Getting Acquainted with the Oscilloscope
1. The acquisition readout shows when an
acquisition is running, stopped, or when
acquisition preview is in effect. Icons are:
Run: Acquisitions enabled
Stop: Acquisitions not enabled
Roll: In Roll mode (40 ms per division
or slower)
PreVu: In this state, the oscilloscope
is stopped or between triggers. You
can change the horizontal or vertical
position or scale to see approximately
what the next acquisition will look like.
2. The trigger status readout shows trigger
status. Status conditions are:
Trig’d: Triggered
Auto: Acquiring untriggered data
PrTrig: Acquiring pretrigger data
Trig?: Waiting for trigger
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