3.6 Starting and Stopping Measurement
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This section explains how to initiate and terminate a measurement.
Press the START key to start measuring.
Press the STOP key once, recording stops at the end of the specified recording
length.
Press the STOP key again, recording stops immediately.
The operation conditions for the START key and STOP key can be changed.
See: "Chapter 14 System Environment Settings" ( p.255)
Note When the STOP key is pressed, the following indication may appear on the screen.
3.6 Starting and Stopping Measurement
Starting Measurement
Procedure
To open the screen: Press the DISP key →Waveform screen
• When a measurement is started, waveform data that were displayed on the
screen are cleared.
• Measurement can also be started by inputting a signal at the external control
terminal.
See:"Chapter 16 External Control" ( p.287)
To prevent inadvertent measurement start
To reduce the risk of accidentally starting a measurement through an
operation error, operation conditions can be set for the START key.
See: "Start Action" ( p.257)
To automatically save data during measurement
See: "5.2.2 Automatically Saving Waveforms" ( p.69)
To print the waveform
See: "Chapter 6 Printing" ( p.89)
Stopping Measurement
The measurement will stop at the point where the key is
pressed.
(Pressing the STOP key twice has the same effect.)
The stopping procedure is canceled and measurement
continues.