SDS1000X-E User Manual

SDS1000X-E Series
Digital Oscilloscope

User Manual
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Copyright and Declaration

Copyright
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at company’s sole decision.
Information in this publication replaces all previously corresponding material.
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permission of SIGLENT.

Product Certification
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other international stands conformance certification is in progress.

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Safety Information
General Safety Summary
Carefully read the following safety precautions to avoid any personal injury or damage to the
instrument and any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, please use the
instrument as specified.

Use Proper Power Line

Only the power cord designed for the instrument and authorized by local country could be used.

Ground the Instrument

The instrument is grounded through the protective earth conductor of the power line. To avoid
electric shock, please make sure the instrument is grounded correctly before connecting its input
or output terminals.

Connect the Signal Wire Correctly

The potential of the signal wire is equal to the earth, so do not connect the signal wire to a high
voltage.

Look Over All Terminals’ Ratings

To avoid fire or electric shock, please look over all ratings and sign instruction of the instrument.
Before connecting the instrument, please read the manual carefully to gain more information
about the ratings.

Use Proper Overvoltage Protection

Make sure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by a thunderstorm) can reach the product, or
else the operator might expose to danger of electrical shock.

Electrostatic Prevention
Operate in an electrostatic discharge protective area environment to avoid damages induced by
static discharge. Always ground both the internal and external conductors of the cable to release
static before connecting.

Keep Well Ventilation

Inadequate ventilation may cause increasing of temperature, which will eventually damage the
instrument. So keep well ventilation and inspect the intake and fan regularly.

Avoid Circuit or Components Exposed

Do not touch exposed contacts or components when the power is on.

Use proper Fuse

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Use only the specified fuse.

Do Not Operate Without Covers

Do not operate the instrument with covers or panels removed.

Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures.

If you suspect damage occurs to the instrument, have it inspected by qualified service personnel
before further operations. Any maintenance, adjustment or replacement especially to circuits or
accessories must be performed by SIGLENT authorized personnel.

Do Not Operate in Wet Conditions.

In order to avoid short circuiting to the interior of the device or electric shock, please do not
operate in a humid environment.

Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere.

In order to avoid damages to the device or personal injuries, it is important to operate the device
away from an explosive atmosphere.

Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry.

To avoid the influence of dust and/or moisture in air, please keep the surface of device clean and
dry.

Handling Safety
Please handle with care during transportation to avoid damages to buttons, knob interfaces and
other parts on the panels.

Only probe assemblies which meet the manufacturer’s specifications shall be used.
When use 2X/…/10000X probe assemblies, the probe assemblies shall be insulated from the
measured circuits by double or reinforced insulation.

All probe assemblies should meet the requirements of UL 61010-031 and CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.
61010-031-07.

Not to position the equipment so that it is difficult to operate the disconnecting device (detachable
plug).

If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer, the protection provided by
the equipment may be impaired

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Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in this Manual. These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING
Warning statements indicate the conditions or practices that could
result in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION
Caution statements indicate the conditions or practices that could
result in damage to this product or other property.

Terms on the product. These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER Indicates direct injuries or hazards that may happen.

WARNING Indicates potential injuries or hazards that may happen.
CAUTION Indicates potential damages to the instrument or other property that may happen.

Symbols on the product. These symbols may appear on the product:

Hazardous protective Earth Warning Test Power Switch

Voltage Terminal Ground

If find such symbols on the product, consult the manual to find out the nature of the potential
hazard and the actions which have to be taken

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Measurement Category
Measurement Categories
This oscilloscope can make measurements in other circuits that are not directly connected to
mains.

WARNING
This oscilloscope can only be used for measurements within its specified
measurement categories. Not to use the product for measurements within other
measurement categories, such as CAT II, CAT III, CAT IV.
Not to use the equipment for measurements on mains circuits

Measurement Category Definitions

Measurement category II is for measurements performed on circuits directly connected to the low
voltage installation. Examples are measurements on household appliances, portable tools and
similar equipment.

Measurement category III is for measurements performed in the building installation. Examples
are measurements on distribution boards, circuit-breakers, wiring, including cables, bus-bars,
junction boxes, switches, socket-outlets in the fixed installation, and equipment for industrial use
and some other equipment, for example. Stationary motors with permanent connection to the
fixed installation.

Measurement category IV is for measurements performed at the source of the low-voltage

installation. Examples are electricity meters and measurements on primary over current
protection devices and ripple control units.

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Working Environment
Temperature
Operating: 10℃ to +40℃
Non-operation:-20℃ to +70℃
Humidity
Under +35℃:≤90% relative humidity
+35℃ to +40℃: ≤60% relative humidity

WARNING
To avoid short circuit inside the instrument or electric shock, please do not operate in
humid environment.

Altitude
Operating: less than 3 Km
Non-operation: less than 15 Km

Degree of protection
IP20

Installation (overvoltage) Category

This product is powered by mains conforming to installation (overvoltage) category II.

WARNING
Make sure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by thunderbolt) can reach the
product, or else the operator might expose to danger of electric shock.

Installation (overvoltage) Category Definitions

Installation (overvoltage) category I refers to signal level which is applicable to equipment
measurement terminals connected to the source circuit. In these terminals, precautions are done
to limit the transient voltage to the corresponding low level.
Installation (overvoltage) category II refers to the local power distribution level which is applicable
to equipment connected to the AC line (AC power).

Ventilation Requirement
This oscilloscope uses fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust

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areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench-top or
rack setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind the instrument for
adequate ventilation.

WARNING
Inadequate ventilation may cause temperature increase which would damage the
instrument. So please keep the instrument well ventilated during operation and
inspect the intake and fan regularly.

General Care and Cleaning

Care
Do not store or leave the instrument in direct sunshine for long periods of time.

WARNING
To avoid damages to the instrument or probe, please do not leave them in fog, liquid,
or solvent.

Cleaning
Please perform the following steps to clean the instrument and probe regularly according to its
operating conditions.

Disconnect the instrument from all power sources, and then clean it with a soft wet cloth.
Clean the loose dust on the outside of the instrument and probe with a soft cloth. When cleaning
the LCD, take care to avoid scarifying it.

WARNING
To avoid damages to the surface of the instrument and probe, please do not use any
corrosive liquid or chemical cleanser.

WARNING
Make sure that the instrument is completely dry before restarting it to avoid short
circuits or personal injuries.

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L'information de sûreté

Résumé général de sûreté

Lisez soigneusement les mesures de sécurité suivantes pour éviter n'importe quelles blessures ou
les dommages à l'instrument et à tous les produits se sont reliés à eux. Pour éviter des risques,
utilisez svp l'instrument comme indiqué.

Employez la ligne à haute tension appropriée

Seulement le cordon de secteur conçu pour l'instrument et autorisé par le pays local a pu être
employé.

A rectifié l'instrument.
L'instrument est fondu par le conducteur protecteur de terra de la ligne à haute tension. Pour
éviter la décharge électrique, le conducteur moulu doit être relié à la terre. Assurez-vous que
l'instrument est fondu correctement avant de relier ses bornes d'entrée ou de rendement.

Reliez le fil de signal correctement.

Le potentiel de l'au sol de fil de signal est égal à la terre, ainsi ne relie pas le fil de signal à une
tension.

Regardez estimations au-dessus de toutes les bornes des'

Pour éviter le feu ou la décharge électrique, regardez svp au-dessus de toutes les estimations et
instruction de signe de l'instrument. Avant de relier l'instrument, lisez svp le manuel
soigneusement pour obtenir plus d'informations sur les estimations.

Employez la protection appropriée de surtension

Assurez-vous qu'aucune surtension (comme cela provoqué par un orage) ne peut atteindre le
produit, ou bien l'opérateur pourrait exposer au danger du choc électrique.

Empêchement électrostatique
Fonctionnez dans un environnement protecteur de secteur de décharge électrostatique pour
éviter des dommages induits par décharge statique. A toujours rectifié les conducteurs internes et
externes du câble pour libérer la charge statique avant de se relier.

La ventilation insatisfaisante de ventilation

bonne de subsistance peut causer l'augmentation de la température, qui endommagera par la
suite l'instrument. Gardez ainsi la ventilation bonne et inspectez la prise et éventez régulièrement.

Évitez le circuit ou les composants exposés

ne touchent pas les contacts ou les composants exposés quand le courant passe.

Employez l'utilisation appropriée

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de fusible seulement le fusible indiqué.

Ne fonctionnez pas sans couvertures

n'actionnent pas l'instrument des couvertures ou des panneaux étant coupés.

Ne fonctionnez pas avec des échecs suspectés.

Si vous suspectez les dommages se produisent à l'instrument, l'ont inspecté par le personnel de
service qualifié avant d'autres opérations. N'importe quel entretien, ajustement ou remplacement
particulièrement aux circuits ou aux accessoires doivent être exécutés par le personnel autorisé
par SIGLENT.

Ne fonctionnez pas en conditions humides.

Afin d'éviter de court-circuiter à l'intérieur du dispositif ou de la décharge électrique, svp ne
fonctionnez pas dans un environnement humide.

Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere.

Ne fonctionnez pas dans une atmosphère explosive.
Afin d'éviter d'endommager le dispositif ou les blessures, il est important d'utiliser le dispositif loin
à partir d'une atmosphère explosive.

Maintenez les surfaces de produit propres et sèches.

Pour éviter l'influence de la poussière et/ou de l'humidité en air, maintenez svp la surface du
dispositif propre et sèche.

En manipulant la sûreté
manipulez svp avec soin pendant le transport pour éviter d'endommager des boutons, des
interfaces de bouton et d'autres parties sur les panneaux.

Sondez seulement les ensembles qui répondent aux caractéristiques du fabricant seront
employés.
Quand des sondes de l'utilisation 5X/10X/50X/100X/500X/1000X, les sondes seront isolées des
circuits mesurés par le double ou l'isolation renforcée.
Toutes les sondes devraient répondre aux exigences de l'UL 61010-031 et du CAN/CS A-C22.2
No. 61010-031-07
Le corps ou l'opérateur responsable devrait se référer au manuel d'instruction pour préserver la
protection se permettent par l'équipement. Si l'équipement est utilisé en quelque sorte non indiqué
par le fabricant, la protection fournie par l'équipement peut être altérée.
On ne permet à aucune pièce du dispositif et de ses accessoires d'être changé ou remplacé, autre
qu'autorisé par le fabricant ou son agent.
Pas placez l'équipement de sorte qu'il soit difficile d'utiliser le dispositif débranchant (prise
détachable).

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Limites et symboles de sûreté

Limites en ce manuel. Ces limites peuvent apparaître en ce manuel :

Les rapports
d'avertissement D'AVERTISSEMENT indiquent les
conditions ou les pratiques qui pourraient avoir
comme conséquence les dommages ou la perte de la ie.

Les rapports
d'attention d'ATTENTION indiquent les conditions ou
les pratiques qui pourraient avoir comme consequence
les dommages à ce produit ou à toute autre propriété.

Limites sur le produit. Ces limites peuvent apparaître sur le produit :

Le DANGER indique les dommages ou les risques directs qui peuvent se produire.
Dommages ou risques potentiels de WARNINGIndicates qui peuvent se produire.
L'ATTENTION indique des dommages potentiels à l'instrument ou à toute autre propriété qui
peuvent se produire.

Si la trouvaille de tels symboles sur le produit, consultent le manuel pour découvrir la nature du
risque et des actions qui doivent être pris.

Symboles sur le produit. Ces symboles peuvent apparaître sur le produit :

Dangereux Protecteur Avertissement Châssis Puissance

Tension Au sol de la terre Ground Switch

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Catégorie de mesure
Les oscilloscopes peuvent faire des mesures dans d'autres circuits qui ne sont pas directement
reliés aux forces. Pour ne pas employer le produit pour des mesures dans d'autres catégories de
mesure, telles que le CAT II, CAT III, CAT IV.
Ne pas utiliser l'équipement pour des mesures sur des forces circuite, pour ne pas utiliser
l'équipement pour des mesures sur la tension excèdent la gamme de tension décrivent dans le
manuel.

cet oscilloscope peut seulement être employé pour des mesures dans
ses catégories indiquées de mesure.

La catégorie II de mesure

de définitions de catégorie de mesure est pour des mesures effectuées sur des circuits
directement reliés à l'installation de basse tension. Les exemples sont des mesures sur des
appareils électroménagers, des outils portatifs et l'équipement semblable.
La catégorie III de mesure est pour des mesures effectuées dans l'installation de bâtiment. Les
exemples sont des mesures sur des conseils de distribution, des disjoncteurs, le câblage, y
compris des câbles, des barres omnibus, des boîtes de jonction, des commutateurs, des
douille-sorties dans l'installation fixe, et l'équipement à l'utilisation industrielle et à un autre
équipement,
par exemple. Moteurs stationnaires avec le raccordement permanent à l'installation fixe.
La catégorie IV de mesure est pour des mesures effectuées à la source d'installation de basse
tension.Les exemples sont des mètres et des mesures de l'électricité sur les dispositifs de
protection d'excédent primaire et les unités de commande courants d'ondulation.

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Environnement de fonctionnement

Opération
de la température : 10℃ au non-fonctionnement
de +40℃ : - 20℃ à l'humidité
de +70℃
sous +35℃ : humidité relative +35℃
de ≤90% à +40℃ : humidité relative de ≤60%

EN AVERTISSANT
d'éviter le court-circuit à l'intérieur de l'instrument ou de la
décharge électrique, svp ne fonctionnez pas dans l'environnement
humide.

Opération
d'altitude : moins de 3 kilomètres
de non-fonctionnement : moins de 15 kilomètres

La catégorie d'installation (surtension)

ce produit est actionnée par des forces conformément à la catégorie II. d'installation
(surtension).

EN AVERTISSANT
assurez-vous qu'aucune surtension (comme cela provoqué par coup de
foudre) ne peut atteindre le produit, ou bien l'opérateur pourrait
exposer au danger de la décharge électrique.

La catégorie II d'installation de définitions de catégorie d'installation

(surtension) (surtension) se rapporte au niveau local de distribution d'énergie qui est
applicable à l'équipement relié à la ligne à C.A. (courant alternatif).

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Condition de ventilation

This oscilloscope uses fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and
exhaust areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope
in a bench-top or rack setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind
the instrument for adequate ventilation.

Cet oscilloscope utilise le ventilateur pour forcer le refroidissement. Veuillez s'assurer que
les secteurs d'entrée et d'échappement d'air sont exempts des obstructions et ont l'air
libre. À l'aide de l'oscilloscope dans un mettre hors jeu-dessus ou un arrangement de
support, fournissez au moins le dégagement de 10 centimètres près, au-dessus et
derrière de l'instrument pour à ventilation proportionnée.

La ventilation insatisfaisante peut causer l'augmentation de la température qui

endommagerait l'instrument. Veuillez ainsi la subsistance l'instrument bien
aéré lors du fonctionnement et inspectez la prise et éventez
régulièrement.

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Soin général et nettoyage

Ne stockez pas ou ne laissez pas l'instrument en soleil direct pendant de longues

périodes.

Pour éviter d'endommager l'instrument, svp ne les laissez pas dans le

brouillard, le liquide, ou le dissolvant.

nettoyage
Veuillez exécuter les étapes suivantes pour nettoyer l'instrument régulièrement selon ses
conditions de fonctionnement.

1. Démontez l'instrument de toutes les sources d'énergie, et puis nettoyez-le avec un tissu
humide mou.
2. Nettoyez la poussière lâche sur l'extérieur de l'instrument avec un tissu mou. En
nettoyant l'affichage à cristaux liquides, salut pour éviter de le scarifier.

Pour éviter d'endommager la surface de l'instrument, svp n'utilisez aucune

épierreuse corrosive de liquide ou de produit chimique.

Assurez-vous que l'instrument est complètement sec avant de le remettre en

marche pour éviter des courts-circuits ou des blessures.

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Document Overview
This manual introduces how to use the digital oscilloscope in details.

Quick Start Provide information about preparations before

using the instrument and a brief introduction of
the instrument.
Vertical System Introduce the functions of the vertical system of
the oscilloscope.
Horizontal System Introduce the functions of the horizontal system
of the oscilloscope.
Sample System Introduce the functions of the sample system of
the oscilloscope.
Trigger Introduce the trigger mode, trigger coupling,
trigger hold off, external trigger and various
trigger types of the oscilloscope.
Serial Trigger and Decode Introduce the functions of the sample system of
the oscilloscope.
Reference Waveform Introduce how to save and display REF
waveform.
Math Introduce the math operation function of the
oscilloscope.
Cursors Introduce how to use cursors to make
measurements.
Measure Introduce how to use measure function to
measure the waveform parameters.
Display Introduce how to set the display of the
oscilloscope.
Save and Recall Introduce how to save and recall the
measurement result and the setting of the
oscilloscope.
Digital Channels(Option) Introduce the oscilloscope's digital channel
System Setting Introduce how to set the system setup.
Bode Plot II Introduce how to set the Bode Plot II.
Search Introduce the oscilloscope search function
Navigate Introduce Describe how to use the waveform
navigation function of the oscilloscope
History Introduce how to use and set historical
waveform functions.
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Table of Content

Copyright and Declaration .................................................................................................... I

Safety Information ................................................................................................................ II
General Safety Summary ............................................................................................. II
Safety Terms and Symbols ........................................................................................ IV
Measurement Category ............................................................................................... V
Working Environment ................................................................................................. VI
Ventilation Requirement ............................................................................................. VI
General Care and Cleaning....................................................................................... VII
L'information de sûreté..................................................................................................... VIII
Résumé général de sûreté ....................................................................................... VIII
Limites et symboles de sûreté ..................................................................................... X
Catégorie de mesure .................................................................................................. XI
Environnement de fonctionnement ........................................................................... XII
Condition de ventilation ............................................................................................ XIII
Soin général et nettoyage ........................................................................................ XIV
Document Overview ......................................................................................................... XV
Quick Start ...........................................................................................................................1
General Inspection ....................................................................................................... 2
Appearance and Dimensions ....................................................................................... 3
Prepare for Using ......................................................................................................... 5
Adjust the Supporting Legs ................................................................................... 5
Connect the Power Supply.................................................................................... 5
Power-on Inspection ............................................................................................. 6
Connect the Probe ................................................................................................ 6
Function Inspection ............................................................................................... 6
Probe Compensation ............................................................................................ 7
Front Panel Overview ................................................................................................... 9
Rear Panel Overview.................................................................................................. 11
Front Panel Function Overview .................................................................................. 13
Horizontal ............................................................................................................ 13
Vertical................................................................................................................. 14
Trigger ................................................................................................................. 15
Run Control ......................................................................................................... 16
Universal Knob .................................................................................................... 17
Menu.................................................................................................................... 18
Help ............................................................................................................................20
User Interface ............................................................................................................. 21
Security Lock .............................................................................................................. 24
Vertical System .................................................................................................................. 25
Enable the Channel .................................................................................................... 26
Adjust Scale ................................................................................................................ 27
Vertical Position .......................................................................................................... 28
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Coupling...................................................................................................................... 28
Bandwidth Limit .......................................................................................................... 29
Probe ..........................................................................................................................29
Input Impedance ......................................................................................................... 30
Unit .............................................................................................................................30
Deskew ....................................................................................................................... 30
Invert ...........................................................................................................................31
Trace Visible/Hidden .................................................................................................. 31
Horizontal System.............................................................................................................. 32
Horizontal Scale ......................................................................................................... 33
Trigger Delay .............................................................................................................. 34
Roll Mode.................................................................................................................... 35
Zoom Mode................................................................................................................. 36
Sample System .................................................................................................................. 38
Run Control................................................................................................................. 39
Overview ..................................................................................................................... 40
Sampling Theory ................................................................................................. 40
Sample Rate........................................................................................................ 40
Bandwidth and Sample Rate .............................................................................. 41
Memory Depth ............................................................................................................ 43
Sampling Mode........................................................................................................... 43
Interpolation Method ................................................................................................... 43
Acquisition Mode ........................................................................................................ 46
Normal ................................................................................................................. 46
Peak Detect ......................................................................................................... 46
Average ............................................................................................................... 48
Eres ..................................................................................................................... 49
Horizontal Format ....................................................................................................... 50
Sequence Mode ......................................................................................................... 52
Trigger ................................................................................................................................54
Trigger Source ............................................................................................................ 56
Trigger Mode .............................................................................................................. 57
Trigger Level ............................................................................................................... 59
Trigger Coupling ......................................................................................................... 60
Trigger Holdoff ............................................................................................................ 61
Noise Rejection .......................................................................................................... 62
Trigger Type ............................................................................................................... 64
Edge Trigger........................................................................................................ 65
Slope Trigger ....................................................................................................... 67
Pulse Trigger ....................................................................................................... 69
Video Trigger ....................................................................................................... 71
Window Trigger ................................................................................................... 74
Interval Trigger .................................................................................................... 77
DropOut Trigger .................................................................................................. 79

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Runt Trigger ........................................................................................................ 82

Pattern Trigger .................................................................................................... 84
Serial Trigger and Decode ................................................................................................. 86
I2C Trigger and Serial Decode ................................................................................... 87
Setup for I2C Signals .......................................................................................... 87
I2C Trigger .......................................................................................................... 88
I2C Serial Decode ............................................................................................... 91
SPI Trigger and Serial Decode................................................................................... 92
Setup for SPI Signals .......................................................................................... 92
SPI Trigger .......................................................................................................... 94
SPI Serial Decode ............................................................................................... 95
UART Trigger and Serial Decode .............................................................................. 96
Setup for UART Signals ...................................................................................... 96
UART Trigger ...................................................................................................... 98
UART Serial Decode ........................................................................................... 99
CAN Trigger and Serial Decode ............................................................................... 101
Setup for CAN Signals ......................................................................................101
CAN Trigger ......................................................................................................102
CAN Serial Decode ...........................................................................................104
LIN Trigger and Serial Decode ................................................................................. 106
Setup for LIN Signals ........................................................................................106
LIN Trigger ........................................................................................................107
LIN Serial Decode .............................................................................................109
Reference Waveform .......................................................................................................111
Save REF Waveform to Internal Memory ................................................................ 112
Display REF Waveform ............................................................................................112
Adjust REF Waveform ..............................................................................................113
Clear REF Waveform ...............................................................................................113
Math .................................................................................................................................115
Units for Math Waveforms ........................................................................................116
Math Operators.........................................................................................................117
Addition or Subtraction ......................................................................................117
Multiplication and Division ................................................................................. 118
FFT Operation ...................................................................................................119
Math Function Operation...................................................................................123
Cursors.............................................................................................................................128
X Cursors ..................................................................................................................128
Y Cursors ..................................................................................................................128
Make Cursor Measurements ....................................................................................130
Measure ...........................................................................................................................132
Type of Measurement...............................................................................................133
Voltage Measurements .....................................................................................133
Time Measurements .........................................................................................134
Delay Measurements ........................................................................................135

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Automatic Measurement ..........................................................................................137

All Measurement.......................................................................................................139
Gate Measurement ...................................................................................................140
Clear Measurement ..................................................................................................140
Display .............................................................................................................................141
Display Type .............................................................................................................142
Color Display ............................................................................................................143
Persistence ...............................................................................................................144
Clear Display ............................................................................................................145
Grid Type ..................................................................................................................145
Intensity ....................................................................................................................145
Grid Brightness .........................................................................................................146
Transparence ...........................................................................................................146
Save and Recall ...............................................................................................................147
Save Type.................................................................................................................148
Internal Save and Recall ..........................................................................................150
External save and recall ...........................................................................................151
Disk Management.....................................................................................................154
Create a New File or Folder .............................................................................. 155
Delete a File or Folder.......................................................................................156
Rename a File or Folder ...................................................................................156
Digital Channels(Option)..................................................................................................157
Connect the Digital Probes.......................................................................................158
Acquire Digital Waveform .........................................................................................159
Digital Channels Height ............................................................................................159
Digital Channels Position .........................................................................................160
Single Digital Channel ..............................................................................................160
All Digital Channels ..................................................................................................161
Logic Threshold ........................................................................................................161
Digital Bus.................................................................................................................162
Deskew .....................................................................................................................163
System Setting .........................................................................................................164
System Status ...................................................................................................164
Remove Device ........................................................................................................165
System Setting .................................................................................................................166
View System Status..................................................................................................167
Do Self Cal................................................................................................................167
Quick-Cal ..................................................................................................................169
Sound .......................................................................................................................169
Language ..................................................................................................................169
Pass/Fail Test ...........................................................................................................170
Set and Perform Pass/Fail Test ........................................................................ 170
Save and Recall Test Mask .............................................................................. 171
Arbitrary Waveform Generator(Option) .................................................................... 174

