4 Triggering
158 InfiniiVision Oscilloscopes User’s Guide
4 Press the Standard softkey to set the TV standard.
The oscilloscope supports triggering on the following television (TV) and video
standards.
5 Press the Mode softkey to select the portion of the video signal that you would like to
trigger on.
The TV trigger modes available are:
• Field1 and Field2 — Trigger on the rising edge of the first serration pulse of field 1
or field 2 (interlaced standards only).
• All Fields — Trigger on the rising edge of the first pulse in the vertical sync interval
(not available in Generic mode).
• All Lines — Trigger on all horizontal sync pulses.
• Line — Trigger on the selected line # (EDTV and HDTV standards only).
• Line: Field1 and Line:Field2 — Trigger on the selected line # in field 1 or field 2
(interlaced standards only except 1080i).
• Line: Alternate — Alternately trigger on the selected line # in field 1 and field 2
(NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, and SECAM only).
• Vertical — Trigger on the rising edge of the first serration pulse or approximately
70 s after the start of vertical sync, whichever occurs first (only available in
Generic mode).
• Count: Vertical — Counts falling edges of sync pulses; triggers on the selected
count number (only available in Generic mode).
Standard Type Sync Pulse
NTSC Interlaced Bi-level
PAL Interlaced Bi-level
PAL-M Interlaced Bi-level
SECAM Interlaced Bi-level
Generic Interlaced/Progressive Bi-level/Tri-level
EDTV 480p/60 Progressive Bi-level
HDTV 720p/60 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080p/24 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080p/25 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080p/50 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080p/60 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080i/50 Interlaced Tri-level
HDTV 1080i/60 Interlaced Tri-level