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Table of Contents
1. General Safety Requirements .......................................................................................... 1
2. Safety Terms and Symbols ............................................................................................... 2
3. Quick Start ....................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction to the Structure of the Oscilloscope ..................................................................... 4
Front Panel
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Rear Panel
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Control Area
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User Interface Introduction ........................................................................................................ 7
How to Implement the General Inspection ............................................................................... 8
How to Implement the Function Inspection .............................................................................. 9
How to Implement the Probe Compensation .......................................................................... 10
How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient ........................................................................ 11
How to Use the Probe Safely ..................................................................................................... 12
How to Implement Self-calibration .......................................................................................... 12
Introduction to the Vertical System ......................................................................................... 12
Introduction to the Horizontal System .................................................................................... 14
Introduction to the Trigger System ......................................................................................... 14
How to Measure Automatically ................................................................................................ 15
4. Communication with PC ............................................................................................... 16
5. Appendix ........................................................................................................................ 17
Appendix A: Enclosure ............................................................................................................. 17
Appendix B: General Care and Cleaning ................................................................................ 17
Appendix C: USB Disk Requirements ..................................................................................... 18
Page 1: ...MDS 2112P Digital Storage Oscilloscope Quick Guide...
Page 2: ...ervice centre a copy of the customer s proof of purchase is also required This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and...
Page 3: ...t the Function Inspection 9 How to Implement the Probe Compensation 10 How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient 11 How to Use the Probe Safely 12 How to Implement Self calibration 12 Introduction...
Page 4: ...be grounded The product must be grounded properly before any connection with its input or output terminal When powered by AC power it is not allowed to measure AC power source directly because the tes...
Page 5: ...in damage to this product or other property Terms on the product The following terms may appear on this product Danger It indicates an injury or hazard may immediately happen Warning It indicates an i...
Page 6: ...e AC power when the AC powered oscilloscope is connected to the AC powered PC through the ports Warning To avoid fire or electrical shock when the oscilloscope input signal connected is more than 42V...
Page 7: ...h which you can set the different options for the current menu The other buttons are function buttons through which you can enter different function menus or obtain a specific function application dir...
Page 8: ...s 3 AC power input jack 4 Foot stool Adjust the tilt angle of the oscilloscope 5 USB Device port It is used to transfer data when external USB equipment connects to the oscilloscope regarded as slave...
Page 9: ...n menu Pressing this button is equal to the Save option in the Save menu The waveform configure or the display screen could be saved according to the chosen type in the Save menu 5 Vertical control ar...
Page 10: ...pture and display the waveform continuously Stop Data acquisition stopped 4 The two blue dotted lines indicates the vertical position of cursor measurement 5 The T pointer indicates the horizontal pos...
Page 11: ...length 16 The frequency of the trigger signal 17 The readings show current sample rate 18 The readings indicate the corresponding Voltage Division and the Zero Point positions of the channels BW indi...
Page 12: ...the package With the transportation department or our distributor responsible for this business informed about it a repairing or replacement of the instrument will be arranged by us How to Implement t...
Page 13: ...hat of the switch in the probe as 10X see How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient on P11 and connect the probe with the CH1 channel If a probe hook tip is used ensure that it keeps in close touch...
Page 14: ...eft menu corresponding to the probe This setting will be valid all the time before it is changed again Caution The default attenuation coefficient of the probe on the instrument is preset to 10X Make...
Page 15: ...elf calibration The self calibration application can make the oscilloscope reach the optimum condition rapidly to obtain the most accurate measurement value You can carry out this application program...
Page 16: ...vity Vertical offset back to 0 shortcut key Turn the Vertical Position knob to change the vertical display position of channel and push the position knob to set the vertical display position back to 0...
Page 17: ...window The Horizontal Position knob is used to control the triggering displacement of the signal or for other special applications If it is applied to triggering the displacement it can be observed th...
Page 18: ...utton to display the menu for the settings of the Automatic Measurements At most 8 types of measurements could be displayed on the bottom left of the screen The oscilloscopes provide 30 parameters for...
Page 19: ...on software on the supplied CD 2 Connection Use a USB data cable to connect the USB Device port in the right panel of the Oscilloscope to the USB port of a PC 3 Install the driver Run the Oscilloscope...
Page 20: ...n To avoid any damage to the instrument or probe do not exposed it to any sprays liquids or solvents Cleaning Inspect the instrument and probes as often as operating conditions require To clean the in...
Page 21: ...completely avoiding any electrical short circuit or bodily injury resulting form the moisture Appendix C USB Disk Requirements Support USB disk format USB 2 0 or below FAT16 or FAT32 allocation unit...
