Chapter 6 Operations and Measurements    RIGOL 
MSO4000/DS4000 User’s Guide  6-53 
X-Y Mode 
 
In this mode, the X cursors and Y cursors denote the waveform amplitudes of the 
specified channels respectively. You can adjust the cursor positions to measure the 
waveform amplitudes at the crossing points of cursors.  
 
Note: The X-Y cursor mode is only avalibale in “X-Y” time base mode (refer to “To 
Specify the Time Base Mode”). 
 
The measurement results are as shown in the figure below and will be displayed at 
the upper-left side of the screen. When the measurement parameters are changed, 
the measurement results will change accordingly. 
 
  CurAX: the X value at cursor A (X cursor). 
  CurBX: the X value at cursor B (X cursor). 
  CurAY: the Y value at cursor A (Y cursor). 
  CurBY: the Y value at cursor B (Y cursor). 
 
Note: The amplitude unit of the measurement results is the same as the amplitude 
unit currently selected of the corresponding channel.  
 
Select the “X-Y” time base mode by referring to “To Specify the Time Base Mode”; 
then, you can use cursor to perform X-Y measurement on the waveform of CH1 to 
CH4 following the steps below.  
 
1.  Turn on the X-Y mode 
Press Cursor  Mode, turn the multi-function knob   to select “X-Y” and 
press the knob. You can also press Cursor or Mode continuously to switch to 
“X-Y”. 
 
2.  Specify the cursor region 
Press Region to select “XY1” or “XY2”. 
  XY1: the X cursors and Y cursors are used to measure the amplitude values 
of the specified points (cursor crossing points) of CH1 and CH2 waveforms 
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