48 Infiniium Z-Series Oscilloscopes User’s Guide
2 Using the Oscilloscope
Making a measurement on a waveform
Click and drag a measurement icon to the waveform event you want to measure,
or click a measurement icon and specify which source you want to measure in the
dialog box that appears.
For measurements on waveform features, such as those that involve waveform
edges, if you click the measurement icon and specify a source, the measurement
defaults to using the feature closest to the horizontal reference point. When you
make the measurement using drag-and-drop, the measurement uses the
waveform feature closest to the point where you drop the icon.
The most commonly used measurements are available in the drag and drop area.
Others are available by selecting them from the Add Measurement dialog box.
When you drag and drop a measurement icon on a waveform, the icon outline
changes color to match the color of each waveform it touches so you can easily
see which waveform will be measured.
For edge-sensitive measurements, when you drop the measurement icon on a
waveform, a circled number appears in the waveform marker color. This number
shows exactly where the measurement is being made. It is displayed next to the
measurement readout in the Results area.
This feature helps you distinguish measurement results from each other when you
make multiple measurements on the same waveform, but at different waveform
features.
Using quick measurements
• You can define the [Multi Purpose] key and Utilities > Multipurpose selection to
perform one of these quick actions:
• QuickMeas—performs automatic measurements
• QuickPrint—prints the screen image to the default printer
• QuickScreen—saves the screen image to a file
• QuickSetup—loads a setup file
• QuickWaveform—saves waveform data to a file
• QuickEmail—sends an email of the current screen image
• QuickExecute—runs an executable file
• QuickControl—cycles through the possible front panel control sources
The action taken when the [Multi Purpose] key is pressed or Utilities > Multipurpose
is clicked depends on the feature selected in the Customize Multipurpose dialog
box (Utilities > Customize Multipurpose...). The default feature is QuickMeas.
• To turn on the quick measurement display, press the [Multi Purpose] key.
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