Oscilloscope Reference Trigger types
Available with Mask Testing, this trigger is designedtoworkwithcommunicationmasksandstandards.
Mask testing automatically uses Communication triggers.
NOTE. You must
install the Serial Communications Mask Testing Option
(see page 209) on some
instruments before you can access the Comm triggers.
Video trigger
NOTE. Video trigger is available on DPO7000C and MSO/DPO5000 Series instruments.
These are used to trigger the instrument on specified fields or lines of a video signal. You can use one of
several preset video signal formats or set a custom format.
Serial t
rigger
NOTE. Serial trigger is not available on MSO/DPO5000 Series instruments.
Serial
triggering allows you to define a 64-bit pattern and trigger on it. The serial pattern can be set in
radices of binary or hex. Serial triggering also offers Recovered Clock as the clock source in addition
to Ch1 – Ch4. Use serial triggering in conjunction with mask testing to trigger the instrument on
communications codes and standards. The communication codes and standards work together to define the
parameters for the trigger event.
What do you want to do next?
Learn about trigger sources. (see page 694)
Learn about trigger modes. (see page 698)
DSA/DPO70000D, MSO/DPO/DSA70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000 Series 697