Omicron Lab Bode 100 - Working with Measurement and Math Traces

11.5 Working with measurement and math traces
Please also check out 7.2.2 Trace configuration on page 24 to learn more about using the trace
configuration. Furthermore, please refer to the previous chapter 11.4 Using the memory traces on
page 130 on how to store a measurement trace to a memory trace.
Besides the memory traces, the Bode Analyzer Suite offers the following trace types:
• Measurement traces show the measured data
• Math traces allow simple math operations between measurement traces and memory traces
• Expression traces can handle more complex mathematical expressions
Add an additional trace
You can add additional measurement traces, math traces or expression traces by clicking on the
corresponding icon under the Measurement ribbon.
Each of the above mentioned traces comes with its own axis respectively its own chart /
diagram.
If the chart setup is set to "one axis per chart", each trace will be shown in a separate chart /
diagram.
Each trace brings its own trace configuration box on the right hand side of the Bode Analyzer Suite.
The trace configuration allows you to configure how the data of the trace is displayed in the chart. The
following table shows the trace configuration settings which are available for all trace types. Trace-
specific settings are described in the following sections.
Format Choose the desired format how to display the complex data. You
can i.e. choose to select Magnitude or Phase(°) and so on. For
more details on the available result formats, please refer to Gain
Result Formats on page 38 and Impedance Result Formats on
page 40.
Ymax, Ymin, etc... Configure the axis limits of the trace axis (diagram). Please
check out: 11.2.3 Optimize the axis scaling / autoscale on
page 122.
You can also right-click into the diagram and click Optimize. This
will auto-scale the available axis.
Y-axis scale: Choose either a linear Y-axis or a logarithmic Y-axis. In addition
you can set it to Log(|Y|) to avoid the logarithms of negative
numbers.
Use the checkbox left of the trace name to disable or enable the
trace.
Rename the trace by double-clicking on the trace name.
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