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1. Erase Memory and setup memory Version Use to see the firmware ver sion 31 32 1 0 System Menu Bottom Side Description GPIB Talk Listen Ad Sets the GPIB address TDS3GV dress Hard Copy Sets the GPIB port to talk only Talk Only for making hard copies Off Bus Disables the GPIB port Debug Enables and disables a mes sage window to help you debug GPIB problems RS 232 Baud Rate Sets the baud rate in steps from TDS3GV 1200 to 38400 Flagging Use to enable hard flagging RTS CTS or turn flagging off EOL Selects end of line terminator Debug Enables and disables a mes sage window to help you debug RS 232 problems SetRS 232 Sets baud rate 9600 hard Parameters to Default Values flagging on and EOL LF 33 Bottom Side Description EthernetNet Change Sets oscilloscope Ethernet work Settings Instrument parameters such as the IP Settings address instrumentname and domain name DHCP Enables or disables DHCP BOOTP BOOTP support Debug Enables or disables a debug message window Test Tests the connection to your Connection network Ethernet Print Add Printer Adds renames or deletes an er Settings Ethernet network printer from ily the oscilloscope printer list Delete Printer Confirm Delete Enables or disables displaying a printer name delete confirmation message More Information Refer to the TDS30002. amp TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Programmer Manual for more information 34 Hard Copy System Menu Utility gt System Hard Copy Bottom Side Description Format Choose the correct hard copy format for your printer Options Portrait Prints in a portrait orientation Landscape Prints in a landscape orienta tion Compression Turn on or off hard copy file gz compression format Ink Saver Off Prints the display colors On Prints colors optimized for printing on white paper Preview Shows a preview of the hard copy colors on the display Port Centronics Uses the parallel printer port GPIB Uses the GPIB port RS 232 Uses the RS 232 port File Saves the hard copy to the floppy disk Ethernet Uses the Ethernet LAN port Clear Spool Stops a hard copy in progress Clears the print spooler 35 Calibration System Menu Bottom Side Description System Cal Signal Path Compensates the signal paths to obtain best measurement accuracy Factory Cal Used to calibrate the oscillo scope This is a Service function only Cal Due Notify After Sets the number of hours of Control Hours of Op operation before notifying you eration that a calibration is due Notify After Sets the number of years before Years of notifying you that a calibration is Elapsed Time due Signal Path Compensation You can run the Signal Path Compensation routine anytim
3. cycle in the waveform Delay The time between the Mid Reference crossings of two different waveforms FallTime _ Time that the falling edge of the first pulse in the waveform takes to fall from 90 to 10 of its amplitude Frequency Reciprocal of the period of the first cycle in the waveform Measured in Hertz Hz High The value used as 100 Calculated using either the min max or the histogram method Measured over the entire waveform Low The value used as 0 Calculated using either the min max or the histogram method Measured over the entire waveform 44 Measure Measure ment Definition Max The maximum amplitude The most positive peak voltage measured over the entire waveform Mean The arithmetic mean over the entire waveform Min The minimum amplitude The most negative peak voltage measured over the entire waveform Negative Measurement of the first cycle in the waveform Duty Cycle Negative Width Negative Duty Cycle Perd x 100 Negative Measured over the entire waveform OVETENOGE Negative Overshoot LOW Min x 100 Amplitude Negative Measurement of the first negative pulse in the Pulse waveform The time between the 50 amplitude Width points Phase The amount one waveform leads or lags another in time Expressed in degrees where 360 comprise one waveform cycle Pk Pk Measured over the entire waveform Peak to peak Max Min Period Time it t
4. 0 V Probe Setup Voltage Probe Use to set probe gain or attenu ation for probes that do not Current Probe have the TekP robe II interface Deskew Use to adjust the time skew correction for each probe Set to 0 Use to set probe skew correc tion to zero 39 Bottom Side Description Dual Wim Set 1stSource Selects the first source wave Math to form SetOperator Selects the math operator to x or Set 2nd Selects the second source Source to waveform Ref Menu Bottom Side Description Ref 1 Save Chl to Saves channel 1 to reference Refl waveform Ref 1 Save Ch2 to Saves channel 2 to reference Refl waveform Ref 1 Save Ch3 to Saves channel 3 to reference Refl waveform Ref 1 Save Ch4 to Saves channel 4 to reference Refl waveform Ref 1 Save Math to Saves the math waveform to Refl reference waveform Ref 1 Ref 2 Identical settings for reference waveforms Ref 2 Ref3 Ref 3 and Ref 4 Ref 4 40 e Scope Web based Remote Control e Scope introduces the next generation of oscilloscope functionality With e Scope you can access any Internet connected TDS3000B Series oscilloscope from a browser on your work station PC or laptop computer No matter where you are your TDS3000B is as close as the nearest browser There are two levels to e Scope basic and advanced The basic level which is hosted on the oscilloscope lets you view a screen image of the current acquisition s
