140 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push FFT Dual Wim Advanced Spectrum M Label Math Math Math FFT Source 3 Push FFT Source on the side menu if needed and turn Multipurpose a to select the source to use Choices are channels 1 2 3 and 4 on four channel models reference waveforms R1 R2 R3 and R4 on four channel models 4 Push Vertical Scale on the side menu repeatedly to select either Linear RMS or dBV RMS 5 Push Window on the side menu repeatedly to select the desired window Window choices are Rectangular Hamming Hanning and Blackman Harris 6 Push Horizontal on the side menu Horizontal to activate the Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b knobs to pan and zoom the Eya FFT display MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 141 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 7 The FFT will appear on the display Quick Tips m Use short record lengths for faster instrument response m Use long record lengths to lower the noise relative to the signal and increase the frequency resolution m If desired use the zoom feature along with the horizontal Position and Scale controls to magnify and position the
222. triggers are the simplest and most commonly used trigger type with both analog and digital signals An edge trigger event occurs when the trigger source passes through a specified voltage level in the specified direction Combine an edge A Event Main trigger with the B Event Delayed trigger to capture more complex signals See page 65 Act on Event Time After the A Event occurs the trigger system waits the specified amount of time and then looks for the B Event before triggering and displaying the waveform Events After the A Event occurs the trigger system looks for a specified number of B Events before triggering and displaying the waveform Trigger on pulses that are less than greater than equal to or not equal to a specified time Additionally you can trigger when a pulse width is within or outside a range of two different specified times You can trigger on positive or negative pulses Pulse width triggers are primarily used on digital signals Trigger when no pulse is detected within a specified time The signal stays above or below or either above or below a set value for a set amount of time Trigger on a pulse amplitude that crosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before recrossing the first You can detect positive or negative or either runts or only those wider than less than greater than equal to or not equal to a specified width Runt triggers are primarily used on digital si
223. ublic Licence MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 211 Appendix D OpenSSL License 212 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Index symbols and Numbers 50 Oprotection 110 A About 25 Accessories 1 ACD3000 3 Acquire button 39 60 62 101 Acquisition input channels and digitizers 59 modes defined 62 readout 45 sampling 59 Act on event 65 Adapter TEK USB 488 3 TPA BNC 3 8 TPA N VPI 3 8 Adding waveform 101 Adjacent channel power ratio measurement 131 Advanced math 143 AFG button 39 Altitude 6 Ampl button 41 83 Amplitude measurement 124 Annotating the screen 113 Application module 36 Application modules 14 189 30 day free trial 14 license transfers 14 MDO3AERO 3 67 MDO3AUDIO 3 67 MDO3AUTO 3 67 MDO3COMP 3 67 MDO3EMBD 3 67 MDO3FLEX 67 MDO3LMT 3 MDO3PWR 3 67 MDO3USB 3 67 Arbitrary function generator button 36 display 49 use 183 Area measurement 125 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Audio bus trigger 95 Auto Level 84 Auto trigger mode 87 Auto magnify mode 153 Autoset 58 Video 59 Autoset button 11 38 43 54 58 Autoset disable 58 Autoset undo 58 Auxiliary readout 47 Average acquisition mode 62 Average detection type 118 Average trace 116 B B trigger 99 B W button 41 B1 B2 67 68 93 Backlight intensity 104 Bandwidth xvi 108 resolution 84 Baseline indicator 84 Baseline indicators
224. ude just like automatic marker readouts As with automatic peak marker readouts the manual marker readouts can show either absolute or delta values 1 One manual marker is controlled by Multipurpose a Tek Stop N 0 00 din os a 4 2 The other manual marker is controlled iia ks 2 39400GHz by Multipurpose b 20 0 EIS dBaltiz ee a aan e a a CONT ce 30 0 gt ees tp Ee ees eee n 1 1 ESEE EEEE EEEE ORERE 1 EPEE BART ETRS BEERE ENANNTE E SENSAN EREE MELEE EEA BOEEN e E PR p OE AEEA AEEA seisosbbsasbbxinSuosusvnbnie MEIENI EEE EEIE ELENI E BEELER E AAAA EENAA Scale 10 0 dB div JCF 2 40000000GHz Span 20 0000MHz RBW 20 0kHz 0968 061 3 Delta readouts for frequency and amplitude are shown at the top of the Y 3 84MHz 1 92MHz 13 3 dBc 3 42 dBc display 2 A EE EE T EE e a nr E TE a always shows the noise density 2 ce ee d Bm Hz 2913 091 5 The third line of manual marker b always 5 shows noise density when you choose absolute markers It shows phase noise when you choose delta markers dBc Hz MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 121 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Taking Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain To take an automatic measurement in the time domain 1 If the instrument is in the frequency domain push channel 1 2 Push Measure a ODS om seats 3 Push Add Measurement 4 Turn the Multipurpo