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Output ................................................................................................................175
Wave .................................................................................................................175
Setting ...............................................................................................................177
Systems .............................................................................................................178
Remove Device .................................................................................................180
IO Set........................................................................................................................181
USB Device .......................................................................................................181
LAN....................................................................................................................181
WLAN ................................................................................................................182
Web Server ...............................................................................................................184
Update Firmware and Configuration ........................................................................ 185
Do Self-Test ..............................................................................................................186
Screen Test .......................................................................................................186
Keyboard Test ...................................................................................................187
LED Test ...........................................................................................................187
Screen Saver ............................................................................................................189
Reference Position ...................................................................................................190
Power On Line ..........................................................................................................190
Option Management .................................................................................................191
Bode Plot II ......................................................................................................................193
Perform Bode Plot ....................................................................................................193
Setting.......................................................................................................................193
Example ....................................................................................................................197
Simple Sweep Operation ..................................................................................197
Vari-level Sweep Operation .............................................................................. 199
Search ..............................................................................................................................202
Setting.......................................................................................................................202
Results ......................................................................................................................203
Navigate ...........................................................................................................................205
Time Navigate ..........................................................................................................205
History Frame Navigate ............................................................................................205
Search Event Navigate .............................................................................................206
History ..............................................................................................................................207
Factory Setup...................................................................................................................209
Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................................210

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Content of Figure

Figure 1 Front View (2-channel scope) ........................................................................ 3

Figure 2 Top View (2-channel scope) .......................................................................... 3
Figure 3 Front View (4-channel scope) ........................................................................ 4
Figure 4 Top View (4-channel scope) .......................................................................... 4
Figure 5 Adjust the Supporting Legs ............................................................................ 5
Figure 6 To Connect to Power Supply ......................................................................... 6
Figure 7 Function Inspection ........................................................................................ 7
Figure 8 2-channel Scope Front Panel Overview ........................................................ 9
Figure 9 4-Channel Scope Front Panel Overview ..................................................... 10
Figure 10 2-Channel Scope Rear panel Overview .................................................... 11
Figure 11 4-channel Scope Rear panel Overview ..................................................... 12
Figure 12 Help Message ............................................................................................ 20
Figure 13 User Interface............................................................................................. 21
Figure 14 To Use The Security Lock.......................................................................... 24
Figure 15 Split Screen Zoom...................................................................................... 36
Figure 16 Display Type Set to Dots ........................................................................... 44
Figure 17 x Interpolation............................................................................................. 45
Figure 18 Sinx/x Interpolation..................................................................................... 45
Figure 19 Acquisition System ..................................................................................... 46
Figure 20 Pulse With 0.1% Duty, Normal Mode ........................................................ 47
Figure 21 Pulse With 0.1% Duty, Peak Detect Mode ................................................ 47
Figure 22 With Random Noise, Normal Mode ........................................................... 48
Figure 23 With Random Noise, Average Mode ......................................................... 49
Figure 24 SEQUENCE Function Menu ...................................................................... 52
Figure 25 HISTORY Function Menu .......................................................................... 52
Figure 26 Turn off the Noise Reject ........................................................................... 62
Figure 27 Turn on the Noise Reject ........................................................................... 63
Figure 28 Edge Trigger .............................................................................................. 65
Figure 29 Slope Trigger.............................................................................................. 68
Figure 30 Pulse Trigger .............................................................................................. 70
Figure 31 Video Trigger.............................................................................................. 73
Figure 32 Absolute Window Trigger ........................................................................... 75
Figure 33 Relative Window Trigger ............................................................................ 76
Figure 34 Interval Trigger ........................................................................................... 78
Figure 35 Edge Dropout Trigger ................................................................................ 80
Figure 36 State Dropout Trigger ................................................................................ 80
Figure 37 Runt Trigger ............................................................................................... 83
Figure 38 Pattern Trigger ........................................................................................... 85
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Figure 39 I2C DECODE Menu ................................................................................... 87

Figure 40 I2C SIGNALLE Menu ................................................................................. 87
Figure 41 I2C TRIGGER Menu .................................................................................. 90
Figure 42 I2C Decode Bus Display ............................................................................ 91
Figure 43 I2C Decode List Display............................................................................. 91
Figure 44 SINGAL Menu ............................................................................................ 92
Figure 45 CLK Menu .................................................................................................. 92
Figure 46 MISO Menu ................................................................................................ 93
Figure 47 MOSI Menu ................................................................................................ 93
Figure 48 SPI TRIG SET Menu .................................................................................. 94
Figure 49 SPI Decode Bus Display ............................................................................ 95
Figure 50 SPI Decode List Display ............................................................................ 95
Figure 51 UART SIGNAL Menu ................................................................................. 96
Figure 52 BUS CONFIG Menu ................................................................................... 96
Figure 53 UART TRIG SET Menu.............................................................................. 98
Figure 54 UART Trigger ............................................................................................. 98
Figure 55 UART Decode ............................................................................................ 99
Figure 56 UART Decode Bus Display ...................................................................... 100
Figure 57 UART Decode List Display ...................................................................... 100
Figure 58CAN SIGNAL Menu ..................................................................................101
Figure 59 CAN Trigger .............................................................................................103
Figure 60 CAN Decode Bus Display ........................................................................ 104
Figure 61 CAN Decode List Display......................................................................... 105
Figure 62 LIN SIGNAL Menu ...................................................................................106
Figure 63 LIN Trigger ...............................................................................................108
Figure 64 LIN Decode ..............................................................................................109
Figure 65 LIN Decode Bus Display .......................................................................... 110
Figure 66 LIN Decode List Display........................................................................... 110
Figure 67 Reference Waveform ............................................................................... 113
Figure 68 C1+C2 Waveform ....................................................................................117
Figure 69 C1*C2 Waveform .....................................................................................118
Figure 70 FFT Menu .................................................................................................119
Figure 71 FFT CONFIG Menu..................................................................................119
Figure 72 VERTICAL Menu......................................................................................120
Figure 73 HORIZONTAL Menu ................................................................................ 121
Figure 74 FFT Peaks Menu......................................................................................121
Figure 75 SEARCH Menu ........................................................................................121
Figure 76 FFT Markers Menu...................................................................................121
Figure 77 Marker Control Menu ............................................................................... 122
Figure 78 FFT Waveform .........................................................................................122
Figure 79 Difference Function Operation ................................................................. 124
Figure 80 Integral without Offset .............................................................................. 125
Figure 81 Integral with Offset ...................................................................................126
Figure 82 Square Root .............................................................................................127

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Figure 83 Measure Pulse Width ............................................................................... 131

Figure 84 Voltage Measurements ............................................................................ 133
Figure 85 Overshoot .................................................................................................134
Figure 86 Preshoot ...................................................................................................134
Figure 87 Time Measurements ................................................................................ 135
Figure 88 Select the Measurement Parameter ........................................................ 137
Figure 89 Added the Measurement.......................................................................... 138
Figure 90 All Parameters Measurement .................................................................. 139
Figure 91 Gate Measurement ..................................................................................140
Figure 92 Vectors Display ........................................................................................142
Figure 93 Dots Display .............................................................................................143
Figure 94 Color Temperature ...................................................................................143
Figure 95 Persist Set to Infinite ................................................................................ 144
Figure 96 SAVE/RECALL File System..................................................................... 151
Figure 97 Select Save Location ............................................................................... 152
Figure 98 File Name Dialogue..................................................................................152
Figure 99 Input Keyboard .........................................................................................155
Figure 100 Digital Function Menu ............................................................................ 159
Figure 101 Middle Display Type ............................................................................... 159
Figure 102 High Display Type ..................................................................................160
Figure 103 THRESHOLDS Function Menu ............................................................. 161
Figure 104 DIGITALBUS Function Menu ................................................................. 162
Figure 105 Digital Bus ..............................................................................................163
Figure 106 Digital System Information Interface ...................................................... 164
Figure 107 Digital Update Interface ......................................................................... 165
Figure 108 System Status ........................................................................................167
Figure 109 Do Self Cal .............................................................................................168
Figure 110 Pass/Fail Test ........................................................................................170
Figure 111 AWG Menu Interface.............................................................................. 175
Figure 112 Wave Type Interfac ................................................................................ 175
Figure 113 Built-in Arb Interface............................................................................... 177
Figure 114 AWG Setting Interface ........................................................................... 177
Figure 115 AWG System Information Interface ....................................................... 179
Figure 116 AWG Update Interface ........................................................................... 180
Figure 117 LAN Setting Interface ............................................................................. 182
Figure 118 WIFI Setting Menu .................................................................................183
Figure 119 Web Server Interface ............................................................................. 184
Figure 120 Screen Test ............................................................................................186
Figure 121 Keyboard Test ........................................................................................187
Figure 122 LED Test ................................................................................................188
Figure 123 Screen Saver Interface .......................................................................... 189
Figure 124: OPTION Function Menu ....................................................................... 191
Figure 125 LABEL Function Menu ........................................................................... 191
Figure 126 Option Information..................................................................................192

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Figure 127 BODE PLOT II Menu.............................................................................. 193

Figure 128 CONFIGURE Menu................................................................................193
Figure 129 VARI-LEVEL Menu ................................................................................ 194
Figure 130 DISPLAY Menu ......................................................................................195
Figure 131 DATA Menu ............................................................................................196
Figure 132 Bode Plot List On ...................................................................................196
Figure 133 Bode Plot Interface Connection ............................................................. 197
Figure 134 Sweep Configure Menu ......................................................................... 197
Figure 135 Set Sweep Parameters Menu ................................................................ 197
Figure 136 Set Stimulus Menu ................................................................................. 198
Figure 137 Set Channel Menu .................................................................................198
Figure 138 Bode Plot Sweep Curve ......................................................................... 198
Figure 139 Bode Plot Interface Connection ............................................................. 199
Figure 140 Vari-level Configure Menu ..................................................................... 199
Figure 141 Set Vari-level Parameters Menu ............................................................ 200
Figure 142 Set Sweep Parameters Menu ................................................................ 200
Figure 143 Bode Plot Sweep Curve ......................................................................... 201
Figure 144 Search Menu ..........................................................................................202
Figure 145 Search in Run ........................................................................................203
Figure 146 Search in Stop........................................................................................204
Figure 147 History ....................................................................................................207

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Quick Start
This chapter introduces the preparations when using the oscilloscope for the first time, the
front panel, rear panel and user interface of the oscilloscope.

The contents of this chapter:

 General Inspection

 Appearance and Dimensions

 Prepare for Using

 Front Panel Overview

 Rear Panel Overview

 Front Panel Function Overview

 User Interface

 Security Lock

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General Inspection

1. Inspect the shipping container for damage.

Keep the damaged shipping container or cushioning material until the contents of the
shipment have been checked for completeness and the instrument has passed both
electrical and mechanical tests.
The consigner or carrier shall be liable for the damage to instrument resulting from
shipment. SIGLENT would not be responsible for free maintenance/rework or
replacement of the unit.

2. Inspect the instrument.

In case of any damage, or defect, or failure, notify your SIGLENT sales
representative.

3. Check the Accessories

Please check the accessories according to the packing lists. If the accessories are
incomplete or damaged, please contact your SIGLENT sales representative.

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Appearance and Dimensions

Figure 1 Front View (2-channel scope)

Figure 2 Top View (2-channel scope)

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Figure 3 Front View (4-channel scope)

Figure 4 Top View (4-channel scope)

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Prepare for Using

Adjust the Supporting Legs

Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt the oscilloscope upwards
for stable placement of the oscilloscope as well as better operation and observation.

Figure 5 Adjust the Supporting Legs

Connect the Power Supply

The power requirements of the oscilloscope are 100-240 V, 50/60Hz or 100-120 V, 400Hz.
Please use the power cord supplied with the accessories to connect the oscilloscope to
the power source.

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2-channel scope 4-channel scope

Figure 6 To Connect to Power Supply

Power-on Inspection

When the oscilloscope is energized, press the power key at the lower-left corner of the
front panel to start the oscilloscope. During the start-up process, the oscilloscope
performs a series of self-tests and you can hear the sound of relay switching. After the
self-test is finished, the welcome screen is displayed.

Connect the Probe

Connect the Probe:

1. Connect the BNC terminal of the probe to a channel BNC connector of the
oscilloscope at the front panel.
2. Connect the probe tip to the circuit point to be tested and connect the ground alligator
clip of the probe to the circuit ground terminal.

Function Inspection

1. Press the Default button on the front panel to restore the instrument to its default
configuration.
2. Connect the ground alligator clip of the probe to the “Ground Terminal” under the
probe compensation signal output terminal.

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4-channel scope
3. Use the probe to connect the input terminal of CH1 of the oscilloscope and the
“Compensation Signal Output Terminal” of the probe.
4. Press the Auto Setup.
5. Observe the waveform on the display. In normal condition, the display should be a
square waveform as shown in the figure below:

Figure 7 Function Inspection

6. Use the same method to test the other channels. If the square waveforms actually
shown do not match that in the figure above, please perform “Probe Compensation”
in the next section.

WARNING
To avoid electric shock during the use of probe, please make sure that the
insulated wire of the probe is in good condition and do not touch the metallic
part of the probe when the probe is connected to high voltage source

Probe Compensation

When the probes are used for the first time, you should compensate the probes to match
the input channels of the oscilloscope. Non-compensated or poorly compensated probes
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follows.

1. Set the switch to 10X on the probe.

2. Perform steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 of “Function Inspection” in the previous section.
3. Check the waveforms displayed and compare them with the following:

Under Perfectly Over

Compensated Compensated Compensated

4. Use a nonmetallic driver to adjust the low-frequency compensation adjustment hole

on the probe until the waveform displayed is as the “Perfectly compensated” in the
figure above.

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Front Panel Overview

Figure 8 2-channel Scope Front Panel Overview

NO. Description NO. Description

1 LCD Display 8 Vertical Control
Probe Compensation/ Ground
2 Universal Knob 9
Terminal
3 Common Function Menus 10 Analog Channel and Ext Input
4 Run/Stop 11 USB Host
5 Auto Setup 12 Menu Softkey
6 Trigger Control 13 Menu on/off
7 Horizontal Control 14 Power Button

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Figure 9 4-Channel Scope Front Panel Overview

NO. Description NO. Description

1 LCD Display 12 Horizontal Control
2 Universal Knob 13 Trigger Control
3 Common Function Menus 14 Menu on/off
4 Clear Sweeps 15 Menu Softkey
5 Run/Stop 16 One- Button shortcut for Save
6 Decode 17 Analog Channel
7 Auto Setup 18 Power Button
8 Navigate 19 USB Host
9 History 20 Digital Inputs
Probe Compensation/ Ground
10 Default 21
Terminal
Vertical Control, Math, REF and
11
Digital

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Rear Panel Overview

Figure 10 2-Channel Scope Rear panel Overview

1. Handle
Pull up the handle vertically for easy carrying of the instrument. When you do not
need the handle, press it down.
2. Safety lock Hole
You can lock the instrument to a fixed location using the security lock (please buy it
yourself) via the lock hole.
3. LAN
The instrument can be connected to network via this interface to perform remote
control.
4. Pass/Fail or Trigger Out
The BNC port can output a signal that reflects the current waveform capture rate of
the oscilloscope at each trigger or a pass/fail test pulse.
5. USB Device
The oscilloscope support SCPI remote control commands, user can control the
oscilloscope through this interface.

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Figure 11 4-channel Scope Rear panel Overview

1. Handle
Pull up the handle vertically for easy carrying of the instrument. When you do not
need the handle, press it down.
2. LAN
The instrument can be connected to network via this interface to perform remote
control.
3. USB Device
The oscilloscope support SCPI remote control commands, user can control the
oscilloscope through this interface
4. USB Host
Communicate with external function generators (SIGLENT SDG and SAG1021)
5. Safety lock Hole
You can lock the instrument to a fixed location using the security lock (please buy it
yourself) via the lock hole.
6. AC Power Socket
AC power input terminal. The power requirements of this oscilloscope are 100-240 V,
50/60/400 Hz. Use the power cord provided with the instrument to connect it to AC
power.
7. Pass/Fail or Trigger Out
The BNC port can output a signal that reflects the current waveform capture rate of
the oscilloscope at each trigger or a pass/fail test pulse.

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Front Panel Function Overview

Horizontal

4-channel scope 2-channel scope

: Quickly enter the roll mode. The timebase range is from 50mS/div to
100S/div.

: Enable or disable search function. This function can search for the events
that users specify in the acquired data, the results are displayed with white
triangle symbol.

Horizontal Position Knob : adjust horizontal position. The trigger point would move
left or right relative to the center of the screen when you turn the knob. During the
modification, waveforms of all the channels would move left or right and the trigger
position message at the upper-right corner of the screen would change accordingly. Press
down this knob to quickly reset the trigger delay to Zero.

Horizontal Scale Knob : adjust the horizontal time base. Turn clockwise to reduce
the time base and turn counterclockwise to increase the time base. During the
modification, waveforms of all the channels will be displayed in expanded or compressed
mode and the time base message at the upper-left side of the screen would change
accordingly. Press down this knob to quickly turn on Zoom function.

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Vertical

2-channel scope 4-channel scope

: Analog input channels. The two channels are marked by different colors which
are also used to mark both the corresponding waveforms on the screen and the
channel input connectors.

Vertical Position Knob : adjust the vertical position of the current channel
waveform. Turn clockwise to increase the position and turn counterclockwise to decrease.
During the modification, the waveform would move up and down and the position
message at the lower-left corner of the screen would change accordingly. Press down this
knob to quickly reset the vertical position to zero.

Vertical Variable Knob : adjust the vertical scale of the current channel. Turn
clockwise to decrease the scale and turn counterclockwise to increase. During the
modification, the amplitude of the waveform would enlarge or reduce and the scale
information at the right side of the screen would change accordingly. Press down this knob
to quickly switch the vertical scale adjustment modes between “Coarse” and “Fine”.

: press the button to enter the MATH function menu. The oscilloscope provides
addition, subtraction, multiplication, FFT, differential, integral and square root
operations.

: press the button to enter the REF function menu. A reference waveform can be
displayed and compared against other waveforms.

: Press the button to open the digital channel function menu (Optional function).
The SDS1000X-E (4-channel scope) supports 16 digital channels.

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Trigger

2-channel scope 4-channel scope

: press the button to enter the TRIGGER function menu. The oscilloscope
provides abundant advanced trigger functions

: press the button to set the trigger mode to Auto.

: press the button to set the trigger mode to Normal.

: press the button to set the trigger mode to Single.

Trigger Level Knob : adjust the trigger level. Turn clockwise to increase the level
and turn counterclockwise to reduce the level. During the modification, the trigger level
line would move up and down and the value in the trigger level message box at the
up-right corner of the screen would change accordingly. Press down the knob to quickly
reset the trigger level to center of the waveform.

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Run Control

: press this key to enable the waveform auto setting function. The oscilloscope
will automatically adjust the vertical scale, horizontal time base and trigger
mode according to the input signal to realize optimum waveform display.

: press the button to set the acquisition state to Run or Stop.

In RUN state, the key is illuminated in yellow.
In STOP state, the key is illuminated in red.

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Universal Knob

1. Adjust the waveform intensity.

You can press the Display/Persist button; press the Next Page softkey to go to the
second page of the DISPLAY function menu; press the Intensity softkey and then turn
the Universal Knob to adjust the waveform intensity.
2. Select the desired submenu.
In menu operation, press any menu softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired submenu under the menu and push down the knob to confirm the current
submenu. Turn clockwise to up the intensity and counterclockwise to down.
3. Modify parameters.
After having chosen a parameter, turn the Universal Knob to modify the value. Turn
clockwise to increase the intensity and counterclockwise to reduce. In addition, it can
also be used to adjust scale and offset of MATH and REF.
4. Choose file or directory or input filename.
After having entered the file system, turn the Universal Knob to select the desired file
or directory. When inputting filename, turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
character and the push the knob to confirm.

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Menu

2-channel scope common function panel

4-channel scope common function panel

: Press to enter the CURSOR function menu. The oscilloscope provides

manual and track cursor mode.

: Press to enter the DISPLAY function menu and quickly enable the persist
function. User can set the grid, intensity, graticule, and transparence.

: Press to enter the UTILITY function menu to look at the system status, do
self-calibration, set the sound, language and so on.

: The button is a shortcut key for clear function. When the measurement
statistics is ON, press the button to clear the count and recount it. When
persist is enabled, press the button to clear persist.

: Press the button to enter the MEASURE function menu to set the
measurement parameters, all measurement, statistics and set the gate.

: Press the button to enter the ACQUIRE function menu to set the acquisition
mode, memory depth, wave interpolation and so on.

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: Press the button to enter the SAVE/RECALL function menu to save setups,
waveforms, pictures, or CSV files, binary data, matlab files, and default key
presets to internal memory or USB flash driver.

: Press the button to reset the oscilloscope to user default setup.

: Press the button to enter the history mode. In history mode, it can record
most 80000 frames waveforms. If sequence function is enabled, it only record
the frames which you set, the most you can set is 80000.

: Press the button to enter the DECODE function menu. The oscilloscope
supports I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and LIN serial bus decode.

: Press the button to turn off or turn on the navigate function. SDS1000X-E
(4-channel scope) supports three navigate types: time, search event, history
frame.

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Help

The oscilloscope has an on line help function that supplies multi-language help
information.

You can access the help function by pressing any button for 2 seconds and a help window
will explain the function. Also all of the submenus include help information.

Figure 12 Help Message

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User Interface

Figure 13 User Interface

1. Product Logo
SIGLENT is the registered trademark of SIGLENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

2. Channel Label/Waveform
Different channels are marked by different colors and the color of the waveform
complies with the color of the channel.

3. Trigger Status
Available trigger status includes Ready, Auto, Stop, Arm, Trig’d, FStop.

4. Horizontal Time Base

 Represent the time per grid on the horizontal axis on the screen.
 Use the HORIZONTAL SCALE Knob to adjust the parameter. The available
range is from 1.0 ns to 100 s.

5. Trigger Position
Turn the Horizontal Position Knob to adjust the parameter. Push the knob to set the
value to 0 automatically.

6. Trigger Delay Label

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Indicate the trigger delay on the waveform.

7. Frequency Counter
Display the frequency value of the trigger channel.

8. Sampling Rate/ Memory Depth

Display the current sampling rate and memory depth. Sa means the current sampling
rate and Curr means the current memory depth.

9. Trigger Setup
Trigger Type : display the current trigger type. The trigger type names display
by the abbreviation when the name is too long to display.
Trigger source : display the currently trigger source. Different channels display
in different color.
Trigger condition : display the current trigger condition.
Trigger coupling : display the current trigger coupling. Available trigger coupling
mode: DC, AC, HF Reject, LF Reject.
Trigger level : display the current value of trigger level. Push the knob to
set the trigger to the 50% of the waveform amplitude automatically.