5. B Events Sets the oscilloscope to trigger on the nth B trigger event after the A trigger Use the general purpose knob to set the event value Set to Min Sets the B events count to 1 30 Bottom Side Description Source Sets Source coupling slope and level for the B trigger Coupling These settings are independent of similar settings for the A Slope trigger See Edge Trigger Menu for descriptions of these menu Level items Utility Menus Configuration System Menu Bottom Language Side English Francais Deutsch Italiano Espa ol Portugu s Russian J apanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Description Use to choose your native language Most on screen text appears in the language you choose Bottom Side Description Set Date amp Display Date Use to turn the date time Time Time display On or Off Hour Min Use to set the internal clock with the current hour and min ute Month Day Use to set the internal clock with the current month and day Year Use to set the internal clock with the current year OK Enter Sets the date and time of the Date Time internal clock Battery Power Off Use to set the time before an Time Outs Time Out automatic shut down Backlight Use to set the time before the Time Out backlight automatically turns off Tek Secure Erases all nonvolatile waveform
6. Reference TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes 071 0923 00 HOON ATA AA TI 071092300 Copyright Tektronix Inc All rights reserved Tektronix products are covered by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Information in this publication supercedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved Tektronix Inc P O Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 TEKTRONIX TEK TEKPROBE and Tek Secure are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc DPX WaveAlert and e Scope are trademarks of Tektronix Inc WARRANTY SUMMARY Tektronix warrants that the products that it manufactures and sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of shipment from an authorized Tektronix distributor If a product proves defective within the respective period Tektronix will provide repair or replacement as described in the complete warranty statement To arrange for service or obtain a copy of the complete warranty statement please contact your nearest Tektronix sales and service office EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUMMARY OR THE APPLICABLE WARRANTY STATEMENT TEKTRONIX MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL TEKTRONIX BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES Contacting Tektro
7. XY waveform 19 Another channel or reference waveform is displayed in the vertical axis Use the Vertical POSITION and SCALE controls for that channel to adjust the vertical position and size of the XY waveform XY Waveform Triggering The XY waveform is triggered so you can synchronize periodic input signals to the XY waveform This feature is useful when only one part of the period contains valid information that you want to see in the XY format Set the time base and trigger location to acquire just that part of the period When you want to see the complete period of the signals regardless of the time base setting set the trigger source to an unused channel and the trigger mode to Auto Gated XYZ Displays XY signals only when the Z gating channel is true Gated XYZ is similar to analog oscillo scope modulated XYZ mode except that the displayed XY signal is either on or off there is no intensity modu lation Gated XYZ is useful for displaying constellation diagrams The general purpose knob sets the Z channel threshold level 20 Measure Menu Bottom Side Description Select Select an automatic measure Measurement ment for the selected active channel You can display up to four measurements at one time See page 44 Remove Measurement Removes a specific measure Measurement 1 4 ment All Removes all measurements Measurements Gating Off Use to take measurements on the full wa
