Using the Oscilloscope 2
Keysight Infiniium 9000 Series Oscilloscopes User’s Guide 33
Starting and Stopping Waveform Acquisitions
Use the acquisition run controls to run and stop acquisitions or make a single
acquisition. The boxed area of the memory bar above the waveform display area
shows how much of acquisition memory is displayed on the screen.
The [Run/Stop] key is lit green and the green Run button is highlighted when the
oscilloscope is running (acquiring data). The [Run/Stop] key is red and the red Stop
button is highlighted when the acquisition is stopped.
•To start waveform acquisition, press [Run/Stop] or click the Run button.
The oscilloscope begins acquiring data. When it receives a trigger signal, it
finishes acquiring data, updates the display, and then starts another acquisition
cycle if it is in Trig’d or Auto trigger mode.
•To stop waveform acquisition, press [Run/Stop] or click the Stop button.
Whatever data was last acquired remains on the screen.
• To make a single acquisition, press [Single] or click the Single button.
• You can also choose the Run, Run Single, and Stop commands from the Control
menu.
• To set up how you want the signals to be sampled, such as sampling rate and
mode, choose Setup > Acquisition....
Figure 14 Acquisition run control keys and buttons