Operation & Software Manual
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Direct Drives & Systems
Chapter B: System setup & tuning
ETEL Doc. - Operation & Software Manual # DSC2P 903 / Ver. F / 3/6/05
8.4.3.4
Cursors
Two cursors are available; by default, their position is (0;0) and their
color is yellow for cursor A and blue for cursor B. They may be used to
measure the positions of the signals monitored on the Scope.
Cursor modes:
Click on the little locker and a menu will appear to change the mode for
each cursor:
Free
, the cursor may be placed anywhere on the Scope display.
Snap to point
, the cursor may be placed only on the signals traces
(equally on signal 1. or on signal 2.)
Lock to plot 1
, the cursor may be placed only on the signal trace 1.
Lock to plot 2
, the cursor may be placed only on the signal trace 2.
Move a cursor:
The ''cross'' button is used to move the cursors on the Scope's display:
Another way to move a cursor is to type its coordinates directly in the position fields.
In
Snap to point
and in
Lock to plot
modes, the cursor goes automatically to the trace's
closest point (of the entered value).
In the window below, the two cursors are in
Lock to plot
mode.
Cursor A
is on monitoring M11 (signal trace 1,
Lock to plot 1.
), Cursor B
is on monitoring M7 (signal trace 2,
Lock to plot 2.
):
X position
Y position
X pos
Y pos