8. akes for the first complete signal cycle to complete in the waveform Measured in seconds 45 ment Definition Positive easurement of the first cycle in the waveform aE Positive Duty Cycle Pesitive Width x 100 Period Positive Measured over the entire waveform Overshoot Positive Overshoot ee x 100 Amplitude Positive easurement of the first positive pulse in the Width waveform The time between the 50 amplitude points Rise Time Time that the leading edge of the first pulse in the waveform takes to rise from 10 to 90 of its amplitude RMS The true Root Mean Square voltage over the entire waveform Snapshot Displays all measurement values except two chan All Mea nel measurements at the time you pushed the surements Snapshot All Measurements button for the selected waveform Push the Snapshot All Measurements button again to update the list values Push the MENU OFF button to clear the list from the screen 46
9. ased Remote Control home page which is an image of the screen contents when your browser accessed the instrument 42 Menu Functions The menu at the top of the page provides the following functions Home displays the oscilloscope screen Applications takes you to the application URL specified in the Configure tab The default URL is the application notes site at www tektronix com Configure lets you specify URLs for the advanced Web based Control HTML pages Control application notes Applications and help files Help The default values are for the Tektronix web site However you can host any of these on your local Intranet for faster access and better system security Data lets you upload or download waveform data files and oscilloscope settings as well as remotely control the oscilloscope using oscilloscope programing commands Status displays the version screen which shows the firmware version and lists installed application modules Control displays the advanced Web based Control page that lets you remotely control the oscilloscope 43 Automatic Measurements Measure ment Definition Amplitude Measured over the entire waveform Amplitude High 100 Low 0 Burst The duration of a burst Measured over the entire Width waveform Cycle The arithmetic mean over the first cycle in the Mean waveform Cycle The true Root Mean Square voltage over the first RMS
10. attenuates the external trigger signal by a factor of 10 Ext Probe Set this value to match the nnX attenuation factor and the type of Voltage Current probe voltage or current that is 4 channelonly attached to the external trigger connector Push the menu button to select the probe type Use the general purpose knob to set the attenuation factor The default values are 1x and voltage 26 Bottom Side Description Bottom Side Description Source Vert Sets the trigger source to the Level Level Use to set the trigger level with lowest numbered active channel the general purpose knob aaa Setto TTL Sets the trigger level to 1 4 V Alternating Sequentially uses each active for TTL logic a chan a from Setto ECL Sets the trigger level to 1 3 V for channel to the highest numbered ECL logic Vee 5 2 V active channel Set to 50 Sets the trigger level to the 50 Coupling DC Selects DC coupling amplitude level of the signal HF Reject Rejects frequencies above Mode amp Auto untriggered Enables free running and roll 30 kHz in the trigger signal Holdoff roll mode acquisitions LF Reject Rejects frequencies below Normal Triggers only on valid tigger 80 kHz in the trigger signal events Noise Reject DC coupling with low sensitivity Holdoff time Sets holdoff to a specific time to reject noise in the trigger Holdoff Sets holdoff to a percent of the signal of record rec
11. ave or load waveform and setup files and remotely control the oscilloscope using the oscilloscope programming commands The advanced level which is hosted on your system provides a graphical user interface to remotely control the oscilloscope To obtain the advanced level software go to the Tektronix TDS3000B website and download the web based remote control software NOTE You can also use e Scope on TDS3000 Series oscilloscopes that are equipped with a TDS3EM Ethernet communication module and are running firmware version 3 or above 41 Configuring Your Oscilloscope Ethernet Settings Before using the e Scope feature you must set your oscilloscope Ethernet network settings The TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope User Manual Appendix G Ethernet Setup describes how to enter the Ethernet network parameters for your oscilloscope Accessing e Scope After your instrument is set up with the correct ethernet settings you are ready to access that instrument over the Internet To access you instrument s e Scope server do the following steps 1 Ona PC or work station open a network browser program 2 In the Location or Address field where you normally enter a URL type in the IP address of the TDS3000B instrument to which you want to connect For example 188 121 212 107 Do not precede the IP address with any characters Then press the Return key 3 The browser program loads the instrument s e Scope Web b
