Acquiring Waveforms
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CSA7000B Series & TDS7000B Series Instruments User Manual
acquisition start/stop methods. For more information, display online help when
performing the procedure.
Overview To set acquisition modes Control elements and resources
Prerequisites
1. Inst rument must be powered up, with horizontal and
vertical controls set up. Triggering should also be set up.
See page 3--63 for trigger setup.
To select an
acquisition
mode
2. Touch the Horiz button. Select the Acquisition tab from
the Horiz/Acq setup window.
Select the
acquisition
mode
Set waveform
count
(average and
envelope only)
3. Touch an Acquisition Mode button to set the acquisition
mode; choose from the following modes:
H Sample
H Peak Detect
H Hi Res
H Envelope
H Average
H Waveform Database
For Average and Envelope modes only, select the
number of acquisitions to average or envelope. For
Waveform Database mode, select the number of
samples desired.
Set the stop
mode
4. Push the RUN/STOP button (or touch Run/Stop in the
Run/Stop control window) to toggle between starting
(Running) and stopping acquisitions.
5. Push the SINGLE button (or touch Single Sequence in
the Run/Stop control window) to acquire enough
waveforms to satisfy the acquisition mode and then
stop.