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Reference Waveforms

Display the desired reference waveform (see

"To display a reference

waveform"

on page 82).

Press the

Skew

softkey and turn the Entry knob to adjust the reference

waveform skew.

To display reference waveform information

Press the

[Ref]

key to turn on reference waveforms.

In the Reference Waveform Menu, press the

Options

softkey.

In the Reference Waveform Options Menu, press the

Display Info

softkey

to enable or disable reference waveform information on the oscilloscope
display.

Press the

Transparent

softkey to enable or disable transparent

information backgrounds.

This setting is also used for other oscilloscope information on the
display, like mask test statistics, etc.

To save/recall reference waveform files to/from a USB storage device

Analog channel, math, or reference waveforms can be saved to a reference
waveform file on a USB storage device. See

"To save reference waveform

files to a USB storage device"

on page 233.

You can recall a reference waveform file from a USB storage device into
one of the reference waveform locations. See

"To recall reference waveform

files from a USB storage device"

on page 236.

Summary of Contents for 2000 X-Series

Page 1: ...s1 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...nd If software is for use in the performance of a U S Government prime contract or subcon tract Software is delivered and licensed as Commercial computer software as defined in DFAR 252 227 7014 June 1995 or as a commercial item as defined in FAR 2 101 a or as Restricted computer soft ware as defined in FAR 52 227 19 June 1987 or any equivalent agency regulation or contract clause Use duplication ...

Page 3: ...els 2 and 4 channel digital storage oscilloscope DSO models 2 8 channel and 4 8 channel mixed signal oscilloscope MSO models Table 1 2000 X Series Model Numbers Bandwidths Bandwidth 70 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz 2 Channel 8 Logic Channels MSO MSO X 2002A MSO X 2012A MSO X 2022A 4 Channel 8 Logic Channels MSO MSO X 2004A MSO X 2014A MSO X 2024A 2 Channel DSO DSO X 2002A DSO X 2012A DSO X 2022A 4 Channel D...

Page 4: ...rial decode packets Digital channels and serial decode cannot be on at the same time The Serial key takes precedence over the Digital key Serial triggers can be used when digital channels are on Math waveforms add subtract multiply and FFT Reference waveforms 2 for comparing with other channel or math waveforms Many built in measurements Built in license enabled waveform generator with sine square...

Page 5: ...ge 145 Chapter 12 Acquisition Control starting on page 153 Making measurements and analyzing data Chapter 13 Cursors starting on page 169 Chapter 14 Measurements starting on page 179 Chapter 15 Mask Testing starting on page 199 Chapter 16 Digital Voltmeter starting on page 211 When using the built in waveform generator see Chapter 17 Waveform Generator starting on page 215 When saving recalling or...

Page 6: ...ys Instructions for pressing a series of keys are written in an abbreviated manner Instructions for pressing Key1 then pressing Softkey2 then pressing Softkey3 are abbreviated as follows Press Key1 Softkey2 Softkey3 The keys may be a front panel Key or a Softkey Softkeys are the six keys located directly below the oscilloscope display ...

Page 7: ...asy Viewing 24 Power On the Oscilloscope 25 Connect Probes to the Oscilloscope 26 Maximum input voltage at analog inputs 26 Do not float the oscilloscope chassis 26 Input a Waveform 27 Recall the Default Oscilloscope Setup 27 Use Auto Scale 28 Compensate Passive Probes 29 Learn the Front Panel Controls and Connectors 30 Front Panel Overlays for Different Languages 37 Learn the Rear Panel Connector...

Page 8: ...ob s coarse fine adjustment setting 54 To position the time reference left center right 54 Searching for Events 55 To set up searches 55 Navigating the Time Base 56 To navigate time 56 To navigate search events 56 To navigate segments 57 3 Vertical Controls To turn waveforms on or off channel or math 60 To adjust the vertical scale 61 To adjust the vertical position 61 To specify channel coupling ...

Page 9: ...ors 70 Add or Subtract 70 Multiply or Divide 71 Math Transforms 72 FFT Measurement 72 5 Reference Waveforms To save a waveform to a reference waveform location 81 To display a reference waveform 82 To scale and position reference waveforms 83 To adjust reference waveform skew 83 To display reference waveform information 84 To save recall reference waveform files to from a USB storage device 84 6 D...

Page 10: ...o change the logic threshold for digital channels 92 To reposition a digital channel 93 To display digital channels as a bus 94 Digital channel signal fidelity Probe impedance and grounding 97 Input Impedance 98 Probe Grounding 100 Best Probing Practices 102 To replace digital probe leads 102 7 Serial Decode Serial Decode Options 105 Lister 106 Searching Lister Data 108 8 Display Settings To adjus...

Page 11: ...ng the Trigger Level 124 Forcing a Trigger 125 Edge Trigger 125 Pattern Trigger 128 Hex Bus Pattern Trigger 130 Pulse Width Trigger 131 Video Trigger 133 To trigger on a specific line of video 137 To trigger on all sync pulses 138 To trigger on a specific field of the video signal 139 To trigger on all fields of the video signal 140 To trigger on odd or even fields 141 Serial Trigger 143 11 Trigge...

Page 12: ...55 Aliasing 155 Oscilloscope Bandwidth and Sample Rate 156 Oscilloscope Rise Time 157 Oscilloscope Bandwidth Required 158 Memory Depth and Sample Rate 159 Selecting the Acquisition Mode 159 Normal Acquisition Mode 160 Peak Detect Acquisition Mode 160 Averaging Acquisition Mode 163 High Resolution Acquisition Mode 165 Acquiring to Segmented Memory 165 Navigating Segments 167 Infinite Persistence wi...

Page 13: ...Peak 184 Maximum 184 Minimum 184 Amplitude 184 Top 185 Base 186 Overshoot 186 Preshoot 187 Average 188 DC RMS 188 AC RMS 189 Time Measurements 191 Period 191 Frequency 192 Width 193 Width 193 Duty Cycle 193 Rise Time 193 Fall Time 193 Delay 194 Phase 195 Measurement Thresholds 196 Measurement Window with Zoom Display 198 15 Mask Testing To create a mask from a golden waveform Automask 199 ...

Page 14: ...sets 219 To add noise to the waveform generator output 220 To add modulation to the waveform generator output 220 To set up Amplitude Modulation AM 221 To set up Frequency Modulation FM 223 To set up Frequency Shift Keying Modulation FSK 224 To restore waveform generator defaults 225 18 Save Recall Setups Screens Data Saving Setups Screen Images or Data 227 To save setup files 229 To save BMP or P...

Page 15: ...nter connections 240 To specify the print options 242 To specify the palette option 243 20 Utility Settings I O Interface Settings 245 Setting up the Oscilloscope s LAN Connection 246 To establish a LAN connection 247 Stand alone Point to Point Connection to a PC 248 File Explorer 249 Setting Oscilloscope Preferences 251 To choose expand about center or ground 251 To disable enable transparent bac...

Page 16: ... contact Agilent 260 To return the instrument 260 Configuring the Quick Action Key 261 Adding an Annotation 262 21 Web Interface Accessing the Web Interface 266 Browser Web Control 267 Real Scope Remote Front Panel 268 Simple Remote Front Panel 269 Browser Based Remote Front Panel 270 Remote Programming via the Web Interface 271 Remote Programming with Agilent IO Libraries 272 Save Recall 273 Savi...

Page 17: ...onditions 283 Probes and Accessories 284 Passive Probes 284 Differential Probes 285 Current Probes 285 Accessories Available 286 Loading Licenses and Displaying License Information 287 Licensed Options Available 287 Other Options Available 288 Upgrading to an MSO 288 Software and Firmware Updates 289 Binary Data bin Format 289 Binary Data in MATLAB 290 Binary Header Format 290 Example Program for ...

Page 18: ... 307 Setup for LIN Signals 307 LIN Triggering 309 LIN Serial Decode 311 Interpreting LIN Decode 312 Interpreting LIN Lister Data 313 Searching for LIN Data in the Lister 314 24 I2C SPI Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for I2C Signals 315 I2C Triggering 316 I2C Serial Decode 320 Interpreting I2C Decode 321 Interpreting I2C Lister Data 322 Searching for I2C Data in the Lister 323 Setup for SPI Sig...

Page 19: ... Lister 332 25 UART RS232 Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for UART RS232 Signals 335 UART RS232 Triggering 337 UART RS232 Serial Decode 339 Interpreting UART RS232 Decode 341 UART RS232 Totalizer 342 Interpreting UART RS232 Lister Data 343 Searching for UART RS232 Data in the Lister 343 Index ...

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Page 21: ...rn the Rear Panel Connectors 39 Learn the Oscilloscope Display 41 Access the Built In Quick Help 42 This chapter describes the steps you take when using the oscilloscope for the first time Inspect the Package Contents Inspect the shipping container for damage If your shipping container appears to be damaged keep the shipping container or cushioning material until you have inspected the contents of...

Page 22: ...cilloscopes User s Guide 1 Getting Started InfiniiVision 2000 X Series oscilloscope Power cord country of origin determines specific type Oscilloscope probes Two probes for 2 channel models Four probes for 4 channel models Documentation CD ROM ...

Page 23: ...Series oscilloscope Power cord Based on country of origin Documentation CD Digital Probe Kit MSO models only N6459 60001 Digital Probe Kit contains N6459 61601 8 channel cable qyt 1 01650 82103 2 inch probe ground leads qyt 3 5090 4832 Grabber qty 10 Digital probe replacement parts are listed in the Digital Channels chapter N2862B probes Qty 2 or 4 ...

Page 24: ...he module s spring tabs and gently remove the module from the slot 2 To install a module slide the module into the slot on the back until it is fully seated The module s spring tabs will latch into the slot keeping the module in place Tilt the Oscilloscope for Easy Viewing There are tabs under the oscilloscope s front feet that can be flipped out to tilt the oscilloscope a a DWWV 0 9 9 51 1 0 17 1...

Page 25: ...s ensure that the air intake and exhaust areas are free from obstructions The fan draws air in from the left side and bottom of the oscilloscope and pushes it out behind the oscilloscope When using the oscilloscope in a bench top setting provide at least 2 clearance at the sides and 4 100 mm clearance above and behind the oscilloscope for proper cooling To power on the oscilloscope 1 Connect the p...

Page 26: ... of interest on the circuit or device under test Be sure to connect the probe ground lead to a ground point on the circuit WARNING Always use a grounded power cord Do not defeat the power cord ground CAUTION Maximum input voltage at analog inputs CAT I 300 Vrms 400 Vpk transient overvoltage 1 6 kVpk With 10073C 10 1 probe CAT I 500 Vpk With N2862A or N2863A 10 1 probe 300 Vrms CAUTION Do not float...

Page 27: ...operating condition The major default settings are WARNING Do not negate the protective action of the ground connection to the oscilloscope The oscilloscope must remain grounded through its power cord Defeating the ground creates an electric shock hazard Table 2 Default Configuration Settings Horizontal Normal mode 100 µs div scale 0 s delay center time reference Vertical Analog Channel 1 on 5 V d...

Page 28: ...ly configure the oscilloscope to best display the input signals 1 Press Auto Scale You should see a waveform on the oscilloscope s display similar to this 2 If you want to return to the oscilloscope settings that existed before press Undo AutoScale 3 If you want to enable fast debug autoscaling change the channels autoscaled or preserve the acquisition mode during autoscale press Fast Debug Channe...

Page 29: ...n continuing with the lowest number analog channel up to the highest number analog channel and finally if digital probes are connected the highest number digital channel During Auto Scale the delay is set to 0 0 seconds the horizontal time div sweep speed setting is a function of the input signal about 2 periods of the triggered signal on the screen and the triggering mode is set to Edge Compensat...

Page 30: ... oscilloscope channels channel 2 of a 2 channel oscilloscope or channels 2 3 and 4 of a 4 channel oscilloscope 8 Repeat the procedure for each channel Learn the Front Panel Controls and Connectors On the front panel key refers to any key button you can press Softkey specifically refers to the six keys that are directly below the display The legend for these keys is directly above them on the displ...

Page 31: ...r on press again to switch power off See Power On the Oscilloscope on page 25 2 Softkeys The functions of these keys change based upon the menus shown on the display directly above the keys The Back Up key moves up in the softkey menu hierarchy At the top of the hierarchy the Back Up key turns the menus off and oscilloscope information is shown instead 3 Intensity key Press the key to illuminate i...

Page 32: ... to access the Utility Menu which lets you configure the oscilloscope s I O settings use the file explorer set preferences access the service menu and choose other options See Chapter 20 Utility Settings starting on page 245 Quick Action key Press this key to perform the selected quick action measure all snapshot print save recall freeze display and more See Configuring the Quick Action Key on pag...

Page 33: ...ine adjustment and select the trigger time reference point Zoom key Press the zoom key to split the oscilloscope display into Normal and Zoom sections without opening the Horizontal Menu Search key Lets you search for events in the acquired data Navigate keys Press this key to navigate through captured data Time search events or segmented memory acquisitions See Navigating the Time Base on page 56...

Page 34: ...ned over an existing trace the indicator at the left edge of the trace will change from Dn designation where n is a one digit channel number from 0 to 7 to D The indicates that two channels are overlaid You can rotate the upper knob to select an overlaid channel then rotate the lower knob to position it just as you would any other channel For more information on digital channels see Chapter 6 Digi...

Page 35: ...or High Resolution acquisition modes see Selecting the Acquisition Mode on page 159 and use segmented memory see Acquiring to Segmented Memory on page 165 The Display key lets you access the menu where you can enable persistence see To set or clear persistence on page 113 clear the display and adjust the display grid graticule intensity see To adjust the grid intensity on page 115 14 File keys Pre...

Page 36: ...information see Chapter 3 Vertical Controls starting on page 59 17 Analogchannel inputs Attach oscilloscope probes or BNC cables to these BNC connectors In the InfiniiVision 2000 X Series oscilloscopes the analog channel inputs have 1 MΩ impedance Also there is no automatic probe detection so you must properly set the probe attenuation for accurate measurement results See To specify the probe atte...