225. up l lt gt gt and lt operations Triggering on identifier and data always matches the identifier and data selected by the user with the data starting at the first byte No rolling window is used m For FlexRay and Ethernet triggering occurs when the user selected data input matches the data and qualifier in the signal starting at the byte offset Set the number of bytes to match the number of bytes of interest Use the data qualifier to perform lt gt gt and lt operations Triggering on identifier and data always matches the identifier and data selected by the user with the data starting at the first byte No rolling window is used Data Value Matching You can trigger on a specific data value for RS 232 bytes If you defined an end of packet character to use for RS 232 bus decoding you can use the same end of packet character as a data value for trigger data matching To do so choose the Tx End of Packet or the Rx End of Packet character as the Trigger On selection You can also trigger on a specific data value for other buses Parallel Bus Trigger Data Matching Optimum parallel bus trigger performance is achieved by using only analog channels or only digital channels Checking Trigger Settings To quickly determine the settings of some key trigger parameters check the Trigger readout at the bottom of the display The readouts differ for edge and the advanced triggers 1 0 00 V 1 Trigger
226. ups 166 save waveforms 162 search through and add marks to waveforms 149 select a trigger 91 select automatic measurements 123 setup a waveform histogram 136 setup analog channels 54 setup bus parameters 68 setup digital channels 79 setup input parameters 107 setup VISA communica tions 26 take an automatic measurement in the frequency domain 130 Index take an automatic measurement in the time domain 122 take digital voltameter measurements 131 take manual measurements with cursors 132 trigger on buses 93 upgrade the firmware 23 use a sequential trigger 98 use a socket server 32 use Act on Event 65 use e Scope 29 use MagniVu 81 use Wave Inspector 147 Humidity P6316 7 I2C 40 67 93 2S 40 67 93 Icon Expansion point 45 Security 46 Trigger level 46 Trigger position 45 Image orientation 163 171 Impedance 107 Indicator baseline 84 trace 117 Indicator waveform baseline 48 Infinite persistence 102 Ink Saver 163 172 Inner knob 42 140 Input capacitance P6316 6 Input resistance P6316 6 Instrument Specific File Format ISF 165 Intensity button 42 Intensity button 105 Invert 107 IRE graticule 104 ISF format 165 K Kaiser FFT window 85 Keyboard Connection 35 Key layout style 35 language 18 215 Index Keypad 36 Knob inner 42 140 Multipurpose 20 38 41 61 62 165 outer 42 pan 42 148 149 Trigger level 89 Vertical po
227. urn Multipurpose a and select Config 4 Push Language on the lower menu 5 Push USB Keyboard on the side menu 6 Turn Multipurpose a and select the desired keyboard layout style from the resulting menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 35 Get Acquainted with the Instrument Get Acquainted with the Instrument Front Panel Menus Controls and Connectors 36 Overview The front panel has buttons and controls for the functions that you use most often Use the menu buttons to access more specialized functions Traditional oscilloscope front panel controls 10 digit keypad Application module slots Ground strap connector Ground PROBE COMP Dedicated spectral analysis controls Dedicated RF input with N connector e a ea F e e P Analog channel 1 2 3 4 inputs with TekVPI versatile probe interface 10 Digital channel input 11 Display shows frequency or time domain 12 Arbitrary function generator AFG enable button MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Front Panel Menus and Controls The front panel has buttons and controls for the functions that you use most often Use the menu buttons to access more specialized functions Using the Menu System To use the menu system 1 Push a front panel menu button to display the menu that you want to use NOTE The B1 and B2 buttons support up to two different serial or parallel buses
228. urn Multipurpose b to select the Measurement Type of Snapshot Multipurpose 1785 160 128 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 Push OK Snapshot All Measurements Analyze Waveform or Trace Data OK Snapshot All Mea surements 6 View results Snapshot on 1 Period 312 2us Freq Width 103 7us Width Burst W 936 5us Fall Rise 1 452us Over Duty 33 23 Duty Over 7 143 Over High 9 200 V Low Max 10 40 V Min Ampl 16 80 V Pk Pk Mean 5 396 V CycleMean RMS 7 169 V CycleRMS Area 21 58 mVs CycleArea Edges d Edges Pulses 2 Pulses Reference Levels Reference levels determine how time related measurements are taken For example they are used in calculating rise and fall times 1 Push Measure 2 Push More as many times as needed to select Reference Levels from the resulting pop up menu MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 3 203 kHz 208 5us 1 144us 14 286 66 77 7 143 7 600 V 8 800 V 19 20 V 5 396 V 8 206 V 654 6uVs 0 2 Measure Add Mea surement ar 0968 048 Remove Indicators DVM Wave Measure orm His ment tograms 129 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Set the levels using the side menu oe evels Set Levels Use High and Low reference to calculate High Ref rise and fall times a 90 0 Use Mid reference primarily for measurements between edges such as pulse widths
229. ver Ethernet 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to the rear panel Ethernet port 2 Push Utility 3 Push Utility Page 4 Turn the Multipurpose a knob and select Print Setup MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information USB Device Port Connect to Computer Connect to PictBridge Printer Disabled Off bus 3249 012 Print Setup 173 Save and Recall Information 5 Push Select Printer 6 Push Add Network Printer 7 Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to find the first character in the printer name that you want to enter If you are using a USB keyboard use the arrow keys to position the insertion point and type in the printer name See page 35 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope 8 Push Select or Enter Character to let the oscilloscope know that you have picked the proper character to use You can use the lower menu buttons to edit the name as needed 9 Continue scrolling and pushing Select until you have entered all the desired characters 174 Ink Saver Orientation Select Printer N A Utility Page Print Setup PictBridge Printer Settings Add Network Printer Add E mail printer Rename Printer Delete Network Printer i Multipurpose 1785 039 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz 0123456789_ amp lt gt
