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Table of Contents
General Safety Summary . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ... v
Compliance Information .............................................................................................................. vii
EMC Compliance................................................................................................................ vii
Safety Compliance ............................................................................................................... ix
Environmental Considerations................................................................................................... xi
Preface................................................................................................................................ xii
Key Features .................................................................................................................... xii
Documentation ................................................................................................................. xiii
Conventions Used in this Manual ....... ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ . ........ ....... ........ . ...... .. ....... ....... xiv
Install Your Instrument................................................................................................................. 1
Standard Accessories........... . ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ . 1
Operating Requirements..... ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ . ........ ....... ........ . ...... .. ....... ........ . ...... . . .... 2
Preventing ESD .................................................................................................................. 4
Powering On the Instrument..................................................................................................... 5
Powering Off the Instrument..................................................................................................... 7
Removing the Power............................................................................................................. 7
Connecting to a Network. . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ...... 8
Adding a Second Monitor........................................................................................................ 9
Creating Operating System Restore CD-ROMs ............................................................................... 12
Getting Acquainted with Your Instrument.. . ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ . ..... 13
Front Panel ........ . . ....... . . ....... . . ....... . . ....... . . ....... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ . ........ . ..13
Side and Rear Panels........ . ........ . ........ . ........ . ........ . ........ . ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ 14
Interface and Display ........................................................................................................... 16
Control Panel ...... ......... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... ......... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... ......... ........ . ....... .18
Accessing Online Help.......................................................................................................... 19
Accessing M enus and Control Windows ...... ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ 20
Inspect Your Instrument .............................................................................................................. 21
Verify Internal Diagnostics Pass. ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... ...... . . ...... 21
Acquisition ............................................................................................................................ 23
Signal P ath Compensation ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . .. 23
Sett
ing U p Signal Input ...... ...... . ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... . . ...... ....... ...... . . ...... ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... ...... . . 25
Using Default Setup............................................................................................................. 26
Using Autoset ................................................................................................................... 27
Probe Compensation, Calibration, and Deskew . ......... . ......... ......... . . ....... .. ......... . ........ . ......... . . ....... .. 28
Acquisition Concepts............................................................................................................ 28
How the Acquisition Modes Work .... . ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . .. 31
Changing the Acquisition Mode ....... ........ . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ..... 32
Starting and Stopping an Acquisition.... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ..... 33
Selecting the Horizontal Mode.................................................................................................. 33
Using FastAcq................................................................................................................... 35
Using D SP Enhanced Bandwidth .. . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ ....... . . ...... . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... ........ . ..... 36
Using Roll Mode................................................................................................................. 38
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