10. Channel Setup

Probe attenuation factor : display the current probe attenuation factor of the
channel. Available probe attenuation factors: 0.1X, 0.2X, 0.5X, 1X, …properties
2000X, 5000X, 10000X.
Input impedance : display the current input impedance of the channel. Input
impedance that available: 1MΩ.
Channel coupling : display the current channel coupling of the channel. Channel
coupling that available: DC, AC, and GND.
Vertical Scale : display the current vertical scale of the channel. Turn the
Vertical Scale Knob to adjust the value.

11. Trigger Level Label

Display the position of trigger level, the color is the same to the trigger channel. It can
move from +4.5div to -4.5div of the screen center.

12. I/O status

Indicate that the USB Host is connected.
Indicate that the LAN port is connected.
Indicate that the LAN port is disconnected.
Indicate that the WLAN port is connected.
Indicate that the WLAN port is disconnected.

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13. Menu
Display the corresponding function menu of the selected button. Press the
corresponding softkey to set the oscilloscope.

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Security Lock

If needed, you can use the security lock (please buy it yourself) to lock the oscilloscope to
a fixed location. The method is as follows, align the lock with the lock hole and plug it into
the lock hole vertically, turn the key clockwise to lock the oscilloscope and then pull the
key out.

Figure 14 To Use The Security Lock

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Vertical System
This chapter introduces how to set the vertical system of the oscilloscope.

The contents of this chapter:

 Enable the Channel

 Adjust Scale

 Vertical Position

 Coupling

 Bandwidth Limit

 Probe

 Input Impedance

 Unit

 Deskew

 Invert

 Trace Visible/Hidden

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Enable the Channel

The oscilloscope provides 2/4analog input channels and provides independent vertical
control system for each channel. As the vertical system setting methods of every channel
is the same, this chapter takes CH1 as an example to introduce the setting method of the
vertical system.

Connect a signal to the CH1 channel connector; and then press the CH1 button in the
vertical control area (VERTICAL) at the front panel to enable CH1.

The channel setting menu is displayed at the bottom of the screen and the channel label
at the right side of the screen. The information displayed in the channel label is related to
the current channel setting.

After the channel is turned on, modify the parameters such as the vertical scale, the
horizontal time base and the trigger mode according to the input signal to make the
waveform display easy to observe and measure.

Note: to turn off the channel, press the channel button twice.

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Adjust Scale

The vertical scale can be adjusted in Coarse or Fine mode.

 Coarse adjustment (take counterclockwise as an example): set the vertical scale in
1-2-5 step namely 500uV/div, 1 mV/div, 2 mV/div, 5 mV/div, 10 mV/div …10 V/div.
Fine adjustment: further adjust the vertical scale within a relatively smaller range to
improve vertical resolution. For example: 2 V/div, 1.98V/div, 1.96V/div, 1.94 V/div …1
V/div.
 If the amplitude of the input waveform is a little bit greater than the full scale under the
current scale and the amplitude would be a little bit lower if the next scale is used, fine
adjustment can be used to improve the amplitude of waveform display to view signal
details.

Press the CH1 button on the front panel; then press the Adjust softkey to select the
desired mode. Turn the VERTICAL Variable Knob to adjust the vertical scale (clockwise to
reduce the scale and counterclockwise to increase).

The scale information in the channel label at the right side of the screen will change
accordingly during the adjustment. The adjustable range of the vertical scale is related to
the probe ratio currently set. By default, the probe attenuation factor is 1X and the
adjustable range of the vertical scale is from 500uV/div to 10 V/div.

Note: push the VERTICAL Variable Knob to quickly switch between Coarse and Fine
adjustments.

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Vertical Position

Turn the VERTICAL Position Knob to adjust the vertical position of the channel waveform.
Turn the knob clockwise to increase the vertical position and the channel waveform
moves up while counterclockwise to reduce the vertical position and the waveform moves
down. Push the knob to set the vertical position of the channel waveform to zero.

During the adjustment, the vertical position information Volts Pos displays at the bottom of
the screen. The table below shows the range of vertical position according to the volt
scale.

Volt Scale Range of Vertical Position

500 μV/div ~ 100 mV/div ±2V
102 mV/div ~ 1 V/div ±20 V
1.02 V/div ~ 10 V/div ±200 V

Coupling

Set the coupling mode to filter out the undesired signals. For example, the signal under
test is a square waveform with DC offset.

 When the coupling mode set to DC: the DC and AC components of the signal under
test can both pass the channel.
 When the coupling mode set to AC: the DC components of the signal under test are
blocked.
 When the coupling mode set to GND: the DC and AC components of the signal under
test are both blocked.

Press the CH1 button on the front panel; then press the Coupling softkey and turn the
Universal Knob to select the desired coupling mode. The default setup is DC.

The current coupling mode is displayed in the channel label at the right side of the screen.
You can also press the Coupling softkey continuously to switch the coupling mode.

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Bandwidth Limit

Set the bandwidth limit to reduce display noise. For example, the signal under test is a
pulse with high frequency oscillation.

 When the bandwidth limit set to Full, the high frequency components of the signal
under test can pass the channel.
 When the bandwidth limit set to 20M, the high frequency components that exceed 20
MHz are attenuated.

Press the CH1 button on the front panel; then press the BW Limit softkey to select Full or
20M. The default setup is Full. When bandwidth limit is enabled, the character B will be
displayed in the channel label at the right side of the screen.

SDS1000X-E has full BW with all V/div settings including 500uV/div to 2mV/div.

Probe

Set the probe attenuation factor to match the type of the probe that you are using to
ensure correct vertical readouts.

Press the CH1 button on the front panel; then press the Probe softkey and turn the
Universal Knob to select the desired value and push the knob to confirm. The default
setup is 1X.

The current probe attenuation factor is displayed in the channel label at the right side of
the screen. You can also press the Probe softkey continuously to switch the probe
attenuation factor.

The table shows the probe attenuation factor

Menu Attenuation Factor

0.1X 0.1 : 1
0.2X 0.2 : 1
0.5X 0.5 : 1
1X 1:1
2X 2:1
… …
5000X 5000 : 1

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10000X 10000 : 1

Input Impedance

The channel input impedance is 1MΩ.

 Impedance setting to 1MΩ is for use with many passive probes and for general-
purpose measurements. The higher impedance minimizes the loading effect of the
oscilloscope on the device under test.

The current channel input impedance is displayed in the channel label at the right side of
the screen.

Unit

Select the amplitude display unit for the current channel. The available units are V and A.
When the unit is changed, the unit displayed in the channel label will change accordingly.

1. Press CH1button on the front panel to enter the CH1 function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the CH1 function menu.
3. Press the Unit softkey to select the desired unit V or A. 

The default setup is V.

Deskew

The valid range of each analog channel is ±100ns.

1. Press CH1button on the front panel to enter the CH1 function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the CH1 function menu.
3. Press the Deskew softkey. Then turn the Universal Knob to change deskew.

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Invert

When Invert is set to On, the voltage values of the displayed waveform are inverted. Invert
affects how a channel is displayed and it keeps the trigger settings.

Inverting a channel also changes the result of any math function selected and measure
function.

1. Press CH1button on the front panel to enter the CH1 function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the CH1 function menu.
3. Press the Invert softkey to turn on or off the invert display.

Trace Visible/Hidden

Set whether the current channel waveform is visible.

1. Press CH1 button on the front panel to enter the CH1 function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the CH1 function menu.
3. Press the Trace softkey to visible or hidden the channel waveform

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Horizontal System
This chapter introduces how to set the horizontal system of the oscilloscope.

The contents of this chapter:

 Horizontal Scale

 Trigger Delay

 Roll Mode

 Zoom Mode

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Horizontal Scale

Turn the HORIZONTAL Scale Knob on the front panel to adjust the horizontal time base.
Turn clockwise to reduce the horizontal time base and turn counterclockwise to increase.

The time base information at the upper left corner of the screen will change accordingly
during the adjustment. The range of the horizontal scale is from 1ns/div to 100s/div.

The Horizontal Scale Knob works (in the Normal time mode) while acquisitions are
running or when they are stopped. When in run mode, adjusting the horizontal scale knob
changes the sample rate. When stopped, adjusting the horizontal scale knob lets you
zoom into acquired data.

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Trigger Delay

Turn the Position Knob on the front panel to adjust the trigger delay of the waveform.
During the modification, waveforms of all the channels would move left or right and the
trigger delay message at the upper-right corner of the screen would change accordingly.
Press down this knob to quickly reset the trigger delay.

Changing the delay time moves the trigger point (solid inverted triangle) horizontally and
indicates how far it is from the time reference point. These reference points are indicated
along the top of the display grid.

All events displayed left of the trigger point happened before the trigger occurred. These
events are called pre- trigger information, and they show events that led up to the trigger
point.

Everything to the right of the trigger point is called post- trigger information. The amount of
delay range (pre- trigger and post- trigger information) available depends on the time/div
selected and memory depth.

The position knob works (in the Normal time mode) while acquisitions are running or when
they are stopped.

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Roll Mode

Press the Roll button to enter the roll mode.

In Roll mode the waveform moves slowly across the screen from right to left. It only
operates on time base settings of 50 ms/div and slower. If the current time base setting is
faster than the 50 ms/div limit, it will be set to 50 ms/div when Roll mode is entered.

In Roll mode there is no trigger. The fixed reference point on the screen is the right edge
of the screen and refers to the current moment in time. Events that have occurred are
scrolled to the left of the reference point. Since there is no trigger, no pre- trigger
information is available.

If you would like to stop the display in Roll mode, press the Run/Stop button. To clear the
display and restart an acquisition in Roll mode, press the Run/Stop button again.

Use Roll mode on low- frequency waveforms to yield a display much like a strip chart
recorder. It allows the waveform to roll across the display.

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Zoom Mode

Zoom is a horizontally expanded version of the normal display. You can use Zoom to
locate and horizontally expand part of the normal window for a more detailed (higher-
resolution) analysis of signals.

Press the HORIZONTAL Scale Knob on the front panel to turn on the zoom function, and
press the button again to turn off the function. When Zoom function is on, the display
divides in half. The top half of the display shows the normal time base window and the
bottom half displays a faster Zoom time base window.

Figure 15 Split Screen Zoom

The area of the normal display that is expanded is outlined with a box and the rest of the
normal display is ghosted. The box shows the portion of the normal sweep that is
expanded in the lower half.

To change the time base for the Zoom window, turn the Horizontal Scale Knob. The
Horizontal Scale Knob controls the size of the box. The Horizontal Position Knob sets the
left- to- right position of the zoom window. The delay value, which is the time displayed
relative to the trigger point is momentarily displayed in the upper- right corner of the
display when the Horizontal Position Knob is turned. Negative delay values indicate you're
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you're looking at the waveform after the trigger event.

To change the time base of the normal window, turn off Zoom; then, turn the Horizontal
Scale Knob.

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Sample System
This chapter introduces how to use the run control and set the sampling system of the
oscilloscope.

The contents of this chapter:

 Run Control

 Overview

 Memory Depth

 Sampling Mode

 Interpolation Method

 Acquisition Mode

 Horizontal Format

 Sequence Mode

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Run Control

Press the Run/Stop or Single button on the front panel to run or stop the sampling system
of the scope.

 When the Run/Stop b is green, the oscilloscope is running, that is, acquiring data
when trigger conditions are met. To stop acquiring data, press the Run/Stop button.
When stopped, the last acquired waveform is displayed.
 When the Run/Stop button is red, data acquisition is stopped. Red "Stop" is displayed
next to the trademark logo in the status line at the top of the display. To start acquiring
data, press Run/Stop.
 To capture and display a single acquisition (whether the oscilloscope is running or
stopped), press Single. The Single run control lets you view single- shot events
without subsequent waveform data overwriting the display. Use Single when you
want maximum memory depth for pan and zoom.

When you press Single, the display is cleared, the trigger mode is temporarily set to
Normal (to keep the oscilloscope from auto- triggering immediately), the trigger circuitry is
armed, the Single key is illuminated, and the oscilloscope waits until a user defined trigger
condition occurs before it displays a waveform.

When the oscilloscope triggers, the single acquisition is displayed and the oscilloscope is
stopped (the Run/Stop button is illuminated in red).

Press Single again to acquire another waveform.

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Overview

To understand the oscilloscope's sampling and acquisition modes, it is helpful to

understand sampling theory, sample rate and oscilloscope bandwidth and sample rate.

Sampling Theory

The Nyquist sampling theorem states that for a limited bandwidth (band- limited) signal
with maximum frequency fMAX, the equally spaced sampling frequency fS must be greater
than twice the maximum frequency fMAX, in order to have the signal be uniquely
reconstructed without aliasing.

fMAX = fS/2 = Nyquist frequency (fN) = folding frequency

Sample Rate

The maximum sample rate of the oscilloscope is 2GSa/s. The actual sample rate of the
oscilloscope is determined by the horizontal scale. Turn the Horizontal Scale Knob to
adjust the sample rate.

The actual sample rate is displayed in the information area at the upper- right corner of the
screen.

The influence on the waveform when the sample rate is too low:

1. Waveform Distortion: when the sample rate is too low, some waveform details are
lost and the waveform displayed is rather different from the actual signal.

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frequency (Nyquist Frequency), the frequency of the waveform rebuilt from the
sample data is lower than the actual signal frequency. The most common aliasing is
the jitter on fast edge.

3. Waveform Leakage: when the sample rate is too low, the waveform rebuilt from the
sample data does not reflect all the actual signal information.

Pulse disappeared

Bandwidth and Sample Rate

An oscilloscope's bandwidth is typically described as the lowest frequency at which input

signal sine waves are attenuated by 3 dB (- 30% amplitude error).

At the oscilloscope bandwidth, sampling theory says the required sample rate is fS = 2fBW.
However, the theory assumes there are no frequency components above fMAX (fBW in this
case) and it requires a system with an ideal brick- wall frequency response.

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However, digital signals have frequency components above the fundamental frequency
(square waves are made up of sine waves at the fundamental frequency and an infinite
number of odd harmonics), and typically, for 500 MHz bandwidths and below,
oscilloscopes have a Gaussian frequency response.

So, in practice, an oscilloscope's sample rate should be four or more times its bandwidth:
fS = 4fBW. This way, there is less aliasing, and aliased frequency components have a
greater amount of attenuation.

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Memory Depth

Memory depth refers to the number of waveform points that the oscilloscope can store in a
single trigger sample and it reflects the storage ability of the sample memory. The
oscilloscope provides up to 14 Mpts memory depth.

Press the Acquire button on the front panel; press the Mem Depth softkey and then turn
the Universal Knob to select the desired value and push down the knob to confirm. Press
the Mem Depth softkey continually can also select the desired value.

The actual memory depth is displayed in the information area at the upper- right corner of
the screen. Memory depth that available: 14K, 140K, 1.4M, 14M.

Since the oscilloscope has two acquisition memories, when only one channel is on, the
maximal memory depth is up to 14 Mpts.

The relation of memory depth, sample rate and waveform length fulfills the equation
below:
Memory depth = sample rate (Sa/s) × waveform length (s/div × div)

Sampling Mode

The oscilloscope only supports real-time sample. In this mode, the oscilloscope samples
and displays waveform within a trigger event. The maximum real-time sample rate is
1GSa/s.

Press the RUN/STOP button to stop the sample, the oscilloscope will hold the last display.
At this point, you can still use the vertical control and horizontal control to pan and zoom
the waveform.

Interpolation Method

Under real-time sampling, the oscilloscope acquires the discrete sample values of the
waveform being displayed. In general, a waveform of dots display type is very difficult to
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uses the interpolation method to display a waveform.

Interpolation method is a processing method to “connect all the sampling points”, and
using some points to calculate the whole appearance of the waveform. For real-time
sampling interpolation method is used, even if the oscilloscope in a single captures only a
small number of sampling points. The oscilloscope can use interpolation method for filling
out the gaps between points, to reconstruct an accurate waveform.

Press the Acquire button on the front panel to enter the ACQUIRE Function menu; then
press the Interpolation softkey to select Sinx/x or X.

 X: In the adjacent sample points are directly connected on a straight line. This method
is only confined to rebuild on the edge of signals, such as square wave.

 Sinx/x: Connecting the sampling points with curves has stronger versatility. Sinx
interpolation method uses mathematical processing to calculation results in the actual
sample interval. This method bending signal waveform, and make it produce more
realistic regular shape than pure square wave and pulse. When the sampling rate is 3
to 5 times the bandwidth of the system. Recommended Sinx/s interpolation method.

Figure 16 Display Type Set to Dots

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Figure 17 x Interpolation

Figure 18 Sinx/x Interpolation

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Acquisition Mode

The acquisition mode is used to control how to generate waveform points from sample
points. The oscilloscope provides the following acquisition mode: Normal, Peak Detect,
Average and Eres.

1. Press the Acquire button on the front panel to enter the ACQUIRE function menu;
2. Press the Acquisition softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
acquisition mode and push down the knob to confirm. The default setup is Normal.

Normal

In this mode, the oscilloscope samples the signal at equal time interval to rebuild the
waveform. For most of the waveforms, the best display effect can be obtained using this
mode. It is the default acquisition mode.

Figure 19 Acquisition System

Peak Detect

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within the sample interval to get the envelope of the signal or the narrow pulse of the
signal that might be lost. In this mode, signal confusion can be prevented but the noise
displayed would be larger.

In this mode, the oscilloscope can display all the pulses with pulse widths at least as wide
as the sample period.

Figure 20 Pulse With 0.1% Duty, Normal Mode

Figure 21 Pulse With 0.1% Duty, Peak Detect Mode

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Average

In this mode, the oscilloscope averages the waveforms from multiple samples to reduce
the random noise of the input signal and improve the vertical resolution. The greater the
number of averages is, the lower the noise will be and the higher the vertical resolution will
be but the slower the response of the displayed waveform to the waveform changes will
be.

The available range of averages is from 4 to 1024 and the default is 16. When Average
mode is selected, press Averages and turn the Universal knob or press the softkey
continually to set the desired average time.

Figure 22 With Random Noise, Normal Mode

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Figure 23 With Random Noise, Average Mode

Eres

This mode uses a kind of ultra-sample technique to average the neighboring points of the
sample waveform to reduce the random noise on the input signal and generate much
smoother waveforms on the screen. This is generally used when the sample rate of the
digital converter is higher than the storage rate of the acquisition memory.

Eres mode can be used on both single- shot and repetitive signals and it does not slow
waveform update. This mode limits the oscilloscope's real- time bandwidth because it
effectively acts like a low- pass filter.

Note: “Average” and “Eres” modes use different averaging methods. The former uses
“Waveform Average” and the latter uses “Dot Average”.

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Horizontal Format

Press the Acquire button on the front panel; then press the XY soft key to set the XY(On)
or YT(Off) mode. The default setup is YT.

YT
It is the normal viewing mode for the oscilloscope. In the Normal time mode, signal events
occurring before the trigger are plotted to the left of the trigger point and signal events
after the trigger plotted to the right of the trigger point.

XY
XY mode changes the display from a volt- versus- time display to a volt- versus- volt
display. Channel 1 amplitude is plotted on the X- axis and Channel 2 amplitude is plotted
on the Y- axis, the two channels will be turned on or off together.

You can use XY mode to compare frequency and phase relationships between two
signals. XY mode can also be used with transducers to display strain versus displacement,
flow versus pressure, volts versus current, or voltage versus frequency.

The phase deviation between two signals with the same frequency can be easily
measured via Lissajous method. The figure below shows the measurement schematic
diagram of the phase deviation

According to sinθ=A/B or C/D (wherein, θ is the phase deviation angle between the two
channels and the definitions of A, B, C and D are as shown in the figure above), the phase
deviation angle is obtained, that is: θ=±arcsin (A/B) or ±arcsin (C/D)

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obtained should be within quadrant I and IV, namely within (0 to π/2) or (3π/2 to 2π). If the
principal axis of the ellipse is within quadrant II and IV, the phase deviation angle obtained
should be within quadrant II and III, namely within (π/2 to π) or (π to 3π/2).

X-Y function can be used to measure the phase deviation occurred when the signal under
test passes through a circuit network. Connect the oscilloscope to the circuit to monitor the
input and output signals of the circuit.

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Sequence Mode

Sequence is also a kind of acquisition mode, which does not display waveform during
sampling process. It improves the waveform capture rate, and the maximal capture rate is
400,000 wfs/s. So it can capture the small probability event effectively.

The oscilloscope runs and fills a memory segment for each trigger event. The oscilloscope
is busy acquiring multiple segments. The oscilloscope continues to trigger until memory is
filled, and then display the waveforms on the screen.

To use the sequence mode, the HORIZONTAL Format must be set to YT.

Do the following steps to use the sequence mode.

1. Press the Acquire button on the front panel to enter the ACQUIRE function menu;
2. Press the Sequence softkey to enter the SEQUENCE function menu.

Figure 24 SEQUENCE Function Menu

3. Press the Segments Set softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired value.

Do the following steps to replay the sequence waveform under history mode:
1. Press the History softkey to enable HISTORY function.

Figure 25 HISTORY Function Menu

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every frame and shows the frame number that displaying on the screen.
3. Press the Frame No. softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the frame to
display.
4. Press the softkey to replay the waveform from the current frame to 1.
5. Press the softkey to stop replay.
6. Press the softkey to replay the waveform from the current frame to the last
frame.

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Trigger
For trigger, you set certain trigger condition according to the requirement and when a
waveform in the waveform stream meets this condition, the oscilloscope captures this
waveform as well as the neighboring part and displays them on the screen. For digital
oscilloscope, it displays waveform continuously no matter whether it is stably triggered,
but only stable trigger can ensures stable display. The trigger circuit ensures that every
time base sweep or acquisition starts from the input signal and the user-defined trigger
condition, namely every sweep is synchronous to the acquisition and the waveforms
acquired overlap to display stable waveform.

The following is the schematic diagram of the acquisition memory. As shown in the figure
below, the position of the trigger event is determined by the reference time point and the
delay setting.

Trigger Event
↓

Pre-trigger Buffer Post-trigger Buffer

Acquisition Memory

Trigger setting should be based on the features of the input signal, thus you need to have
some knowledge of the signal under test to quickly capture the desired waveform.

The oscilloscope provides abundant advanced trigger functions which can help you to
focus on the desired waveform details. These trigger types are edge, slope, pulse, video,
window, interval, dropout, runt, pattern and serial trigger. This chapter will mainly
introduce all these trigger functions which mentioned above in details and tell you how to
set the trigger conditions to capture desired waveform.

The contents of this chapter:

 Trigger Source

 Trigger Mode

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 Trigger Level

 Trigger Coupling

 Trigger Holdoff

 Noise Rejection

 Trigger Type

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Trigger Source

The 2-channel oscilloscope’s trigger source includes analog channels, EXT, EXT/5 and
AC Line. The 4-channel oscilloscope’s trigger source includes analog channels and AC
Line.

Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu; press the
Source softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired trigger source.

The current trigger source is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen. Select
channel with signal input as trigger source to obtain stable trigger.

Analog channel input:

Signals input from analog channels can all be used as the trigger source.

External trigger input:

External trigger source can be used to connect external trigger signal to the EXT TRIG
channel when all of the four channels are sampling data. The trigger signal (such as
external clock and signal of the circuit to be tested) will be connected to EXT and EXT/5
trigger source via the [EXT TRIG] connector. EXT/5 trigger source attenuates the signal
by a factor of 5. It extends the trigger level. You can set the trigger condition within the
range of trigger level (-8 div to +8 div).

AC line:
The trigger signal is obtained from the AC power input of the oscilloscope. This kind of
signals can be used to display the relationship between signal (such as illuminating device)
and power (power supply device). For example, it is mainly used in related measurement
of the power industry to stably trigger the waveform output from the transformer of a
transformer substation.

Note: to select stable channel waveform as the trigger source to stabilize the display.

