Making Measurements 4
Agilent 1000B Series Oscilloscopes User’s Guide 113
To use manually adjustable cursors
You can set up two parallel, manually adjustable cursors to make
amplitude (vertical) or time (horizontal) measurements on a selected
waveform.
1 Press [Cursors].
2 In the Cursors menu, press Mode.
3 Continue pressing the Mode softkey or turn the entry knob to select
“Manual”.
4 Press Ty pe to toggle between:
5 Press Source, and continue pressing the softkey or turn the entry
knob to select the channel or math waveform on which to make the
measurement.
6 To adjust the cursors:
• Press CurA and turn the entry knob to adjust the “A” cursor.
• Press CurB and turn the entry knob to adjust the “B” cursor.
• Press CurA and CurB and turn the entry knob to adjust both
cursors at the same time.
The cursor values displayed are:
• CurA.
• CurB.
• ΔX or ΔY — difference between CurA and CurB values.
• 1/ΔX — when measuring time parameters, shows the frequency
associated with the time period.
Time To use cursors to measure time parameters.
Amplitude To use cursors to measure amplitude parameters.