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Triggering the Oscilloscope
To use LIN triggering
3Press the Trigger: softkey to select the trigger condition.
Sync (Sync Break) is the only trigger condition available.The LIN trigger will
trigger on the rising edge at the Sync Break exit of the LIN single-wire bus signal
that marks the beginning the message frame.
4Press the Signal softkey to set the type of the LIN signal.
This also automatically sets the channel label for the source channel. The
channel shown in the Source softkey an be connected to the dominant low signal
as follows:
• LIN - the actual LIN signle-end bus signal line.
• Rx - the Receive signal from the LIN bus transceiver.
• Tx - the Transmit signal to the LIN bus transceiver.
5Press the Source softkey to select the channel connected to the LIN
signal line.
As you press the Source softkey (or rotate the Entry knob on mixed-signal
oscilloscopes), the LIN label for the source channel is automatically set and the
channel you select is shown in the upper-right corner of the display next to
"LIN".
Adjust the trigger level for the selected analog channel by turning the Trigger
Level knob. Select Threshold in the D7 Thru D0 or D15 Thru D8 menu to set the
level for digital channels. The value of the trigger level or digital threshold is
displayed in the upper-right corner of the display.