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Trigger Mode

The oscilloscope’s trigger mode includes auto, normal and single. Trigger mode affects
the way in which the oscilloscope searches for the trigger

After the oscilloscope starts running, the oscilloscope operates by first filling the
pre-trigger buffer. It starts searching for a trigger after the pre-trigger buffer is filled and
continues to flow data through this buffer while it searches for the trigger. While searching
for the trigger, the oscilloscope overflows the pre-trigger buffer and the first data put into
the buffer is first pushed out (First Input First Out, FIFO).

When a trigger is found, the pre- trigger buffer contains the events that occurred just
before the trigger. Then, the oscilloscope fills the post- trigger buffer and displays the
acquisition memory.

Press the Auto, Normal and the Single buttons on the front panel to select the desired
trigger mode, and the corresponding status light will be lighted.
 In the Auto trigger mode (the default setting), if the specified trigger conditions are not
found, triggers are forced and acquisitions are made so hat signal activity is displayed
on the oscilloscope.

The Auto trigger mode is appropriate when:

 Checking DC signals or signals with unknown levels or activity.
 When trigger conditions occur often enough that forced triggers are
unnecessary.

 In the Normal trigger mode, triggers and acquisitions only occur when the specified
trigger conditions are found. Otherwise, the oscilloscope holds the original waveform
and waits for the next trigger.

The Normal trigger mode is appropriate when:

 You only want to acquire specific events specified by the trigger settings.
 Triggering on an infrequent signal from a serial bus (for example, I2C, SPI, CAN,
LIN, etc.) or another signal that arrives in bursts. The Normal trigger mode lets
you stabilize the display by preventing the oscilloscope from auto- triggering.

 In the Single trigger mode, the oscilloscope waits for a trigger and displays the
waveform when the trigger condition is met and then stops.

The Single trigger mode is appropriate when:

 To capture single event or a periodic signal.
 To capture burst or other unusual signals.
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Note: You can force the oscilloscope to trigger by pressing the Single button twice. The
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Trigger Level

Trigger level and slope define the trigger point,

You can adjust the trigger level for a selected analog channel by turning the Trigger Level
Knob.

You can push the Trigger Level Knob to set the level to the waveform's 50% value
immediately. If AC coupling is used, pushing the Trigger Level knob sets the trigger level
to about 0 V.

The position of the trigger level for the analog channel is indicated by the trigger level icon
(if the analog channel is on) at the left side of the display. The value of the analog channel
trigger level is displayed in the upper- right corner of the display.

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Trigger Coupling

Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu, and then
press the Coupling softkey and turn the Universal Knob or press the Coupling softkey
continually to select the desired coupling mode.

The oscilloscope provides 4 kinds of trigger coupling modes:

 DC: allow DC and AC components into the trigger path.

 AC: block all the DC components and attenuate signals lower than 8 Hz. Use AC
coupling to get a stable edge trigger when your waveform has a large DC offset.
 LF Reject: block the DC components and reject the low frequency components lower
than 2 MHz. Low frequency reject removes any unwanted low frequency components
from a trigger waveform, such as power line frequencies, etc. that can interfere with
proper triggering. Use LF Reject coupling to get a stable edge trigger when your
waveform has low frequency noise.
 HF Reject: reject the high frequency components higher 1.2 MHz)

Note: trigger coupling has nothing to do with the channel coupling.

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Trigger Holdoff

Trigger holdoff can be used to stably trigger the complex waveforms (such as pulse
series). Holdoff time is the amount of time that the oscilloscope waits before re-arming the
trigger circuitry. The oscilloscope will not trigger until the holdoff time expires.

Use the holdoff to trigger on repetitive waveforms that have multiple edges (or other
events) between waveform repetitions. You can also use holdoff to trigger on the first
edge of a burst when you know the minimum time between bursts.

For example, to get a stable trigger on the repetitive pulse burst shown below, set the
holdoff time to be >200 ns but <600 ns.

The correct holdoff setting is typically slightly less than one repetition of the waveform. Set
the holdoff to this time to generate a unique trigger point for a repetitive waveform. Only
edge trigger and serial trigger have holdoff option. The holdoff time of the oscilloscope is
adjustable from 100ns to 1.5s.

1. Press the Stop button, and then use the Horizontal Position Knob and the Horizontal
Scale Knob to find where the waveform repeats. Measure this time using cursors;
then, set the holdoff.
2. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu. The
default trigger type is edge.
3. Press the Holdoff Close softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to set the desired
holdoff time.

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Noise Rejection

Noise Reject adds additional hysteresis to the trigger circuitry. By increasing the trigger
hysteresis band, you reduce the possibility of triggering on noise. However, this also
decreases the trigger sensitivity so that a slightly larger signal is required to trigger the
oscilloscope.

Press the Setup button on the front panel, and then press the Noise Reject softkey
continually to set the option to On or Off to turn on or off the noise rejection function.

Figure 26 Turn off the Noise Reject

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Figure 27 Turn on the Noise Reject

If the signal you are probing is noisy, you can set up the oscilloscope to reduce the noise
in the trigger path and on the displayed waveform. First, stabilize the displayed waveform
by removing the noise from the trigger path. Second, reduce the noise on the displayed
waveform.

1. Connect a signal to the oscilloscope and obtain a stable display.

2. Remove the noise from the trigger path by setting trigger coupling to LF Reject, HF
Reject or turning on Noise Reject.
3. Set the Acquisition option to Average to reduce noise on the displayed waveform.

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Trigger Type

The oscilloscope provides abundant advanced trigger functions, including various serial
bus triggers.

 Edge trigger

 Slope trigger

 Pulse trigger

 Video trigger

 Window trigger

 Interval trigger

 DropOut trigger

 Runt trigger

 Pattern trigger

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Edge Trigger

Edge trigger distinguishes the trigger points by seeking the specified edge (rising, falling,
alter) and trigger level.

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function
menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; turn the Universal Knob to set select Edge and then push the
knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the deserted trigger
source.
4. Press the Slope softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired trigger edge
(rising, falling or alter), and then press down the knob to confirm. The current trigger
slope is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
5. Turn the Trigger Level Knob to adjust the trigger level to obtain stable trigger.

Figure 28 Edge Trigger

Holdoff, coupling and noise reject can be set in edge trigger, see the sections "Trigger
Holdoff", "Trigger Coupling" and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Slope Trigger

The slope trigger looks for a rising or falling transition from one level to another level in
greater than or less than a certain amount of time.

In the oscilloscope, positive slope time is defined as the time difference between the two
crossing points of trigger level line A and B with the positive edge as shown in the figure
below.

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; turn the Universal Knob to set select Slope and then push the
knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the trigger source.
4. Press the Slope softkey; turn the Universal Knob to set select the desired trigger edge
(rising or falling), and then push down the knob to confirm. The current trigger slope is
displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
5. Press Lower Upper softkey to select the Lower or Upper trigger level; then turn the
Trigger Level Knob to adjust the position. The trigger level values are displayed at the
upper right corner of the screen.
The lower trigger level cannot be upper than the upper trigger level. In the trigger
state message box, L1 means the upper trigger lever while L2 means the lower
trigger level.

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Figure 29 Slope Trigger

6. Press the Limit Range softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
slope condition, and push down the knob to confirm.
 <= (less than a time value): trigger when the positive or negative slope time of
the input signal is lower than the specified time value.
 >= (greater than a time value): trigger when the positive or negative slope time of
the input signal is greater than the specified time value.
 [--,--] (within a range of time value):trigger when the positive or negative slope
time of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit of time and lower
than the specified upper limit of time value.
 --][-- (outside a range of time value): trigger when the positive or negative slope
time of the input signal is greater than the specified upper limit of time and lower
than the specified lower limit of time value.

Coupling and noise reject can be set in slope trigger, see the sections "Trigger Coupling"
and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Pulse Trigger

Trigger on the positive or negative pulse with a specified width.

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select Pulse and then push the
knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source.
4. Turn the Trigger Level Knob to adjust the trigger level to the desired place.
5. Press the Polarity softkey to select Positive or Negative pulse that to trigger on. The
current trigger polarity is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
6. Press the Limit Range softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
condition.
 <= (less than a time value): trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of
the input signal is lower than the specified time value.
For example, for a positive pulse, if you set t (pulse real width) ≤ 100ns, the
waveform will trigger.

 >= (greater than a time value): trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of
the input signal is greater than the specified time value.
For example, for a positive pulse, if you set t (pulse real width) ≥ 100ns, the
waveform will trigger.

 [--,--] (within a range of time value):trigger when the positive or negative pulse
time of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit of time and lower
than the specified upper limit of time value.

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For example, for a positive pulse, if you set t (pulse real width) ≥100ns and t ≤
300ns, the waveform will trigger.

 --][-- (outside a range of time value): trigger when the positive or negative pulse
time of the input signal is greater than the specified upper limit of time and lower
than the specified lower limit of time value.

Figure 30 Pulse Trigger

Coupling and noise reject can be set in pulse trigger, see the sections "Trigger Coupling"
and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Video Trigger

Video triggering can be used to capture the complicated waveforms of most standard
analog video signals. The trigger circuitry detects the vertical and horizontal interval of the
waveform and produces triggers based on the video trigger settings you have selected.

The oscilloscope supports standard video signal field or line of NTSC (National Television
Standards Committee), PAL (Phase Alternating Line) HDTV (High Definition Television)
and custom video signal trigger.

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select Video and push down
the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source. Turn the Trigger Level Knob does not change the trigger level because the
trigger level is automatically set to the sync pulse.
4. Press the Standard softkey to select the desired video standard. The oscilloscope
supports the following video standards.
Standard Type Sync Pulse
NTSC Interlaced BI-level
PAL Interlaced BI-level
HDTV 720P/50 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 720P/60 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080P/50 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080P/60 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080i/50 Progressive Tri-level
HDTV 1080i/50 Progressive Tri-level
Custom

The table below shows the parameters of the Custom video trigger.
Frame Rate 25Hz, 30Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz
Of Lines 300~2000
Of Fields 1, 2, 3, 4
Interlace 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 8:1
Trigger Position Line Field
(line value)/1 1
(line value)/2 2
(line value)/3 3
(line value)/4 4
(line value)/5 5
(line value)/6 6
(line value)/7 7

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(line value)/8 8

The table below takes Of Lines as 800 as an example to explain the relation between
Of Lines, Of Fields, Interlace, Trigger Line and Trigger Field.
Of Lines Of Fields Interlace Trigger Line Trigger Field
800 1 1:1 800 1
800 1,2,4 or 8 2:1 400 1, 1~2, 1~4, 1~8
800 1,2,4 or 8 4:1 200 1, 1~2, 1~4, 1~8
800 1,2,4 or 8 8:1 100 1, 1~2, 1~4, 1~8

5. Press the Sync softkey to select Any or Select trigger mode.

 Any: trigger on any of the horizontal sync pulses
 Select: trigger on the appointed line and field you have set. Press the Line or
Field softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to set the value.

The following table lists the line numbers per field for each video standard.
Standard Field 1 Field 2
NTSC 1 to 262 1 to 263
PAL 1 to 312 1 to 313
HDTV 720P/50, HDTV 720P/60 1 to 750
HDTV 1080P/50, HDTV 1080P/60 1 to 1125
HDTV 1080iP/50, HDTV 1080i/60 1 to 562 1 to 563

The following are exercises to familiarize you with video triggering.

 To trigger on a specific line of video
 To use Custom video trigger

To Trigger on a Specific Line of Video

Video triggering requires greater than 1/2 division of sync amplitude with any analog
channel as the trigger source.
The example below set to trigger on field 2, line 124 using the NTSC video standard.
1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function
menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Video and push down
the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 as the trigger source,
and press the knob to confirm.
4. Press the Standard softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select NTSC, and press the
knob to confirm.
5. Press the Sync softkey and set the option to Select; press the Line softkey and then
turn the universal to select 022 and push the knob to confirm; press the Field softkey
and then turn the Universal Knob to select 1 and push the knob to confirm

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Figure 31 Video Trigger

To Use Custom Video Trigger

Custom video trigger supports frame rate of 25Hz, 30Hz, 50Hz and 60Hz, and the line
range is available from 300 to 2000. The steps below show how to set custom trigger.
1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Video and push down
the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 as the trigger source,
and push down the knob to confirm.
4. Press the Standard softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select Custom, and push
down the knob to confirm.
5. Press the Setting softkey to enter the custom setting function menu. Press the
Interlace softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value.
6. Press the Of Field softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value.
7. Press the Sync softkey to enter the TRIG ON menu to set the line and field.
 Press the Type softkey to select Select or Any.
 If the Type option set to Select, press the Line softkey; turn the Universal Knob to
select the desired value. Press the Field softkey; turn the Universal Knob to
select the desired value.

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Window Trigger

Windows trigger provides a high trigger level and a low trigger level. The instrument
triggers when the input signal passes through the high trigger level or the low trigger level.

There are two kinds of window types: Absolute and Relative. They have different trigger
level adjustment methods. Under Absolute window type, the lower and the upper trigger
levels can be adjusted respectively via the Level knob; under Relative window type, adjust
the Center value to set the window center; adjust the Delta value to set the window range,
the lower and the upper trigger levels always move together.

 If the lower and the upper trigger levels are both within the waveform amplitude range,
the oscilloscope will trigger on both rising and falling edge.
 If the upper trigger level is within the waveform amplitude range while the lower
trigger level is out of the waveform amplitude range, the oscilloscope will trigger on
rising edge only.
 If the lower trigger level is within the waveform amplitude range while the upper
trigger level is out of the waveform amplitude range, the oscilloscope will trigger on
falling edge only.

To set window trigger via Absolute window type:

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Window and push
down the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source.
4. Press the Window Type softkey to select Absolute.
5. Press the Lower Upper softkey to select Lower or Upper trigger level; then turn the
Trigger Level Knob to adjust the position. The trigger level values are displayed at the
upper right corner of the screen.
The Lower trigger level cannot be upper than the upper trigger level. In the trigger
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level.

Figure 32 Absolute Window Trigger

To set window trigger via Relative window type:

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function
menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Window and push
down the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source.
4. Press the Window Type softkey to select Relative.
5. Press the Center Delta softkey to select Center or Delta trigger level mode; then turn
the Trigger Level Knob to adjust the position. The Center and Delta values are
displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
6. In the trigger state message box, C means Center, the center value of the lower and
upper trigger levels; D means Delta, the difference between the lower (or upper)
trigger level and the trigger level center.

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Figure 33 Relative Window Trigger

Coupling and noise reject can be set in Window trigger, see the sections "Trigger
Coupling" and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Interval Trigger

Trigger when the times difference between the neighboring rising or falling edges meets
the time limit (<=, >=, [--,--], --][--).

To set interval trigger:

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function
menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Interval and push down
the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source.
4. Press the Slope softkey to select rising or falling edge.
5. Press theLimit Range softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select desired condition.
 <= (less than a time value): trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of
the input signal is lower than the specified time value.
 >= (greater than a time value): trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of
the input signal is greater than the specified time value.
 [--,--] (within a range of time value):trigger when the positive or negative pulse
time of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit of time and lower
than the specified upper limit of time value.
 --][-- (outside a range of time value): trigger when the positive or negative pulse
time of the input signal is greater than the specified upper limit of time and lower
than the specified lower limit of time value.

6. Press the Time Setting softkey (<=, >=, [--,--],--][--), turn the Universal Knob to select
the desired value.

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Figure 34 Interval Trigger

Coupling and noise reject can be set in interval trigger, see the sections "Trigger
Coupling" and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Dropout Trigger

Dropout trigger includes two types: edge and state.

Edge
Trigger when the time interval (△T) from when the rising edge (or falling edge) of the input
signal passes through the trigger level to when the neighboring rising edge (or falling edge)
passes through the trigger level is greater than the timeout time set, as shown in the figure
below.

State
Trigger when the time interval (△T) from when the rising edge (or falling edge) of the input
signal passes through the trigger level to when the neighboring falling edge (or rising edge)
passes through the trigger level is greater than the timeout time set, as shown in the figure
below.

To set edge Dropout trigger:

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function
menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Dropout and push
down the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source. The current trigger source is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
Select channel with signal input as trigger source to obtain stable trigger.
4. Press the Slope softkey to select rising or falling edge.
5. Press the OverTime Type softkey to select Edge.
6. Press the Time softkey; turn the universal to select the desired value.

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Figure 35 Edge Dropout Trigger

To set state Dropout trigger:

1. Press the Setup button to enter the TRIGGER system function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select Dropout and push
down the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source.
4. Press the Slope softkey to select rising or falling edge.
5. Press the OverTime Type softkey to select State.
6. Press the Time softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value.

Figure 36 State Dropout Trigger

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Coupling and noise reject can be set in dropout trigger, see the sections "Trigger
Coupling" and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Runt Trigger

The Runt trigger looks for pulses that cross one threshold but not another as shown in the
picture below.

 A positive runt pulse across through a lower threshold but not an upper threshold.
 A negative runt pulse across through an upper threshold but not a lower threshold.

To trigger on runt pulse:

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function
menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select Runt and push down
the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Source softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select CH1 or CH2 as the trigger
source.
4. Press the Polarity softkey to select Positive or Negative pulse to trigger.
5. Press the Limit Range softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired condition
(<=, >=, [--,--] or --][--).
6. Press the Time Setting softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired value.
7. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the TRIGGER system
function menu. Press the Lower Upper softkey to select Lower or Upper trigger level,
and the turn the Universal Knob to set the position.

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Figure 37 Runt Trigger

Coupling and noise reject can be set in runt trigger, see the sections "Trigger Coupling"
and "Noise Rejection" for details.

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Pattern Trigger

The Pattern trigger identifies a trigger condition by looking for a specified pattern. The
pattern trigger can be expanded to incorporate delays similar to other triggers. Pattern
durations are evaluated using a timer. The timer starts on the last edge that makes the
pattern “true”. Potential triggers occur on the first edge that makes the pattern false,
provided that the time qualifier criterion has been met. The oscilloscope provides 4
patterns: logical AND, OR, NAND and NOR combination of the channels. Each channel
can set to low, high or invalid.

Do the following steps to set pattern trigger:

1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select Pattern, and then push
down the knob to confirm.
3. Press each channel softkey to select Invalid, High or Low.
 Low sets the pattern to low on the selected channel. A low is a voltage level that
is less than the channel's trigger level or threshold level.
 High sets the pattern to high on the selected channel. A high is a voltage level
that is greater than the channel's trigger level or threshold level.
 Invalid sets the pattern to don't care on the selected channel. Any channel set to
don't care is ignored and is not used as part of the pattern.
 However, if all channels in the pattern are set to Invalid, the oscilloscope will not
trigger.
Adjust the trigger level for the selected analog channel by turning the Trigger
Level knob. Invalid doesn’t need to set trigger level.
4. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the pattern trigger menu.
5. Press the Logic softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired logic
combination AND, OR, NAND or NOR.

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6. Press the Time softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired time value.
7. Press the Holdoff Close softkey to turn on the Holdoff function; then turn the Universal
Knob to select the desired value.

Figure 38 Pattern Trigger

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Serial Trigger and Decode

The oscilloscope provides I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and LIN serial trigger and decode. This
chapter introduces the method of triggering and decoding these serial signals in details.

The contents of this chapter:

 I2C Trigger and Decode

 SPI Trigger and Decode

 UART Trigger and Decode

 CAN Trigger and Decode

 LIN Trigger and Decode

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I2C Trigger and Serial Decode

Please in order of “Setup for I2C Signals”, “I2C Trigger” and “I2C Serial Decode” to
trigger and decode the signals.

Setup for I2C Signals

Setting the I2C (Inter-IC bus) signal includes two steps: connecting the serial data signal
(SDA) and serial clock signal (SCK) to oscilloscope, specifying the threshold voltage of
each input signal.

1. Press the Decode key to enter the DECODE function menu as Figure 34 shows.

Figure 39 I2C DECODE Menu

2. Press the Decode softkey and select the desired slot (Decode1 or Decode2).
3. Press the Protocol softkey and then select I2C by turning Universal Knob.
4. Press the Signal softkey to enter the SIGNAL menu as Figure 35 shows.

Figure 40 I2C SIGNALLE Menu

5. Set SCL (I2C’s clock signal):
a. Press the SCL softkey to select the channel that is connected to the I2C clock
signal.
b. Press the first Threshold softkey to set the I2C clock signal’s threshold voltage
level by Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be
regard as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
6. Set SDA (I2C’s data signal):
a. Press the SDA to select the channel that is connected to the I2C data signal.
b. Press the second Threshold softkey to set the I2C data signal’s threshold voltage
level by Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be
regard as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
(Tips: SDA should keep stable during the whole high clock cycle, otherwise it will be
interpreted as a start or stop condition (data transitioning while the clock is high))
7. Press the softkey to return previous menu.

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I2C Trigger

This part introduces the nine kinds of trigger conditions (Start, Stop, Restart, No Ack,
EEPROM, 7 Addr&Data, 10 Addr&Data and Data Length) and the methods of setting
them.

Trigger Conditions

 Start Condition— the oscilloscope will be triggered when SDA signal transitions from
high to low while the SCL clock is high. If it is chosen as the condition of trigger
(including frame triggers), a restart will be treated as a “Start condition”.
 Stop Condition— the oscilloscope will be triggered when SDA transitions from low to
high while the SCL is high.

 Restart— the oscilloscope will be triggered when another “Start condition” occurs
before a “Stop condition”.
 No Ack— the oscilloscope will be triggered when SDA data is high during any SCL’s
ACK bit.
 EEPROM — the trigger searches for EEPROM control byte (the value is 1010xxx) on
the SDA bus. And there is a Read bit and a ACK bit behind EEPROM. Using Limit
Range softkey to set the qualifier and Data1 softkey to set the data’s value. If
EEPROM’s data is greater(less, equal) than Data1, the oscilloscope will be triggered
at the edge of ACK bit behind Data byte. It’s unnecessary that the Data byte musts
follow the EEPROM.

 7 Address & Data — the oscilloscope will be triggered when the following conditions
are satisfied.
 The address’s length must be 7 bits and the address’s value is the same as set
value.

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 If you have set either Data1’s or Data2’s value, and the signal has a data is the
same as that value. If you have set both Data1’s and Data2’s value, the signal
should has two consecutive data, the first data’s value is Data1, second data
value is Data2.
(Note: If the data’s value is 0xXX, any data value will be matched)

 10 Address & Data — the oscilloscope will be triggered when the following conditions
are satisfied.
 The address’s length must be 10 bits and the address’s value is the same as set
value.
 If you have set either Data1’s or Data2’s value, and the signal has a data is the
same as that value. If you have set both Data1’s and Data2’s value, the signal
should has two consecutive data, the first data’s value is Data1, second data
value is Data2.
(Note: If the set value is 0xXX, any data value will be matched)

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 Data Length — When SDA data’s length is equal to the value of Byte Length and
address’s length is the same as set value, the oscilloscope will be triggered. Byte
length is in the range of 1 to 12 bits.

Operation Steps

1. Press the Setup to enter the TRIGGER function menu.

2. Press the Type and select Serial.
3. Press the Protocol and select I2C.
4. Press the Trigger Setting softkey.

Figure 41 I2C TRIGGER Menu

5. Press the Condition softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the trigger
condition:
 If you select the EEPROM condition:
a. Press the Limit Range softkey to set the qualifier ( = ,< or >).
b. Press the Data1 softkey and set its value by turning the Universal Knob.
 If you select 7 Addr & Data or 10 Addr & Data condition:
a. Press the Addr softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the 7- bit or 10-
bit device address.
b. Press the Data1 or Data2 softkey and set the value about them.
c. Press the R/W bit softkey and select write-frame or read-frame to trigger the
oscilloscope.
(Tips: If device address is 7-bit, the value of address is in range of 0x00 to 0x7F.If
device’s address is 10-bit, the value of address is in range of 0x00 to 0x3FF.)
 If you select the Data Length condition:
a. Press the Address to set the SDA address length 7bit or 10 bit.
b. Press the Byte Length softkey and set the byte length by Universal Knob.
The range of the Byte Length is 1 to 12.