12. e but you should always run the routine if the ambient temperature changes by 10 C or more 36 Diagnostic System Menu Bottom Side Description System Diags Execute Starts diagnostics Loop Once Executes the diagnostic loop once Always Executes the diagnostic loop continuously Until Fail Executes until a failure occurs Error Log Page Up Use to see the previous error log page Page Down Use to see the next error log page 37 Vertical Menus Channel Menu Bottom Side Description Coupling DC Sets input coupling to DC AC Sets input coupling to AC GND Provides a 0 V signal reference The input BNC disconnects from internal circuits Q Sets input resistance to 50 Q or1 MQ Invert Invert Off Use for normal operation Invert On Inverts the polarity of the signal in the display Bandwidth Full Bandwidth Sets bandwidth to the full oscilloscope bandwidth 150 MHz Sets the bandwidth to 150 MHz not available on some models 20 MHz Sets the bandwidth to 20 MHz Fine Scale Enables fine scale adjustment with the general purpose knob 38 Math Menu Bottom Side Description Position Vertical Posi Enables numerical vertical tion position adjustment Set to 0 divs Sets vertical position to center screen Offset Vertical Offset Enables vertical offset adjust ment with the general purpose knob Setto 0 V Sets vertical offset to
13. ed From File Recalls a setup from disk Setup Recall Setup 1 Recalls a setup from nonvolatile memory Recall Setup 10 Recall Factory OK Confirm Initializes the setup to a known Setup Factory Init setup Save Wim To File Shows file format choices Internal Spreadsheet or Math cad Saves active waveforms to disk To Refl Saves the selected waveform to si nonvolatile memory To Ref4 Recall Wfm From File Recalls a waveform from disk Recall Refl and displays itas a reference i waveform Recall R ef4 24 File Utilities Menu Bottom Side Description File Delete Deletes a file Utilities Rename Names or renames a file Copy Copies a file to another directo ry Print Prints a file to a printer con nected to one of the hard copy ports Create Creates a new directory Directory Confirm Turns On or Off a confirmation Delete message before files are de leted Overwrite Sets file overwrite protection to Lock On or Off Format Formats a disk erases all files Labels Create edit labels for reference waveforms and instrument setups stored in nonvolatile memory 25 Trigger Menus Edge Trigger Menu Bottom Side Description Source Chl Sets the trigger source to a i specific channel Ch4 AC Line Selects the AC line trigger source for AC line operation only Ext Sets the oscilloscope to trigger on the external trigger source Ext 10 Ext 10
14. he TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope User Manual for more information 13 XY Cursor Menu The following cursor menu items are available in the XY display mode DISPLAY gt XY Display gt Triggered XY Push the CURSOR button to show the cursor menu Bottom Side Description Function Off Turns cursors off Waveform Turns waveform cursors on and displays measurements in rectangular format X and Y values Use the front panel SELECT button to select a cursor Use the general purpose knob to move the active cursor Mode Independent Sets cursors to move indepen dently Tracking Sets cursors to move together when the reference cursor is selected NOTE The Advanced Analysis application module TDS3AAM adds more XY cursor features including graticule cursors and polar readouts 14 YT Cursor Menu The following YT cursor menu items are available in the YT display mode DISPLAY gt XY Display gt Off YT Push the CURSOR button to show the cursor Bottom V Bar Units Sec s 1 sec Hz Ratio Phase degrees Use cursor posi tions as Use 5 divs as I Description Sets horizontal units to se conds or frequency Hz Sets V Bar measurement units to percent Sets V Bar measurement units to degrees Sets V Bar measurement scale so that 0 or 0 is the current position of left V Bar cursor and 100 or 360 is the current positi
15. ickMenu the measurement is still displayed on the screen You may have optional application modules installed that also have QuickMenu displays To select the Quick Menu you want to use push the MENU screen button This menu item is shown only if application modules that contain a QuickMenu are installed 10 Menus Bottom Side Description The following sections briefly describe each oscilloscope Autoset Normal Executes the autoset function menu item Autoset Optional application modules may add choices to execute Acquire Menu specialized autoset functions Undo Autoset Reverts to the settings before Bottom Side Description TRA r the gt ase 7 aveAlert Wfm Anomaly Enables or disables the toa Sample oe normal acqulsion Detection WaveAlert Waveform Anomaly Peak Detect Detects glitches and reduces On off Detection function See page the possibility of aliasing 13 Envelope N Captures variations ofa signal Sensitivity Sets the comparison sensitivity overa period of time Adjust N nn n Use the general purpose knob with the general purpose knob to set sensitivity from 0 least Average N Reduces random or uncorre sensitive to 100 most sensi lated noise in the signal display tive Adjust N with the general Beep On When On the oscilloscope purpose knob Anomaly beeps if it detects a waveform Horizontal Fast Trigger Acquires 500 point waveforms On Off anomaly on any act
