Display Settings 7
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To set or clear persistence
With persistence, the oscilloscope updates the display with new 
acquisitions, but does not immediately erase the results of previous 
acquisitions. All previous acquisitions are displayed with reduced 
intensity. New acquisitions are shown in their normal color with normal 
intensity.
Waveform persistence is kept only for the current display area; you cannot 
pan and zoom the persistence display.
To use persistence:
1 Press the [Display] key.
2 Press  Persistence; then, turn the Entry knob to select between:
• Off — turns off persistence.
When persistence is off, you can press the Capture Waveforms softkey 
to perform a single- shot infinite persistence. A single acquisition's 
data is displayed with reduced intensity, and it remains on the 
display until you clear persistence or clear the display.
• ∞ Persistence — (infinite presistence) Results of previous acquisitions 
are never erased.
Use infinite persistence to measure noise and jitter, to see the 
worst- case extremes of varying waveforms, to look for timing 
violations, or to capture events that occur infrequently.
• Variable Persistence — Results of previous acquisitions are erased after 
a certain amount of time.
Variable persistence gives you a view of acquired data that is similar 
to analog oscilloscopes.
When variable persistence is selected, press the Time softkey and use 
the Entry knob to specify the amount of time that previous 
acquisitions are to be displayed.
The display will begin accumulating multiple acquisitions.