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I2C Serial Decode

After completing the setup of I2C signal and trigger, we will decode I2C signals. Operation
steps as follows.
1. Press Decode→ Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2.
2. Press the Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
3. Press the List to enter the LIST function menu.
4. Press the Display and choose the same options as the first step.
5. Press the Lines and set the number of lines by Universal Knob. The range of the lines
is 1 to 7.
6. Press the Format to change the character encoding format of the decoding’s result.
7. Press the Scroll and turn the Universal Knob to view all frames.

Interpreting I2C Decode

The frames of decoding result:

 The address value is displayed at the beginning of a frame. The write address is
displayed in green, and read address in yellow.
 W/R bit is represented by (W) and (R), following the address value.
 The data value is displayed in white.
 "~A" after a data or address bits indicates no acknowledgement. For example, DB~A.
 indicates there is not enough space on the display to show the complete content
of a frame, and some content is hidden.

Figure 42 I2C Decode Bus Display

The lists of decoding result:

 Time — the horizontal displacement between current frame and trigger position.
 Address — the address of a frame.
 R/W — the type of a frame (write or read).
 Data — the value of data.

Figure 43 I2C Decode List Display

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SPI Trigger and Serial Decode

Please in order of “Setup for SPI Signals”, “SPI Trigger” and “SPI Serial Decode” to
trigger and decode the signals.

Setup for SPI Signals

Setting the SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) signal includes two steps: connecting the CLK,
MISO, MOSI and CS signals to oscilloscope; specifying the parameters of each input
signal.

1. Press the Decode key to enter the DECODE function menu.

2. Press the Decode softkey and select the desired slot (Decode1 or Decode2).
3. Press the Protocol softkey and then select SPI by turning Universal Knob.
4. Press the Signal softkey to enter the SIGNAL menu as Figure 35 shows.

Figure 44 SINGAL Menu

5. Set CLK (clock signal):
a. Press the CLK softkey to enter CLK menu.
b. Press the CLK softkey to select the channel that is connected to the SPI clock
signal.
c. Press the Threshold softkey to set the SPI clock signal’s threshold voltage level
by Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be
regard as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
d. Press the Edge Select softkey to set the oscilloscope will samples at clock
signal’s rising edge or falling edge.
e. Press the softkey to return previous menu.

Figure 45 CLK Menu

6. Set MISO:
a. Press the MISO softkey to enter the MISO menu.
b. Press the MISO softkey to select the channel that is connected to the SPI MISO
signal.
c. Press the Threshold softkey to set the SPI MISO signal’s threshold voltage level
by Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be
regard as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
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d. Press the softkey to return previous menu.

Figure 46 MISO Menu

7. Set MOSI:
a. Press the MOSI softkey to enter the MOSI menu.
b. Press the MOSI softkey to select the channel that is connected to the SPI MOSI
signal.
c. Press the Threshold softkey to set the SPI MOSI signal’s threshold voltage level
by Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be
regard as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
d. Press the softkey to return previous menu.

Figure 47 MOSI Menu

8. Set CS:
a. Press the CS softkey to enter the MOSI menu.
b. Press the Cs Type softkey to select the chip select type.
c. Modify the Cs type’s value.
d. Press the softkey to return previous menu.

Function
Settings Explanation
Menu
~CS low voltage level of CS signal is available
CS high voltage level of CS signal is available

If the time between two edges of clock signal is less

than (or equal to) the value of timeout, the signal
CS Type between the two edges is treat as a frame. The range of
CLK
clock timeout is 100ns-5ms. This setting is suitable for
Timeout
case where CS signal is not connected, or the number
of oscilloscope channels is insufficient (such as
two-channel oscilloscopes).
Table 1 Menu Explanations of the CS Type Parameters

9. Press the Bit Order softkey to select the bit order (LSB or MSB).

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SPI Trigger

This part will provide a brief introduction and description for the operation of the SPI
trigger.

1. Press the Setup button to enter the TRIGGER function menu.

2. Press the Type and select Serial.
3. Press the Protocol and select SPI.
4. Press the Trigger Setting softkey.

Figure 48 SPI TRIG SET Menu

5. Press the Trigger Type softkey to select the trigger condition.
Function
Settings Explanation
Menu
Trigger MISO Master-In, Slave-Out
Type MOSI Master-Out, Slave-In
Table 2 Menu Explanations of the SPI trigger type

6. Press the Data Length softkey, and turn the Universal Knob to set the length of a data.
The range of data length is 4 to 96 bits.
7. Set the value of the trigger data.
 Set the value of a bit:
a. Press the Bit Roll softkey to select a bit in data.
b. Press the Bit Value softkey to set the value of the selected bit.
 Set the value of all bits:
a. Press the All Same softkey to set the value of all bits.
Function
Settings Explanation
Menu
0 High voltage level
Bit Value 1 Low voltage level
X Don’t care the voltage level
Table 3 Menu Explanations of the SPI Bit value

8. Press the Next Page softkey.

9. Press the Bit Order softkey to set the bit order (MSB or LSB).

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SPI Serial Decode

After completing the setup of SPI signal and trigger, we will decode SPI signals. Operation
steps as follows.

1. Press Decode→Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2.
2. Press the Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
3. Press the List to enter the LIST function menu.
4. Press the Display and choose the same options as the first step.
5. Press the Lines and set the number of lines by Universal Knob. The range of the lines
is 1 to 7.
6. Press the Format to change the character encoding format of the decoder’s result.
7. Press the Scroll and turn the Universal Knob to view all frames.

Interpreting SPI Decode

The frames of decoding result:

 The data values are displayed in frames and are shown in white. Support 4~96 bit
data display.
 MISO — the decoding result of “Master-In, Slave-Out” line.
 MOSI —the decoding result of “Master-Out, Slave-In” line.
 indicates there is not enough space on the display to show the complete content
of a frame, and some content is hidden.

Figure 49 SPI Decode Bus Display

The lists of decoding result:

 Time — the horizontal displacement between current frame and trigger position.
 MISO — the decoding result of “Master-In, Slave-Out” line.
 MOSI —the decoding result of “Master-Out, Slave-In” line.

Figure 50 SPI Decode List Display

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UART Trigger and Serial Decode

Please in order of “Setup for UART Signals”, “UART Trigger” and “UART Serial Decode”
to trigger and decode the signals.

Setup for UART Signals

1. Press the Decode key to enter the DECODE function menu.

2. Press the Decode softkey and select the desired slot (Decode1 or Decode2).
3. Press the Protocol softkey and then select UART by turning Universal Knob.
4. Press the Signal softkey to enter the SIGNAL menu as below shows.

Figure 51 UART SIGNAL Menu

5. Set RX:
a. Press the RX to select the channel that is connected to the RX signal.
b. Press the first Threshold key to set the RX signal’s threshold voltage level by
Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be regard
as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
6. Set TX:
a. Press the TX to select the channel that is connected to the TX signal.
b. Press the second Threshold key to set the TX signal’s threshold voltage level by
Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be regard
as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
7. Press the softkey to return previous menu.
8. Press the Configure softkey to enter BUS CONFIG menu.

Figure 52 BUS CONFIG Menu

9. Press the Baud softkey to set baud rate.
 The baud rate can be set as predefined value.
 If the desired baud rate is not listed, press the Baud and select custom option,
press the Custom and turn the Universal Knob to set the desired baud rate.
10. Press the Data Length softkey and set byte bits (5-8) by Universal Knob.
11. Press the Parity Check softkey to set the type of parity check (Even, Odd or None).

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12. Press the Stop Bit softkey to set the length of stop bit (1, 1.5 or 2 bits).
13. Press the Next Page softkey.
14. Press the Bit Order softkey to select the bit order (LSB or MSB).
15. Press the Idle Level softkey to set the idle level (LOW or HIGH).

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UART Trigger

This part shows a brief introduction and description for the operation of the UART trigger.
1. Press the Setup button to enter the TRIGGER function menu.
2. Press the Type and select Serial.
3. Press the Protocol and select UART.
4. Press the Trigger Setting softkey to enter UART TRIG SET menu.

Figure 53 UART TRIG SET Menu

5. Press the Source Type softkey to select the source of trigger (RX or TX).
6. Press the Condition softkey and set up the desired trigger condition:
 Start — the oscilloscope will be triggered at the position of start bit.
 Stop —the oscilloscope will be triggered at the position of stop bits.
 Data — the oscilloscope will be triggered when found a byte which is equal
to(greater or less than) the specified data.
a. Press the Compare Type softkey and choose an equality qualifier (>, < or =).
b. Press the Value softkey to set data’s value. Data’s value is in range of 0x00
to 0xff.
 ERROR — if the parity check has been set, and the bit of parity check is error,
the oscilloscope will be triggered.

Figure 54 UART Trigger

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UART Serial Decode

After completing the setup of UART signal and trigger, we will decode UART signals.
Operation steps as follows.

1. Press Decode→Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2.
2. Press the Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
3. Press the List to enter the LIST function menu.
4. Press the Display and choose the same options as the first step.
5. Press the Lines and set the number of lines by Universal Knob. The range of the lines
is 1 to 7.
6. Press the Format to change the character encoding format of the decoding’s result.
7. Press the Scroll and turn the Universal Knob to view all frames.

Figure 55 UART Decode

Interpreting UART Decode

The frames of decoding result:

 RX — the decoding result of the data received.
 TX — the decoding result of the data transmitted.
 indicates there is not enough space on the display to show the complete content
of a frame, and some content is hidden.

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Figure 56 UART Decode Bus Display

The lists of decoding result:

 Time— the horizontal displacement between current frame and trigger position.
 RX — the receiving channel.
 TX — the transmitting channel.
 RX Err— Parity error or unknown error in the data received.
 TX Err— Parity error or unknown error in the data transmitted.

Figure 57 UART Decode List Display

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CAN Trigger and Serial Decode

Please in order of “Setup for CAN Signals”, “CAN Trigger” and “CAN Serial Decode” to
trigger and decode the signals.

Setup for CAN Signals

1. Press the Decode key to enter the DECODE function menu.

2. Press the Decode softkey and select the desired slot (Decode1 or Decode2).
3. Press the Protocol softkey and then select CAN by turning Universal Knob.
4. Press the Signal softkey to enter the SIGNAL menu as Figure 55 shows.

Figure 58CAN SIGNAL Menu

a. Press the Source softkey to select the channel that is connected to the CAN
signal.
b. Press the Threshold key to set the CAN signal’s threshold voltage level by
Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be regard
as the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
5. Press the Configure softkey to enter the BUS CONFIG menu.
6. Press the Baud to set baud rate by Universal Knob.
 The baud rate can be set as predefined value (from 5kb/s to 1Mb/s) or custom
value (from 5kb/s to 1Mb/s).
 If the desired baud rate is not listed, press Baud and select custom option, press
the Custom and turn the Universal Knob to set the desired baud rate.

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CAN Trigger

This part will provide a brief introduction and description for the operation of the CAN
trigger.

Trigger Conditions

 Start— the oscilloscope will be triggered at the start bit of a frame.

 Remote — the oscilloscope will be triggered by a remote frame with specified ID.
 ID — the oscilloscope will be triggered by a remote or data frame that have specified
ID.
 ID+DATA— the oscilloscope will be triggered by data frame that have specified ID
and data.
 Error — the oscilloscope will be triggered by an error frame.

Operation Steps

1. Press the Setup to enter the TRIGGER function menu.

2. Press the Type and select Serial.
3. Press the Protocol and select CAN.
4. Press the Trigger Setting to enter the CAN TRIG SET menu.
5. Press the Condition and select the trigger condition by Universal Knob:
 If you select the REMOTE and ID condition:
a. Press the ID Bits to set the length of ID (11bits or 29 bits).
b. Press the Curr ID Byte and use the Universal Knob to select the byte that
you want to set.
c. Press the ID and set the ID’s value by the Universal Knob.
(Tips: In order to make is convenient for the operator to set the parameters, ID b
is split into several bytes. For example, if the ID’s length is 11 bits, it will be split
into two bytes, a byte includes 8 bits. If “1st byte” is selected, only the 8 least
significant bits can be changed.)
 If you select the ID+DATA condition:
a. Press the ID bits softkey to select the ID’s length (11 or 29 bits).
b. Press the Curr ID Byte softkey and use Universal Knob to select the byte
that you want to modify.
c. Press the ID softkey and set the ID’s value by Universal Knob.
d. Press the Data softkey and set the value of the first byte by Universal Knob.

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Figure 59 CAN Trigger

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CAN Serial Decode

After completing the setup of can signal and trigger, we will decode CAN signals.
Operation steps as follows.

1. Press Decode→ Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2.
2. Press the Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
3. Press the List to enter the LIST function menu.
4. Press the Display and choose the same options as the first step.
5. Press the Lines and set the number of lines by Universal Knob. The range of the lines
is 1 to 7.
6. Press the Format to change the character encoding format of the decoder’s result.
7. Press the Scroll and turn the Universal Knob to view all frames.

Interpreting CAN Decode.

The frame of decoding result:

 Arbitration field is displayed in frame
 Control field is displayed in frame
 Data field is displayed in frame
 CRC field is displayed in frame
 indicates there is not enough space on the display to show complete content of a
frame and some content is hidden.

Figure 60 CAN Decode Bus Display

The list of decoding result:

 Time— the horizontal displacement between current frame and trigger position.
 Type — the type of frames, “D” represents data frame, “R” represents remote frame.
 ID — the id of frames, the oscilloscope can automatically detect the length
of frame’s id (11 bits or 27 bits).
 Length — the length of data field.
 Data — the value of data field.
 CRC — the value of CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) field.
 ACK — Acknowledgment bit.

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Figure 61 CAN Decode List Display

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LIN Trigger and Serial Decode

Please take the order of “Setup for LIN Signals”, “LIN Trigger” and “LIN Serial Decode” to
trigger and decode the signals.

Setup for LIN Signals

There are two steps of setting the LIN signal, connecting the signal to oscilloscope,
specifying the parameters of each input signal.

1. Press the Decode button to enter the DECODE function menu.

2. Press the Decode softkey and select the desired slot (Decode1 or Decode2).
3. Press the Protocol softkey and then select LIN by turning Universal Knob.
4. Press the Signal softkey to enter the SIGNAL menu as Figure 58 shows.

Figure 62 LIN SIGNAL Menu

5. Press the Source softkey to select the channel that is connected to the LIN signal.
6. Press the Threshold softkey and set the LIN signal’s threshold voltage level by
Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be regard as
the trigger voltage level when set the trigger type to serial.
7. Press the softkey to return previous menu.
8. Press the Configure softkey to enter the BUS CONFIG menu.
9. Press the Baud softkey to set baud rate.
 The baud rate can be set as predefined value.
 If the desired baud rate is not listed, select custom option, press the Custom and
turn the Universal Knob to set the desired baud rate.

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LIN Trigger

This part will provide a brief introduction and description for the operation of the LIN
trigger.

Trigger Conditions

 Break — the oscilloscope will be triggered at the position of break field’s break
delimiter.
 ID (Frame ID) — the oscilloscope will be triggered at the position of identifier field’s
stop bit, if the value of a frame’s ID is equal to specified value.
(Note: If the data’s value is 0xXX, any data value will be matched)
 ID + Data (Frame ID and Data) — the oscilloscope triggers when a frame with an ID
and data equal to the selected values is detected. Use the Universal Knob to select
the value for the ID, Data1 and Data2.
a. The ID’s value is the same as set value.
b. If you have set either Data1’s or Data2’s value, and the signal has a data is the
same as that value. If you have set both Data1’s and Data2’s value, the signal
should has two consecutive data, the first data’s value is Data1, second data
value is Data2.
(Note: If the data’s value is 0xXX, any data value will be matched)
 Data Error —the oscilloscope will be triggered when errors (such as ID check error,
checksum error, sync byte field error) are detected.

Operation Steps

1. Press the Setup button to enter the TRIGGER function menu.

2. Press the Type and select Serial.
3. Press the Protocol and select I2C.
4. Press the Trigger Setting softkey to enter LIN TRIG SET menu.
5. Press the Condition and select the trigger condition by Universal Knob:
 If you select ID condition:
a. Press the ID softkey and set its value by turning the Universal Knob.
 If you select ID+DATA condition:
a. Press the ID softkey and set its value by turning the Universal Knob.
b. Press the DATA1 softkey and set its value by turning the Universal Knob.
c. Press the DATA2 softkey and set its value by turning the Universal Knob.

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Figure 63 LIN Trigger

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LIN Serial Decode

After completing the setup of LIN signal and trigger, we will decode LIN signals. Operation
steps as follows.

1. Press Decode→ Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2.
2. Press the Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
3. Press the List to enter the LIST function menu.
4. Press the Display and choose the same options as the first step.
5. Press the Lines and set the number of lines by Universal Knob. The range of the lines
is 1 to 7.
6. Press the Format to change the character encoding format of the decoder’s result.
7. Press the Scroll and turn the Universal Knob to view all frames.

Figure 64 LIN Decode

Interpreting LIN Decode

The frame of decoding result:

 Protected Identifier Field is displayed in frame
 Data Length is displayed in frame
 Data Field is displayed in frame.
 Checksum Field is displayed in frame.
 indicates there is not enough space on the display to show complete content of a
frame and some content is hidden.

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Figure 65 LIN Decode Bus Display

The list of decoding result:

 Time— the horizontal displacement between current frame and trigger position.
 ID — the value of frame’s Protected Identifier Field.
 Data Length — the length of Data Field.
 ID Parity — the two check bits of Protected Identifier Field.
 Data — the value of Data Field.
 Checksum— the value of Checksum Field.

Figure 66 LIN Decode List Display

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Reference Waveform
The oscilloscope can save analog channel or math waveforms to the reference waveform
locations in the oscilloscope. Then, a reference waveform can be displayed and compared
against other waveforms. All reference waveforms can be displayed at a time.

The contents of this chapter:

 Save REF Waveform to Internal Memory

 Display REF Waveform

 Adjust REF Waveform

 Clear REF Waveform

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Save REF Waveform to Internal Memory

Do the following steps to save the REF waveform to internal memory:

1. Press the REF button on the front to enter the REF WAVE function menu. Note that
when the time horizontal format is in X-Y mode, REF function cannot be enabled.
2. Press the Source softkey; then, turn the Universal Knob to select the source of
reference channel. The source includes analog channel and math waveforms.
3. Press the Location softkey; then, turn the Universal Knob to select the position to
save the REF waveform. The source includes analog channel and math waveforms.
4. Press the Save softkey to save the channel or math waveform to the appointed
location. The vertical scale information and the vertical offset of the waveform will be
saved at the same time. It will pop out the message “Store Data Success” when the
waveform has been saved successfully.

Note: The REF waveforms are non-volatile. The REF waveform can still be saved
after restarts or default operation.

Display REF Waveform

To the following steps to display REF waveform:

1. Press the REF button on the front to enter the REF WAVE function menu.
2. Press the Location softkey; then, turn the Universal Knob to select the REF waveform
that you want to display.
3. Press the Display softkey to select On to display the REF waveform on the screen.
Only saved location can be displayed. The oscilloscope can display all four reference
waveforms at a time.

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Adjust REF Waveform

1. Please refer to the “To Display REF Waveform” above to display the desired
reference waveform.
2. Press the Scale and Position softkey and turn the Universal Knob to adjust the
vertical scale and position of the reference waveform. The vertical scale and position
information display at the middle of the screen.

The initial values display at the middle of the screen is the setup that when the reference
waveform been saved.

Figure 67 Reference Waveform

Note: The vertical Variable knob and the vertical Position knob are only works for
the reference waveform and the math waveform. Please make a difference with the
channel vertical system.

Clear REF Waveform

The oscilloscope does not have the “Clear” option under the REF WAVE function menu.
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the same location to cover it. Or follow the Save/Recall → Recall → type and select
Security Erase to clear the stored waveform.

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Math
The oscilloscope supports many math operations between analog channels including
addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), division (/), FFT, differential (d/dt), integral
(∫dt), square root (√). The resulting math waveform is displayed in white and labeled with
“M”. You can use cursors to measure it.

The contents of this chapter:

 Units for Math Waveforms

 Math Operators

Note: if the analog channel or the math function is cut off (waveforms do not display on
the screen completely), the resulting math will also be cut off.

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Units for Math Waveforms

Use the channel function menu to set the unit of each channel to “V” or “A”. The
oscilloscope math operation includes units as below:

Math Operation Unit

Addition (+)or subtraction (-) V, A
multiplication (*) V∧2, A∧2 or W
division (/) None, Ω (Resistance unit Ohms), S (conductance
unit Siemens)
FFT dBVrms, Vrms, dBm, dBArms, Arms
differential (d/dt) V/S or A/S (V/second or A/second)
integral (∫dt) VS or AS (V*second or A*second)
square root ( ) V∧1/2 or A∧1/2

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Math Operators

The oscilloscope supports math count operation (Addition, subtraction, multiplication,

division), FFT (Fourier transform) operation and math function operation (differential,
integral, square root).

Addition or Subtraction

Math operators perform arithmetic operations add or subtract operation on any two analog
input channels. When you select addition or subtraction, the Source A and Source B
values are added or subtracted point by point, and the result is displayed.

1. Press the Math button on the front panel to enter the MATH function menu.
2. Press the Source A and Source B softkey respectively, and then turn the Universal
Knob to select the source to do math operation. Addition or Subtraction can be
applied between Analog channels or between reference waveforms.
3. Press the Operation softkey and then turn the universal to select + or - to make
addition or subtraction operation. The resulting math waveform is displayed in white
and labeled with “M”.

Figure 68 C1+C2 Waveform

4. If you want to invert the math waveform, press the Invert button and set the option to
On to invert the display of the math waveform.

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Multiplication and Division

Math operators perform arithmetic operations multiplication or division operation on any

two analog input channels. When you select multiplication or division, the Source A and
Source B values are multiplied or divided point by point and the result is displayed.

1. Press the Math button on the front panel to enter the MATH function menu.
2. Press the Source A and Source B softkey respectively, and then turn the Universal
Knob to select the source to do math operation. Multiplication or Division can be
applied between Analog channels or between reference waveforms.
3. Press the Operation softkey and then turn the universal to select * or / to make
multiplication or division operation. The resulting math waveform is displayed in white
and labeled with “M”.

Figure 69 C1*C2 Waveform

4. If you want to invert the math waveform, press the Invert button and set the option to
On to invert the display of the math waveform.

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FFT Operation

FFT is used to compute the fast Fourier transform using analog input channels. FFT takes
the digitized time record of the specified source and transforms it to the frequency domain.
When the FFT function is selected, the FFT spectrum is plotted on the oscilloscope
display as magnitude in dBV versus frequency. The readout for the horizontal axis
changes from time to frequency (Hertz) and the vertical readout changes from V to dB.

FFT operation can facilitate the following works:

 Measure harmonic components and distortion in the device under test

 Measure the characteristics of the noise in DC power

 Analyze vibration

To display a FFT waveform:

1. Press the Math button on the front panel to open the MATH function menu.
2. Press the Operator softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select FFT. The
resulting math waveform is displayed in white and labeled with “M”.

Figure 70 FFT Menu

3. Press the Source softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select the source to do
FFT operation. Analog channels can be used as the source.
4. Press the Config softkey to enter CONFIG menu.

Figure 71 FFT CONFIG Menu

 Press the Maximum points softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select
the Maximum points.
 Press the Window softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select an
appropriate window.
Spectral leakage can be considerably decreased when a window function is
used. The oscilloscope provides five windows (Rectangle, Blackman, Hanning,
Hamming and Flattop) which have different characteristics and are applicable to
measure different waveforms. You need to select the window function according
to different waveforms and their characteristics. Please read the table below

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carefully to make an appropriate option according to the input signal.