16. ive channel Resolution 500 points at a fast repetition rate Stop On When On the oscilloscope Normal Acquires 10 000 point wave Anomaly stops waveform acquisition if 10k points forms with more horizontal On Off there is a waveform anomaly on detail any channel The input wave Reset Hori Setto0s Resets the horizontal delay to Hes le lege ba zontal Delay zero I5piay screen 11 12 Bottom Side Description WaveAlert Hardcopy When On the oscilloscope cont OnAnomaly sends an image of the screen to On Off the hard copy device or floppy file if there is a waveform anom aly on any channel Wfms To Disk When On the oscilloscope OnAnomaly saves the anomalous wave On Off form s data to the floppy disk drive Highlight Highlights the entire anomalous Entire Wim waveform Highlight Highlights just the anomalous Anomaly data in a waveform WaveAlert Waveform Anomaly Detection WaveAlert provides a way to detect when a waveform deviates from a steady state condition WaveAlert monitors the current waveform acquisition and compares it to the previous waveform acquisition If the current acquisition exceeds the comparison tolerance the oscilloscope considers the current acquisition as an anomaly and responds by stopping acquisitions emitting a beep saving the anomalous waveform to a disk file printing the screen image to a hard copy device or any combination of the above Refer to t
17. l Phosphor Oscilloscope User Manual which is located on the TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Manuals and Application Notes CD for more information about using this product TDS3000B Initial Setup The following procedures describe how to quickly verify that the oscilloscope is powering up and functioning correctly compensate passive probes using the built in compensation signal and run the signal path compensa tion SPC routine for maximum signal accuracy You should perform all initial setup procedures the first time you use the oscilloscope You should perform the probe compensation procedure whenever you attach a passive probe for the first time to any input channel You should run the signal path compensation routine whenever the ambient temperature changes by 10 C or more Functional Check Connect the oscilloscope power cable Turn on the oscilloscope Wait for the confirmation that the oscilloscope has passed all self tests Q On Standby button OOOO Connect the oscilloscope probe PROBE COMP to channel 1 Attach the probe tip and reference lead to the PROBE COMP connectors CH1 Push the AUTOSET button You should see a square wave in the display approximately 5V at 1 kHz Sires Probe Compensation 5 Check the shape of the dis FLL played waveform Overcompensated Undercompensated Compensated correctly 6 Adjust your pr
18. nix Phone 1 800 833 9200 Address Tektronix Inc Department or name if known 14200 SW Karl Braun Drive P O Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 USA Web site www tektronix com Sales support 1 800 833 9200 select option 1 Service support 1 800 833 9200 select option 2 Technical Email techsupport tektronix com support 1 800 833 9200 select option 3 1 503 627 2400 6 00 a m 5 00 p m Pacific time This phone number is toll free in North America After office hours please leave a voice mail message Outside North America contact a Tektronix sales office or distributor see the Tektronix web site for a list of offices Contents Safety Summary 000 eee e eee eee eee 2 TDS3000B Initial Setup 0c cece eee ee eee 5 QUICKMENUS ascii ees ceseieead cic ek eee eisi 9 MCNUS csi icccetecdwiee aera acne sea niina 11 Acquire Menu cc cece eee eee eee eee 11 XY Cursor Menu 0 0 02 cc eee e eee ees 14 YT Cursor Men lt esc ce csv ceeeekaveee eae eee 15 Display Menu 1 ce eee eee eee eee 18 Measure Menus orean naan ctaetas natma anaa 21 Save Recall Menu 00eeeee eee ee eens 24 Trigger Menus 0 ccc eeee eee ee ee ne neee 26 Utility Menus i ices eee wees eee rae 31 Vertical Menus cece cee ees 38 e ScopeE Web based Remote Conirol 41 Automatic Measurements 000eeeee 44 Safety Summary To avoid potential hazards use this product only as specified in