Page 37: ...For more information about printing see Chapter 19 Print Screens starting on page 239 You can also use the USB port to update the oscilloscope s system software when updates are available You do not need to take special precautions before removing the USB mass storage device from the oscilloscope you do not need to eject it Simply unplug the USB mass storage device from the oscilloscope when the f...

Page 38: ...lent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 1 Getting Started 3 Reinstall the front panel knobs Front panel overlays may be ordered from www parts agilent com using the following part numbers ...

Page 39: ...rlay 4 Channel Overlay French 75019 94324 75019 94316 German 75019 94326 75019 94318 Italian 75019 94323 75019 94331 Japanese 75019 94311 75019 94312 Korean 75019 94329 75019 94321 Polish 75019 94335 75019 94334 Portuguese 75019 94327 75019 94319 Russian 75019 94322 75019 94315 Simplified Chinese 75019 94328 75019 94320 Spanish 75019 94325 75019 94317 Thai 75019 94333 75019 94332 Traditional Chine...

Page 40: ...ide a larger display or to provide a display at a viewing position away from the oscilloscope The oscilloscope s built in display remains on even when an external display is connected The video output connector is always active For optimal video quality and performance we recommend you use a shielded video cable with ferrite cores Also a DSOXGPIB GPIB module may be ordered and installed separately...

Page 41: ... host PC to the oscilloscope via the USB device port See Remote Programming with Agilent IO Libraries on page 272 7 USB Host port This port functions identically to the USB host port on the front panel USB Host Port is used for saving data from the oscilloscope and loading software updates See also USB Host port see page 37 Figure 1 Interpreting the oscilloscope display Analog channel sensitivity ...

Page 42: ...ensity For more information about viewing signal detail see To adjust waveform intensity on page 111 For more information about display modes see Chapter 8 Display Settings starting on page 111 Information area The information area normally contains acquisition analog channel automatic measurement and cursor results Menu line This line normally contains menu name or other information associated wi...

Page 43: ...ck Help language 1 Press Help then press the Language softkey 2 Repeatedly press and release the Language softkey or rotate the Entry knob until the desired language is selected The following languages are available English French German Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Simplified Chinese Spanish and Traditional Chinese Quick Help message Press and hold front panel key or softkey or righ...

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Page 45: ...ne adjustment setting 54 To position the time reference left center right 54 Searching for Events 55 Navigating the Time Base 56 The horizontal controls include The horizontal scale and position knobs The Horiz key for accessing the Horizontal Menu The zoom key for quickly enabling disabling the split screen zoom display The Search key for finding events on analog channels or in serial decode The ...

Page 46: ...reference The current sample rate is displayed above the Fine and Time Ref softkeys To adjust the horizontal time div scale 1 Turn the large horizontal scale sweep speed knob marked to change the horizontal time div setting Figure 2 Horizontal Menu Trigger point Sample rate Time reference Delay time Time div Trigger source Trigger level or threshold XY or Roll mode Normal time mode Zoomed time bas...

Page 47: ...atus line Changing the delay time moves the trigger point solid inverted triangle horizontally and indicates how far it is from the time reference point hollow inverted triangle These reference points are indicated along the top of the display grid Figure 2 shows the trigger point with the delay time set to 200 µs The delay time number tells you how far the time reference point is located from the...

Page 48: ...fferent levels of abstraction You may want to view both the big picture and the specific little picture details The ability to examine waveform detail after the waveform has been acquired is a benefit generally associated with digital oscilloscopes Often this is simply the ability to freeze the display for the purpose of measuring with cursors or printing the screen Some digital oscilloscopes go o...

Page 49: ...re volts versus current or voltage versus frequency Use the cursors to make measurements on XY mode waveforms For more information about using XY mode for measurements refer to XY Time Mode on page 50 Roll causes the waveform to move 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 d...

Page 50: ...two signals of the same frequency with the Lissajous method 1 Connect a sine wave signal to channel 1 and a sine wave signal of the same frequency but out of phase to channel 2 2 Press the AutoScale key press the Horiz key then press Time Mode and select XY 3 Center the signal on the display with the channel 1 and 2 position knobs Use the channel 1 and 2 volts div knobs and the channel 1 and 2 Fin...

Page 51: ... example we are using the Y cursors but you could have used the X cursors instead 6 Move the Y1 and Y2 cursors to the intersection of the signal and the Y axis Again note the ΔY value 7 Calculate the phase difference using the formula below For example if the first ΔY value is 1 688 and the second ΔY value is 1 031 Figure 4 Phase difference measurements automatic and using cursors sinθ second Δ Y ...

Page 52: ...lly expand part of the normal window for a more detailed higher resolution analysis of signals To turn on or off Zoom 1 Press the zoom key or press the Horiz key and then the Zoom softkey NOTE Z Axis Input in XY Display Mode Blanking When you select the XY display mode the time base is turned off Channel 1 is the X axis input channel 2 is the Y axis input and the rear panel EXT TRIG IN is the Z ax...

Page 53: ...status line above the waveform display area The Horizontal scale sweep speed knob controls the size of the box The Horizontal position delay time 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 portion of the display when the delay time knob is turned These markers show the...

Page 54: ...e When Fine is enabled turning the horizontal scale knob changes the time div displayed in the status line at the top of the display in smaller increments The time div remains fully calibrated when Fine is on When Fine is turned off the Horizontal scale knob changes the time div setting in a 1 2 5 step sequence To position the time reference left center right Time reference is the reference point ...

Page 55: ...menu to search for Serial events on the analog channels Setting up searches see To set up searches on page 55 is similar to setting up triggers Searches are different than triggers in that they use the measurement threshold settings instead of trigger levels Found search events are marked with white triangles at the top of the graticule and the number of events found is displayed in the menu line ...

Page 56: ...lay 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 To navigate search events When acquisitions are stopped you can use the navigation controls to go to found search events set using the Search key and menu see Searching for Events on page 55 1 Press Navigate 2 In the Navigate Menu press Navigate then select Searc...

Page 57: ...then select Segments 3 Press Play Mode then select Manual to play through segments manually In the Manual play mode Press the back and forward keys to go to the previous or next segment Press the softkey to go to the first segment Press the softkey to go to the last segment Auto to play through segments in an automated fashion In the Auto play mode Press the navigation keys to play backward stop o...

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Page 59: ... specify bandwidth limiting 62 To change the vertical scale knob s coarse fine adjustment setting 62 To invert a waveform 63 Setting Analog Channel Probe Options 63 The vertical controls include The vertical scale and position knobs for each analog channel The channel keys for turning a channel on or off and accessing the channel s softkey menu The following figure shows the Channel 1 Menu that ap...

Page 60: ...urn the channel on or off and to display the channel s menu When a channel is on its key is illuminated Channel Volts div Channel 1 ground level Trigger source Trigger level or threshold Channel 2 ground level NOTE Turning channels off You must be viewing the menu for a channel before you can turn it off For example if channel 1 and channel 2 are turned on and the menu for channel 2 is being displ...

Page 61: ...ertical expansion about the ground level of the channel however you can change this to expand about the center of the display See To choose expand about center or ground on page 251 To adjust the vertical position 1 Turn the small vertical position knob to move the channel s waveform up or down on the display The voltage value momentarily displayed in the upper right portion of the display represe...

Page 62: ... press the BW Limit softkey to enable or disable bandwidth limiting When bandwidth limit is on the maximum bandwidth for the channel is approximately 20 MHz For waveforms with frequencies below this turning bandwidth limit on removes unwanted high frequency noise from the waveform The bandwidth limit also limits the trigger signal path of any channel that has BW Limit turned on To change the verti...

Page 63: ...el Menu press the Invert softkey to invert the selected channel When Invert is selected the voltage values of the displayed waveform are inverted Invert affects how a channel is displayed However when using basic triggers the oscilloscope attempts to maintain the same trigger point by changing trigger settings Inverting a channel also changes the result of any math function selected in the Wavefor...

Page 64: ...vity trigger level measurement results and math functions will reflect the measurement units you have selected To specify the probe attenuation The probe attenuation factor must be set properly for accurate measurement results To set the probe attenuation factor 1 Press the channel key 2 Press the Probe softkey until you have selected how you want to specify the attenuation factor choosing either ...

Page 65: ...nanoseconds ns range small differences in cable length can affect the measurement Use Skew to remove cable delay errors between any two channels 1 Probe the same point with both probes 2 Press one of the probes associated channel key 3 In the Channel Menu press Probe 4 In the Channel Probe Menu press Skew then select the desired skew value Each analog channel can be adjusted 100 ns in 10 ps increm...

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Page 67: ... performed on analog channels The resulting math waveform is displayed in light purple You can use a math function on a channel even if you choose not to display the channel on screen You can Perform an arithmetic operation like add subtract or multiply on analog input channels Perform a transform function like FFT on an analog input channel Perform a transform function on the result of an arithme...

Page 68: ... and re position the math waveform see To adjust the math waveform scale and offset on page 69 To perform a transform function on an arithmetic operation To perform a transform function FFT on an arithmetic operation add subtract or multiply 1 Press the Function softkey and select g t Internal 2 Use the Operator Source 1 and Source 2 softkeys to set up an arithmetic operation 3 Press the Function ...

Page 69: ...ath key to re size and re position the math waveform See Also Units for Math Waveforms on page 69 Units for Math Waveforms Units for each input channel can be set to Volts or Amps using the Units softkey in the channel s Probe Menu Units for math function waveforms are NOTE Math Scale and Offset are Set Automatically Any time the currently displayed math function definition is changed the function...

Page 70: ...urce 2 values are added or subtracted point by point and the result is displayed You can use subtract to make a differential measurement or to compare two waveforms If your waveforms DC offsets are larger than the dynamic range of the oscilloscope s input channels you will need to use a differential probe instead When the FFT source is channel 1 2 3 or 4 FFT units will be displayed in dBV when cha...

Page 71: ...tiply or divide math function the Source 1 and Source 2 values are multiplied or divided point by point and the result is displayed The divide by zero case places holes that is zero values in the output waveform Multiply is useful for seeing power relationships when one of the channels is proportional to the current Figure 5 Example of Subtract Channel 2 from Channel 1 ...

Page 72: ...T is used to compute the fast Fourier transform using analog input channels or an arithmetic operation g t 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 frequen...

Page 73: ... spectrum will not take up the whole screen Press the Span softkey then turn the Entry knob to set the desired frequency span of the display Center sets the FFT spectrum frequency represented at the center vertical grid line of the display It is possible to set the Center to values below half the span or above the maximum available frequency in which case the displayed spectrum will not take up th...

Page 74: ... vertical scale Auto Setup sets the frequency Span and Center to values that will cause the entire available spectrum to be displayed The maximum available frequency is half the FFT sample rate which is a function of the time per division setting The FFT resolution is the quotient of the sampling rate and the number of FFT points fS N The current FFT Resolution is displayed above the softkeys NOTE...

Page 75: ...rce softkey to Math f t You can make peak to peak maximum minimum and average dB measurements on the FFT waveform You can also find the frequency value at the first occurrence of the waveform maximum by using the X at Max Y measurement The following FFT spectrum was obtained by connecting a 4 V 75 kHz square wave to channel 1 Set the horizontal scale to 50 µs div vertical sensitivity to 1 V div Un...

Page 76: ...easurement functions and frequency domain controls in FFT Menu Decreasing the effective sampling rate by selecting a greater time div setting will increase the low frequency resolution of the FFT display and also increase the chance that an alias will be displayed The resolution of the FFT is the effective sample rate divided by the number of points in the FFT The actual resolution of the display ...

Page 77: ...Network Measurements by Robert A Witte FFT Units 0 dBV is the amplitude of a 1 Vrms sinusoid When the FFT source is channel 1 or channel 2 or channel 3 or 4 on 4 channel models FFT units will be displayed in dBV when channel units is set to Volts and channel impedance is set to 1 MΩ FFT units will be displayed in dBm when channel units is set to Volts and channel impedance is set to 50Ω FFT units ...

Page 78: ...s is the spectrum of a 990 Hz square wave which has many harmonics The sample rate is set to 100 kSa s and the oscilloscope displays the spectrum The displayed waveform shows the components of the input signal above the Nyquist frequency to be mirrored aliased on the display and reflected off the right edge NOTE Nyquist Frequency and Aliasing in the Frequency Domain The Nyquist frequency is the hi...

Page 79: ...s Unless there is an integral number of cycles of the sampled waveform in the record a discontinuity is created at the end of the record This is referred to as leakage In order to minimize spectral leakage windows that approach zero smoothly at the beginning and end of the signal are employed as filters to the FFT The FFT Menu provides four windows Hanning Flat Top Rectangular and Blackman Harris ...

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Page 81: ...ther waveforms One reference waveform can be displayed at a time When the multiplexed knobs are assigned to reference waveforms this happens when you press the Ref key and the LED to the left of it is lit you can use the knobs to scale and position reference waveforms There is also a skew adjustment for reference waveforms Reference waveform scale offset and skew information can optionally be incl...

Page 82: ... press the Ref softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the desired reference waveform location 3 Press the Clear R1 R2 softkey to clear the reference waveform location Reference waveforms are also cleared by a Factory Default or Secure Erase see Chapter 18 Save Recall Setups Screens Data starting on page 227 To display a reference waveform 1 Press the Ref key to turn on reference waveforms 2 In ...

Page 83: ... 1 Make sure the multiplexed scale and position knobs to the right of the Ref key are selected for the reference waveform If the arrow to the left of the Ref key is not illuminated press the key 2 Turn the upper multiplexed knob to adjust the reference waveform scale 3 Turn the lower multiplexed knob to adjust the reference waveform position To adjust reference waveform skew Once reference wavefor...

