Chapter 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope    RIGOL 
MSO2000A/DS2000A User’s Guide  5-23 
When the Slope Condition is set to  ,  ,  , or  , the 
current trigger level and slew rate will be displayed at the lower left corner of the 
screen, as shown in Figure 5-7 (a). The formula of slew rate is: 
 
UpLevel - LowLevel
SlewRate =
Time
 
When the Slope Condition is set to 
 or  , the current trigger level 
and slew rate range will be displayed at the lower left corner of the screen, as shown 
in Figure 5-7 (b). The formula of slew rate range is: 
 
UpLevel - LowLevel UpLevel - LowLevel
SlewRate = ~
UpperLimit LowerLimit
 
 
 
(a) 
 
(b) 
Figure 5-7 Trigger Level Information 
 
Note: Under the “Slope” trigger menu, you can also press down the trigger level 
knob continuously to switch the vertical window. 
 
During the adjustment, two orange trigger level lines and two trigger marks (
 and 
) appear on the screen and move up and down with the rotation of the knob, 
when stopping turning the knob, the trigger level lines and trigger marks disappear 
in about 2 s.  
 
Trigger Mode: 
Press Sweep and select “Auto”, “Normal” or “Single”. For the details, please refer to 
“
Trigger Mode”. The corresponding status light of the current trigger mode turns 
on.  
 
Trigger Setting: 
Press Setting to set the trigger parameters (trigger holdoff and noise rejection) 
under this trigger type. 
 
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