Tektronix TDS 510A, Instruction Manual, Page: 67 / 116

Performance Tests
TDS 510A Performance Verification and Specifications
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1. Install the test hookup and preset the instrument controls:
50 Coaxial Cables
To MAIN
TRIGGER
OUT
Calibration
Generator
Digitizing Oscilloscope
Figure 1–19: Initial Test Hookup
a. Hook up test-signal source 1:
Connect the standard amplitude output of a calibration generator
through a 50
W
precision coaxial cable to CH 3. See Figure 1–19.
Set the output of the calibration generator to 0.500 V.
b. Hook up test-signal source 2: Connect the Main Trigger Out at the rear
panel to CH 2 through a 50
W
precision cable.
c. Initialize the oscilloscope:
Press save/recall SETUP.
Press the main-menu button Recall Factory Setup.
Press the side-menu button OK Confirm Factory Init.
d. Modify the initialized front-panel control settings:
Set the horizontal SCALE to 200
m
s.
Press SHIFT; then press ACQUIRE MENU.
Press the main-menu button Mode; then press the side-menu button
Average.
Select 64 averages. Do this with the keypad or the general purpose
knob.
2. Confirm Main and Delayed Trigger outputs are within limits for logic levels:
a. Display the test signal:
Press WAVEFORM OFF to turn off CH 1.