Window Applications and Characteristics
These are normally used when the signal is transient (completely
contained in the time-domain window) or known to have a
Rectangle fundamental frequency component that is an integer multiple of the
fundamental frequency of the window. Signals other than these
types will show varying amounts of spectral leakage and scallop
loss, which can be corrected by selecting another type of window.
Hanning These reduce leakage and improve amplitude accuracy. However,
frequency resolution is also reduced.
Hamming These reduce leakage and improve amplitude accuracy. However,
frequency resolution is also reduced.
Flat Top This window provides excellent amplitude accuracy with moderate
reduction of leakage, but with reduced frequency resolution.
Blackman It reduces the leakage to a minimum, but with reduced frequency
resolution.
 Press the Auto set softkey to automatically set the appropriate parameters for the
FFT measurement.
 Press the Display softkey to select Split, Full Screen or Exclusive display mode.
Split: the source channel and the FFT operation results are displayed separately.
The time domain and frequency domain signals are displayed clearly.
Full Screen: the source channel and the FFT operation results are displayed in
the same window to view the frequency spectrum more clearly and to perform
more precise measurements.
Exclusive: the waveforms of channels are disabled, only the FFT operation
results are displayed in the window to view the frequency spectrum more clearly
and to perform more precise measurements.
 Press the Mode softkey to select Normal, Max-Hold or Average. When you select
Average, it is necessary to set the average times.
5. Press the Vertical softkey to enter VERTICAL menu.

Figure 72 VERTICAL Menu

 Press the Scale softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
vertical FFT scale
 Press the Ref Level softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired vertical FFT offset.
 Press the Unit softkey to select the unit of vertical axis. The units of the vertical
axis can be dBVrms, dBm, Vrms or dBArms, Arms, which use a logarithmic scale
or a linear scale to display vertical amplitude respectively.
 Press the Ext Lode softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
external load value.
6. Press the Horizontal softkey to enter HORIZONTAL menu.
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Figure 73 HORIZONTAL Menu

 Press the Center softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
center frequency.
 Press the Hz/div softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
resolution frequency.
7. Press the Tools softkey to enter TOOLS menu. Press Type softkey to select the type
of tools. The type of the tools can be Peaks, Markers, or Off.
Peaks: Automatically mark the peak of the current FFT waveform according to the
search configuration.

Figure 74 FFT Peaks Menu

 Press the Show Table softkey to display a table of peak, and press Show
Frequency softkey to display the frequency value of the peak. Press the Sort By
softkey continuously to set the table sorting by Amplitude or Frequency.
 Press the Search Config softkey to set search configuration.

Figure 75 SEARCH Menu

a. Press the Threshold softkey and turn the Universal knob to set the minimum
peak amplitude. Only peaks larger than the peak limit can be judged as
peaks.
b. Press the Excursion softkey and turn the Universal knob to set the difference
between the peak value and the minimum Amplitude on both sides. Only
when the difference is greater than the peak value of peak offset can the
peak value be determined.

Markers: Customize the marker locations on the FFT waveform based on search
configuration.

Figure 76 FFT Markers Menu

 Press Markers Control softkey to enter MARKER Menu.

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Figure 77 Marker Control Menu

a. Press the Marker softkey continuously to select the marker number from
NO.1~NO.8.
b. Press the Show Marker softkey continuously to turn on or off the selected
mark.
c. Press the Frequency softkey to set the frequency value of the selected
marker.
d. Press the Next Peak softkey to move the selected mark to the next peak.
And press the Next Amplitude softkey to move the selected marker to the
next peak with lower amplitude.(Up to 10 peaks are supported)
 Press the Search Config softkey to enter the SEARCH menu. Similar to the
search configuration for peak markers.
 Press the Markers on Peaks softkey to set the markers on peaks, and press the
Markers on harmonics softkey to set the markers on harmonics.
 Press the Show Table softkey to show the amplitude of the markers; press the
Show Frequency softkey to show the frequency value of the markers, and press
the Show Delta softkey to show the delta amplitude between markers.

The following figure shows the FFT waveform displayed on the split screen and the peak
tool is turned on:

Figure 78 FFT Waveform

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Note:
 Signals with DC components or deviation would cause error or deviation of the FFT
waveform components. To reduce the DC components, set the Channel Coupling
to AC.
 To reduce the random noise and aliasing frequency components of repetitive or
single pulse, set the Acquisition of the oscilloscope to Average.

To measure FFT waveform:

To make cursor measurements, press the Cursors button, and then press the Mode
softkey to select On to turn the cursors, Use the X1 and X2 cursors to measure frequency
values and the difference between two frequency values (ΔX). Use the Y1 and Y2 cursors
to measure amplitude in dB and difference in amplitude (ΔY).
You can find the frequency value at the first occurrence of the waveform maximum by
using the X at Max Y measurement.

Note: please refer to the cursors chapter to obtain the method of using cursors.

Math Function Operation

The oscilloscope supports math function operation including differential (d/dt), integral (∫dt)
and square root ( ).

Differentiate

d/dt (differentiate) calculates the discrete time derivative of the selected source.

Where:
 d = differential waveform
 y = channel 1, 2, 3, or 4 data points
 i = data point index
 Δ t = point- to- point time difference

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difference, and it ranges from 0.02div to 0.40div. “div” indicates the number of the pixel
points that each division has. The oscilloscope has 50 pixel points per division. Take
0.2div as an example: 0.2*50=10. It means to calculate the ten point’s discrete time
derivative of the selected source, and the Δ t is the ten point’s point- to- point time
difference.

Figure 79 Difference Function Operation

You can use differentiate to measure the instantaneous slope of a waveform. For example,
the slew rate of an operational amplifier may be measured using the differentiate function

Note: Because differentiation is very sensitive to noise, it is helpful to set acquisition

mode to Average.

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Integrate

dt (integrate) calculates the integral of the selected source. You can use integrate to
calculate the energy of a pulse in volt- seconds or measure the area under a waveform.

dt plots the integral of the source using the "Trapezoidal Rule". The equation is:
n
I n = c 0 + ∆t ∑ yi
i=0
Where:
 I = integrated waveform
 Δt = point- to- point time difference
 y = channel 1, 2, 3, or 4 data points
 co = arbitrary constant
 i = data point index

The integrate operator provides an Offset softkey that lets you enter a DC offset correction
factor for the input signal. Small DC offset in the integrate function input (or even small
oscilloscope calibration errors) can cause the integrate function output to "ramp" up or
down. This DC offset correction lets you level the integrate waveform.

Figure 80 Integral without Offset

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Figure 81 Integral with Offset

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Square Root

Square root ( ) calculates the square root of the selected source.

Where the transform is undefined for a particular input, holes (zero values) appear in the
function output.

Figure 82 Square Root

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Cursors
Cursors are horizontal and vertical markers that indicate X- axis values and Y- axis values
on a selected waveform source. You can use cursors to make custom voltage, time
measurements on oscilloscope signals.

X Cursors

X cursors are vertical dashed lines that adjust horizontally and can be used to measure
time (when the source is FFT waveform, X cursors measure frequency).

X1 cursor is the left (default position) vertical dotted line; it can be moved to any place of
the screen.

X2 cursor is the right (default position) vertical dotted line; it can be moved to any place of
the screen.

Use the Universal Knob to set the X1 and X2 cursor values and the values are displayed
in the cursors box in the upper-left corner of the screen along with the difference between
X1 and X2 (△T) and 1/△T.

When set cursor type to X2-X1, use Universal Knob will move the X1 and X2 cursors
together. The value under the menu option is the difference between the X1 and X2
cursors.

Y Cursors

Y cursors are horizontal dotted lines that adjust vertically and can be used to measure
voltage (V) or current (A). When the cursors source is the math function, the unit will
match the math function.

Y1 cursor is the top (default position) horizontal dotted line; it can be moved to any vertical
place of the screen.

Y2 cursor is the down (default position) horizontal dotted line; it can be moved to any
vertical place of the screen.

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Use the Universal Knob to set the Y1 and Y2 cursor values and the values are displayed
in the cursors box in the top left corner of the screen along with the difference between Y1
and Y2 (△Y).

When set cursor type to Y2-Y1, use Universal Knob will move the Y1 and Y2 cursors
together. The value under the menu option is the difference between the Y1 and Y2
cursors.

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Make Cursor Measurements

1. Press the Cursors button on the front panel to enter the CURSOR function menu.
2. Press the Mode softkey and set the cursors mode to Manual or Track.
3. Press the Source softkey, and then use the Universal Knob to select the desired
source. Only analog channels, math waveforms and reference waveforms that are
displayed are available for cursors.
4. Press the X Ref and Y Ref softkey to set the reference of X cursors and Y cursors.
 Position: when the horizontal/vertical scale is changed, the X/Y cursors remain
fixed to the grid position on the display.
 Delay/Offset: when the horizontal/vertical is changed, the value of X/Y cursors
remain fixed.
5. To make cursor measurements:
 To measure the horizontal time, use the Universal Knob to move the X1 and X2
cursors to desired place. If necessary, set the cursor type to X2-X1, move X1 and
X2 cursors together.
 To measure vertical voltage or current, use the Universal Knob to move the Y1
and Y2 cursors to desired place. If necessary, set the cursor type to “Y2-Y1”,
move Y1 and Y2 cursors together.
 To adjust the transparence of the cursors message box, press the
Display/Persist softkey and go to the second page, press the Transparence
(20% to 80%) softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to adjust the
transparence to the desired value.

Cursor examples:
Use cursors to measure pulse width:

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Figure 83 Measure Pulse Width

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Measure
The oscilloscope provides measurements of 36 waveform parameters and the statistics. It
contains voltage, time and delay parameters.

Voltage and time parameters are under Type option. The results of the last four selected
measurements are displayed at the bottom of screen and above the menu. Delay
parameters are under the All Measure submenu. Set the Delay option to On to display all
the delay parameters.

The contents of this chapter:

 Type of measurement

 Automatic measurement

 All measurement

 Gate measurement

 Clear measurement

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Type of Measurement

Voltage Measurements

Voltage measurements include 15 kinds of voltage parameter measurements.

Figure 84 Voltage Measurements

1. Peak-Peak: Difference between maximum and minimum data values.

2. Maximum: Highest value in input waveform.
3. Minimum: Lowest value in input waveform.
4. Amplitude: Difference between top and base in a bimodal signal, or between max and
min in an unimodal signal.
5. Top: Value of most probable higher state in a bimodal waveform.
6. Base: Value of most probable lower state in a bimodal waveform.
7. Mean: Average of all data values
8. Cycle mean: Average of data values in the first cycle.
9. Stdev: Standard deviation of all data values
10. Cycle Stdev: Standard deviation of all data values in the first cycle
11. Rms: Root mean square of all data values.
12. Cycle RMS: Root mean square of all data values in the first cycle.
13. Overshoot: Overshoot is distortion that follows a major edge transition expressed as a
percentage of Amplitude. ROV means rising edge overshoot and FOV means falling
edge overshoot.

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Figure 85 Overshoot

14. Preshoot: Preshoot is distortion that precedes a major edge transition expressed as a
percentage of Amplitude. The X cursors show which edge is being measured (edge
closest to the trigger reference point).

Figure 86 Preshoot

15. Level@X: the voltage value between the trigger point and the vertical position of the
channel

Time Measurements

Time measurements include 11 kinds of time parameter measurements.

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Figure 87 Time Measurements

1. Period: Period for every cycle in waveform at the 50% level, and positive slope.
2. Frequency: Frequency for every cycle in waveform at the 50% level ,and positive
slope
3. + Width: Width measured at 50% level and positive slope.
- Width: Width measured at 50% level and negative slope.
4. Rise Time: Duration of rising edge from 10-90%.
5. Fall Time: Duration of falling edge from 90-10%.
6. BWid: Time from the first rising edge to the last falling edge, or the first falling edge to
the last rising edge at the 50% crossing.
7. + Duty: Ratio of positive width to period.
- Duty: Ratio of negative width to period.
8. Delay：Time from the trigger to the first transition at the 50% crossing.
9. T@L： Time from trigger of each transition at a specific level and slope, include:
Current, Max, Min, Mean, Std-dev.

Delay Measurements

Delay measurements measure the time different between arbitrary two channels,
including 10 kinds of delay measurements.

1. Phase: Calculate the phase difference between two edges.

2. FRFR: Time between the first rising edges of the two channels.
3. FRFF: Time from the first rising edge of channel A to the first falling edge of channel
B.
4. FFFR: Time from the first falling edge of channel A to the first rising edge of channel
B.
5. FFFF: Time from the first falling edge of channel A to the first falling edge of channel
B.
6. FRLR: Time from the first rising edge of channel A to the last rising edge of channel
B.

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7. FRLF: Time from the first rising edge of channel A to the last falling edge of channel
B.
8. FFLR: Time from the first falling edge of channel A to the last rising edge of channel
B.
9. FFLF: Time from the first falling edge of channel A to the last falling edge of channel
B.
10. Skew：Time of source A edge minus time of nearest source B edge.

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Automatic Measurement

Perform the steps below and select voltage or time parameters to make automatic
measurement.

1. Press the Measure button on the front panel to enter the MEASURE function menu.
At the same, the frequency and period are enabled with the current trigger channel,
the statistics also was enabled.
2. Press the Source softkey, and then use the Universal Knob to select the desired
channel. Only analog channels that are displayed are available for measurements.
3. To select and display measurement parameters. Press the Type softkey, and then
turn the Universal Knob to select the desired measurement parameter.
4. Press the Universal Knob to add the measurement parameter, the parameters and
value will be shown above the menu, and the statistics status will update.
5. To turn off the statistic function, press the Statistics softkey to select Off.

The measurement display area can display 4 measurement parameters at most, and the
measurements will arrange according to the selecting order. If add the fifth measurement
parameter, it will delete the first measurement.

Figure 88 Select the Measurement Parameter

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Figure 89 Added the Measurement

Note: if the parameter does not match the measure condition, it will display as “****”.

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All Measurement

All measurement could measure all the voltage, time and delay parameters of the current
measurement source and display the results on the screen.

Figure 90 All Parameters Measurement

Do the following steps to make all parameters measurement.

1. Press the Measure button on the front panel to enter the MEASURE function menu.
2. Press the All Measure softkey to select On.
3. Press the Source softkey to select the measure source.

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Gate Measurement

The SDS1000X-E supports gate measurement and performs the selected measurement
within the upper and lower limits of the gate. Setting the gate will affect the measurement
of all voltage, time, and delay parameters.

1. Press Measure → Gate → On to open the gate measurement.

2. Press the Gate A to move the position of gate A by the Universal Knob.
3. Press the Gate B to move the position of gate B by the Universal Knob.
4. Press the Gate A-B to move the positions of the gate A and B simultaneously by the
Universal Knob.

Figure 91 Gate Measurement

Clear Measurement

Press the Clear softkey to clear all the measurement parameters that are displaying on
the screen.

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Display

You can set the display type, color, persistence, grid type, waveform intensity, grid
brightness and transparence.

The contents of this chapter:

 Display Type

 Color Display

 Persistence

 Clear the Display

 Grid Type

 Intensity

 Grid Brightness

 Transparence

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Display Type

Press the Display button on the front panel, and then press the Type softkey to select
Vectors or Dots display type.
 Vectors: the sample points are connected by lines and displayed. Normally, this mode
can provide the most vivid waveform to view the steep edge of the waveform (such as
square waveform).
 Dots: display the sample points directly. You can directly view each sample point and
use the cursor to measure the X and Y values of the sample point.

Figure 92 Vectors Display

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Figure 93 Dots Display

Color Display

Color temperature adopts the change of waveforms’ color to reflect the change of the
waveforms’ appearing probability. The greater the probability that the waveform appears,
the warmer the color is; the smaller the waveform appears, the colder the color is.

The picture below shows the change of color from cold to warm. Press the Display button
on the front panel, and then press the Color softkey and set the option to On to turn on the
color temperature function. You can compare the waveform’s color with the picture below
to just the probability that the waveform appears.

Cold Color Warm Color

Figure 94 Color Temperature

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Persistence

With persistence, the oscilloscope updates the display with new acquisitions, but does not
immediately erase the results of previous acquisitions. All previous acquisitions are
displayed with reduced intensity. New acquisitions are shown in their normal color with
normal intensity.

Do the following steps to set and clear persistence:

1. Press the Display/Persist button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function
menu.
2. Press the Persist softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the desires option.
 Off —turn of persistence.
 Variable persistence time (1 second, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds ) —
select different persistence time, the results of previous acquisitions are erased
after a certain amount of time
 Infinite —select “Infinite” Results of previous acquisitions are never erased. Use
infinite persistence to measure noise and jitter, to see the worst- case extremes
of varying waveforms, to look for timing violations, or to capture events that occur
infrequently.

Figure 95 Persist Set to Infinite

3. When the Persist is On, to erase the results of previous acquisitions from the display,
press the Clear Persist softkey. The oscilloscope will start to accumulate acquisitions
again.
4. To return to the normal display mode, turn off persist and the previous acquisitions
will be clear at once.

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Clear Display

Press the Display button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu; press the
Clear Display softkey to clear all the waveforms displaying on the screen and acquire and
display new waveforms.

Grid Type

To select grid type

1. Press the Display/Persist button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function
menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the Display function menu.
3. Press the Grid softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired grid
type. Press the Grid softkey continually can also select the grid type.

There are 3 kinds of grid types that are available. Select the grid type according to your
really demand.

Display 14X8 grid type

Display 2X2 grid type

Display without grid

Intensity

Do the following steps to adjust waveform intensity:

1. Press the Display/Persist button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function
menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the Display function menu.
3. Press the Intensity softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
value. The default value is 50%, and the range is from 0% to 100%.

Increasing the intensity lets you see the maximum amount of noise and infrequently
occurring events. Reducing the intensity can expose more detail in complex signals as
shown in the following figures.

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Note: Waveform intensity adjustment affects analog channel waveforms only (not math
waveforms, reference waveforms, digital waveforms, etc.).

Grid Brightness

Do the following steps to adjust the grid brightness:

1. Press the Display button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the Display function menu.
3. Press the Graticule softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
value. The default value is 40%, and the range is from 0% to 100%.

Transparence

Transparence can be used to adjust the transparence of the message box of cursor,
measure, Pass/Fail and all pop-up menus to an appropriate value to observe the date
more conveniently.

Under Cursor or Measure or any other menu operation, if want to change the
transparence of the message box, do the following steps:

1. Press the Display button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the Display function menu.
3. Press the Transparence softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired value. The default value is 80%, and the range is from 20% to 80%.

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Save and Recall

Oscilloscope setups, waveforms, pictures, and CSV files can be saved to internal
oscilloscope memory or to a USB storage device. The saved setups, waveforms can be
recalled later. The oscilloscope provides an USB Host interface on the front panel to
connect an USB device for external storage.

The contents of this chapter

 Save Type

 Internal Save and Recall

 External Save and Recall

 Disk Management

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Save Type

The oscilloscope supports setups, waveforms, pictures and CSV files storage. The default
save type is setups.

1. Setups
It’s the default storage type of the oscilloscope. It saves the settings of the oscilloscope in
internal or external memory in “*.SET” format. At most 20 setting files (from No.1～No.20)
can be stored in internal memory. The stored settings can be recalled.

2. Reference
The oscilloscope saves the waveform data in external memory in “*.REF” format. The
data of the channel is you select channel. At recall, the data will be displayed on the
screen by REFA or REFB.

3. BMP
The oscilloscope saves the screen image in external memory in “*.bmp” format. You can
specify the file name and saving directory under the same directory using the same file
name. The recall of image is not supported.

4. JPG
The oscilloscope saves the screen image in external memory in “*.jpg” format. You can
specify the file name and saving directory under the same directory using the same file
name. The recall of image is not supported.

5. PNG
The oscilloscope saves the screen image in external memory in “*.png” format. You can
specify the file name and saving directory under the same directory using the same file
name. The recall of image is not supported.

6. Binary
The oscilloscope saves the waveform data in external memory in “*.BIN” format. The data
of all the channels turned on can be saved in the same file. The recall of binary is not
supported.

7. CSV
The oscilloscope saves the waveform data in external memory in “*.CSV” format. The
stored files contain the waveform data of the displayed analog channels and the main
setting information of the oscilloscope. The recall of CSV file is not supported.

Set the save type to CSV, and set the Para Save option to On or Off to turn on or of the
parameters storage function.

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8. Matlab
The oscilloscope saves the waveform data in external memory in “*.DAT” format. The data
of all the channels turned on can be saved in the same file. The recall of Matlab file is not
supported.

9. To Default Key
The oscilloscope saves the factory config and user set config. Then you can select the
default function is the factory config or user set config

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Internal Save and Recall

Internal save and recall support Setups in Save/Recall. In the following part, the save and
recall method and procedures are introduced.

 Save the specified oscilloscope setting in internal memory.

1. Connect the signal to the oscilloscope and obtain stable display.

2. Press Save/Recall button on the front panel to enter the SAVE/RECALL function
menu.
3. Press Save softkey to enter the SAVE function menu.
4. Press the Type softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select Setups; and
then press the knob to confirm.
5. Press the Save To softkey to select Internal to save the current setup of the
oscilloscope to the internal memory.
6. Press the Setup softkey button; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
location to save. The internal memory can save as many as 20 setup files, from
No.1～No.20.
7. Press the Press To Save softkey to save the current setup to the appointed
location. After a few seconds, it will pop-up the message “Saved to internal file
NO.1!”

 Load the specified type of file in internal memory.

If want to recall the setup after having finished the steps above, please do the
following steps:

1. Press Recall softkey enter the RECALLING function menu.

2. Press Type softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select Setups; and then
press the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Recall from softkey to select Internal.
4. Press Setup softkey button; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
location to recall. The internal memory can recall as many as 20 setup files, from
No.1～No.20.
5. Press the Press To Recall softkey to recall the current setup form the appointed
location. After a few seconds, it will pop-up the message “Recalled file
successfully!”

Note: if need to delete a setup file in the memory, please save a new setup to the same
location to overwrite it.

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External save and recall

Before using external storage and recall, make sure that the USB flash device is
connected correctly. External storage supports all the types of files in save, but in recall,
Picture and CSV are not supported.

 Save the specified type of file in the external USB flash device.

1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front panel to enter the SAVE/RECALL
function menu.
2. Press the Save softkey to enter the SAVE menu.
3. Press the Type softkey to select Setup and then press the knob to confirm.
4. Press the Save to softkey to select External.
5. Press the Press To Save softkey to enter the SAVE/RECALL file system.

Figure 96 SAVE/RECALL File System

6. Use the Universal Knob to select the desired location. File can be stored under
the root directory or in a certain folder under the root directory of the USB storage
device.

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Figure 97 Select Save Location

7. After the save position is selected, press the New softkey to turn on the interface
as shown in the figure below. Refer to the descriptions in “To Create a new file or
fold” to create a new file name.

Figure 98 File Name Dialogue

8. Press the Press To Save softkey to save the current setup to the external USB
storage device.

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 Load the specified type of file in the external USB storage device.
1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front panel to enter the SAVE/RECALL
function menu.
2. Press the Recall softkey to enter the RECALL menu.
3. Press the Type softkey to select Setup or Waveform.
4. Press the Recall from softkey to select External.
5. Press the Press To Recall softkey to enter the SAVE/RECALL file system.
6. Turn the Universal Knob to select the file to be recalled, press the Press To
Recall softkey to recall the waveform or setup.

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Disk Management

Disk management aim at the save and recall operations after the oscilloscope is
connected with a USB storage device. Before using external disk, make sure that the USB
storage device is connected correctly.

Execute the following operations through the disk management menu:

 Create a New File or Folder

 Delete a File or Folder

 Rename a File or Folder

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Create a New File or Folder

This operation is only valid in external storage. The oscilloscope supports English input
method. The file name or folder name can contain letters, numbers, underscores and
spaces. Let’s use an example to introduce how to create a file or folder.

