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Single Button.
Push the Single (single sequence) button when you want the
oscilloscope t o acquire a single waveform and then stop. Each time you push the
Single button, the oscilloscope begins to acquire another waveform. After the
oscilloscope d etects a trigger it completes the acquisition and stops.
Acquisition mode Single button
Sample, Peak Detect Sequence is complete when one acquisition is acquired
Average
Sequence is complete when the defined number of
acquisitions is reached; (See page 69, Acquire.)
Scan Mode Display. You can use the Horizontal Scan acquisition mode (also
called Roll mode) to continuously monitor signals that change slowly. The
oscilloscope displays waveform updates from the left to the right of the screen and
erasesoldpointsasitdisplaysnewpoints. A moving, one-division-wide blank
section of the screen separates the new waveform points from the old.
The oscilloscope changes to the Scan acquisition mode when you turn the
Horizontal Scale knob to 100 ms/div or slower, and select the Auto Mode option
in the T
rigger Menu.
To disable Scan mode, push the Trigger Menu button and set the Mode option to
Norma
l.
Stopping the Acquisition. While the acquisition is running, the waveform display
is live. Stopping the acquisition (when you push the Run/Stop button) freezes
the display. In either mode, the waveform display can be scaled or positioned
with the vertical and horizontal controls.
Autorange
WhenyouholdtheAutoset button for more than 1.5 seconds, the oscilloscope
a
ctivates or deactivates the Autorange function.
This function automatically adjusts setup values to track a signal. If the signal
c
hanges, the setup continues to track the signal. When you power on the
oscilloscope, autoranging is always inactive.
Options Com ment
Autoranging
Activates or deactivates the Autorange function
Vertical and Horizontal Tr acks and adjusts both axes
Vertical Only
Tr acks and adjusts the Vertical scale; does not change the
horizontal settings
Horizontal Only
Tracks and adjusts the Horizontal scale; does not change the
vertical settings
Undo Autoranging
Causes the oscilloscope to recall the previous setup
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