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Reference

TDS3000B Series
Digital Phosphor
Oscilloscopes

071-0923-00

*P071092300*

071092300

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Page 1: ...hat in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved Tektronix Inc P O Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 TEKTRONIX TEK TEKPROBE and Tek Secure are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc DPX WaveAlert and e Scope are trademarks of Tektronix Inc Reference TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes 071 0923 00 P071092300 071092300 ...

Page 2: ...IND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL TEKTRONIX BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES Contacting Tektronix Phone 1 800 833 9200 Address Tektronix Inc Department or name if known 14200 SW Karl Braun Drive P O Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 USA Web site www tektronix com Sales...

Page 3: ...e system Preventing Electrostatic Damage CAUTION Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage components in the oscilloscope and its accessories To prevent ESD observe these precautions when directed to do so Use a Ground Strap Wear a grounded antistatic wrist strap to discharge the static voltage from your body while installing or removing sensitive components 1 Contents Safety Summary 2 TDS3000B Initi...

Page 4: ...ts over any surface Do not touch exposed connector pins Handle sensitive components as little as possible Transport and Store Carefully Transport and store sensitive components in a static protected bag or container Manual Storage The oscilloscope front cover has a convenient place to store this manual 4 More Information Refer to the TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope User Manual which ...

Page 5: ...he oscilloscope is powering up and functioning correctly compensate passive probes using the built in compensation signal and run the signal path compensa tion SPC routine for maximum signal accuracy H You should perform all initial setup procedures the first time you use the oscilloscope H You should perform the probe compensation procedure whenever you attach a passive probe for the first time t...

Page 6: ...ct a language 8 Adjusting Time and Date To set your oscilloscope to the current date and time do the following steps 1 Push the UTILITY button 2 Push the System menu button to select Config 3 Push the Set Date Time menu button 4 Use the side menu buttons and general purpose knob to adjust the date and time values 5 Push the OK Enter Date Time menu button to set the instrument date and time User Ma...

Page 7: ...s For example if you push the MEASURE button you can set up and take automatic waveform measurements in the usual way If you return to the QuickMenu the measurement is still displayed on the screen You may have optional application modules installed that also have QuickMenu displays To select the Quick Menu you want to use push the MENU screen button This menu item is shown only if application mod...

Page 8: ...lay Set to 0 s Resets the horizontal delay to zero 12 Bottom Description Side Autoset Normal Autoset Executes the autoset function Optional application modules may add choices to execute specialized autoset functions Undo Autoset Reverts to the settings before the last autoset WaveAlert Wfm Anomaly Detection On Off Enables or disables the WaveAlert Waveform Anomaly Detection function See page 13 S...

Page 9: ...s an image of the screen to the hard copy device or floppy file if there is a waveform anom aly on any channel Wfms To Disk On Anomaly On Off When On the oscilloscope saves the anomalous wave form s data to the floppy disk drive Highlight Entire Wfm Highlights the entire anomalous waveform Highlight Anomaly Highlights just the anomalous data in a waveform WaveAlertt Waveform Anomaly Detection Wave...

Page 10: ...en Mode Independent Sets cursors to move indepen dently Tracking Sets cursors to move together when cursor 1 is selected 16 Bottom Side Description V Bar Units Sec s 1 sec Hz Sets horizontal units to se conds or frequency Hz Ratio Sets V Bar measurement units to percent Phase degrees Sets V Bar measurement units to degrees Use cursor posi tions as Sets V Bar measurement scale so that 0 or 0 is the...

Page 11: ...nits Base Sets the H Bar units to be the same as the selected wave form s vertical measurement units volts IRE dB and so on Ratio Sets H Bar measurement units to percent Use cursor positions as 100 Sets the H Bar measurement scale so that 0 is the current position of lowest H Bar cursor and 100 is the current posi tion of highest H Bar cursor Use 5 divs as 100 Sets H Bar measurement scale so that ...

Page 12: ... displayed in the vertical axis Use the Vertical POSITION and SCALE controls for that channel to adjust the vertical position and size of the XY waveform XY Waveform Triggering The XY waveform is triggered so you can synchronize periodic input signals to the XY waveform This feature is useful when only one part of the period contains valid information that you want to see in the XY format Set the ...

Page 13: ...asure other wave shapes 21 Measure Menu Bottom Side Description Select Measurement Select an automatic measure ment for the selected active channel You can display up to four measurements at one time See page 44 Remove Measurement Measurement 1 4 Removes a specific measure ment All Measurements Removes all measurements Gating Off Use to take measurements on the full waveform record Screen Use to t...