Example: create a file or folder named “SDS105X”

1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front to enter the SAVE/RECALL function menu.
2. Press the Save softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select one of the type (if
select Setups, please set the Save To option to External).
3. Press the Press to Save softkey to enter the SAVE/RECAL file system.
4. Press the New softkey to open the interface shown as the picture below. It divides
into two parts: name input area and keyboard area.

Figure 99 Input Keyboard

5. To delete the name in the name input area, press the Backspace softkey
continuously to delete the character one by one.

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Delete a File or Folder

This operation is only valid in external storage.

1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front to enter the SAVE/RECALL function menu.
2. Press the Save softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select one of the type (if
select Setups, please set the Save To option to External).
3. Press the Press to Save or Press to Recall softkey to enter the SAVE/RECAL file
system.
4. Turn the Universal Knob to select the file or folder to be deleted, and then press the
Delete softkey. Then the file or folder will be deleted.

Rename a File or Folder

This operation is only valid with external storage (U disk storage), and only files of the
corresponding type format can be renamed.
1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front to enter the SAVE/RECALL function menu.
2. Press the Save softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select one of the type (if
select Setups, please set the Save To option to External).
3. Press the Press To Save or Press To Recall softkey to enter the SAVE/RECAL file
system.
4. Turn the Universal Knob to select the file or folder to be rename, and then press the
Rename softkey. For details, see the instructions in "Create a New File or Folder."

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Digital Channels(Option)
This chapter describes how to use the digital channels of a Mixed-Single Oscilloscope
(MSO).

The digital channels are enabled on SDS1000X-E series oscilloscopes (only 4 channels
scope) that have installed the MSO activation license. As an external module, SLA1016 is
independent of the host, and has its own system, so it needs to be upgraded if necessary.

This chapter contains the following items:

 Connect the Digital Probes

 Acquire Digital Waveform

 Digital Channels Height

 Digital Channels Position

 Single Digital Channel

 All Digital Channels

 Logic Threshold

 Digital Bus

 Deskew

 System Setting

 Remove Device

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Connect the Digital Probes

1. If necessary, turn off the power supply to the device-under-test.

 Turning off the power to the device-under-test prevents damage that might occur
if you accidentally short lines together while connecting probes. You can leave
the oscilloscope powered on because no voltage appears at the probes.
2. Connect one of the digital probe cable ports to the digital channels connector on the
front panel of the SDS1000X-E, and the other one to the digital channels connector of
the digital probe.
 The digital probe cable is keyed so you can connect it only one way. You do not
need to power-off the oscilloscope.
3. Connect a fly line to one of the digital probe ground pins, connect a grabber to the fly
line, and then connect the grabber to a ground trace/pin from the device-under-test.
The ground lead improves signal fidelity to the oscilloscope, ensuring accurate
measurements,
4. Connect a fly line to one of the digital probe digital channel pins; connect a grabber to
the fly line, and then connect the grabber to a node in the circuit you want to test.
5. Repeat step 4 until you have connected all points of interest.

Note:
There are two indicators on the side of the SLA1016, one is red (Power), another
is green (Ready)
 The red indicator: If SLA1016’s power is normal, this indicator turns on, or
else it blinks or turns off.
 The green indicator: When the SLA1016 is connect to the oscilloscope, this
indicator turns on for seconds then turns off, and then blinks, and finally keeps
the light on. When data is transferred between the SLA1016 and the
oscilloscope, the indicator blinks.

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Acquire Digital Waveform

Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the digital channels and start acquiring
digital channel waveforms.

For digital channels, each time the oscilloscope takes a sample it compares the input
voltage to the logic threshold. If the voltage is above the threshold, the oscilloscope stores
a 1 in the sample memory; otherwise, it stores a 0.

Digital Channels Height

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu.

Figure 100 Digital Function Menu

2. Press the Channel High softkey to select Low, Middle, High display type.

Figure 101 Middle Display Type

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Figure 102 High Display Type

The display type control lets you spread out or compress the digital traces vertically on the
display for more convenient viewing.

Digital Channels Position

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu and
display the digital channel waveforms.
2. Press the Control softkey select the Active then turn the Universal Knob to select the
channel that you wish to reposition. The selected waveform is highlighted in red.
3. Press the Control softkey select the Position then turn the Universal Knob to move
the selected channel to any position.

Single Digital Channel

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu.
2. Press the Channel Control softkey, then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
channel such as Dx and push down the knob to confirm.
3. Press the Dx softkey to select On or Off to switch the selected channel on or off.

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All Digital Channels

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu.
2. Press the Channel Group softkey to select On or Off to switch all digital channels
which in this group on or off.

Also, under the DIGITAL function menu, press the Digital button on the front panel to
switch all digital channels off.

Logic Threshold

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu.
2. Press the Threshold softkey to enter the THRESHOLDS menu.
3. Press the D0~D7or D8~D15softkey, then turn the Universal Knob to select a logic
family preset or select Custom to define your own threshold.

Figure 103 THRESHOLDS Function Menu

Logic Family Threshold Voltage
TTL 1.5V
CMOS 1.65V
LVCMOS3.3 1.65V
LVCMOS2.5 1.25V
Custom Variable from -3V to +3V

 The threshold you set applies to all channels.

 Values greater than the set threshold are high (1) and values less than the set
threshold are low (0).
 If the D0~D7or D8~D15 softkey is set to Custom, press the Custom softkey, then
turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value and push down the knob to
confirm.

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Digital Bus

Digital channels may be grouped and displayed as a bus, with each value displayed at the
bottom of the display in hex or binary. You can create up two buses.

To configure and display each bus, do the following steps:

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu and
display the digital channel waveforms.
2. Press the Digital Bus softkey to enter the DIGITALBUS function menu.

Figure 104 DIGITALBUS Function Menu

3. Press the Bus Select softkey to select Bus1 or Bus 2.
4. Press the Display softkey to select On to display the bus at the bottom of the display.
 Under the DIGITAL function menu, press the Cannel Control softkey, turn the
Universal Knob to select such as DX, and then press the Dx softkey to select On
or Off to set the channel to be included or excluded in the bus.
 Under the DIGITAL function menu, press the Channel Group softkey to select On
or Off to include or exclude all digital channels in this group.
 Under the DIGITAL function menu, a status indicator is displayed in the status
line at the bottom of the display. Light blue shows the digital channel is included
in the bus while black shows it is excluded in the bus.
 Under the DIGITAL function menu, press the System Display softkey to select
Binary or Hex to display the bus values.
The Sampling rate of digital channels is displayed at the right of the display.

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Figure 105 Digital Bus

Deskew

1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu and
display the digital channel waveforms.
2. Press the Deskew softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select to change
deskew.

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System Setting

System Status
Press Digital→ NextPage2/2 → System ,then select the System Status option to view the
digital system information , including software version, hardware version, and serial
number. After finished, press the return soft key to quit the interface of system information.

Figure 106 Digital System Information Interface

Update
The software version file of the Digital can be updated directly via U-disk. Follow the steps
below:
1. Insert U-disk with firmware update file (*.ads) to USB host interface on the front panel
of the oscilloscope. Then a message “USB Flash Drive detected!” will be displayed.
2. Press Digital→NextPage2/2→System →Update
3. Expand the U disk directory, Select the firmware file (*.ads), then press the Press to
update, an upgrade progress bar will be display on the interface.

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Figure 107 Digital Update Interface

4. After the updating is finished, the Digital device will automatically disconnected and
display a message “Update completed, please reconnect Digital device!”

Note：Don't cut off the power during the Digital device is being updated！

Remove Device

Press Digital→ NextPage2/2 →Remove Device And the oscilloscope interface display
"Digital device removed!", the device can be pulled.

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System Setting
This function module supports the oscilloscope’s system-related function, such as system
status, language, sound and some other advanced setting, such as do self cal, update
and remote interface configure.

The contents of this chapter:

 View System Status

 Do Self Cal

 Quick-Cal

 Sound

 Language

 Pass/Fail Test

 Arbitrary Waveform Generator(Option)

 IO Set

 Web Server

 Update Firmware and configuration

 Do self-Test

 Screen Saver

 Reference Position

 Power On Line

 Option Management

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View System Status

Do the following steps to view the system status:

1. Press the Utility button on the front to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the System Status softkey to view the system status of the oscilloscope. The
system status includes the information below:
 Startup Times: record the boot-strap times of the oscilloscope.
 Software Version: list the current software version of the oscilloscope.
 Uboot-OS Version: list the current Uboot and OS version of the oscilloscope
 FPGA Version: list the current fpga version of the oscilloscope.
 Hardware Version: list the current hardware version of the oscilloscope.
 Product Type: display the product type of the oscilloscope.
 Serial NO.: list the serial number of the oscilloscope.

Figure 108 System Status

3. Press the Single button on the front panel to exit.

Do Self Cal

The self-calibration program can quickly make the oscilloscope reach the best working
state to get the most precise measurement values. You can perform self-calibration at any
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5 ℃. Make sure that the oscilloscope has been warmed up or operated for more than 30
minutes before the self-calibration.

Do the following steps to do self-calibration:

1. Disconnect all the input channels.
2. Press the Utility button on the front panel，and then press the Do Self Cal softkey, and
the oscilloscope will pop-out the message box shown as below:

Figure 109 Do Self Cal

3. Press the Single button on the front panel to perform the self-calibration program.
During the calibration, most of the keys are disabled.
4. When the self-calibration program is finished, it will pop-out the message “press
Run/Stop key to exit”. Press the Run/Stop button on the front panel to exit the
calibration interface

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Quick-Cal

Quick calibration can correct the measurement deviation caused by temperature, so that
you can get more accurate measurements

If the ambient temperature of your current operating oscilloscope is unstable, press Utility
→ Quick-Cal softkey to select On to enable quick calibration.

Sound

When the sound is enabled, you can hear the sound of the beeper when you press a
function key or a menu softkey or when the prompt message pops up.

Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu; then press
Sound softkey to select or to turn on or off the sound.

Language

The oscilloscope supports multiple language menu, Chinese/English help and prompt
messages.

1. Press Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY Function menu.
2. Press the Language softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
language. Then push down the knob to select the language.

The languages that currently available are Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese,
English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, and Portuguese.

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Pass/Fail Test

One way to verify a waveform's compliance to a particular set of parameters is to use

pass/fail testing. A pass/fail defines a region of the oscilloscope's display in which the
waveform must remain in order to comply with chosen parameters. Compliance to the
mask is verified point- by- point across the display.

The test results can be displayed on the screen as well as be declared through the system
sound or the pulse signal output from the [TRIG OUT] connector at the rear panel.
Pass/Fail test operates on displayed analog channels; it does not operate on channels
that are not displayed.

Figure 110 Pass/Fail Test

Set and Perform Pass/Fail Test

Do the following steps to set and perform pass/fail test:

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Pass/Fail softkey to enter the PASS/FAIL function menu.
4. Press the Enable Test softkey to select On to enable the pass/ fail test.
5. Press the Source softkey to select the desired channel.
6. Press the Mask Setting softkey to enter the MASK function menu.

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7. Press the X Mask or Y Mask softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired value. The range is from 0.02div to 4div.
8. Press the Create Mask button to create the mask. Whenever the Create Mask softkey
is pressed the old mask is erased and a new mask is created.
9. Press the UP softkey to return to the PASS/FAIL function menu.
10. Press the Msg Display to select On or Off to turn on or off the message display. When
On is selected, the test result will be displayed in the upper-right message box of the
screen.

 F: the frame number of the channel waveform that fails to match the mask.
 P: the frame number of the channel waveform that matches the mask.
 T: the frame number of the channel waveform that have been acquired. It is the
total of Pass and Fail.
11. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the PASS/FAIL function
menu.
12. Press the Stop On Fail softkey to select On or Off to turn on or off the function.
 On: when failed waveforms are detected, the oscilloscope will stop the test and
enter the STOP state. At this point, the results of the test remain the same on the
screen (if display is turned on) and only one pulse is output from the [TRIG OUT]
connector (if enabled) at the rear panel.
 Off: the oscilloscope will continue with the test even though failed waveforms are
detected. The test results on the screen will update continuously and a pulse will
be output from the [Trigger Out] connector at the rear panel each time a failed
waveform is detected.
13. Press the Output softkey to select turn on or off the sound.
 : When the failed waveforms are detected, the beeper sounds.
 : The beeper will not sound even if the failed waveforms are detected,
14. Press the Next Page softkey to return to the first page of the PASS/FAIL function
menu.
15. Press the Operate softkey to perform the test.
 : Current state is stop; press the softkey to start the pass/fail test.
 : Current state is running; press the softkey to stop the pass/fail test.

Save and Recall Test Mask

Users can save the current test mask to the internal Flash memory or external USB flash
device. The file format of the test mask file is “*.msk”.

Save Test Mask to Internal Memory

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
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2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Pass/Fail softkey to enter the PASS/FAIL function menu.
4. Press the Enable Test softkey to select On to enable the pass/ fail test.
5. Press the Source softkey to select the desired channel.
6. Press the Mask Setting softkey to enter the MASK function menu.
7. Press the X Mask or Y Mask softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired value.
8. Press the Location softkey to select Internal
9. Press the Save softkey to save the mask to internal memory.
10. A few second later, it will pop-out the message “Save to file
Pass/Fail_mask_data.msk!”

Note: the internal memory can only save one test mask; save a new test mask will
cover the old one.

Recall Test Mask from Internal Memory

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Pass/Fail softkey to enter the PASS/FAIL function menu.
4. Press the Enable Test softkey to select On to enable the pass/ fail test.
5. Press the Mask Setting softkey to enter the MASK function menu.
6. Press the Location softkey to select Internal.
7. Press the Load softkey to recall the saved interval memory.
8. A few second later, it will pop-out the message “Recalled the Successfully!” and the
saved mask will be displayed on the screen.

Save Test Mask to External Memory

Do the following steps to save the test mask to external memory:

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Pass/Fail softkey to enter the PASS/FAIL function menu.
4. Press the Enable Test softkey to select On to enable the pass/ fail test.
5. Press the Source softkey to select the desired channel.
6. Press the Mask Setting softkey to enter the MASK function menu.
7. Press the X Mask or Y Mask softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired value.
8. Press the Location softkey to select External

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9. Press the Save softkey to enter the file SAVE/RECALL system.

10. Save the test mask file refer to the “Save to file XXX.msk” chapter.

Recall Test Mask from External Memory

Do the following steps to save the test mask f external memory:

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Pass/Fail softkey to enter the PASS/FAIL function menu.
4. Press the Enable Test softkey to select On to enable the pass/ fail test.
5. Press the Mask Setting softkey to enter the MASK function menu.
6. Press the Location softkey to select External.
7. Press the Load softkey to enter the file SAVE/RECALL system.
8. Select the desired test mask file with a RGU postfix using the Universal Knob; and
then press the Load softkey.

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Arbitrary Waveform Generator(Option)

SDS1000X-E (only 4 channels scope) supports an external Arbitrary Waveform Generator

(AWG), which can easily and quickly provide multiple input signals to users.

The AWG provides two kinds of waveforms: the standard waveform and the Arb. The Arb
single consists of two types: the system’s built-in waveforms and the stored waveforms.

Built-in waveforms are stored in the internal non-volatile memory. It is includes: Common,
Math, Engine, Window, Trigo. Users may also edit the arbitrary waveform by PC which
has installed the EasyWave, or import the waveform by U disk that had stored edited
waveform.

The contents of this chapter:

 Output

 Wave

 Setting

 System

 Remove Device

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Output

Connect AWG with USB cable, and the oscilloscope interface indicates "AWG device
connection success", Press the Utility →Next Page4/4→ AWG,to enter the function menu
interface of the AWG system as shown below, including: Output, Wave, Setting , System,
Remove Device.

Figure 111 AWG Menu Interface

Press Output softkey to open or close the AWG output .When the output is on, the upper
right corner of the oscilloscope interface will displays the corresponding waveform
frequency and amplitude information of AWG output wave.

Wave

To set standard waveform

Press the Utility→ Next Page4/4→AWG → Wave Type, Rotate the Universal Knob to the
Sine wave. Then press the knob to select the interface shown as below:

Figure 112 Wave Type Interfac

The following table shows the waveform type and its corresponding characteristics.
According to the selected waveform, to set the waveform parameters through Universal
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Knob and the corresponding function software under the menu.

Wave Frequency Amplitude Offset

Parameters
Type Range (High-Z) (High-Z)
Frequency/Period/Amplitude/High-L
Sine 1uHz~25MHz 4mV~6V ± 3.0V
evel/Offset/Low-Level value.
Frequency/Period/Amplitude/High-L
Square 1uHz~10MHz 4mV~6V ± 3.0V
evel/Offset/Low-Level/Duty value.
Frequency/Period/Amplitude/High-L
1uHz~300KH
Ramp evel/Offset/Low-Level/Symmetry 4mV~6V ± 3.0V
z
value.
Frequency/Period/Amplitude/High-L
pulse evel/Offset/Low-Level/ Width/ Width 1uHz~10MHz 4mV~6V ± 3.0V
Fine value.
Noise Stdev/ Mean value.
DC Offset value. ± 3.0V
Frequency//Period/Amplitude/High-
Arb
Level/Offset/Low-Level value

To set Arb waveform

Press the Utility→Next Page4/4→AWG→Wave Type, then select the Arb, and it has two
types:

Stored Arb
Users can edit the Arb through the PC which has installed the EasyWave software .Send
the edited Arbot to the instrument through remote interface, or read from the U disk which
has stored the Arb. Choose Wave Type→ Arb→ Arb Type→ Stored, enter the Stored Arb
interface and invoke the waveform in the external storage device.

Built-in Arb
Choose Wave Type→ Arb →Arb Type→ Built-in to enter the following interface,
Rotate the knob to move the cursor, press the knob to select to the desired waveform, and
then return back to Built-in waveform interface.

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Figure 113 Built-in Arb Interface

Setting

Figure 114 AWG Setting Interface

Output Load

Press Utility→ NextPage4/4→ AWG → Setting→ Output Load to set High-Z or 50Ω.

Sync Output

Press Utility→ NextPage4/4→ AWG→ Setting→ Sync Output, the AWG provides Sync
output through the [Aux In/Out] connector on the rear panel. When the Sync Output is on,
the port can output a CMOS signal with the same frequency as basic waveforms (except
the Noise and DC), arbitrary waveforms, and modulated waveforms (except external
modulation).

OVP (Over Voltage Protection)

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state is set to ON, overvoltage protection of AWG output port take effect once the
condition is meeting (the absolute value of input voltage is higher than 4V±0.5V). When
overvoltage protection occurs, a message will be displayed and the output is disabled.

Default

Press Utility →NextPage4/4→ AWG→ Setting→ Default to recover the default values of
AWG (Sine, 1.000 KHz, 4.000Vpp, 0.0mVdc, High-Z, Sync output off, OVP On).

Zero Adjust

Press Utility→ NextPage4/4→ AWG→ Setting→ Zero Adjust. The AWG can be calibrated
by using Auto mode or Manual mode. The adoption standard of AWG calibrated is: when
AWG outputs 0V DC signal, the corresponding channel at 1mv/div gear' mean value of
oscilloscope is rang in ±1mv.

 Auto mode: This mode can only be performed with the channel1 of oscilloscope.
Connect the output of AWG to the oscilloscope’channel1, press the Auto soft key,
then the AWG starts to automatic calibrate, and displays ”Zero Adjust Success!”.
 Manual mode: The AWG can be manually calibrated through any channel on the
oscilloscope.
Take channel 2 as an example:
a. Connect the output of AWG to the oscilloscope’ channel 2, open the channel 2,
and set DC coupling, open bandwidth limit, Probe is 1X.
b. Adjust the voltage of channel 2 channel to 1mv/div, and make the waveform
visible in the oscilloscope interface, press the Measure and measure the mean
value of channel 2.
c. Press the Manual and rotate the knob to adjust the waveform, so that the mean
value of the observed CH2 will be in the range of ±1mv, and then press the Save,
the oscilloscope displays "Zero Adjust Success!".

Systems

System Status

Press Utility→NextPage4/4→AWG→System, then select the System Status option to view

the AWG’s system information, including software version, hardware version, and serial
number. After finished, press the return softkey to exit the system information page.

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Figure 115 AWG System Information Interface

Update

The software version file of the AWG can be updated directly via U-disk. Follow the steps
below:

1. Insert U-disk with firmware update file (*.ads) to USB host interface on the front panel
of the oscilloscope. Than a message “USB Flash Drive detected!” will be displayed.
2. Press Utility →NextPage4/4→ AWG →System →Update.
3. Expand the U disk directory, Select the firmware file (*.ads), then press the Press to
update, an upgrade progress bar will be display on the interface.

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Figure 116 AWG Update Interface

4. After the updating is finished, the AWG will automatically disconnected and display a
message “Update completed, please reconnect AWG device!”

Note：Don't cut off the power during the AWG is being updated！

Remove Device

Press Utility→NextPage4/4→AWG→Remove Device, and the oscilloscope interface

display "AWG device removed!", the device can be pulled.

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IO Set

The oscilloscope provides abundant IO interfaces, including: USB Device, LAN and Aux
Output.

USB Device

Do the following steps to set the oscilloscope to communicate with PC via USB:
1. Install the USBTMC device driver on PC. Suggest you install NI Vista.
2. Connect the oscilloscope with PC using a standard USB cable
3. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the IO Set softkey to enter the I/O SET function menu.
5. Press the USB Device softkey to select USBTMC.
6. Use EasyScopeX or NI Vista to communicate with the oscilloscope.

LAN

Do the following steps to set the oscilloscope to communicate with PC via LAN:
1. Connect the oscilloscope to your local area network using the network cable.
2. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the IO Set softkey to enter the I/O SET function menu.
4. Press the Net Interface softkey; then; select LAN.
5. Press the IP Set softkey to enter the IP setting interface, see the picture below:
6. Press the DHCP softkey to turn on or turn off the DHCP.
 On: the DHCP server in the current network will assign the network parameters
(such as the IP address) for the oscilloscope.
 Off: you can set the IP address, subnet mask, gate way manually.
 Turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value.
 Push the Universal Knob to change item horizontally.
 Press the Save softkey to save the current setting.
7. Use EasyScopeX or NI Vista to communicate with the oscilloscope.

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Figure 117 LAN Setting Interface

WLAN

Only 4 channels scope supports this function. Do the following steps to set the
oscilloscope to communicate with PC via WLAN:
1. Connect the oscilloscope USB Host to your wireless network adapter, and make sure
your local wireless network is normal.
2. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the IO Set softkey to enter the I/O SET function menu.
4. Press the Net Interface softkey; then; select WLAN.
5. Press the WiFi Set softkey to enter the WiFi set interface.
6. Press the WiFi Operation softkey to turn on or turn off the WIFI set menu.
Off: the WIFI set menu off
On: you can set the SSID and PSK manually.
 Manual Scan: press this softkey, the oscilloscope will search the network
automatically. Turn the Universal Knob to select a network; then; press Universal
Knob to confirm.
 SSID: press this softkey, a dialogue box will pop up, enter your SSID then press
Comfirm.
 PSK: press this softkey, a dialogue box will pop up, enter your SSID then press
Comfirm.
 Connect: press this softkey to connect the wireless network.
7. Press Connect softkey when your SSID and PSK configuration finished.

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8. Return to the I/O SET menu. Press the IP Set softkey to finish the IP
configuration(see “To Set the LAN”)
9. Use EasyScopeX or NI Vista to communicate with the oscilloscope.

Figure 118 WIFI Setting Menu

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Web Server

SDS1000X-E (only 4 channels scope supports this function) provides the web server
function; you can access and control the oscilloscope using a web browser. Connect the
oscilloscope to your LAN (or WLAN), then type the oscilloscope's IP address in the web
browser. The oscilloscope's web interface is displayed. The default user name is “admin”,
and there is no password.