19. obe if necessary to achieve correct compensa gt F tion gt i Signal Path Compensation SPC The signal path compensation SPC routine optimizes the oscilloscope signal path for maximum measurement accuracy You can run the routine anytime but you should always run the routine if the ambient temperature changes by 10 C or more To compensate the signal path do the following steps 1 Disconnect all probes or cables 2 Push the UTILITY button 3 Push the System screen button to select Cal 4 Push the Signal Path screen button 5 Push OK Compensate Signal Path Setting the User Interface Language To set the user interface language do the following steps 1 Push the UTILITY button 2 Push the System screen button to select Config 3 Push a side menu button to select a language Adjusting Time and Date To set your oscilloscope to the current date and time do the following steps 1 Push the UTILITY button 2 Push the System menu button to select Config 3 Push the Set Date amp Time menu button 4 Use the side menu buttons and general purpose knob to adjust the date and time values 5 Push the OK Enter Date Time menu button to set the instrument date and time User Manual The TDS3000B Series DPO Oscilloscope Manuals and Application Notes CD contains the TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope User Manual translated into all supported languages The user manual contains complete inf
20. on of right V Bar cursor Sets V Bar measurement scale so that 5 screen major divisions is 100 or 360 where 0 or 0 is 2 5 divi sions and 100 or 360 is 2 5 divisions from center graticule menu Bottom Side Description Function Off Turns cursors off H Bars Use to take vertical measure ments V Bars Use to take both vertical and horizontal measurements Bring Selected oves the active cursor to center Cursor to screen Center Screen Bring Both Cur Moves any off screen cursor onto sors On Screen the screen Mode Independent Sets cursors to move indepen dently Tracking Sets cursors to move together when cursor 1 is selected 15 16 H Bar Units Base Ratio Use cursor positions as 100 Use 5 divs as 100 Description Sets the H Bar units to be the same as the selected wave form s vertical measurement units volts IRE dB and so on Sets H Bar measurement units to percent Sets the H Bar measurement scale so that 0 is the current position of lowest H Bar cursor and 100 is the current posi tion of highest H Bar cursor Sets H Bar measurement scale so that 5 screen major divisions iS 100 where 0 is 2 5 divisions and 100 is 2 5 divisions from center graticule Cursor Movement Use the general purpose knob to move the active cursor Push the SELECT button to change which cursor is active Faster Cursor Movement P
21. ord duration Slope rising edge Triggers on the rising edge of a Set to Min Sets holdoff to the minimum signal falling edge Triggers on the falling edge of a signal value 27 28 Video Trigger Menu Bottom Side Description Standard 525 NTSC Triggers on a NTSC signal 625 PAL Triggers on a PAL signal SECAM Triggers on a SECAM signal Source Selects the trigger source See Edge Trigger Menu for descrip tions of these menu items Trigger On Odd Triggers on odd or even fields in Even an interlaced signal All Fields Triggers on any field in an interlaced or noninterlaced signal All Lines Triggers on all lines NOTE The Extended Video application module TDS3VID adds more video features including custom video triggering video picture vectorscope and analog HDTV triggering 29 B Trigger Menu Bottom Side Description B Trigger B Trigger After Sets the oscilloscope to trigger After A A Time on the next B trigger event that occurs after a specified period of time from the A trigger Use the general purpose knob to set the time value Set to Delay Sets the B Trigger After A Time Time BW value to the horizontal B gt v then Set value then sets Bw to zero B gt W to0s_ seconds Bw is the delay time from the B trigger point to the expansion point center screen Set to Min Sets B Trigger After A time to 26 4 ns
22. ormation on how to operate your TDS3000B Series oscilloscope The CD also contains manuals for all TDS3000B Series accessories application notes oscilloscope and probe fundamentals and software to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is required to view the online documents QuickMenus The QuickMenu feature simplifies the use of the oscillo scope When you push the QUICKMENU button a set of frequently used menu functions show on the display Scope is one type of QuickMenu that you can use to control the basic oscilloscope functions You can per form many tasks without using the regular menu system Tek Run M1 00us A Giley0 00000 s VERTICAL CH 2 ACQUIRE CURSOR Off IMQ Full Normal Sample To use a QuickMenu do these steps 1 Push the QUICKMENU button on the front panel 2 Push the screen button that corresponds to the control you need to set Push the screen button repeatedly to choose one of the settings The small arrow icon indicates that there are additional settings available that are not shown You can use most of the front panel controls at the same time you are using a QuickMenu For example if you push a channel button to select a different channel the QuickMenu changes to show information about that channel You can still use the regular menus For example if you push the MEASURE button you can set up and take automatic waveform measurements in the usual way If you return to the Qu
