RIGOL  Chapter 6 Operations and Measurements 
6-40  MSO4000/DS4000 User’s Guide 
You can use cursor to perform manual measurement on the waveform of CH1 to CH4 
or MATH channel following the steps below.  
 
1.  Turn on the manual measurement function 
Press Cursor  Mode, turn the multi-function knob   to select “Manual” and 
press the knob. You can also press Cursor or Mode continuously to switch to 
“Manual”. At this point, the oscilloscope measures the values at the cursors of 
the specified source channel waveform and displays the measurement results at 
the upper-left side of the screen. When the cursor measurement parameters are 
modified, the measurement result will change accordingly.  
 
2.  Specify the measurement source 
Press Source and turn the multi-function knob   to select CH1 to CH4 or 
MATH. You can also press Source continuously to switch the current source. If 
“None” is selected, no cursor and measurement result will be displayed. 
 
Note: Only channels currently turned on can be selected.   
 
3.  Specify the display mode 
Press DisplayMode and turn the multi-function knob to   select the desired 
cursor display mode. You can also press DisplayMode continuously to switch 
the current cursor display mode. 
  X: only display the X cursors (a pair of vertical solid/dotted lines). 
―  You can select to measure the time (s), frequency (Hz), phase (°) or 
ratio (%) using the X cursors by setting the “
horizontal 
measurement unit” (Time Unit). 
―  The measurement results include A->X, B->X, △X and 1/△X (only 
displayed when Time Unit is set to “s” or “Hz”). 
 
  Y: only display the Y cursors (a pair of horizontal solid/dotted lines). 
―  You can select to measure the amplitude (the unit is tha same as that 
of the source channel amplitude) or ratio (%) using the Y cursors by 
setting the “vertical measurement unit” (Vertical Unit). 
―  The measurement results include A->Y, B->Y and △Y. 
 
  X-Y: display the X cursors (a pair of vertical solid/dotted lines) and Y cursors 
(a pair of horizontal solid/dotted lines) at the same time.  
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