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the WebServer softkey on the fourth page of utility function menu to enter the
WEBSERVER menu.

Figure 119 Web Server Interface

 Password: press this softkey to set a new password,
 Reset: press this softkey to erase the password.
 Save: Setting a new password or erasing the password, then press this softkey
to make the new configure became effective.

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Update Firmware and Configuration

The firmware and configuration can be updated directly via USB flash driver.

Do the following steps to update the firmware:

1. Insert the USB flash driver which with the firmware and the configure files inside into
the USB host interface on the front panel of the oscilloscope.
2. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
5. Press the Update softkey to enter the UPDATE function menu.
6. Press the Firmware softkey to open the file manager.
7. Turn the Universal Knob to select the update file which should be with an ADS postfix;
and then press the Press to Update softkey to start update the firmware. The process
needs about 7 minutes. And during the update, do not remove power to the
oscilloscope, otherwise the oscilloscope may be permanently damaged and may not
restart again.
8. After finish the update, the screen will pop-out the message “Firmware
decompressed. Please restart and wait…”.
9. Restart the oscilloscope to finish the firmware update.

Do the following steps to update the configuration:

1. Insert the USB flash driver which with the firmware and the configure files inside into
the USB host interface on the front panel of the oscilloscope.
2. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
5. Press the Update softkey to enter the UPDATE function menu.
6. Press the Configure softkey to open the file manager.
7. Turn the Universal Knob to select the update file (*.CFG file extension) and then
press the Press to Update softkey to start update the firmware. The process needs
about 30 seconds.
8. After finish the update, the screen will pop-out the message “Firmware
decompressed. Please restart and wait…”.
9. Restart the oscilloscope to finish the configuration update.

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Do Self-Test

Self-tests include screen test, keyboard test, and LED test. Self-tests used to test the
screen, buttons, knobs and LED lights whether works well.

Screen Test

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the Do Self Test softkey to enter the SELFTEST function menu.
5. Press the Screen Test softkey to enter the screen test interface, as the picture shown
below, the screen display pure red.

Figure 120 Screen Test

6. Press the Single button on the front panel continually as it says in the picture above.
The screen displays green, blue and red again. It is easy to check chromatic
aberration, stain and scratch of the screen under the condition.
7. Press the Run/Stop button on the front panel to exit the screen test program.

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Keyboard Test

Keyboard test is used to test that if the keys or the knobs work well.
Do the following steps to do keyboard test:

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the Do Self Test softkey to enter the SELFTEST function menu.
5. Press the Keyboard Test softkey to enter the keyboard test interface, as the picture
shown below.

Figure 121 Keyboard Test

6. To perform the knobs and the buttons test.
7. Knobs test: the default value is 0. Turn left to increase the value while turn right to
decrease; push the knob to set the value to 0. Test every knob randomly.
8. Keys test: the first time to press the key to light it up, and a second press to die out.
Test every button randomly.
9. Press the Run/Stop button 3 times to exit the keyboard test program.

LED Test

LED test is used to test that if the button lights work well.

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.

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3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the Do Self Test softkey to enter the SELFTEST function menu.
5. Press the LED Test softkey to enter the keyboard test interface, as the picture shown
below.

Figure 122 LED Test

6. According to the prompting information displaying on the screen, press the Single
button continually to light the button lights one by one. The first time to press the
Single button, the Run/Stop button displays red, and the second press the Run/Stop
button displays green. Then the other button lights will be lighted one by one. At last
all the lights will be lighted at the same time.
7. Press the Run/Stop button to exit the LED test program.

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Screen Saver

When the oscilloscope enters the idle state and holds for a certain period of time, the
screen saver program will be enabled.

Do the following steps to set the screen saver time:

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
4. Press the Screen Saver softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the
desired screen saver time. The screen saver time can be set to 1min, 5min, 10min,
30min, and 1hour. Also you can select Off to turn off the screen saver function

Figure 123 Screen Saver Interface

5. Press the any button on the front to exit the screen saver program.

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Reference Position

The reference position setting determines the physical point that the oscilloscope uses
during vertical and horizontal scale changes. In some situations, it is more convenient to
use a fixed position on the display.

Press the Utility button on the front panel and then press the Reference Pos. softkey to
enter the Reference POS menu.

Press the Vertical softkey to select Fixed Offset or Fixed Position.

Fixed Position: when the vertical gain is changed, the oscilloscope will keep the vertical
offset level indicator stationary.
Fixed offset: when the vertical gain is changed, the oscilloscope will have the vertical
offset level indicator move with the actual voltage level.

Press the Horizontal softkey to select Fixed Delay or Fixed Position.

Fixed Position: when the timebase is changed, the oscilloscope will keep the horizontal
offset indicator stationary.
Fixed Delay: when the timebase is changed, the oscilloscope will have the horizontal
offset indicator move with the trigger point.

Power On Line

Press the Utility button on the front panel; then; press Power On Line softkey to select
Enable or Disable.
 Enable: when the oscilloscope is energized, the oscilloscope will start automatically
by itself.
 Disable: when the oscilloscope is energized; then; press the power key at the
lower-left corner of the front panel to start the oscilloscope.

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Option Management

The SDS1000X-E provides multiple options to fulfill your measurement requirements.

Please contact your SIGLENT sales representative or SIGLENT technical support to order
the corresponding options. You can view the options currently installed on the
oscilloscope or activate the newly purchased option license codes through this menu.

Do the following steps to install the option on the oscilloscope:

1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu.
3. Press the Options softkey to enter the OPTION function menu.

Figure 124: OPTION Function Menu

4. Press the Type softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the module to be
installed and push down the knob to confirm.
5. Press the Install softkey to enter the LABEL function menu to input the license.

Figure 125 LABEL Function Menu

 Turn the Universal Knob to select character
 Push down the Universal Knob to confirm the characters
 Press the Press To Install when license key input done,
 Press the Clean softkey or the Backspace softkey to delete the incorrect character.
6. Press the Information softkey to view the option information.

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Figure 126 Option Information

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Bode Plot II
The bode plot application for the SDS1000X-E (only 4 channels scope supports this
function) controls an external arbitrary waveform generator(only Siglent’s arbitrary
waveform generator can be supported) to sweep a sine wave across a range of
frequencies while measuring the input to and output from a device under test (DUT). At
each frequency point, gain and phase are measured and displayed on the Bode plot.

Perform Bode Plot

The following steps briefly describe how to perform the Bode Plot:
1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu, and
then press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page.
2. Press Bode Plot II softkey to enter the BODE PLOT II menu. At this time, only the
Default and Auto Setup button which on the front panel are available.

Figure 127 BODE PLOT II Menu

3. Configure the parameters (see the section “Setting” for details).
4. Press the Run softkey to perform the test.

Setting

1. Press the Config softkey to enter the CONFIGURE menu. All the parameters in this
menu are used to configure the external AWG.

Figure 128 CONFIGURE Menu

1) Press the Source softkey to enter SOURCE menu.
 Press the Interface softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the
connection mode of AWG.
USB Connect the oscilloscope USB host to the external AWG’s USB
Device via a USB cable.

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LAN Connect the oscilloscope and the external AWG via LAN.
 If LAN is selected, press the Set IP softkey, and set the IP of AWG in the
pop-up dialog box.
 Press the Connection Test softkey to check the connection.
2) Press the Sweep Type softkey to select Simple or Vari-level. Press the Set
Vari-level softkey to enter the VARI-LEVEL menu.

Figure 129 VARI-LEVEL Menu

 Press the Profile softkey to select the profile (Profile A~ Profile D).
 Press the Nodes softkey and turn the Universal knob to set the number of
nodes.
 Press the Edit Table softkey continuously to select the cell and turn the
Universal knob to select the line. When the cell is selected, set the value by
using the universal knob or virtual keyboard. "Freq" indicates the scanning
frequency value while "Ampl" indicates the scanning amplitude.
3) Press the Set Sweep softkey to enter SET SWEEP menu.
 Press the Mode softkey to select the sweep mode.
Linear: it is necessary to set the center frequency and span frequency
Decade: it is necessary to set the start frequency and stop frequency.
 Press the Points softkey to set the sweep resolution.
4) Press the Set Stimulus softkey to enter STIMULUS menu.
 Press the Amplitude softkey (Offset softkey) and turn the Universal Knob to
set the amplitude, or press the Universal Knob directly to enter the
parameter value in the pop-up virtual keyboard.
 Press the Unit softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the unit type. It
contains 6 types of Vpp, Vrms, dBV, dBu, dBm, Arbitrary dB. When the unit
type is dB, it is necessary to set the reference level.

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 Press the Load soft key to switch the load between 50Ω, 75Ω, 600Ω, Hi-Z. It
also can turn the Universal Knob to set the load value.
5) Press the Set Channel softkey to enter the SET CHANNEL menu.
 Press the DUT Input softkey to select the corresponding input signal
channel. Press the DUT Output 1 soft key to select the corresponding output
signal channel, and support up to 3 channels as the signal output.
 Press the Channel Gain softkey continuously to select the gain type as
“Hold” or “Auto”.

2. Press the Display soft key to enter the DISPLAY menu. The display menu displays
the configuration related to bode plot interface.

Figure 130 DISPLAY Menu

1) Press the Amplitude softkey to enter the AMPLITUDE menu.
 Press the Scale softkey and turn the Universal Knob to set the amplitude
display scale.
 Press the Ref Level softkey and turn the Universal knob to set the amplitude
display reference level, or press the Universal knob directly to enter the
value in the pop-up virtual keyboard.
 Press the Mode softkey to set the display mode of the amplitude.
 Vout/Vin: display the ratio of the DUT output to the DUT input. Press the
Axis Type softkey to set the vertical axis to logarithmic or linear.
 Vout: display the DUT output voltage value directly. Press the unit softkey to
set the unit type to Vpp, Vrms, dBV, dBu, dBm, or Arbitrary dB.
 Press the Auto Set softkey to automatically adjust the vertical direction
parameters based on the Bode plot data.
2) Press the Phase softkey to enter the PHASE menu.
 Press the Scale (Ref Level) softkey and turn the Universal Knob to set the
phase display scale (phase display reference level), or press the Universal
Knob directly to enter the value in the pop-up virtual keyboard.
 Press the Unit softkey continuously to switch the phase unit to Deg or Rad.
 Press the Auto Set softkey to automatically adjust the vertical direction
parameters based on the Bode plot data.
3) Press the Auto Set softkey to automatically adjust the vertical direction
parameters based on the Bode plot data.
4) Press the Cursors soft key to enter the CURSORS menu. See the chapter
"Cursor" for details.

3. Press the Data softkey to enter the DATA menu. The data menu displays the
configurations of bode plot measurement results.

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Figure 131 DATA Menu

1) Press the List softkey repeatedly to turn the Bode plot data list on or off. After
turning on the list, press the Scroll soft key and turn the Universal Knob to select
the frequency point, as shown below.

Figure 132 Bode Plot List On

2) Press Save softkey (Recall softkey) to enable the bode plot save (recall) function.
See the chapter “Save and Recall” for details.

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Example

The following are examples to familiarize you with bode plot.

 Simple Sweep Operation

 Vari-level Sweep Operation

Simple Sweep Operation

1. Press Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu, and then
press the Next Page soft key to enter the second page. Press Bode Plot Ⅱ to enter
the BODE PLOT function menu. Press Config to enter Configure menu.
2. Press Source to enter Source menu to select the waveform generator. In this
example, press Interface to select “USB”, and then press Connection Test to verify
setting. Then return to the Configure menu.

Figure 133 Bode Plot Interface Connection

3. Press Sweep Mode to select “Simple”.

Figure 134 Sweep Configure Menu

4. Press Set Sweep to enter Set Sweep menu. In this example, press Mode to select
“Decade” to sweep frequency logarithmically. Press Start and use the Universal Knob
to set the start frequency to 100 Hz. Then set stop frequency to 1 MHz. Press
Points/dec and use the Universal Knob to set the frequency point to 20 points per
decade. Then return to the Configure menu.

Figure 135 Set Sweep Parameters Menu

5. Press Set Stimulus to enter Set Stimulus menu. Press Amplitude and use the
Universal Knob to set the signal amplitude to 2 V. All the other options remain their
default setting. Then return to the Configure menu.
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Figure 136 Set Stimulus Menu

6. Press Set Channel to enter Set Channel menu. In this example, set DUT Input to
“CH1”, and DUT Output 1 to “CH2”. Other DUT Output remains “None”. Since we
want to maximize measurement dynamic range, set Channel Gain to “Auto”. Then
return to the Configure menu.

Figure 137 Set Channel Menu

7. Configuration was done. Return to root menu and press Run, and wait for the sweep
to complete.

Figure 138 Bode Plot Sweep Curve

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Vari-level Sweep Operation

1. Press Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu, and then
press the Next Page soft key to enter the second page. Press Bode Plot Ⅱ to enter
the BODE PLOT function menu. Press Config to enter Configure menu.
2. Press Source to enter Source menu to select the waveform generator. In this
example, press Interface to select “USB”, and then press Connection Test to verify
setting. Then return to the Configure menu.

Figure 139 Bode Plot Interface Connection

3. Press Sweep Mode to select “Vari-level”.

Figure 140 Vari-level Configure Menu

4. Press Set Vari-level to enter Vari-level editor. On the left side of the editor is a
spreadsheet which is used to specify the relationship between frequency and
amplitude. On the right side is an automatically generated stimulus voltage vs.
frequency plot.
5. The operation principle of Vari-level is simple. User specifies a series of joint, which is
defined by a given frequency and corresponding amplitude. In between two adjacent
joints, the frequency points and their corresponding amplitude are calculated
automatically by linear interpolation. The frequency of the joints is sequential, so the
frequency of the posterior joint is always higher than the frequency of the anterior joint.
And always, the first and the last joint defines the start and stop frequency.
6. Press Profile and use the Universal Knob to select “Profile A”. As you can see, up to
4 profiles can be saved.
7. In this example, I will demonstrate how to specify a Vari-level profile widely used in
testing power supply loop response. The profile is a 4-joint- polyline with large
stimulus amplitude in low frequency and small amplitude in high frequency, and
gradual amplitude in intermediate frequency.
8. Press Joints and use the Universal Knob to set the number of joint to 4.
9. Press Edit Table to activate the spreadsheet editor. When the spreadsheet editor is
activated, press Edit Table will cycle the cursor between frequency, amplitude and
the entire column. Then use the Universal Knob to adjust the frequency, the
amplitude, or to select the column to be edited. Press the Universal Knob will activate
the visual keypad for more precise input.

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Figure 141 Set Vari-level Parameters Menu

10. The Set Sweep and Set Stimulus in Vari-level editor are similar to that in the Simple
sweep mode, but they are independently configured and do not affect each other.
These options in Vari-level mode do not have frequency and amplitude input because
they are specified in the spreadsheet. Press Set Sweep and then set Mode to
“Decade”, and set Points/dec to 20. The Set Stimulus remains default setting.

Figure 142 Set Sweep Parameters Menu

11. Return to Configure menu and press Set Channel. Set DUT Input to “CH1” and DUT
Output 1 to “CH2”, and Channel Gain to “Auto”.
12. Configuration was done. Return to the root menu and press Run and wait for the
sweep to complete.

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Figure 143 Bode Plot Sweep Curve

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Search
SDS1000X-E (only 4 channels scope supports this function）provides search function.
This function can search for the events that users specify in the acquired data, the results
are displayed with white triangle symbol. In the YT mode or the Roll mode with the
acquisition in stop, the maximum search events number is 700.In the Roll mode with
acquisition in run, the maximum search events number is unlimited. The waveform can be
zoomed when search function is enabled.

Setting

1. Press the Search button on the front panel to enter the SEARCH function menu.
2. Press the Mode softkey and then use the Universal Knob to select the desired search
type. SDS1000X-E provides five search types: Edge, Slope, Pulse, Interval, Runt.

Figure 144 Search Menu

3. Press the Setting softkey to enter the SETTING function menu. The setting menu is
different according to every search type. The details show as the following table.

Search Mode Setting Menu Description

Edge Slope includes Rising, Falling, Either.
Slope Slope includes Rising, Falling
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Limit Range includes four types: <=, >=, [--,--] and --][-- , Users can
select the desired type and then input the time value.
Pulse Polarity includes Positive and Negative
Limit Range includes four types: <=, >=, [--,--] and --][-- , Users can
select the desired type and then input the time value.
Interval Slope includes Rising, Falling
Limit Range includes four types: <=, >=, [--,--] and --][-- , Users can
select the desired type and then input the time value.
Runt Polarity includes Positive and Negative
Limit Range includes four types: <=, >=, [--,--] and --][-- , Users can
select the desired type and then input the time value
4. Press Copy softkey to enter COPY function menu.
 Copy from Trig: copy the trigger setup for the selected search type to the search
setup.
 Copy to Trig: copy the setup for the selected search type to the same trigger type
 Cancel Copy: undo a copy.
5. Press Thresholds softkey to enter THRESHOLDS function menu, then, to set channel
search thresholds.

Results

Figure 145 Search in Run

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Figure 146 Search in Stop

When the acquisition is stop, “EVENT NUM: 4/7” means current event number/total
events number, the current event is the closest event to the middle of the screen.

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Navigate
SDS1000X-E（only 4 channels scope supports this function）provides three navigate type:
Search Event, Time, History Frame.

Time Navigate

1. Press the Navigate on the front panel to enter the NAVIGATE function menu.
2. Press the Type softkey In the NAVIGATE function menu, then select Time.
3. There are two ways to navigate time.
a. Press the Time softkey, then, turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value
or press the Universal Knob then enter the value by the pop keyboard.
b. Press the navigation keys ◀■▶ on the front panel to play backward, stop, or
play forward in time. You can press the ◀ or ▶ keys multiple times to speed up
the playback. There are three speed levels: Low Speed, Medium Speed, High
Speed.

History Frame Navigate

When the History function is enabled, you can use the navigation controls to play through
the acquired frames.
1. Press the Navigate on the front panel to enter the NAVIGATE function menu.
2. Press the Type in the Navigate Menu, then select History Frame.
3. Press the Frame Num softekey, then there are two ways to navigate history frames.
a. Turn the Universal Knob to select the desired number or press the Universal
Knob then enter the number by the pop keyboard.
b. Press the navigation keys ◀■▶ on the front panel to play backward, stop, or
play forward.

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Search Event Navigate

When the Search function is enabled and acquisitions are stopped, you can use the
navigation controls to go to found search events
1. Press the Navigate on the front panel to enter the NAVIGATE function menu.
2. Press the Type in the NAVIGATE function menu, then select Search Event.
3. There are two ways to navigate search events.
a. Press Event Num softekey, then, turn the Universal Knob to select the desired
value or press the Universal Knob then enter the value by the pop keyboard.
b. Press the Navigate keys ◀ ▶ on the front panel to go to the previous or next
search event.

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History
The history function can record the waveforms of the input channels before press the
Run/Stop button. In run state, the oscilloscope records input waveform continually; when
fill up the memory (reach the maximal frame), the new frames will cover the old frames
and keep the latest frames.

To use the History function, the HORIZONTAL Format must be set to YT.

Do the following steps to record and replay waveform:

1. Press the History button on the front panel to enable the History function.
 When in run state, the waveform will enter the stop state.
 When in stop state, and then enable the History function, the oscilloscope will
keep the stop state.
 Press History or Stop button to turn off History function.
2. Press the List softkey to turn on or off the list display. The list records the timestamp
of every frame. It is accurate to microseconds.

Figure 147 History

3. Press the Frame softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the frame to display.
 The format of the Frame is A/B; A is the frames number that displaying on the
screen and B is the maximal frame number you can set.
 The maximal frame number is determined by the current sampling point (Curr
value) and sampling rate.
 When press the Run/Stop button or enable the history function, you may not get

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the maximal frames, because the memory is not filled. So if you want to get the
maximal frames, please wait for enough time for acquisition.

The table shows the maximal frame according to the sampling rate and current
sampling point’s number.
Sample Rate Curr (pts) Max. Frame Sample Rate Curr (pts) Max. Frame
≦280 80000 35K 783
700 57227 70K 391
1.4K 33528 140K 195
2.8K 18338 350K 77
7K 7773 500MSa/s 700K 38
14K 3982 1.4M 18
28K 1993 3.5M 6
1GSa/s 70K 798 7M 3
140K 398 14M 1
280K 198 3.5K 3779
700K 78 7K 1891
1.4M 38 14K 945
2.8M 18 17.5K 757
7M 7 35K 378
14M 3 70K 188
≦35 80000 140K 93
70 77026 ≤250MSa/s 175K 74
140 65667 700K 17
350 45526 1.4M 8
500MSa/s 700 29140 1.8M 6
1.4K 16945 3.5M 3
3.5K 7510 7M 1
7K 3912 14M 1
14K 1958

4. Press the softkey to replay the waveform from the current frame to 1.
5. Press the softkey to stop replay.
6. Press the softkey to replay the waveform from the current frame to the last
frame.

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Factory Setup
Press Save/Recall function key, then press Save menu select To Default Key set the type
to Factory Setup. Then press the Default button on the front to set the oscilloscope to the
leave factory setup. Another way is press Save/Recall function key, then press Recall
menu select Factory Default to recall.

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Troubleshooting
The commonly encountered failures and their solutions are listed below. When you
encounter those problems, please solve them following the corresponding steps. If the
problem remains still, please contact SIGLENT Company as soon as possible.

1. The screen is still dark (no display) after power on:

1) Check whether the power is correctly connected.
2) Check whether the power switch is really on.
3) Check whether the fuse is burned out. If the fuse needs to be changed, please
use the specified fuse.
4) Restart the instrument after finishing the above inspections.
5) If it still does not work correctly, please contact SIGLENT.

2. The signal is sampled but no waveform of the signal is displayed:

1) Check whether the probe is correctly connected to the signal connecting wire.
2) Check whether the signal connecting wire is correctly connected to the BNC
(namely channel connector).
3) Check whether the probe is correctly connected to the item to be tested.
4) Check whether there are signals generated from the item to be tested (you can
connect the probe compensation signal to the problematic channel to determine
which has problem, the channel or the item to be tested).
5) Resample the signal.

3. The tested voltage amplitude is greater or lower than the actual value (note that this
problem usually occurs when probe is used):
Check whether the attenuation coefficient of the channel complies with the
attenuation ratio of the probe.

4. There is waveform display but not stable:

1) Check the trigger signal source: check whether the Source item at the trigger
panel complies with the signal channel actually used.
2) Check the trigger type: general signals should use “Edge” trigger and video
signal should use “Video” trigger. Only when the proper trigger type is used, can
the waveform be displayed stably.
3) Change the trigger holdoff setting.

5. No display after pressing Run/Stop:

Check whether the mode at the trigger panel (TRIGGER) is on “Normal” or “Single”
and whether the trigger level exceeds the waveform range. If yes, set the trigger level

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to the middle or set the mode to “Auto”.

Note: using AUTO could automatically finish the above setting.

6. The display of waveform is ladder-like:

1) The horizontal time base might be too low. Increase the horizontal time base to
increase the horizontal resolution and improve the display.
2) If the display Type is “Vectors”, the lines between the sample points may cause
ladder-like display. Set Type to “Dots” to solve the problem.

7. Fail to connect PC through USB:

Check the IO Setting in Utility to make sure whether the setting in USB Device
matches the device currently connected. If needed, restart the oscilloscope.

8. The USB storage device cannot be recognized:

1) Check whether the USB storage device can work normally.
2) Make sure whether the USB interface can work normally.
3) Make sure that the USB storage device being used is flash storage type. This
oscilloscope does not support hardware storage type.
4) Restart the instrument and then insert the USB storage device to check it.
5) If the USB storage device still cannot be used normally, please contact
SIGLENT.

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