Getting Acquain
ted with the Oscilloscope
Identifying Items in the Display
The items shown to the right may appear in
the display. N
ot all of these items are visible
at any given time. Some readouts move
outside the graticule area when menus are
turned off.
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 o r 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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