23. the TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope User Manual which is located on the TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Manuals and Application Notes CD While using this product you may need to access other parts of the system Read the General Safety Summary in the user manual and in other system manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system Preventing Electrostatic Damage CAUTION Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage components in the oscilloscope and its accessories To prevent ESD observe these precautions when directed to do so Use a Ground Strap Wear a grounded antistatic wrist strap to discharge the static voltage from your body while installing or removing sensitive components Use a Safe Work Area Do not use any devices capable of generating or holding a static charge in the work area where you install or remove sensitive components Avoid handling sensitive components in areas that have a floor or benchtop surface capable of generating a static charge Handle Components Carefully Do not slide sensitive components over any surface Do not touch exposed connector pins Handle sensitive components as little as possible Transport and Store Carefully Transport and store sensitive components in a static protected bag or container Manual Storage The oscilloscope front cover has a convenient place to store this manual More Information Refer to the TDS3000B Series Digita
24. ush COARSE to set the general purpose knob to make faster cursor movements 17 Display Menu Description Set to on to see dots only Set to off to see dots and vectors Sets persist time Sets the WAVEFORM INTENSITY knob to control the persistence time Bottom Side Waveform Dots Only Display Persist Time Set to Auto Clear Persistence Clears any displayed persis tence Backlight In High Use for bright ambient condi tensity tions Medium Use for dim ambient conditions Low Use to extend battery operation time Graticule Full Grid Selects the graticule type Cross Hair Frame 18 Bottom Side Description XY Display Off YT Turns off an XY display Triggered XY Turns on triggered XY display Gated XYZ Displays XY signals when Z channel signal is above a set level Only available on 4 chan nel instruments Chl X Sets Ch2 Ch3 or Ch4 as Y Versus versus Chl as X Refl X Sets Ref2 Ref3 or Ref4 as Y Versus versus Refl as X Gated By Sets Ch2 Ch3 or Ch4 as Z channel gate source and gating channel threshold level Color Palette Normal Selects the color display Monochrome _ Sets all waveforms to high con trast black and white XY Waveforms For XY waveforms channel or Ref 1 is displayed in the horizontal axis Use the Vertical POSI TION and SCALE controls to adjust the horizontal position and size of the
25. veform record Screen Use to take measurements on the portion of the waveform on screen Cursors Use to take measurements on the portion of the waveform between the V Bar cursors 21 Bottom Side Description Gating Bring Selected Moves the active cursor to Cursor to center screen Center Screen Bring Both Cur Moves any off screen cursor sors On Screen onto the screen High Low Auto Select Automatically uses the best Setup measurement method depend ing on the measurement type Histogram Use to measure pulses Min Max Use to measure other wave shapes 22 Bottom Side Description Reference Set Levels in Use to choose custom refer Levels or units ence levels in relative or abso ute units High Sets custom high reference Reference level Mid Sets custom mid reference Reference level Mid 2 Sets the custom mid reference evel for the Delay and Phase measurement second wave form Low Sets custom low reference Reference level Set to Sets reference levels to default Defaults values Indicators Measurement Selects the measurement for 1 4 which to display markers that show the portion of the wave form used to calculate the measurement value Off Turns measurement indicators off 23 Save Recall Menu Bottom Side Description Save Current To File Saves a setup to disk setup To Setup 1 Saves a setup to nonvolatile a memory To Setup 10 Recall Sav
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