Page 84: ...disable reference waveform information on the oscilloscope display 4 Press the Transparent softkey to enable or disable transparent information backgrounds This setting is also used for other oscilloscope information on the display like mask test statistics etc To save recall reference waveform files to from a USB storage device Analog channel math or reference waveforms can be saved to a referenc...

Page 85: ...digital channels 91 To reposition a digital channel 93 To change the logic threshold for digital channels 92 To display digital channels as a bus 94 Digital channel signal fidelity Probe impedance and grounding 97 To replace digital probe leads 102 This chapter describes how to use the digital channels of a Mixed Signal Oscilloscope MSO The digital channels are enabled on MSOX2000 X Series models ...

Page 86: ...o voltage appears at the probes 2 Connect the digital probe cable to the DIGITAL Dn D0 connector on the front panel of the mixed signal oscilloscope 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 the ground lead on each set of channels each pod using a probe grabber The ground lead improves signal fidelity to the oscillos...

Page 87: ...X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 87 4 Connect a grabber to one of the probe leads Other probe leads are omitted from the figure for clarity 5 Connect the grabber to a node in the circuit you want to test Channel Pod Ground Circuit Ground Grabber ...

Page 88: ...l Channels 6 For high speed signals connect a ground lead to the probe lead connect a grabber to the ground lead and attach the grabber to ground in the device under test 7 Repeat these steps until you have connected all points of interest Grabber Signal Ground Signals Ground ...

Page 89: ...ion 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 sample memory otherwise it stores a 0 To display digital channels using AutoScale When signals are connected to the digital channels be sure to connect the ground leads AutoScale quickly configures and displays ...

Page 90: ...toScale softkey before pressing any other key This is useful if you have unintentionally pressed the AutoScale key or do not like the settings AutoScale has selected This will return the oscilloscope to its previous settings See also How AutoScale Works on page 29 To set the instrument to the factory default configuration press the Default Setup key Interpreting the digital waveform display The fo...

Page 91: ...vely toggling logic states Any channel that is turned off will be grayed out in the activity indicator To change the displayed size of the digital channels 1 Press the Digital key 2 Press the size softkey to select how the digital channels are displayed Activity indicators Delay time Time div Trigger type and source Threshold level Digital channel identifiers Waveform size Turn individual channels...

Page 92: ...igital channels The Digital Channel Menu is displayed above the softkeys If you want to switch the digital channels off and the Digital Channel Menu is not already displayed you must push the Digital key twice to switch the digital channels off The first push displays the Digital Channel Menu and the second push switches the channels off To switch groups of channels on or off 1 Press the Digital k...

Page 93: ...d There is one User softkey for each group of channels To reposition a digital channel 1 Make sure the multiplexed scale and position knobs to the right of the key are selected for digital channels If the arrow to the left of the Digital key is not illuminated press the key 2 Use the multiplexed Select knob to select the channel The selected waveform is highlighted in red 3 Use the multiplexed Pos...

Page 94: ...ey to switch it on Use the Channel softkey and the Entry knob to select individual channels to be included in the bus You can rotate the Entry knob and push it or push the softkey to select channels You can also press the Select Deselect D7 D0 softkey to include or exclude groups of eight channels in each bus If the bus display is blank completely white or if the display includes you need to expan...

Page 95: ...es To read the digital bus value at any point using the cursors 1 Turn on Cursors by pressing the Cursors key on the front panel 2 Press the cursor Mode softkey and change the mode to Hex or Binary 3 Press the Source softkey and select Bus1 or Bus2 4 Use the Entry knob and the X1 and X2 softkeys to position the cursors where you want to read the bus values ...

Page 96: ...anel to display the Pattern Trigger Menu and the bus values will be displayed on the right above the softkeys The dollar sign will be displayed in the bus value when the bus value cannot be displayed as a hex value This occurs when one or more don t cares X are combined with low 0 and high 1 logic levels in the pattern specification or when a transition indicator rising edge or falling edge are in...

Page 97: ...ms that are related to probing These problems fall into two categories probe loading and probe grounding Probe loading problems generally affect the device under test while probe grounding problems affect the accuracy of the data to the measurement instrument The design of the probes minimizes the first problem while the second is easily addressed by good probing practices Digital channel values a...

Page 98: ...the input resistance of the test instrument see the following figure The capacitance is the series combination of the tip compensating capacitor and the cable plus instrument capacitance in parallel with the stray tip capacitance to ground While this results in an input impedance specification that is an accurate model for DC and low frequencies the high frequency model of the probe input is more ...

Page 99: ...own in these figures By comparing the two plots you can see that both the series tip resistor and the cable s characteristic impedance extend the input impedance significantly The stray tip capacitance which is generally small 1 pF sets the final break point on the impedance chart Figure 10 High Frequency Probe Equivalent Circuit ...

Page 100: ...des the maximum input impedance at high frequencies Probe Grounding A probe ground is the low impedance path for current to return to the source from the probe Increased length in this path will at high frequencies create large common mode voltages at the probe input The voltage generated behaves as if this path were an inductor according to the equation Figure 11 Impedance versus Frequency for Bo...

Page 101: ...esult is increased current di in the above equation and depending on the transition time dt the common mode voltage may increase to a level that causes false data generation In addition to the common mode voltage longer ground returns also degrade the pulse fidelity of the probe system Rise time is increased and ringing due to the undamped LC circuit at the input of the probe is also increased Bec...

Page 102: ...ements rise time 3 ns should make use of each digital channel probe s own ground When designing a high speed digital system you should consider designing dedicated test ports that interface directly to the instrument s probe system This will ease measurement setup and ensure a repeatable method for obtaining test data The 01650 61607 16 channel logic probe cable and the 01650 63203 termination ada...

Page 103: ...ion N6459 60001 Digital probe kit contains N6459 61601 8 channel cable 01650 82103 2 inch probe grounds qty 3 and 5090 4832 grabbers qty 10 N6459 61601 8 channel cable with 8 probe leads and 1 pod ground lead qty 1 5959 9333 Replacement probe leads qty 5 also contains 01650 94309 probe labels 5959 9334 Replacement 2 inch probe grounds qty 5 5959 9335 Replacement pod ground leads qty 5 5090 4833 Gr...

Page 104: ...104 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 6 Digital Channels ...

Page 105: ...ent the oscilloscope from Auto triggering and stabilize the display You can select the trigger mode by pressing the Mode Coupling key then the Mode softkey Also the threshold voltage level must be set appropriately for each source channel The threshold level for each serial signal can be set in the Signals Menu Press the Serial key then the Signals softkey Serial Decode Options Agilent s hardware ...

Page 106: ... go to www agilent com and search for the product number for example DSOX2AUTO or contact your local Agilent Technologies representative see www agilent com find contactus Lister Lister is a powerful tool for investigating protocol failures You can use Lister to view large amounts of packet level serial data in a tabular format including time tags and specific decoded values After pressing the Sin...

Page 107: ...en you press the Single key the Lister will contain all on screen serial decode information 5 Press the Scroll Lister softkey and use the Entry knob to scroll through the data Time tags in the Time column indicate the event time relative to the trigger point The time tags of events that are shown in the waveform display area are displayed with a dark background 6 Press the Zoom to Selection softke...

Page 108: ... the Scroll Lister softkey and use the Entry knob to scroll though data rows in the Lister display Press the Time Ref softkey and use the Entry knob to select whether the Time column in the Lister display shows times relative to the trigger or relative to the previous packet row Searching Lister Data When serial decode is enabled you can use the Search key to find and place marks on rows in the Li...

Page 109: ...lets you find protocol specific headers data errors etc See Searching for CAN Data in the Lister on page 307 Searching for I2C Data in the Lister on page 323 Searching for LIN Data in the Lister on page 314 Searching for SPI Data in the Lister on page 332 Searching for UART RS232 Data in the Lister on page 343 ...

Page 110: ...110 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 7 Serial Decode ...

Page 111: ...for various signal characteristics such as fast time div settings and low trigger rates 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 1 Press the Intensity key to illuminate it This key is located just below the Entry knob 2 Turn the Entry knob to...

Page 112: ...112 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 8 Display Settings Figure 13 Amplitude Modulation Shown at 100 Intensity Figure 14 Amplitude Modulation Shown at 40 Intensity ...

Page 113: ...ure Waveforms softkey to perform a single shot infinite persistence A single acquisition s data is displayed with reduced intensity and it remains on the display until you clear persistence or clear the display Persistence infinite presistence Results of previous acquisitions are never erased Use infinite persistence to measure noise and jitter to see the worst case extremes of varying waveforms t...

Page 114: ...an also configure the Quick Action key to clear the display See Configuring the Quick Action Key on page 261 To select the grid type When the Video trigger type is selected see Video Trigger on page 133 and the vertical scaling of at least one displayed channel is 140 mV div the Grid softkey lets you select from these grid types Full the normal oscilloscope grid mV shows vertical grids labeled on ...

Page 115: ...orresponds to the vertical sensitivity shown in the status line at the top of the display Each major horizontal division in the grid corresponds to the time div shown in the status line at the top of the display To freeze the display To freeze the display without stopping running acquisitions you must configure the Quick Action key See Configuring the Quick Action Key on page 261 1 Once the Quick ...

Page 116: ...116 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 8 Display Settings ...

Page 117: ...o the factory default 121 You can define labels and assign them to each analog input channel or you can turn labels off to increase the waveform display area Labels can also be applied to digital channels on MSO models To turn the label display on or off 1 Press the Label key on the front panel This turns on labels for the displayed analog and digital channels Labels are displayed at the left edge...

Page 118: ...uide 9 Labels 2 To turn the labels off press the Label key again To assign a predefined label to a channel 1 Press the Label key 2 Press the Channel softkey then turn the Entry knob or successively press the Channel softkey to select a channel for label assignment ...

Page 119: ...the Apply New Label softkey to assign the label to your selected channel 5 Repeat the above procedure for each predefined label you want to assign to a channel To define a new label 1 Press the Label key 2 Press the Channel softkey then turn the Entry knob or successively press the softkey to select a channel for label assignment The channel does not have to be turned on to have a label assigned t...

Page 120: ...a label ending in a digit such as ADDR0 or DATA0 the oscilloscope automatically increments the digit and displays the modified label in the New label field after you press the Apply New Label softkey Therefore you only need to select a new channel and press the Apply New Label softkey again to assign the label to the channel Only the original label is saved in the label list This feature makes it ...

Page 121: ... duplicate labels Labels can end in any number of trailing digits As long as the base string is the same as an existing label in the library the new label will not be put in the library For example if label A0 is in the library and you make a new label called A12345 the new label is not added to the library When you save a new user defined label the new label will replace the oldest label in the l...

Page 122: ...ies Oscilloscopes User s Guide 9 Labels NOTE Defaulting labels without erasing the default library Pressing Default Setup sets all channel labels back to the default labels but does not erase the list of user defined labels in the library ...

Page 123: ... you can also set up triggers on pulse widths patterns and video signals You can use any input channel or the External Trigger Input on page 150 BNC as the source for most trigger types Changes to the trigger setup are applied immediately If the oscilloscope is stopped when you change a trigger setup the oscilloscope uses the new specification when you press Run Stop or Single If the oscilloscope ...

Page 124: ...iding acquisition memory into a pre trigger and post trigger buffer The position of the trigger event in acquisition memory is defined by the time reference point and the delay horizontal position setting see To adjust the horizontal delay position on page 47 Adjusting the Trigger Level You can adjust the trigger level for a selected analog channel by turning the Trigger Level knob You can push th...

Page 125: ...ger condition is met In this mode if no triggers are occurring that is the Trig d indicator is displayed you can press Force Trigger to force a trigger and see what the input signals look like In the Auto trigger mode when the trigger condition is not met triggers are forced and the Auto indicator is displayed Edge Trigger The Edge trigger type identifies a trigger by looking for a specified edge ...

Page 126: ...r output signal Not available when the DC or Noise waveforms are selected You can choose a channel that is turned off not displayed as the source for the edge trigger The selected trigger source is indicated in the upper right corner of the display next to the slope symbol 1 through 4 analog channels D0 through Dn digital channels E External trigger input L Line trigger W Waveform generator 4 Pres...

Page 127: ...ther edge mode is useful when you want to trigger on any activity of a selected source All modes operate up to the bandwidth of the oscilloscope except Either edge mode which has a limitation Either edge mode will trigger on Constant Wave signals up to 100 MHz but can trigger on isolated pulses down to 1 2 oscilloscope s bandwidth NOTE MegaZoom Technology Simplifies Triggering With the built in Me...

Page 128: ...h analog or digital channel you want to include in the desired pattern press the Channel softkey to select the channel This is the channel source for the 0 1 X or edge condition As you press the Channel softkey or rotate the Entry knob the channel you select is highlighted in the Pattern line directly above the softkeys and in the upper right corner of the display next to Pat Adjust the trigger le...

Page 129: ... 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 don t care the oscilloscope will not trigger The rising edge or falling edge softkey sets the pattern to an edge on the selected channel Only one rising or falling edge can be specified in the pattern When an edge is specified the osc...

Page 130: ...elect a value for the digit 5 You can use the Set all Digits softkey to set all digits to a particular value When a hex bus digit contains one or more don t care X bits and one or more bit with a value or 0 or 1 the sign will be displayed for the digit For information regarding digital bus display when Pattern triggering see Bus values are displayed when using Pattern trigger on page 96 NOTE Speci...

Page 131: ...nu see Pattern Trigger on page 128 1 Press the Trigger key 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Pulse Width 3 Press the Source softkey then rotate the Entry knob to select a channel source for the trigger The channel you select is shown in the upper right corner of the display next to the polarity symbol The source can be any analog or digital channel ...

Page 132: ...ulse is lower than the current trigger level or threshold When triggering on a positive pulse the trigger will occur on the high to low transition of the pulse if the qualifying condition is true When triggering on a negative pulse the trigger will occur on the low to high transition of the pulse if the qualifying condition is true 6 Press the qualifier softkey to select the time qualifier The Qua...

