Agilent Technologies 2000 X, User Manual

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Horizontal Controls
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Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 47
To change the horizontal time mode (Normal, XY, or Roll)
1 Press [Horiz] .
2 In the Horizontal Menu, press Time Mode ; then, select:
• Normal — the normal viewing mode for the oscilloscope.
In the Normal time mode, signal events occurring before the trigger
are plotted to the left of the trigger point (
▼
) and signal events after
the trigger plotted to the right of the trigger point.
• XY — XY mode changes the display from a volts- versus- time display
to a volts- versus- volts display. The time base is turned off. Channel 1
amplitude is plotted on the X- axis and Channel 2 amplitude is
plotted on the Y- axis.
You can use XY mode to compare frequency and phase relationships
between two signals. XY mode can also be used with transducers to
display strain versus displacement, flow versus pressure, volts versus
current, or voltage versus frequency.
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 48.
• 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/div
limit, it will be set to 50 ms/div when Roll mode is entered.
In Roll mode there is no trigger. The fixed reference point on the
screen is the right edge of the screen and refers to the current
moment in time. Events that have occurred are scrolled to the left of
the reference point. Since there is no trigger, no pre- trigger
information is available.
If you would like to pause the display in Roll mode press the [Single]
key. To clear the display and restart an acquisition in Roll mode,
press the
[Single]
key again.
Use Roll mode on low- frequency waveforms to yield a display much
like a strip chart recorder. It allows the waveform to roll across the
display.