Chapter 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope    RIGOL 
DS2000E User’s Guide     5-17 
Nth Edge Trigger (Option) 
 
Trigger on the nth edge that appears after the specified idle time. For example, in the 
waveform shown in the figure below, the instrument should trigger on the second 
rising edge after the specified idle time (the time between two neighbouring rising 
edges) and the idle time should be set to P<Idle Time<M. Wherein, M is the time 
between the first rising edge and its previous rising edge and P is the maximum time 
between the rising edges participate in the counting. 
P
M
P<Idle Time<M
Edge Type=
Edge Num=2
 
Figure 5-5 Nth Edge Trigger 
 
Trigger Type: 
Press Type, rotate   to select "Nth Edge" and press down  . At this point, the 
trigger setting information is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen. For 
example, 
. The trigger type is Nth edge trigger; the trigger source 
is CH1; the trigger level is 1.94 V. 
 
Source Selection: 
Press Source to select CH1 or CH2. For the details, please refer to the introduction in 
"
Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper right corner 
of the screen. 
Note: Select channel with signal input as trigger source to obtain stable trigger.  
 
Edge Type: 
Press Slope to select the kind of edge of the input signal on which the oscilloscope 
triggers. 
  : trigger on the rising edge of the input signal when the voltage level meets 
the specified trigger level.