Page 133: ...per time range value Pulse width trigger qualifier time set softkey When the greater than qualifier is selected the Entry knob sets the oscilloscope to trigger on a pulse width greater than the time value displayed on the softkey When the time range qualifier is selected the Entry knob sets the lower time range value Video Trigger Video triggering can be used to capture the complicated waveforms o...

Page 134: ...source is displayed in the upper right corner of the display Turning the Trigger Level knob does not change the trigger level because the trigger level is automatically set to the sync pulse Trigger coupling is automatically set to TV in the Trigger Mode and Coupling Menu NOTE It is important when using a 10 1 passive probe that the probe is correctly compensated The oscilloscope is sensitive to t...

Page 135: ...he selected Source and Standard Source channel vertical scaling is set to 140 mV div Source channel offset is set to 245 mV Source channel is turned on Trigger type is set to Video Video trigger mode is set to All Lines Display Grid type is set to IRE when Standard is NTSC or mV see To select the grid type on page 114 NOTE Provide Correct Matching Many video signals are produced from 75 Ω sources ...

Page 136: ...t pulse in the vertical sync interval All Lines Trigger on all horizontal sync pulses Line Field1 and Line Field2 Trigger on the selected line in field 1 or field 2 interlaced standards only Line Alternate Alternately trigger on the selected line in field 1 and field 2 NTSC PAL PAL M and SECAM only 9 If you select a line mode press the Line softkey then rotate the Entry knob to select the line num...

Page 137: ...he vertical interval test signals VITS which are typically in line 18 Another example is closed captioning which is typically in line 21 1 Press the Trigger key 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Video 3 Press the Settings softkey then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard NTSC 4 Press the Mode softkey and select the TV fie...

Page 138: ...s is selected as the Video trigger mode the oscilloscope will trigger on all horizontal sync pulses 1 Press the Trigger key 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Video 3 Press the Settings softkey then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard 4 Press the Mode softkey and select All Lines Figure 15 Example Triggering on Line 136 ...

Page 139: ...ecific field is selected the oscilloscope triggers on the rising edge of the first serration pulse in the vertical sync interval in the specified field 1 or 2 1 Press the Trigger key 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Video 3 Press the Settings softkey then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard 4 Press the Mode softkey and ...

Page 140: ... or to find the amplitude differences between the fields use the All Fields trigger mode 1 Press the Trigger key 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Video 3 Press the Settings softkey then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard 4 Press the Mode softkey and select All Fields Figure 17 Triggering on Field 1 ...

Page 141: ...ess the Trigger key 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Video 3 Press the Settings softkey then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard 4 Press the Mode softkey and select Field1 or Field2 The trigger circuits look for the position of the start of Vertical Sync to determine the field But this definition of field does not take ...

Page 142: ...s by using the Field Holdoff softkey in the Video Trigger Menu Press the Field Holdoff softkey and use the Entry knob to adjust the holdoff in half field increments until the oscilloscope triggers on only one phase of the color burst A quick way to synchronize to the other phase is to briefly disconnect the signal and then reconnect it Repeat until the correct phase is displayed When holdoff is ad...

Page 143: ... see Serial Decode Options on page 105 you can enable serial trigger types To set up these triggers see CAN Triggering on page 301 I2C Triggering on page 316 Table 4 Half field holdoff time Standard Time NTSC 8 35 ms PAL 10 ms PAL M 10 ms SECAM 10 ms Figure 20 Using Field Holdoff to Synchronize to Color Field 1 or 3 Field 1 mode ...

Page 144: ...144 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 10 Triggers LIN Triggering on page 309 SPI Triggering on page 327 UART RS232 Triggering on page 337 ...

Page 145: ...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 turning on high frequency rej...

Page 146: ...the Auto and Normal trigger modes See Configuring the Quick Action Key on page 261 Triggering and the Pre and Post Trigger Buffers After the oscilloscope starts running after pressing Run or Single or changing the trigger condition the oscilloscope first fills the pre trigger buffer Then after the pre trigger buffer is filled the oscilloscope starts searching for a trigger and sampled data continu...

Page 147: ... to Use Auto Trigger Mode 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 When to Use Normal Trigger Mode The Normal trigger mode is appropriate when You only want to acquire specific events specified by the trigger settings Triggering on an infrequent signal fro...

Page 148: ...high pass filter in the External Trigger input path is 50 Hz for all models Use AC coupling to get a stable edge trigger when your waveform has a large DC offset LF low frequency Reject coupling adds a high pass filter with the 3 dB point at 50 kHz in series with the trigger waveform Low frequency reject removes any unwanted low frequency components from a trigger waveform such as power line frequ...

Page 149: ...y so that a slightly larger signal is required to trigger the oscilloscope 1 Press the Mode Coupling key 2 In the Trigger Mode and Coupling Menu press the Noise Rej softkey to enable or disable To enable or disable trigger HF Reject HF Reject adds a 50 kHz low pass filter in the trigger path to remove high frequency components from the trigger waveform You can use HF Reject to remove high frequenc...

Page 150: ...ng key 2 In the Trigger Mode and Coupling Menu press the Holdoff softkey then turn the Entry knob to increase or decrease the trigger holdoff time Trigger Holdoff Operating Hints 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 Changing the time base settings does not...

Page 151: ... select between Volts for a voltage probe Amps for a current probe Measurement results channel sensitivity and the trigger level will reflect the measurement units you have selected 4 Press the Probe softkey then turn the entry knob to specify the probe attenuation The attenuation factor can be set from 0 1 1 to 1000 1 in a 1 2 5 sequence The probe attenuation factor must be set properly for measu...

Page 152: ...152 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 11 Trigger Mode Coupling ...

Page 153: ...un Stop and Single When the Run Stop key is green the oscilloscope is running that is acquiring data when trigger conditions are met To stop acquiring data press Run Stop When stopped the last acquired waveform is displayed When the Run Stop key is red data acquisition is stopped Stop is displayed next to the trigger type in the status line at the top of the display To start acquiring data press R...

Page 154: ...cord Length The maximum data record length is greater for a single acquisition than when the oscilloscope is running or when the oscilloscope is stopped after running Single Single acquisitions always use the maximum memory available at least twice as much memory as acquisitions captured when running and the oscilloscope stores at least twice as many samples At slower time div settings because the...

Page 155: ...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 Aliasing Aliasing occurs when signals are under sam...

Page 156: ...ample 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 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 band...

Page 157: ...litweb pdf 5989 5732EN pdf Oscilloscope Rise Time Closely related to an oscilloscope s bandwidth specification is its rise time specification Oscilloscopes with a Gaussian type frequency response have an approximate rise time of 0 35 fBW based on a 10 to 90 criterion An oscilloscope s rise time is not the fastest edge speed that the oscilloscope can accurately measure It is the fastest edge speed ...

Page 158: ...eed Digital Design A Handbook of Black Magic all fast edges have an infinite spectrum of frequency components However there is an inflection or knee in the frequency spectrum of fast edges where frequency components higher than fknee are insignificant in determining the shape of the signal fknee 0 5 signal rise time based on 10 90 thresholds fknee 0 4 signal rise time based on 20 80 thresholds 3 U...

Page 159: ...e actual sample rate by throwing away decimating unneeded samples Selecting the Acquisition Mode When selecting the oscilloscope acquisition mode keep in mind that samples are normally decimated at slower time div settings At slower time div settings the effective sample rate drops and the effective sample period increases because the acquisition time increases and the oscilloscope s digitizer is ...

Page 160: ... slower time div settings all samples in the effective sample period are averaged and the average value is stored Use this mode for reducing random noise See High Resolution Acquisition Mode on page 165 Normal Acquisition Mode In Normal mode at slower time div settings extra samples are decimated in other words some are thrown away This mode yields the best display for most waveforms Peak Detect A...

Page 161: ...w as compared to the waveform Peak detect mode can be used to more easily view glitches or narrow pulses In peak detect mode narrow glitches and sharp edges are displayed more brightly than when in Normal acquire mode making them easier to see To characterize the glitch use the cursors or the automatic measurement capabilities of the oscilloscope Figure 24 Sine With Glitch Normal Mode ...

Page 162: ...s the display with new acquisitions but does not erase previous acquisitions New sample points are shown at normal intensity while previous acquisitions are displayed at reduced intensity Waveform persistence is not kept beyond the display area boundary Press the Clear Display softkey to erase previously acquired points The display will accumulate points until Persistence is turned off 4 Character...

Page 163: ...A higher number of averages reduces noise more and increases vertical resolution The higher the number of averages the slower the displayed waveform responds to waveform changes You must compromise between how quickly the waveform responds to changes and how much you want to reduce the displayed noise on the signal To use the Averaging mode 1 Press the Acquire key then press the Acq Mode softkey u...

Page 164: ...164 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 12 Acquisition Control Figure 26 Random noise on the displayed waveform Figure 27 128 Averages used to reduce random noise ...

Page 165: ...ra bits of vertical resolution is dependent on the time per division setting sweep speed of the oscilloscope The slower the time div setting the greater the number of samples that are averaged together for each display point High Resolution mode can be used on both single shot and repetitive signals and it does not slow waveform update because the computation is done in the MegaZoom custom ASIC Hi...

Page 166: ...3 for details 2 Press the Acquire key in the Waveform section of the front panel 3 Press the Segmented softkey 4 In the Segmented Memory Menu press the Segmented softkey to enable segmented memory acquisitions 5 Press the of Segs softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the number of segments into which you would like to divide the oscilloscope s memory Memory can be divided into as few as two se...

Page 167: ...e desired segment along with a time tag indicating the time from the first trigger event You can also navigate segments using the Navigate key and controls See To navigate segments on page 57 Infinite Persistence with Segmented Memory When data has been acquired to segmented memory you can also turn on infinite persistence in the Display Menu and press the Analyze Segments softkey to create an inf...

Page 168: ...ivisions and re arm That is 25 µs to capture pre trigger data and 25 µs to capture post trigger data Saving Data from Segmented Memory You can save either the currently displayed segment Save Segment Current or all segments Save Segment All in the following data formats CSV ASCII XY and BIN Be sure to set the Length control to capture enough points to accurately represent the captured data When th...

Page 169: ...ntil the cursor is off screen its value will not be changed It will still be there when you return to its original location X Cursors X cursors are vertical dashed lines that adjust horizontally and can be used to measure time s frequency 1 s phase and ratio The X1 cursor is the short dashed vertical line and the X2 cursor is the long dashed vertical line When used with the FFT math function as a ...

Page 170: ...es are relative to 0 dB In XY horizontal mode the Y cursors display channel 2 values Volts or Amps When active the Y1 and Y2 cursor values for the selected waveform source are displayed in the softkey menu area The difference between Y1 and Y2 ΔY is displayed in the Cursors box in the right side information area To make cursor measurements 1 Connect a signal to the oscilloscope and obtain a stable...

Page 171: ...are displayed above the softkeys in hexadecimal Manual and Track Waveform modes can be used on waveforms that are displayed on the analog input channels including math functions Binary and Hex modes apply to digital signals of MSO oscilloscope models In Hex and Binary modes a level can be displayed as 1 higher than trigger level 0 lower than trigger level indeterminate state or X don t care In Bin...

Page 172: ...oftkey to select Seconds s Hz 1 s Phase when selected use the Use X Cursors softkey to set the current X1 location as 0 degrees and the current X2 location as 360 degrees Ratio when selected use the Use X Cursors softkey to set the current X1 location as 0 and the current X2 location as 100 You can press the Y Units softkey to select Base the same units used for the source waveform Ratio when sele...

Page 173: ...Cursors 13 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 173 Cursor Examples Figure 28 Cursors used to measure pulse widths other than middle threshold points ...

Page 174: ...t InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 13 Cursors Expand the display with Zoom mode then characterize the event of interest with the cursors Figure 29 Cursors measure frequency of pulse ringing ...

Page 175: ...ursors 13 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 175 Put the X1 cursor on one side of a pulse and the X2 cursor on the other side of the pulse Figure 30 Cursors track Zoom window ...

Page 176: ...iiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 13 Cursors Press the X1 X2 linked softkey and move the cursors together to check for pulse width variations in a pulse train Figure 31 Measuring pulse width with cursors ...

Page 177: ...Cursors 13 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 177 Figure 32 Moving the cursors together to check pulse width variations ...

Page 178: ...178 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 13 Cursors ...

Page 179: ...screen Cursors are turned on to show the portion of the waveform being measured for the most recently selected measurement bottom most on the right side measurement are NOTE Post Acquisition Processing In addition to changing display parameters after the acquisition you can perform all of the measurements and math functions after the acquisition Measurements and math functions will be recalculated...

Page 180: ...sured Only channels math functions or reference waveforms that are displayed are available for measurements If a portion of the waveform required for a measurement is not displayed or does not display enough resolution to make the measurement the result will display No Edges Clipped Low Signal value or value or a similar message to indicate that the measurement may not be reliable 3 Press the Type...

Page 181: ...tkey and choose the measurement to clear or press Clear All After all measurements have been cleared when Meas is pressed again the default measurements will be Frequency and Peak Peak Measurements Summary The automatic measurements provided by the oscilloscope are listed in the following table All measurements are available for analog channel waveforms All measurements except Counter are availabl...

Page 182: ...s Maximum on page 184 Yes Minimum on page 184 Yes Overshoot on page 186 Peak Peak on page 184 Yes Period on page 191 Yes Phase on page 195 Measures between two sources Press Settings to specify the second source Preshoot on page 187 Rise Time on page 193 DC RMS on page 188 AC RMS on page 189 Top on page 185 Width on page 193 Yes Width on page 193 Yes Use the cursors to make other measurements on F...

Page 183: ...ents You can also configure the Quick Action key to display the Snapshot All popup See Configuring the Quick Action Key on page 261 Voltage Measurements The following figure shows the voltage measurement points Measurement units for each input channel can be set to Volts or Amps using the channel Probe Units softkey See To specify the channel units on page 64 Amplitude Maximum Minimum Base Top Pea...

