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TDS 420A, TDS 430A, TDS 460A & TDS 510A
Digitizing Oscilloscopes
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To Display a Waveform: To Save a Hardcopy to the File System:




Press Format in the main menu, and select a
1 Press SHIFT, and then press HARDCOPY. 2 hardcopy format from the side menu.


Device Under
Test




Disk Drive




Attach a probe to CH 1 Press Press Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL
1 and hook it up to your signal. 2 CH 1 button. 3 AUTOSET. 4 POSITION and SCALE as desired.



Press HARDCOPY anytime to save a copy
Press Port in the main menu, press File in the of the current screen to a unique file in the
3 side menu, and then press CLEAR MENU. 4 oscilloscope file system.



To Perform Other File System Operations:

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.

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.
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To Zoom or Zoom Preview a Waveform: To Set Up Using a Menu:


Use SHIFT
Button for
Alternate (Blue)
Menus




1 Press any of the front panel menu buttons.

1 Press ZOOM.



TDS 400A only: press Mode in the main
menu. Then press Preview in the side menu
2 to turn on Dual Window Zoom.

Upper graticule zooms the boxed area
on the selected waveform.

2 Select an item from the main (bottom) menu.

Lower graticule displays the selected waveform
unzoomed with the zoomed area in box. Readout Indicates Value That
You Can Adjust With the
General Purpose Knob

TDS 400A only: use the Selected Graticule
3 menu to select the upper or lower waveform.
Adjustable Menu Item Value
TDS 400A
Use the vertical and horizontal knobs to adjust
4 the waveform.
3 Select any displayed item from the side menu.


To Perform Other Zoom Operations:

H Turn the Vertical and Horizontal SCALE and POSITION knobs to adjust the scale and position factors of General Purpose Knob
the acquisition or the zoomed waveforms.

H Press Lock (TDS 400A) or Horizontal Lock (TDS 510A) to choose which waveform group to zoom horizontally. Keypad (TDS 510A)

H TDS 400A only: press Selected Graticule, and use the menu buttons to direct the scale and position knobs to
the upper (zoomed waveforms) or lower (acquisition waveforms) graticule.
Adjust menu item values using the general purpose
H Press Reset Zoom Factors (TDS 510A) or Reset and use the menu buttons (TDS 400A) to reset zoom Factors. 4 knob or by entering numbers on the keypad.
End Your Entry by
Pressing ENTER ( )
How the Acquisition Modes Work: To Take Measurements Automatically:
Incoming Samples Acquired Acquisition Mode Displayed Waveform
Signal for Each Waveform Processes Data Point Drawn on CRT
Data Point Interval Samples




Press Select Measrmnt or Snapshot
1 Press the MEASURE button. 2 in main menu.
Use for fastest acquisition rate.
Sample Sample is the default mode.
Automated Measurement Selections
Uses first sample in interval
Select
Measurement


Use to reveal aliasing and for
glitch detection. Period Rise Time Delay High Pk