230. wer cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet To power off the instrument remove the power cord from the instrument Grounding the oscilloscope is necessary for safety and to take accurate measurements The oscilloscope needs to share the same ground as any circuits that you are testing If you are working with static sensitive components ground yourself Static electricity that builds up on your body can damage static sensitive components Wearing a grounding strap safely sends Static charges on your body to earth ground 1785 002 To connect the power cord and power on the oscilloscope 1 Connect the supplied power cord to the rear panel power connector 2 Push the power button on the instrument front panel and the instrument will turn on NOTE The Standby button on the front panel does not disconnect mains power Only the power cord at the rear of the product can disconnect mains power OOOO OOOO 0000 f sA 06 eC III 7 A m Om Cay y oF 0 PB poo we N amp S md MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 9 Installation Powering off the Oscilloscope To power off the oscilloscope and remove the power cord 1 Push the power button on the instrument front panel to turn the instrument off 2 lf you want to remove power completely disconnect the power cord from the rear panel of the instrument i OOO IG eooo ae COOO 6 i mn O
231. y calibration functions to calibrate the internal voltage references of the oscilloscope using external sources Contact your Tektronix field office or representative for assistance with factory calibration NOTE Signal Path Compensation does not include calibration to the probe tip See page 13 Compensating a non TPP0250 non TPP0500B or non TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe Signal Path Compensation for Frequency Domain Only The signal path compensation SPC described above runs on both the time and the frequency domain inputs If you only want to compensate the RF input you can save time by running SPC only on the RF input and skipping the time domain part You can do this as follows 1 As with the time and frequency calibration warm up the oscilloscope for at least 20 minutes Remove all input signals probes and cables from the RF input 2 Push RF to bring up the Frequency Domain menu 3 Push More to select Compensate Signal Path 4 On the resulting side menu push OK Compensate RF Signal Path 22 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Upgrading Firmware To upgrade the firmware of the oscilloscope 1 Open up a Web browser and go to www tektronix com software downloads Proceed to the software finder Download the latest firmware for your oscilloscope on your PC O O a E 1785 157 Unzip the files and copy the firmware img file into the root folder of a USB flash drive or
232. y copied drive directory or file Mount or unmount a networked drive m Rename a highlighted drive directory or file m Format a highlighted drive Mounting a Network Drive Mount a network storage device such as a PC or a file server to save setups waveforms and screen images directly to the drive or to recall waveforms or setups from the drive To save to or recall files from a network drive you must first connect your oscilloscope to the network See page 26 Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer NOTE Consult your network administrator for information related to your network After the network connection has been established do the following 1 Push Save Recall Menu on the front panel 2 Push File Utilities on the lower menu and from the resulting side menu select more 1 of 2 Then select Mount MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 169 Save and Recall Information 3 From the resulting side menu set the following Setting Description Drive Letter Select from to Z Server Name or IP Address Use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the server name or IP address Path Use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the shared file path For example to mount an MS Windows PC directory named C Example enter C Example The dollar sign enables sharing No colon is needed User Name lf necessary use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the user
233. y pushing the appropriate side menu button 4 Turn Multipurpose a to scroll through the file structure See page 160 External file structure Multipurpose 1785 039 5 Push Select to open or close file folders MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 161 Save and Recall Information 6 Push Edit File Name Edit the file name the same way you edit labels for channels See page 55 Labeling Channels and Buses 7 Push the Menu Off button to cancel the save operation or push OK Save on the side menu to complete the operation ar 0968 012 Saving a Screen Image A screen image consists of a graphical image of the oscilloscope screen This is different from waveform data which consists of numeric values for each point in the waveform To save a screen image 1 Push Save Recall Menu Do not yet push the Save button 2 Push Save Screen Image on the lower Assign File Waveform Utilities menu FETE to Setup 162 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Save Screen Image 3 Push File Format on the side menu to File select among tif omp and png formats 4 Push Orientation to select between saving Orientation the image in a landscape horizontal and a portrait vertical orientation 5 Push Ink Saver to turn the Ink Saver mode Ink Saver on or off When on this mode provides a On i white background 6 Push Edit File Name to

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