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Zoom and Math Setup Menus
Average — offers Summed (Linear) or Continuous (Exponential) Averaging.
Shown here is an example setup of trace A as a Summed Average
(over 1000 sweeps) of Channel 1. See also page 10–3.
use Math?
To choose a math function.
Math Type
To select, in this case, “Average” (other choices in the example
menu shown here include options not available on the standard
scope).
Avg Type
To select “Summed” or “Continuous Average”.
for / weight
When “Summed” is selected, this menu (“for”) is used to define the
number of sweeps. When “Continuous Average” is chosen, the
same menu becomes “weight” and is used to define the weight,
similar to number of sweeps.
In “for” the first n sweeps will be taken into account, whereas in
“weight” the last sweep will be given a weight of 1 and the previous
result a weight of n in calculating the new average.
of
For selecting the source trace for averaging (four-channel menu
shown).