Page 14: ...e wave form used to calculate the measurement value Off Turns measurement indicators off 24 Save Recall Menu Bottom Side Description Save Current To File Saves a setup to disk Setup To Setup 1 To Setup 10 Saves a setup to nonvolatile memory Recall Saved From File Recalls a setup from disk Setup Recall Setup 1 Recall Setup 10 Recalls a setup from nonvolatile memory Recall Factory Setup OK Confirm F...

Page 15: ... connector Push the menu button to select the probe type Use the general purpose knob to set the attenuation factor The default values are 1x and voltage 25 File Utilities Menu Bottom Side Description File Delete Deletes a file Utilities Rename Names or renames a file Copy Copies a file to another directo ry Print Prints a file to a printer con nected to one of the hard copy ports Create Directory...

Page 16: ...n the trigger signal Slope rising edge Triggers on the rising edge of a signal falling edge Triggers on the falling edge of a signal 28 Bottom Description Side Level Level Use to set the trigger level with the general purpose knob Set to TTL Sets the trigger level to 1 4 V for TTL logic Set to ECL Sets the trigger level to 1 3 V for ECL logic Vee 5 2 V Set to 50 Sets the trigger level to the 50 am...

Page 17: ...cope to trigger on the nth B trigger event after the A trigger Use the general purpose knob to set the event value Set to Min Sets the B events count to 1 29 Video Trigger Menu Bottom Side Description Standard 525 NTSC Triggers on a NTSC signal 625 PAL Triggers on a PAL signal SECAM Triggers on a SECAM signal Source Selects the trigger source See Edge Trigger Menu for descrip tions of these menu i...

Page 18: ... Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese 32 Bottom Description Side Set Date Time Display Date Time Use to turn the date time display On or Off Hour Min Use to set the internal clock with the current hour and min ute Month Day Use to set the internal clock with the current month and day Year Use to set the internal clock with the current year OK Enter Date Time Sets the date and time of the ...

Page 19: ...mation message More Information Refer to the TDS3000 TDS3000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Programmer Manual for more information 33 I O System Menu Bottom Side Description GPIB TDS3GV Talk Listen Ad dress Sets the GPIB address Hard Copy Talk Only Sets the GPIB port to talk only for making hard copies Off Bus Disables the GPIB port Debug Enables and disables a mes sage window to help you d...

Page 20: ...e hard copy to the floppy disk Ethernet Uses the Ethernet LAN port Clear Spool Stops a hard copy in progress Clears the print spooler 36 Calibration System Menu Bottom Side Description System Cal Signal Path Compensates the signal paths to obtain best measurement accuracy Factory Cal Used to calibrate the oscillo scope This is a service function only Cal Due Control Notify After Hours of Op eratio...

Page 21: ...ll Bandwidth Sets bandwidth to the full oscilloscope bandwidth 150 MHz Sets the bandwidth to 150 MHz not available on some models 20 MHz Sets the bandwidth to 20 MHz Fine Scale Enables fine scale adjustment with the general purpose knob 37 Diagnostic System Menu Bottom Side Description System Diags Execute Starts diagnostics Loop Once Executes the diagnostic loop once Always Executes the diagnosti...

Page 22: ... 0 Use to set probe skew correc tion to zero 40 Math Menu Bottom Side Description Dual Wfm Math Set 1st Source to Selects the first source wave form Set Operator to Selects the math operator or B Set 2nd Source to Selects the second source waveform Ref Menu Bottom Side Description Ref 1 Save Ch1 to Ref1 Saves channel 1 to reference waveform Ref 1 Save Ch2 to Ref1 Saves channel 2 to reference wavef...

Page 23: ...me page which is an image of the screen contents when your browser accessed the instrument 41 e Scope Web based Remote Control e Scope introduces the next generation of oscilloscope functionality With e Scope you can access any Internet connected TDS3000B Series oscilloscope from a browser on your work station PC or laptop computer No matter where you are your TDS3000B is as close as the nearest b...

Page 24: ...lists installed application modules H Control displays the advanced Web based Control page that lets you remotely control the oscilloscope 44 Automatic Measurements Measure ment Definition Amplitude Measured over the entire waveform Amplitude High 100 Low 0 Burst Width The duration of a burst Measured over the entire waveform Cycle Mean The arithmetic mean over the first cycle in the waveform Cycl...

Page 25: ...to update the list values Push the MENU OFF button to clear the list from the screen 45 Measure ment Definition Max The maximum amplitude The most positive peak voltage measured over the entire waveform Mean The arithmetic mean over the entire waveform Min The minimum amplitude The most negative peak voltage measured over the entire waveform Negative Duty Cycle Negative Duty Cycle Negative Width P...

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