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Reference
TDS 500C, TDS 600B & TDS 700C
Digitizing Oscilloscopes
070-9861-00
To Display a Waveform: To Preview a Waveform:
1 Press ZOOM.
1 Attach a probe to CH 1 2 Press 3 Press 4 Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL
and hook the probe to your CH 1. AUTOSET. POSITION and SCALE.
signal.
2 Press Mode in the main menu. Then press Preview in the side menu to turn on Dual Window Zoom.
Upper graticule zooms the boxed area
on the selected waveform.
Lower graticule displays the selected waveform
unzoomed with the zoomed area in box.
3 Use the Selected Graticule menu to select the upper or lower waveform. Use the vertical and horizontal knobs
to adjust the waveform in the graticule you select.
To Capture Infrequent Events (TDS 500C & 700C Models):
Press InstaVu to toggle between InstaVu and Normal waveform
capture rates.
When in InstaVu mode:
H Waveforms displayed are updated thousands of times
faster than normal.
H Very brief changes in waveforms are captured.
Device under test H Certain features, such as Limit Testing, Math Waveforms, Zoom, and
record lengths longer than 500 points, are not available.
Copyright E Tektronix, Inc., 1997. Printed in U.S.A.
To Save a Hardcopy to the File System: To Set Up Using a Menu:
1 Press SHIFT, and then press HARDCOPY. 2 Press Format in the main menu, and select a hardcopy
format from the side menu. 1 Press any of the front panel menu buttons. Use SHIFT for
the alternate
(blue) menus.
3 Press Port in the main menu, press File in the side 4 Press HARDCOPY anytime to save a copy of the current 2 Select an item from the main (bottom) menu.
menu, and then press CLEAR MENU. screen to a unique file in the oscilloscope file system.
Disk drive
The readout indicates the
value that you can adjust
3 Select an item from the side menu, if displayed. with the general purpose
knob or keypad.
Adjustable menu item value
To Perform Other File System Operations: 4 Adjust menu item values using the general purpose
knob or by entering numbers on the keypad. General purpose knob
H Press SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM, and use the menu buttons to save a waveform to a file or recall it from a file.
H Press SAVE/RECALL SETUP, and use the menu buttons to save a setup to a file or recall it from a file.
Keypad
H Press File Utilities in the Save/Recall Waveform, Save/Recall Setup, or Hardcopy menus to access utilities that create
directories, copy files, and do other operations in the oscilloscope file system.
End your entry by
pressing ENTER ( ).
To Select a Trigger: To Take Measurements Automatically:
Trigger Selections (On some models, Ax 1 & Ax 2 replace Ch 3 & Ch 4)
1 Press TRIGGER MENU. TYPE
1 Press MEASURE. 2 Press Select Measrmnt or Snapshot in the main menu.
TYPE
CLASS CLASS CLASS
Source
Data Source
Define Inputs
Define Inputs
Select any one of Define levels High, Define levels High, Select one of
Ch 1 thru Ch 4, Low, or Don't Care Low, or Don't Care Ch 1 thru Ch 4 as
Line, or DC Aux for Ch 1 thru Ch 4 for Ch 1 thru Ch 3 the data source
2 Select a trigger type or parameter from the Select edge for the Do not select the
main menu.
clock (always Ch 4) same channel used
as the clock source
This symbol
Select one of 3 Select up to four measurements. 4 Press CLEAR MENU to move the measurement
Define Logic
Define Logic
Clock Source
indicates a Positive AND AND
Slope
pop-up menu Ch 1 thru Ch 4 as readouts away from the graticule.
the clock source
Negative OR OR Select the clock
edge
Do not select the
NAND NAND same channel used
as the data source
3 Set TRIGGER MAIN LEVEL. NOR NOR
Levels
Set Thresholds
Set Thresholds
Set a threshold Set a threshold
Level
Level level for each of level for each of Clock
Ch 1 thru Ch 4 the pattern
channels, Ch 1
thru Ch 3, and
the clock, Ch 4. Data
"T" shows the Arrow shows Title of the
trigger position the trigger level side menu Set level or select Set levels or select
preset level based preset levels based Automated Measurement Selections
on TTL or ECL logic on TTL or ECL logic
Select
Measurement
Select and set the
Coupling
Trigger When
Trigger When
Setup/Hold Times
DC Goes TRUE Goes TRUE Setup Time Extinction
Ratio
Period Rise Time Delay High Pk