Page 184: ...erage on page 188 DC RMS on page 188 AC RMS on page 189 Peak Peak The peak to peak value is the difference between Maximum and Minimum values The Y cursors show the values being measured Maximum Maximum is the highest value in the waveform display The Y cursor shows the value being measured Minimum Minimum is the lowest value in the waveform display The Y cursor shows the value being measured Ampl...

Page 185: ...The Y cursor shows the value being measured See Also To isolate a pulse for Top measurement on page 185 To isolate a pulse for Top measurement The following figure shows how to use Zoom mode to isolate a pulse for a Top measurement You may need to change the measurement window setting so that the measurement is made in the lower Zoom window See Measurement Window with Zoom Display on page 198 Figu...

Page 186: ...me as Minimum The Y cursor shows the value being measured Overshoot Overshoot is distortion that follows 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 Rising edge overshοot local Maximum D Top Amplitude 100 Falling edge overshοot Base D local Minimum Amplitude 100 Overshoot local Maximum lo...

Page 187: ...t 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 34 Automatic Overshoot measurement Rising edge preshοot local Maximum D Top Amplitude 100 Falling edge preshοot Base D local Minimum Amplitude 100 ...

Page 188: ...interval variation measures the value on an integral number of periods of the displayed signal If less than three edges are present the measurement shows No edges The X cursors show what interval of the waveform is being measured DC RMS DC RMS is the root mean square value of the waveform over one or more full periods Where xi value at ith point being measured n number of points in measurement int...

Page 189: ...ee edges are present the measurement shows No edges The X cursors show the interval of the waveform being measured The Full Screen Std Deviation measurement interval variation is an RMS measurement across the full screen with the DC component removed It shows the standard deviation of the displayed voltage values The standard deviation of a measurement is the amount that a measurement varies from ...

Page 190: ...ted as follows where x the mean N the number of measurements taken xi the ith measurement result The standard deviation is calculated as follows where σ the standard deviation N the number of measurements taken xi the ith measurement result x the mean 2σ PHDQ 1σ 1σ 2σ 3σ 3σ x i 1 N xi N σ i 1 N xi x 2 N ...

Page 191: ...192 Width on page 193 Width on page 193 Duty Cycle on page 193 Rise Time on page 193 Fall Time on page 193 Delay on page 194 Phase on page 195 Period Period is the time period of the complete waveform cycle The time is measured between the middle threshold points of two consecutive like polarity edges A middle threshold crossing must also travel through the lower and upper threshold levels which e...

Page 192: ...on of the waveform is being measured The Y cursor shows the middle threshold point See Also To isolate an event for frequency measurement on page 192 To isolate an event for frequency measurement The following figure shows how to use Zoom mode to isolate an event for a frequency measurement You may need to change the measurement window setting so that the measurement is made in the lower Zoom wind...

Page 193: ...shows the middle threshold point Rise Time The rise time of a signal is the time difference between the crossing of the lower threshold and the crossing of the upper threshold for a positive going edge The X cursor shows the edge being measured For maximum measurement accuracy set the horizontal time div as fast as possible while leaving the complete rising edge of the waveform on the display The ...

Page 194: ...nt Menu 2 Press the Source softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the first analog channel source 3 Press the Type softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Delay 4 Press the Settings softkey to select the second analog channel source and slope for the delay measurement The default Delay settings measure from the rising edge of channel 1 to the rising edge of channel 2 5 Press the Back Up key...

Page 195: ...e phase shift values indicate that the rising edge of source 1 occurred after the rising edge of source 2 1 Press the Meas key to display the Measurement Menu 2 Press the Source softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the first analog channel source 3 Press the Type softkey then turn the Entry knob to select Delay Phase Delay Source 1 Period 360 Source 2 Source 1 Delay Period ...

Page 196: ...ure from channel 1 to channel 2 5 Press the Back Up key to return to the Measurement Menu 6 Press the Add Measurement softkey to make the measurement The example below shows a phase measurement between the channel 1 and the math d dt function on channel 1 Measurement Thresholds Setting measurement thresholds defines the vertical levels where measurements will be taken on an analog channel or math ...

Page 197: ...is set in the channel probe menu When the Source is set to Math f t the threshold Type can only be set to Percent 4 Press the Lower softkey then turn the Entry knob to set the lower measurement threshold value NOTE Changing default thresholds may change measurement results The default lower middle and upper threshold values are 10 50 and 90 of the value between Top and Base Changing these threshol...

Page 198: ...upper measurement threshold value Decreasing the upper value below the set middle value will automatically decrease the middle value to be less than the upper value The default upper threshold is 90 or 1 50 V If threshold Type is set to the upper threshold value can be set from 7 to 95 Measurement Window with Zoom Display When the zoomed time base is displayed you can choose whether measurements a...

Page 199: ...ith chosen parameters Compliance to the mask is verified point by point across the display Mask test operates on displayed analog channels it does not operate on channels that are not displayed To enable mask test order Option LMT at time of oscilloscope purchase or order DSOX2MASK as a stand alone item after oscilloscope purchase To create a mask from a golden waveform Automask A golden waveform ...

Page 200: ...nalog channel is selected 7 Adjust the mask s horizontal tolerance Y and vertical tolerance X These are adjustable in graticule divisions or in absolute units volts or seconds selectable using the Units softkey 8 Press the Create Mask softkey The mask is created and testing begins Whenever the Create Mask softkey is pressed the old mask is erased and a new mask is created ...

Page 201: ...is switched on when mask test is switched on then infinite persistence is switched off when mask test is switched off Troubleshooting Mask Setup If you press Create Mask and the mask appears to cover the entire screen check the Y and X settings in the Automask Menu If these are set to zero the resulting mask will be extremely tight around the waveform If you press Create Mask and it appears that n...

Page 202: ...ayed above the softkeys Minimum Time Choose this option and then use the Test Time softkey to select how long the oscilloscope will run When the selected time has passed the oscilloscope will stop The specified time may be exceeded If an error occurs the action specified using the On Error softkey will occur The actual test time is displayed above the softkeys Minimum Sigma Choose this option and ...

Page 203: ... mode is not available when the acquisition mode is set to Averaging Note that you can choose to Print or Save but you cannot select both at the same time All other actions may be selected at the same time For example you can select both Stop and Measure to cause the oscilloscope to measure and stop on the first error You can also output a signal on the rear panel TRIG OUT BNC connector when there...

Page 204: ... displayed Current mask name of mask Channel number date and time of Tests total number of mask tests executed Status Passing Failing or Untested Accumulated test time in hours minutes seconds and tenths of seconds And for each analog channel Number of failures acquisitions in which the signal excursion went beyond the mask Failure rate percentage of failures Sigma the ratio of process sigma to ma...

Page 205: ...rage device and connect it to a PC 9 Open the msk file your created using a text editor such as Wordpad 10 Edit save and close the file The mask file contains the following sections Mask File Identifier Mask Title Mask Violation Regions Reset Statistics Note that statistics are also reset when Mask Test is switched on after being switched off Clear Mask softkey is pressed An Automask is created Ad...

Page 206: ... Mask Violation Regions Up to 8 regions can be defined for a mask They can be numbered 1 8 They can appear in any order in the msk file The numbering of the regions must go from top to bottom left to right An Automask file contains two special regions the region glued to the top of the display and the region that is glued to the bottom The top region is indicated by y values of MAX for the first a...

Page 207: ...le The Y values normally voltage are normalized in the file using the following equation Ynorm Y Y1 ΔY where ΔY Y2 Y1 To convert the normalized Y values in the mask file to voltage Y Ynorm ΔY Y1 where ΔY Y2 Y1 The X values normally time are normalized in the file using the following equation Xnorm X X1 ΔX To convert the normalized X values to time X Xnorm ΔX X1 Oscilloscope Setup Information The k...

Page 208: ...0E 06 MTES SCAL XDEL 800 000E 06 MTES SCAL Y1 359 000E 03 MTES SCAL Y2 2 35900E 00 Building a Mask File The following mask uses all eight mask regions The most difficult part of creating a mask file is normalizing the X and Y values from the time and voltage values This example shows an easy way to convert voltage and time to normalized X and Y values in the mask file The following mask file produ...

Page 209: ... 1 500 Region Number 4 Number of vertices 5 10 00 1 000 12 50 0 500 15 00 0 500 15 00 1 500 12 50 1 500 Region Number 5 Number of vertices 5 10 00 1 000 12 50 0 500 15 00 0 500 15 00 1 500 12 50 1 500 Region Number 6 Number of vertices 6 05 00 1 000 02 50 0 500 02 50 0 500 05 00 1 000 02 50 1 500 02 50 1 500 Region Number 7 Number of vertices 5 10 00 1 000 12 50 0 500 15 00 0 500 15 00 1 500 12 50...

Page 210: ... MIN SOUR PMEM1 HARD APR AREA SCR FACT 0 FFE 0 INKS 1 PAL NONE LAY PORT SAVE FIL mask_0 SAVE IMAG AREA GRAT FACT 0 FORM NONE INKS 0 PAL COL SAVE WAV FORM NONE MTES SOUR CHAN1 ENAB 1 LOCK 1 MTES AMAS SOUR CHAN1 UNIT DIV XDEL 3 00000000E 001 YDEL 2 00000000E 00 1 MTES SCAL BIND 0 X1 0 0E 00 XDEL 1 0000E 09 Y1 0 0E 00 Y2 1 00000E 0 0 MTES RMOD FOR RMOD TIME 1E 00 WAV 1000 SIGM 6 0E 00 MTES RMOD FACT ...

Page 211: ... order DSOXDVM as a stand alone item after oscilloscope purchase The DVM display is a seven segment readout like you would see on a digital voltmeter It shows the selected mode as well as the units Units are selected using the Units softkey in the channel s Probe Menu After pressing the Analyze key the DVM display also appears in the graticule along with a scale and the frequency counter value The...

Page 212: ...Press Features again to enable the DVM measurements 4 Press the Source softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the analog channel on which digital voltmeter DVM measurements are made The selected channel does not have to be on displaying a waveform in order for DVM measurements to be made 5 Press the Mode softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the digital voltmeter DVM mode AC RMS displays th...

Page 213: ...sed in oscilloscope triggering press Auto Range to disable or enable automatic adjustment of the DVM channel s vertical scale vertical ground level position and trigger threshold voltage level used for the counter frequency measurement When enabled Auto Range overrides attempted adjustments of the channel s vertical scale and position knobs When disabled you can use the channel s vertical scale an...

Page 214: ...214 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 16 Digital Voltmeter ...

Page 215: ...the DSOX2WAVEGEN upgrade The waveform generator gives you an easy way to provide input signals when testing circuitry with the oscilloscope Waveform generator settings can be saved and recalled with oscilloscope setups See Chapter 18 Save Recall Setups Screens Data starting on page 227 To select generated waveform types and settings 1 To access the Waveform Generator Menu and enable or disable the...

Page 216: ...ut is automatically disabled if excessive voltage is applied to the Gen Out BNC 2 In the Waveform Generator Menu press the Waveform softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the waveform type 3 Depending on the selected waveform type use the remaining softkeys and the Entry knob to set the waveform s characteristics ...

Page 217: ...0 mHz to 20 MHz Square Use the Frequency Frequency Fine Period Period Fine Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level and Duty Cycle softkeys to set the square wave signal parameters The frequency can be adjusted from 100 mHz to 10 MHz The duty cycle can be adjusted from 20 to 80 Ramp Use the Frequency Frequency Fine Period Period Fine Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level and Symmetry softkeys to set ...

Page 218: ...d output load on page 219 To use waveform generator logic presets on page 219 To restore waveform generator defaults on page 225 To output the waveform generator sync pulse 1 If the Waveform Generator Menu is not currently displayed on the oscilloscope s softkeys press the Wave Gen key 2 In the Waveform Generator Menu press the Settings softkey 3 In the Waveform Generator Settings Menu press the T...

Page 219: ...itude and offset levels for the expected output load If the actual load impedance is different than the selected value the displayed amplitude and offset levels will be incorrect To use waveform generator logic presets With logic level presets you can easily set the output voltage to TTL CMOS 5 0V CMOS 3 3V CMOS 2 5V or ECL compatible Low and High levels 1 If the Waveform Generator Menu is not cur...

Page 220: ...tting the Rear Panel TRIG OUT Source on page 254 This is because the trigger comparator is located after the noise source To add modulation to the waveform generator output Modulation is where an original carrier signal is modified according to the amplitude of a second modulating signal The modulation type AM FM or FSK specifies how the carrier signal is modified To enable and set up modulation f...

Page 221: ...tude Modulation AM on page 221 Frequency Modulation FM the frequency of the original carrier signal is modified according to the amplitude of the modulating signal See To set up Frequency Modulation FM on page 223 Frequency Shift Keying Modulation FSK the output frequency shifts between the original carrier frequency and a hop frequency at the specified FSK rate The FSK rate specifies a digital sq...

Page 222: ...y knob to specify the frequency of the modulating signal 4 Press the AM Depth softkey and turn the Entry knob to specify the amount of amplitude modulation AM Depth refers to the portion of the amplitude range that will be used by the modulation For example a depth setting of 80 causes the output amplitude to vary from 10 to 90 90 10 80 of the original amplitude as the modulating signal goes from ...

Page 223: ...n the Entry knob to specify the frequency of the modulating signal 4 Press the FM Dev softkey and turn the Entry knob to specify the frequency deviation from the original carrier signal frequency When the modulating signal is at its maximum amplitude the output frequency is the carrier signal frequency plus the deviation amount and when the modulating signal is at its minimum amplitude the output ...

Page 224: ...lect Frequency Shift Keying Modulation FSK 2 Press the Hop Freq softkey and turn the Entry knob to specify the hop frequency The output frequency shifts between the original carrier frequency and this hop frequency 3 Press the FSK Rate softkey and turn the Entry knob to specify the rate at which the output frequency shifts The FSK rate specifies a digital square wave modulating signal The followin...

