Tektronix, Inc. P6240, User Manual

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Choosing an Acquisition Mode
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NOTE . The logic scope interpolates between samples at horizontal scale settings
faster than 25 ns/div. See Sampling and Digitizing on page 2–19 for a discussion
of interpolation.
To choose to acquire exactly one waveform sequence or to acquire waveforms
continuously under manual control: press SHIFT
➞
ACQUIRE MENU
➞
Stop After (main)
➞
RUN/STOP button only or Single Acquisition Sequence
(side). (See Figure 3-7.) Make your selection based on the following criteria.
Figure 3-7: Acquire Menu — Stop After
H
Press RUN/STOP button only (side) to use the RUN/STOP button to start
and stop acquiring. Pressing the RUN/STOP button once will stop the
acquisitions. The upper left hand corner in the display will say “Stopped”
and show the number of acquisitions. If you press the button again, the logic
scope will resume acquiring.
H
Press Single Acquisition Sequence (side) to use the RUN/STOP button to
run a single sequence of acquisitions. In Sample mode, the logic scope will
acquire a waveform record with the first valid trigger event and stop.
In Envelope or Average mode, the logic scope will make the specified
number of acquisitions to complete the averaging or enveloping task when
taking a single sequence acquisition.
Set Stop After Mode