LeCroy WaveRunner Xi-A - Channel Combinations; Combining Channels

WAVERUNNER Xi-A AND MXi-A SERIES
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ChannelCombinations
Channelscanbecombinedtoincreasesamplerateormemory(WaveRunner44Xi
canonlybeinterleavedtomaximizememory,notsamplerate)inordertocapture
andviewasignalinallitsdetail.Whenyoucombinechannels,uncombined
channelslikeEXTBNCremainavailablefortriggering,eventhoughtheyarenot
displayed.
In2‐cha
nneloperation,channels2and3areactive.InAutooperation,youcanuse
channel1or2,andchannel3or4.Onthepairedchannelsthemaximumsampling
rateisdoubledandtherecordlengthisgreatlyincreased:
Ch1&Ch3 10GS/s
Ch1&Ch4 10GS/s
Ch2&Ch3 10GS/s
Ch2&Ch4 10GS/s
Asyoucansee,samplingcanbemaximizedto10GS/sforanycombinationoftwo
channels,exceptacombinationofchannels1and2,orchannels3and4,which
yield5GS/s.Thebasicruleistochooseeitherchannel1or2foryourfirstinput,or
eitherchannel3or4forthesecondin
put.
RefertoAcquisitionModesinthespecificationsformaximumsamplerates.
Combining Channels
• TouchtheTimebasedescriptorlabel.
• UnderActiveChannels,touch4,2orAuto.
Themaximumsamplerateisshown
alongsideeachbutton.