Page 225: ...Generator Menu is not currently displayed on the oscilloscope s softkeys press the Wave Gen key 2 In the Waveform Generator Menu press the Settings softkey 3 In the Waveform Generator Settings Menu press the Default Wave Gen softkey The waveform generator factory default settings 1 kHz sine wave 500 mVpp 0 V offset High Z output load are restored ...

Page 226: ...226 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 17 Waveform Generator ...

Page 227: ...ge device in BMP or PNG formats Acquired waveform data can be saved to a USB storage device in comma separated value CSV ASCII XY and binary BIN formats There is also a command to securely erase all the oscilloscope s non volatile internal memory Saving Setups Screen Images or Data 1 Press the Save Recall key 2 In the Save Recall Menu press Save 3 In the Save Trace and Setup Menu press Format then...

Page 228: ... Reference Waveform data h5 Saves waveform data in a format that can be recalled to one of the oscilloscope s reference waveform locations See To save reference waveform files to a USB storage device on page 233 Multi Channel Waveform data h5 Saves multiple channels of waveform data in a format that can be opened by the N8900A InfiniiView oscilloscope analysis software You can recall the first Ana...

Page 229: ...up files have the extension SCP These extensions appear when using the File Explorer see File Explorer on page 249 but they do not appear when using the Recall Menu To save BMP or PNG image files Image files can be saved to an external USB storage device 1 Press Save Recall Save Format then turn the Entry knob to select 8 bit Bitmap image bmp 24 bit Bitmap image bmp or 24 bit image png 2 Press the...

Page 230: ...nary data bin 2 Press the softkey in the second position and use the Entry knob to navigate to the save location See To navigate storage locations on page 234 3 Press the Settings softkey In the File Settings Menu you have these softkeys and options Graticule Not Inverted Graticule Inverted NOTE When saving screen images the oscilloscope uses the last menu visited before pressing the Save Recall k...

Page 231: ...on page 297 Length Control The Length control is available when saving data to CSV ASCII XY or BIN format files It sets the number of data points that will be output to the file Only displayed data points are saved The maximum number of data points depends on these things Whether acquisitions are running When stopped data comes from the raw acquisition record When running data comes from the small...

Page 232: ...sen format See Also Binary Data bin Format on page 289 CSV and ASCII XY files on page 296 Minimum and Maximum Values in CSV Files on page 297 To save Lister data files Lister data files can be saved to an external USB storage device 1 Press Save Recall Save Format then turn the Entry knob to select Lister data file 2 Press the softkey in the second position and use the Entry knob to navigate to th...

Page 233: ...tion See To navigate storage locations on page 234 6 Finally press the Press to Save softkey A message indicating whether the save was successful is displayed To save masks Mask files can be saved to one of four internal Agilent Flash locations or to an external USB storage device 1 Press Save Recall Save Format then turn the Entry knob to select Mask msk 2 Press the softkey in the second position...

Page 234: ...ed location Load from when you can recall from the selected file When saving files The proposed file name is shown in the Save to file line above the softkeys To overwrite an existing file browse to that file and select it To create a new file name see To enter file names on page 234 To enter file names To create new file names when saving files to a USB storage device 1 In the Save Menu press the...

Page 235: ... Entry knob to select the type of file you want to recall Setup scp See To recall setup files on page 235 Mask msk See To recall mask files on page 236 Reference Waveform data h5 See To recall reference waveform files from a USB storage device on page 236 You can also recall setups and mask files by loading them using the File Explorer See File Explorer on page 249 You can also configure the Quick...

Page 236: ... knob to navigate to the file to recall See To navigate storage locations on page 234 3 Press the Press to Recall softkey A message indicating whether the recall was successful is displayed 4 If you would like to clear the display or clear the recalled mask press Clear Display or Clear Mask To recall reference waveform files from a USB storage device 1 Press the Save Recall key 2 In the Save Recal...

Page 237: ...Setup key See Recall the Default Oscilloscope Setup on page 27 Some user settings are not changed when recalling the default setup Factory Default recalls the oscilloscope s factory default settings You must confirm the recall because there are no user settings that are left unchanged Performing a Secure Erase 1 Press the Save Recall key 2 In the Save Recall Menu press Default Erase 3 In the Defau...

Page 238: ...238 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 18 Save Recall Setups Screens Data ...

Page 239: ...n softkeys and the Press to Print softkey are ghosted not available until a printer is connected To print the oscilloscope s display 1 Connect a printer You can Connect a USB printer to either the USB port on the front panel or the rectangular USB host port on the rear panel For the most up to date listing of printers that are compatible with the InfiniiVision oscilloscopes please visit www agilen...

Page 240: ...y on page 261 See Also Adding an Annotation on page 262 To set up network printer connections When the DSOXLAN LAN VGA module is installed you can set up network printer connections A network printer is a printer attached to a computer or print server on the network 1 Press the Print key on the front panel NOTE The oscilloscope will print the last menu visited before you pressed the Print key Ther...

Page 241: ...to the printer for example 192 168 1 100 printers printer name or 192 168 1 100 650 printers printer name Path to a Windows network printer share for example server share When the Printer Address is a Windows network printer share the Modify softkey also lets you enter these settings Network Domain this is the Windows network domain name Username this is your login name for the Windows network dom...

Page 242: ...y changing the black background to white Invert Graticule Colors is the default mode Form Feed Select this to send a form feed command to the printer after the waveform is printed and before the setup information is printed Switch Form Feed off if you want setup information printed on the same sheet of paper with the waveform This option only has an effect when the Setup Information option is sele...

Page 243: ...Menu press the Palette softkey to change the following options Color Select this to print the screen in color The oscilloscope s print driver cannot print color images to color laser printers so the Color option is not available when connected to laser printers Grayscale Select this to print the screen in shades of gray rather than in color ...

Page 244: ...244 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 19 Print Screens ...

Page 245: ...ng the Quick Action Key 261 Adding an Annotation 262 This chapter explains oscilloscope utility functions I O Interface Settings The oscilloscope can be accessed and or controlled remotely via these I O interfaces USB device port on the rear panel square shaped USB port LAN interface when a LAN VGA module is installed in the rear panel module slot GPIB interface when a GPIB module is installed in ...

Page 246: ...N Remote Programming via the Web Interface on page 271 The oscilloscope s Programmer s Guide Remote Programming with Agilent IO Libraries on page 272 Setting up the Oscilloscope s LAN Connection When the DSOXLAN LAN VGA module is installed you can place the oscilloscope on the network and set up its LAN connection Once that is done you can use the oscilloscope s web interface or remotely control t...

Page 247: ...onnect the oscilloscope to the local area network LAN by inserting the LAN cable into the LAN port on the rear panel of the oscilloscope In a few moments the oscilloscope will connect to the network automatically If the oscilloscope does not automatically connect to the network press Utility I O LAN Reset In a few moments the oscilloscope will connect to the network Manual Configuration 1 Get the ...

Page 248: ...nnect the oscilloscope to the local area network LAN by inserting the LAN cable into the LAN port on the rear panel of the oscilloscope Stand alone Point to Point Connection to a PC The following procedure describes how to establish a point to point stand alone connection to the oscilloscope This is useful if you want to control the oscilloscope using a laptop computer or a stand alone computer 1 ...

Page 249: ...ab files label files etc Also you can delete files on a connected USB storage device The oscilloscope s internal file system under Agilent Flash consists of 10 locations for oscilloscope setup files and four locations for mask files To use the File Explorer 1 Press Utility File Explorer 2 In the File Explorer Menu press the softkey in the first position and use the Entry knob to navigate NOTE The ...

Page 250: ...or Delete File softkeys to take the action Pushing the Entry knob is the same as pressing the Load File softkey A file that has been deleted from a USB storage device cannot be recovered by the oscilloscope Use your PC to create directories on a USB storage device USB Storage Devices Most USB mass storage devices are compatible with the oscilloscope However certain devices may be incompatible and ...

Page 251: ...tions Preferences lets you specify oscilloscope preferences To choose expand about center or ground on page 251 To disable enable transparent backgrounds on page 252 To load the default label library on page 252 To set up the screen saver on page 252 To set AutoScale preferences on page 253 To choose expand about center or ground When you change a channel s volts division setting the waveform disp...

Page 252: ...arent and solid text display backgrounds To load the default label library See To reset the label library to the factory default on page 121 To set up the screen saver The oscilloscope can be configured to turn on a display screen saver when the oscilloscope has been idle for a specified length of time 1 Press Utility Options Preferences Screen Saver to display the Screen Saver Menu 2 Press the Sa...

Page 253: ... press any key or turn any knob To set AutoScale preferences 1 Press Utility Options Preferences AutoScale 2 In the AutoScale Preferences Menu you can Press the Fast Debug softkey enable disable this type of autoscale When fast debug is enabled autoscale lets you make quick visual comparisons to determine whether the signal being probed is a DC voltage ground or an active AC signal Channel couplin...

Page 254: ...de you have chosen when the AutoScale key is pressed Setting the Oscilloscope s Clock The Clock Menu lets you set the current date and time of day 24 hour format This time date stamp will appear on hardcopy prints and directory information on the USB mass storage device To set the date and time or to view the current date and time 1 Press Utility Options Clock 2 Press the Year Month Day Hour or Mi...

Page 255: ...ow 0 V See Chapter 15 Mask Testing starting on page 199 Waveform Generator Sync Pulse All of the waveform generator output functions except DC and Noise have an associated Sync signal The Sync signal is a TTL positive pulse that occurs when the waveform rises above zero volts or the DC offset value See Chapter 17 Waveform Generator starting on page 215 The TRIG OUT connector also provides the User...

Page 256: ... optimize circuits that affect channel sensitivity offset and trigger parameters Performing User Cal will invalidate your Certificate of Calibration If NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology traceability is required perform the Performance Verification procedure in the Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 3000 X Series Oscilloscopes Service Guide using traceable sources To perform user calibrat...

Page 257: ...es Then connect a BNC f to BNC f also called a barrel connector to the tee as shown below For a 4 channel oscilloscope connect BNC tees to the equal length cables as shown below Then connect a BNC f to BNC f barrel connector to the tee as shown below Figure 36 User Calibration cable for 2 channel oscilloscope To Channel 1 To Channel 2 Long cable to TRIG OUT ...

Page 258: ...edures to verify that the oscilloscope is operating properly It is recommended you run Hardware Self Test After experiencing abnormal operation For additional information to better describe an oscilloscope failure To verify proper operation after the oscilloscope has been repaired Successfully passing Hardware Self Test does not guarantee 100 of the oscilloscope s functionality Hardware Self Test ...

Page 259: ...o Loading Licenses and Displaying License Information on page 287 To display the user calibration status Pressing Utility Service User Cal Status displays the summary results of the previous User Cal and the status of probe calibrations for probes that can be calibrated Note that passive probes do not need to be calibrated Results User Cal date Change in temperature since last User Cal Failure Com...

Page 260: ... find contactus To return the instrument Before shipping the oscilloscope to Agilent Technologies contact your nearest Agilent Technologies sales or service office for additional details Information on contacting Agilent Technologies can be found at www agilent com find contactus 1 Write the following information on a tag and attach it to the oscilloscope Name and address of owner Model number Ser...

Page 261: ...set up the printing options See Chapter 19 Print Screens starting on page 239 Quick Save saves the current image waveform data or setup Press Settings to set up the save options See Chapter 18 Save Recall Setups Screens Data starting on page 227 Quick Recall recalls a setup mask or reference waveform Press Settings to set up the recall options See Chapter 18 Save Recall Setups Screens Data startin...

Page 262: ... To add an annotation 1 On the oscilloscope s front panel press Utility 2 In the Utility Menu press Annotation 3 In the Annotation Menu press Annotation to enable the annotation 4 Press Edit 5 In the Edit Annotation Menu Use the Spell and Delete Character softkeys to enter the annotation text Spell press this softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the character at the current position press thi...

Page 263: ...otation edits 6 Press the Text Color softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the annotation color You can choose white red or colors that match analog channels digital channels math waveforms reference waveforms or markers 7 Press the Background softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the annotation background Opaque the annotation has a solid background Inverted the annotation s foreground an...

Page 264: ...264 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 20 Utility Settings See Also To save BMP or PNG image files on page 229 To print the oscilloscope s display on page 239 ...

Page 265: ...mber host name IP address and VISA address connect string Control the oscilloscope using the Remote Front Panel Send SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation remote programming commands via the SCPI Commands applet window Save setups screen images waveform data and mask files Recall setup files reference waveform data files or mask files Get screen images and save or print them from...

Page 266: ...ystems Java Plug in Before you can use the web interface you must place the oscilloscope on the network and set up its LAN connection Accessing the Web Interface To access the oscilloscope s web interface 1 Connect the oscilloscope to your LAN see To establish a LAN connection on page 247 or establish a point to point connection see Stand alone Point to Point Connection to a PC on page 248 It is p...

Page 267: ... access to The Real Scope Remote Front Panel see Real Scope Remote Front Panel on page 268 The Simple Remote Front Panel see Simple Remote Front Panel on page 269 The Browser Based Remote Front Panel see Browser Based Remote Front Panel on page 270 The SCPI Command window applet for Remote Programming see Remote Programming via the Web Interface on page 271 ...

Page 268: ...cope using the web interface s Real Scope Remote Front Panel 1 Access the oscilloscope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface is displayed select Browser Web Control then select Real Scope Remote Front Panel After a few seconds the Remote Front Panel appears 3 Click keys or knobs that you would normally press on the oscilloscope s front ...

Page 269: ...Front Panel 1 Access the oscilloscope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface is displayed select Browser Web Control then select Simple Remote Front Panel After a few seconds the Remote Front Panel appears 3 Use the Main Menu and the Function Keys to control the oscilloscope To view Quick Help right click on a softkey ...

