Chapter 6 Operations and Measurements    RIGOL 
MSO7000/DS7000 User Guide  6-41 
 
 
 
   
 
 
⚫  X Cursor 
X  cursor  is  a  vertical  solid/dotted  line  that  is  used  to  make  horizontal 
adjustments. It can be used to measure time (s), frequency (Hz), phase (°), and 
ratio (%). 
➢  Cursor A is a vertical solid line (   is displayed at the bottom of the screen), 
and Cursor B is a vertical dotted line (   is displayed at the bottom of the 
screen). 
➢  In  the  XY  cursor  mode,  X  cursor  is  used  to  measure  the  waveform 
amplitude of CH1. 
⚫  Y Cursor 
Y cursor is a horizontal solid/dotted line that is used to make vertical adjustment. 
It can be used to measure amplitude (the unit is the same as that of the source 
channel amplitude) and ratio (%). 
➢  Cursor A is a horizontal solid line (   is displayed at the right section of the 
screen), and Cursor B is a  horizontal dotted  line (   is displayed  at the 
right section of the screen). 
➢  In  the  XY  cursor  mode,  Y  cursor  is  used  to  measure  the  waveform 
amplitude of CH2. 
 
Press Cursor on the front panel to open the cursor measurement menu, or enable 
the  touch  screen  and  then  tap  the  function  navigation  icon    at  the  lower-left 
corner of the screen to open the function navigation. Then, tap the "Cursor" icon to 
open the cursor measurement menu. 
 
In the cursor measurement menu, press Mode and then rotate the multifunction 
knob    to select the desired cursor mode (the default is "OFF"). Press down the 
knob to select it. You can also press the Mode key continuously or enable the touch 
screen to select the desired mode. The available modes are "Manual", "Track", "XY", 
and "Measure". When you select "OFF", the cursor measurement function is 
disabled.