Table of Contents
Important safety information ..................................................................................... iv
General safety summary ..................................................................................... iv
Service safety summary..................................................................................... vii
Terms in this manual ........................................................................................ viii
Symbols and terms on the product......................................................................... viii
Compliance information .......................................................................................... ix
EMC compliance ............................................................................................. ix
Safety compliance ............................................................................................. x
Environmental considerations.............................................................................. xiii
Preface .............................................................................................................. xv
Help System .................................................................................................. xvi
Conventions ................................................................................................. xvii
Getting Started ....... .......... .............................................. .......... ............................. 1
General Features ............................................................................................... 1
Taking Floating Measurements............................................................................... 3
Installation...................................................................................................... 5
Probes ........................................................................................................... 9
Functional Check .............................................................................................. 9
Probe Safety ................................................................................................... 10
Voltage Probe Check Wizard ................................................................................ 11
Manual Probe Compensation................................................................................ 11
Voltage Probe Attenuation Setting .................. ................ ................ ........................ 12
Current Probe Scaling ........................................................................................ 13
Self Calibration ............................................................................................... 13
Operating Basics................................................................................................... 15
Display Area .................................................................................................. 16
Using the Menu System...................................................................................... 19
Vertical Controls .............................................................................................. 21
Horizontal Controls........................................................................................... 22
Trigger Controls............................................................................................... 23
Menu and Control Buttons................................................................................... 23
Input Connectors.............................................................................................. 25
Other Front-Panel Items...................................................................................... 26
Understanding Oscilloscope Functions ..... ...................... ...................... ...................... .. 27
Setting Up the Oscilloscope . .......................... .......... .......................... .................. 27
Triggering...................................................................................................... 28
Acquiring Signals............................................................................................. 30
Scaling and Positioning Waveforms ........................................................................ 31
Taking Measurements ........................................................................................ 34
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