Page 270: ... Panel To operate the oscilloscope using the web interface s Browser Based Remote Front Panel 1 Access the oscilloscope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface is displayed select Browser Web Control then select Browser Based Remote Front Panel After a few seconds the Remote Front Panel appears 3 Click keys or knobs that you would normall...

Page 271: ...ote programming commands to the oscilloscope via the SCPI Commands applet window 1 Access the oscilloscope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface is displayed select Browser Web Control then select Remote Programming The SCPI Commands applet appears within the browser web page ...

Page 272: ...one using the Agilent IO Libraries which are separate from the instrument s web interface The Agilent IO Libraries let a controller PC communicate with Agilent InfiniiVision oscilloscopes via their USB LAN when the LAN VGA option module is installed or GPIB when the GPIB option module is installed interfaces The Agilent IO Libraries Suite connectivity software to enables communication over these i...

Page 273: ...can save setup files screen images waveform data files or mask files to your PC via the oscilloscope s web interface see Saving Files via the Web Interface on page 273 You can recall setup files reference waveform data files or mask files from your PC via the oscilloscope s web interface see Recalling Files via the Web Interface on page 274 Saving Files via the Web Interface To save setup files sc...

Page 274: ...Click Save The current acquisition is saved d In the File Download dialog click Save e In the Save As dialog navigate to the folder where you want to save the file then click Save Recalling Files via the Web Interface To recall setup files reference waveform data files or mask files from your PC via the oscilloscope s web interface 1 Access the oscilloscope s web interface see Accessing the Web In...

Page 275: ...all Get Image To save or print the oscilloscope s display from the web interface 1 Access the oscilloscope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface is displayed select the Get Image tab from the left side of the Welcome screen After a delay of several seconds the oscilloscope s screen image will be displayed 3 Right click on the image and ...

Page 276: ...cope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface Welcome Page is displayed select the Identification on radio button An Identify message is displayed on the oscilloscope you can either select Identification off or press the OK softkey on the oscilloscope to continue Instrument Utilities The Instrument Utilities page of the web interface lets ...

Page 277: ...ties via a drop down menu Setting a Password Whenever you connect the oscilloscope to a LAN it is good practice to set a password The password prevents someone from remotely accessing the oscilloscope via a Web browser and changing parameters Remote users can still view the Welcome screen view network status etc but they can t operate the instrument or change its setup without the password ...

Page 278: ...scope s web interface see Accessing the Web Interface on page 266 2 When the oscilloscope s web interface is displayed select the Configure Network tab from the instrument s Welcome page 3 Click the Modify Configuration button 4 Enter your desired password and click Apply Changes Configure Network tab Modify Configuration ...

Page 279: ... user name is the IP address of the oscilloscope To reset the password Do one of these things to reset the password Using the keys on the front panel of the oscilloscope press Utility I O LAN Reset Using the web browser select the Configure Network tab select Modify Configuration erase the Password and select Apply Changes Enter password ...

Page 280: ...280 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 21 Web Interface ...

Page 281: ...he InfiniiVision oscilloscope data sheets for complete up to date specifications and characteristics To download a data sheet please visit www agilent com find 2000X Series Then select the Library tab followed by Specifications Or go to the Agilent home page at www agilent com and search for 2000 X Series oscilloscopes data sheet To order a data sheet by phone please contact your local Agilent off...

Page 282: ...s 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...

Page 283: ... 000 m 13 123 ft Overvoltage Category This product is intended to be powered by MAINS that comply to Overvoltage Category II which is typical of cord and plug connected equipment Pollution Degree The InfiniiVision 2000 3000 X Series oscilloscopes may be operated in environments of Pollution Degree 2 or Pollution Degree 1 Pollution Degree Definitions Pollution Degree 1 No pollution or only dry non ...

Page 284: ...n page 64 See Also For more information on probes and accessories see www agilent com for Probes and Accessories Selection Guide 5989 6162EN 5000 6000 and 7000 Series InfiniiVision Oscilloscope Probes and Accessories Data Sheet 5968 8153EN Passive Probes Passive probes are included with the 2000 X Series oscilloscopes for each analog channel The following passive probes can be used with the Infini...

Page 285: ... 350 MHz 1 2 m N2890A Passive probe 10 1 500 MHz 1 2 m Table 5 Passive Probes continued Model Description Table 6 Differential Probes Model Description 1141A Active differential probe 200 MHz 200 VDC peak AC max requires 1142A power supply 1144A Active probe 800 MHz requires 1142A power supply 1145A Active probe 750 MHz 2 ch requires 1142A power supply N2772A Active differential probe 20 MHz 1 2 k...

Page 286: ...wer supply N2781A Current probe 10 MHz 150 A AC DC use with N2779A power supply N2782A Current probe 50 MHz 30 A AC DC use with N2779A power supply N2783A Current probe 100 MHz 30 A AC DC use with N2779A power supply Table 8 Accessories Available for InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes Model Part Description DSOXLAN LAN VGA connection module DSOXGPIB GPIB connection module N6456A Rack mount ...

Page 287: ...rchase model number notes AUTO Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis CAN LIN Order DSOX2AUTO COMP Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis RS232 422 485 UART Provides trigger and decode capability for many UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter protocols including RS232 Recommended Standard 232 Order DSOX2COMP DVM Digital Voltmeter Provides provides 3 digit voltage and 5 digit frequen...

Page 288: ...w agilent com find 2000X Series mem4M Memory Upgrade It shows the total memory depth 4 Mpts interleaved Order DSOX2MEMUP MSO Mixed Signal Oscilloscope MSO Upgrade a DSO to an MSO Adds 8 digital channels You do not have to install any hardware Order DSOX2MSO The digital probe cable kit is supplied with the MSO license SGM Segmented Memory Lets you capture infrequent or burst signals with great reso...

Page 289: ...y format and provides data headers that describe that data Because the data is in binary format the size of the file is approximately 5 times smaller than the ASCII XY format If more than one source is on all displayed sources will be saved except math functions When using segmented memory each segment is treated as a separate waveform All segments for a channel are saved then all segments of the ...

Page 290: ... an InfiniiVision oscilloscope can be imported to The MathWorks MATLAB You can download the appropriate MATLAB functions from the Agilent Technologies web site at www agilent com find 2000X Series examples Agilent provides the m files which need to be copied into the work directory for MATLAB The default work directory is C MATLAB7 work Binary Header Format File Header There is only one file heade...

Page 291: ...as created using an acquisition mode like averaging For example when averaging a count of four would mean every waveform data point in the waveform record has been averaged at least four times The default value is 0 X Display Range A 32 bit float that is the X axis duration of the waveform that is displayed For time domain waveforms it is the duration of time across the display If the value is zer...

Page 292: ...acter array left blank in the InfiniiVision oscilloscopes Frame A 24 byte character array that is the model number and serial number of the oscilloscope in the format of MODEL SERIAL Waveform Label A 16 byte character array that contains the label assigned to the waveform Time Tags A 64 bit double only used when saving multiple segments requires segmented memory option This is the time in seconds ...

Page 293: ...om find 2000X Series examples and select Example Program for Reading Binary Data Examples of Binary Files Single Acquisition Multiple Analog Channels The following picture shows a binary file of a single acquisition with multiple analog channels Bytes Per Point A 16 bit short that is the number of bytes per data point Buffer Size A 32 bit integer that is the size of the buffer required to hold the...

Page 294: ... of Waveform Buffers 1 Buffer Type 1 floating point Bytes per Point 4 Waveform Header 1 140 bytes Waveform Data Header 1 12 bytes Voltage Data 1 buffer size Waveform Header 2 140 bytes Waveform Data Header 2 12 bytes Voltage Data 2 buffer size Waveform Header N 140 bytes Waveform Data Header N 12 bytes Voltage Data N buffer size Number of Waveform Buffers 1 Buffer Type 1 floating point Bytes per P...

Page 295: ...sition on one analog channel File Header 12 bytes Waveform Header 2 140 bytes Waveform Data Header 1 12 bytes Pod 1 Timing Data buffer size Waveform Data Header 2 12 bytes Pod 2 Timing Data buffer size Number of Waveforms 2 Number of Waveform Buffers 1 Buffer Type 6 unsigned char Bytes per Point 1 Buffer Type 6 unsigned char Bytes per Point 1 Waveform Header 1 140 bytes Number of Waveform Buffers ...

Page 296: ...ytes Waveform Data Header 2 12 bytes Voltage Data 2 buffer size Waveform Header N 140 bytes Waveform Data Header N 12 bytes Voltage Data N buffer size Number of Waveforms N Number of Segments Number of Waveform Buffers 1 Index 1 Time Tag 0 0 Buffer Type 1 floating point Bytes per Point 4 Number of Waveform Buffers 1 Index 2 Time Tag time between segment 1 and 2 Buffer Type 1 floating point Bytes p...

Page 297: ...tion When the oscilloscope s sample rate is 4 GSa s a sample will be taken every 250 ps If the horizontal scale is set to 10 us div there will be 100 us of data displayed because there are ten divisions across the screen To find the total number of samples the oscilloscope will take 100 us x 4 GSa s 400K samples The oscilloscope is required to display those 400K samples using 640 pixel columns The...

Page 298: ...Oscilloscopes Documentation CD ROM RealVNC source code can be obtained from RealVNC or by contacting Agilent Agilent will charge for the cost of physically performing the source distribution HDF5 Reference Waveform files use HDF5 HDF5 was developed by The HDF Group and by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign CUPS Network printing use...

Page 299: ...tion AUTO or the DSOX3AUTO upgrade Setup for CAN Signals Setup consists of connecting the oscilloscope to a CAN signal using the Signals Menu to specify the signal source threshold voltage level baud rate and sample point To set up the oscilloscope to capture CAN signals use the Signals softkey which appears in the Serial Decode Menu 1 Press Label to turn on labels 2 Press Serial 3 Press the Mode ...

Page 300: ...ser defined baud rates between 4 Mb s and 5 Mb s are not allowed The default baud rate is 125 kb s If none of the pre defined selections match your CAN bus signal select User Defined then press the User Baud softkey and turn the Entry knob to enter the baud rate 8 Press the Sample Point softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the point between phase segments 1 and 2 where the state of the bus i...

Page 301: ...H CAN Triggering To set up the oscilloscope to capture a CAN signal see Setup for CAN Signals on page 299 The Controller Area Network CAN trigger allows triggering on CAN version 2 0A and 2 0B signals A CAN message frame in CAN_L signal type is shown below After setting up the oscilloscope to capture a CAN signal 1 Press Trigger 2 In the Trigger Menu press the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry k...

Page 302: ...lloscope will trigger on CAN active error frames All Errors The oscilloscope will trigger when any form error or active error is encountered Acknowledge Error The oscilloscope will trigger when the acknowledge bit is recessive high Overload Frame The oscilloscope will trigger on CAN overload frames 4 If you select a condition that lets you trigger on ID or data values use the Bits softkey and the ...

Page 303: ...cope is stopped press the Run Stop key to acquire and decode data You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the decoded data See Also Interpreting CAN Decode on page 304 CAN Totalizer on page 305 Interpreting CAN Lister Data on page 306 Searching for CAN Data in the Lister on page 307 NOTE For CAN triggering set up see CAN Triggering on page 301 NOTE If the setup does not pro...

Page 304: ...ppears in hex digits in blue when valid or in red to indicate that the oscilloscope s hardware decode calculated a CRC that is different from the incoming CRC data stream Angled waveforms show an active bus inside a packet frame Mid level blue lines show an idle bus Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries Pink vertical b...

Page 305: ...n an overflow condition occurs the counter displays OVERFLOW The counters can be reset to zero by pressing the Reset CAN Counters softkey Types of Frames Active error frames are CAN frames in which a CAN node recognizes an error condition during a data or remote frame and issues an active error flag A partial frame occurs when the oscilloscope detects any error condition during a frame that is not...

Page 306: ...e and no counters are incremented Interpreting CAN Lister Data In addition to the standard Time column the CAN Lister contains these columns ID frame ID Type frame type RMT remote frame or Data DLC data length code Data data bytes CRC cyclic redundancy check Errors highlighted in red Errors can be Acknowledge Ack A Form Fo or Frame Fr Different kinds of errors can be combined like Fo Fr in the abo...

Page 307: ... ID Press the Bits softkey to enter the ID Remote or Data Frame ID Finds remote or data frames matching the specified ID Press the Bits softkey to select the ID Data Frame ID and Data Finds data frames matching the specified ID and data Press the Bits softkey to set the ID length ID value number of data bytes and data value Error Frame Finds CAN active error frames All Errors Finds any form error ...

Page 308: ...ome the trigger level when the trigger type is set to the selected serial decode slot 7 Press the Baud Rate softkey to open the LIN Baud Rate Menu 8 Press the Baud softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the baud rate that matches match your LIN bus signal The default baud rate is 19 2 kb s If none of the pre defined selections match your LIN bus signal select User Defined then press the User B...

Page 309: ...e minimum number of clocks that define a sync break in your LIN signal LIN Triggering To set up the oscilloscope to capture a LIN signal see Setup for LIN Signals on page 307 LIN triggering can trigger on the rising edge at the Sync Break exit of the LIN single wire bus signal that marks the beginning of the message frame the Frame ID or the Frame ID and Data A LIN signal message frame is shown be...

Page 310: ...D and Data The oscilloscope triggers when a frame with an ID and data equal to the selected values is detected When triggering on a frame ID and data To select the frame ID value press the Frame ID softkey and use the Entry knob Note that you can enter a don t care value for the frame ID and trigger on data values only To set up the number of data bytes and enter their values in hexadecimal or bin...

Page 311: ...d ensure that the box under the Show Parity softkey is selected 3 If the decode line does not appear on the display press the Serial key to turn it on 4 If the oscilloscope is stopped press the Run Stop key to acquire and decode data You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the decoded data See Also Interpreting LIN Decode on page 312 Interpreting LIN Lister Data on page 313...

Page 312: ...appear in white For LIN 1 3 the checksum appears in blue if correct or red if incorrect The checksum always appears in white for LIN 2 0 Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries Pink vertical bars indicate you need to expand the horizontal scale and run again to see decode Red dots in the decode line indicate that there i...

Page 313: ... a wakeup signal is indicated by WAKE in blue If the wakeup signal is not followed by a valid wakeup delimiter a wakeup error is detected and displayed as WUP in red Interpreting LIN Lister Data In addition to the standard Time column the LIN Lister contains these columns ID frame ID Data LIN 1 3 only data bytes Checksum LIN 1 3 only Data and Checksum LIN 2 0 only Errors highlighted in red Aliased...

Page 314: ...press the Search softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot Serial 1 or Serial 2 on which the LIN signal is being decoded 3 Press Search then select from these options ID Finds frames with the specified ID Press the Frame ID softkey to select the ID ID Data Finds frames with the specified ID and data Press the Frame ID softkey to select the ID Press the Bits softkey to enter the da...

Page 315: ...for I2C Signals I2 C Inter IC bus signals setup consists of connecting the oscilloscope to the serial data SDA line and the serial clock SCL line and then specifying the input signal threshold voltage levels To set up the oscilloscope to capture I2 C signals use the Signals softkey which appears in the Serial Decode Menu 1 Press Label to turn on labels 2 Press Serial 3 Press the Mode softkey then ...

Page 316: ...al decode slot Data must be stable during the whole high clock cycle or it will be interpreted as a start or stop condition data transitioning while the clock is high The SCL and SDA labels for the source channels are automatically set I2C Triggering To set up the oscilloscope to capture I2C signals see Setup for I2C Signals on page 315 After the oscilloscope has been set up to capture I2C signals...

Page 317: ...ny Ack SCL clock bit Address with no Ack The oscilloscope triggers when the acknowledge of the selected address field is false The R W bit is ignored Restart The oscilloscope triggers when another start condition occurs before a stop condition EEPROM Data Read The trigger looks for EEPROM control byte value 1010xxx on the SDA line followed by a Read bit and an Ack bit It then looks for the data va...

Page 318: ...ope triggers on a read or write frame in 7 bit addressing mode on the 26th clock edge if all bits in the pattern match For triggering purposes a restart is treated as a start condition 10 bit Write The oscilloscope triggers on a 10 bit write frame on the 26th clock edge if all bits in the pattern match The frame is in the format Frame Start Address byte 1 Write Address byte 2 Ack Data For triggeri...

Page 319: ...e frame condition or a 10 bit write frame condition a Press the Address softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the 7 bit or 10 bit device address You can select from an address range of 0x00 to 0x7F 7 bit or 0x3FF 10 bit hexadecimal When triggering on a read write frame the oscilloscope will trigger after the start address read write acknowledge and data events occur If don t care is selected 0...

Page 320: ...o set up the oscilloscope to capture I2C signals see Setup for I2C Signals on page 315 To set up I2C serial decode 1 Press Serial to display the Serial Decode Menu 2 Choose 7 bit or 8 bit address size Use 8 bit address size to include the R W bit as part of the address value or choose 7 bit address size to exclude the R W bit from the address value 3 If the decode line does not appear on the displ...

Page 321: ...g I2C Decode Angled waveforms show an active bus inside a packet frame Mid level blue lines show an idle bus In the decoded hexadecimal data Address values appear at the start of a frame Write addresses appear in light blue along with the W character Read addresses appear in yellow along with the R character NOTE If the setup does not produce a stable trigger the I2C signals may be slow enough tha...

Page 322: ...ies Pink vertical bars indicate you need to expand the horizontal scale and run again to see decode Red dots in the decode line indicate that more data can be displayed Scroll or expand the horizontal scale to view the data Aliased bus values undersampled or indeterminate are drawn in pink Unknown bus values undefined or error conditions are drawn in red Interpreting I2C Lister Data In addition to...

Page 323: ...it Address with no Ack finds when the acknowledge of the selected address field is false The R W bit is ignored Restart finds when another start condition occurs before a stop condition EEPROM Data Read finds EEPROM control byte value 1010xxx on the SDA line followed by a Read bit and an Ack bit It then looks for the data value and qualifier set by the Data is softkey and the Data softkeys Frame S...

Page 324: ...els 2 Press Serial 3 Press the Mode softkey then select SPI trigger type 4 Press the Signals softkey to open the SPI Signals Menu 5 Press the Clock softkey to open the SPI Clock Menu In the SPI Clock Menu a Press the Clock softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the channel connected to the SPI serial clock line The CLK label for the source channel is automatically set b Press the Threshold sof...

Page 325: ...old softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the MOSI signal threshold voltage level The threshold voltage level is used in decoding and it will become the trigger level when the trigger type is set to the selected serial decode slot 7 Optional Press the MISO softkey to open the SPI Master In Slave Out Menu In the SPI Master In Slave Out Menu a Press the MISO Data softkey then turn the Entry kno...

Page 326: ...select CS or after a Timeout period during which the clock signal has been idle If the framing signal is set to CS or CS the first clock edge as defined rising or falling seen after the CS or CS signal transitions from low to high or high to low is the first clock in the serial stream Chip Select Press the CS or CS softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the channel that is connected to the SPI...

Page 327: ...ress the Threshold softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the chip select signal threshold voltage level The threshold voltage level is used in decoding and it will become the trigger level when the trigger type is set to the selected serial decode slot When Display Info is enabled information about the selected signal sources and their threshold voltage levels as well as a waveform diagram ap...

Page 328: ...ignal Master In Slave Out MISO Data for triggering on the MISO data signal 5 Press the Bits softkey and turn the Entry knob to set the number of bits Bits in the serial data string The number of bits in the string can be set anywhere from 4 bits to 64 bits The data values for the serial string are displayed in the MOSI MISO Data string in the waveform area 6 For each bit in the MOSI MISO Data stri...

Page 329: ...e data string to the value of the 0 1 X softkey SPI Serial Decode To set up the oscilloscope to capture SPI signals see Setup for SPI Signals on page 324 To set up SPI serial decode 1 Press Serial to display the Serial Decode Menu NOTE For SPI decode information see SPI Serial Decode on page 329 NOTE For SPI triggering setup see SPI Triggering on page 327 ...

Page 330: ...ster 4 If the decode line does not appear on the display press the Serial key to turn it on 5 If the oscilloscope is stopped press the Run Stop key to acquire and decode data You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the acquired data See Also Interpreting SPI Decode on page 331 Interpreting SPI Lister Data on page 332 Searching for SPI Data in the Lister on page 332 NOTE If ...

Page 331: ...cimal data values appear in white Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries Pink vertical bars indicate you need to expand the horizontal scale and run again to see decode Red dots in the decode line indicate that there is data that is not being displayed Scroll or expand the horizontal scale to view the information Aliase...

Page 332: ...ta in the Lister The oscilloscope s search capability lets you search for and mark certain types of SPI data in the Lister You can use the Navigate key and controls to navigate through the marked rows 1 With SPI selected as the serial decode mode press Search 2 In the Search Menu press the Search softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot Serial 1 or Serial 2 on which the SPI signa...

Page 333: ...s Search Menu 5 In the SPI Bits Search Menu use the Words softkey to specify the number of words in the data value then use the remaining softkeys to enter the hex digit values For more information on searching data see Searching Lister Data on page 108 For more information on using the Navigate key and controls see Navigating the Time Base on page 56 ...

Page 334: ...334 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X Series Oscilloscopes User s Guide 24 I2C SPI Triggering and Serial Decode ...

Page 335: ... UART RS232 Serial Decode 339 UART RS232 triggering and serial decode requires Option COMP or the DSOX3COMP upgrade Setup for UART RS232 Signals To set up the oscilloscope to capture UART RS232 signals 1 Press Label to turn on labels 2 Press Serial 3 Press the Mode softkey then select UART RS232 trigger type 4 Press the Signals softkey to open the UART RS232 Signals Menu ...

Page 336: ...ftkey to open the UART RS232 Bus Configuration Menu Set the following parameters a Bits Set the number of bits in the UART RS232 words to match your device under test selectable from 5 9 bits b Parity Choose odd even or none based on your device under test c Baud Press the Baud Rate softkey then press the Baud softkey and select a baud rate to match the signal in your device under test If the desi...

Page 337: ...ss the Trigger softkey then turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot Serial 1 on which the UART RS232 signals are being decoded 3 Press the Trigger Setup softkey to open the UART RS232 Trigger Setup Menu 4 Press the Base softkey to select Hex or ASCII as the base displayed on the Data softkey in the UART RS232 Trigger Setup Menu Note that the setting of this softkey does not affect the select...

Page 338: ... bit Rx X Data For use when the device under test data words are 9 bits in length including the alert bit the 9th bit Triggers on a data byte that you specify regardless of the value of the 9th alert bit The specified data byte applies to the least significant 8 bits excludes the 9th alert bit Similar choices are available for Tx Rx or Tx Parity Error Triggers on a parity error based on the parity...

Page 339: ...isplayed When displaying words in ASCII the 7 bit ASCII format is used Valid ASCII characters are between 0x00 and 0x7F To display in ASCII you must select at least 7 bits in the Bus Configuration If ASCII is selected and the data exceeds 0x7F the data is displayed in hex NOTE If the setup does not produce a stable trigger the UART RS232 signals may be slow enough that the oscilloscope is AutoTrig...

Page 340: ...d 5 If the decode line does not appear on the display press the Serial key to turn it on 6 If the oscilloscope is stopped press the Run Stop key to acquire and decode data You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the acquired data See Also Interpreting UART RS232 Decode on page 341 UART RS232 Totalizer on page 342 Interpreting UART RS232 Lister Data on page 343 Searching for...

Page 341: ... the left When a data word value is selected for framing it is displayed in light blue When using 9 bit data words the 9th bit will also be displayed in light blue Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries Pink vertical bars indicate you need to expand the horizontal scale and run again to see decode When the horizontal sc...

Page 342: ... totalizer appears on screen whenever UART RS232 Decode is ON in the Serial Decode Menu The totalizer is running counting frames and calculating the percentage of error frames even when the oscilloscope is stopped not acquiring data The ERR error counter is a count of Rx and Tx frames with parity errors The TX FRAMES and RX FRAMES counts include both normal frames and frames with parity errors Whe...

Page 343: ...se the horizontal time div setting and run again Searching for UART RS232 Data in the Lister The oscilloscope s search capability lets you search for and mark certain types of UART RS232 data in the Lister You can use the Navigate key and controls to navigate through the marked rows 1 With UART RS232 selected as the serial decode mode press Search 2 In the Search Menu press the Search softkey then...

Page 344: ...bit Finds only when the 9th alert bit is 0 The specified data byte applies to the least significant 8 bits excludes the 9th alert bit Rx X Data For use when the DUT data words are 9 bits in length including the alert bit the 9th bit Finds a data byte that you specify regardless of the value of the 9th alert bit The specified data byte applies to the least significant 8 bits excludes the 9th alert ...

Page 345: ...gger mode 146 Auto trigger indicator 147 AutoIP 247 248 automatic measurements 179 181 automatic setup 89 AutoScale preferences 253 AutoScale digital channels 89 AutoScale undo 28 Average Full Screen measurement 188 Average N Cycles measurement 188 averaging acquire mode 159 163 B Back Up key 31 bandwidth 259 bandwidth limit 62 bandwidth required oscilloscope 158 bandwidth oscilloscope 156 Base me...

Page 346: ...88 digital channels logic threshold 92 digital channels probing 97 digital channels size 91 digital display interpreting 90 digital probes 86 97 digital probes impedance 97 digital voltmeter DVM 211 Display key 35 display multiple acquisitions 154 display area 42 display interpreting 41 display persistence 113 display signal detail 111 display softkey labels 42 display status line 42 displayed cha...

Page 347: ... 224 Horiz key 33 45 50 52 162 Horizontal controls 33 49 horizontal Navigate key 33 horizontal position control 33 horizontal position knob 47 horizontal scale fine adjustment 54 horizontal Search key 33 horizontal sweep speed control 33 horizontal time div control 33 horizontal Zoom key 33 host name 247 265 Host name softkey 248 I I O interface settings 245 I2C serial decode 320 I2C trigger 316 i...

Page 348: ...ng the time base 56 network configuration parameters 265 network printer connection 240 network connecting to 247 new label 119 noise rejection 149 noise waveform generator output 217 noise adding to waveform generator output 220 noise high frequency 149 noise low frequency 148 noisy signals 145 non volatile memory secure erase 237 normal acquire mode 160 normal mode 159 160 Normal trigger mode 14...

Page 349: ... return instrument for service 260 Rise time measurement 193 rise time oscilloscope 157 rise time signal 158 roll mode 49 RS232 trigger 337 Run Control keys 33 runt pulses 191 Russian front panel overlays 39 Russian user interface and Quick Help 43 S safety warning 27 sample rate 4 sample rate and memory depth 159 sample rate current rate displayed 46 sample rate oscilloscope 156 157 sampling theo...

Page 350: ...igger mode auto or normal 146 trigger mode Quick Trigger Mode 261 trigger output 254 trigger output mask test 203 255 trigger type CAN 301 trigger type edge 125 trigger type glitch 131 trigger type hex bus 130 trigger type I2C 316 trigger type LIN 309 trigger type pattern 128 trigger type pulse width 131 trigger type RS232 337 trigger type slope 125 trigger type SPI 327 trigger type UART 337 trigg...

Page 351: ...e 218 waveform generator sync pulse TRIG OUT signal 255 waveform generator waveform type 215 Waveform keys 35 waveform type waveform generator 215 waveform cursor tracking 171 waveform intensity 111 waveform printing 239 waveform reference point 251 waveform saving exporting 227 WAVEGEN license 288 web interface 265 web interface accessing 266 white noise adding to waveform generator output 220 Wi...

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