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Getting Started Manual 

922138-00 Rev A 

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Custom Measurements with My Measure 

You can choose to customize up to six parameters by touching 

My Measure 

and then selecting the measurements desired. 

Status Symbols 

Below each parameter appears a symbol that indicates the status of the 
parameter, as follows: 

 

A green check mark means that the oscilloscope is returning a 
valid value. 

 

A crossed-out pulse means the oscilloscope is unable to determine 
top and base. However, the measurement could still be valid. 

 

A downward pointing arrow indicates an underflow condition. 

 

An upward pointing arrow indicates an overflow condition. 

 

An upward-and-downward pointing arrow indicates an underflow 
and overflow condition. 

Statistics 

 

You can turn on statistics by checking the 

Statistics On

 checkbox in the Measure main 

dialog. A table of values is then displayed below 
the grid. 

Summary of Contents for waverunner mxi-a series

Page 1: ...Getting Started Manual WaveRunner Xi A WaveRunner MXi A Series Oscilloscopes...

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Page 3: ...WaveRunner Xi A MXi A Series Oscilloscopes Getting Started Manual January 2013...

Page 4: ...RETURN ALL PRODUCTS UNDER WARRANTY WITH TRANSPORT PREPAID The oscilloscope is warranted for normal use and operation within specifications for a period of three years from shipment Teledyne LeCroy wil...

Page 5: ...elivered 6 Check that You Have Everything 6 Maintenance Agreements 6 Windows License Agreement 6 Power Up and Installation 7 Power Up 7 Software 7 Adding a New Option 7 Restoring Software 7 External M...

Page 6: ...kew 25 Probe Attenuation 25 Bandwidth Limiting 26 Averaging Your Signal 26 Interpolation Settings 26 Noise Filtering ERES 26 Using Toolbar Shortcuts 26 Turning On Traces 28 Vertical Settings and Chann...

Page 7: ...w 52 JitterTrack View 52 Histograms 53 Creating and Viewing a Histogram 53 Display Formats 58 Display Setup 58 Persistence Setup 60 Zooming Waveforms 61 Turn Off Zoom 63 Save and Recall 64 Saving and...

Page 8: ...ouch Screen Calibration 93 Preferences 93 Acquisition 95 Acquisition Status 97 System Recovery 98 About the Recovery Tool 98 Recovery Procedure 99 Restarting the Application after Recovery 101 Restart...

Page 9: ...orating this instrument is the responsibility of the assembler of the system Symbols These symbols appear on the instrument s front or rear panels and in its documentation to alert you to important sa...

Page 10: ...input Refer to the front of the oscilloscope for maximum input ratings Use only within operational environment listed Do not use in wet or explosive atmospheres Use indoors only Keep product surfaces...

Page 11: ...en the instrument and the nearest object At the bottom the oscilloscope feet up or down provide adequate clearance CAUTION Do not block oscilloscope vents Always keep the area beneath the oscilloscope...

Page 12: ...ent is provided with a grounded cord set containing a molded three terminal polarized plug and a standard IEC320 Type C13 connector for making a line voltage and a safety ground connection The AC inle...

Page 13: ...erational state of the oscilloscope Press the button to switch the instrument On or into Standby mode Off Always use the Power button or the File Shutdown menu option to execute a proper shut down pro...

Page 14: ...offer a variety of services under the heading of Maintenance Agreements These give extended warranty and allow you to budget maintenance costs after the initial three year warranty has expired Install...

Page 15: ...e oscilloscope s software and hardware configuration as follows In the tool bar touch Utilities Then in the dialog area touch Status Adding a New Option New software options can be added after purchas...

Page 16: ...s a dual video chip This enables extension of the desktop over two monitors or to display a clone of the oscilloscope screen on an external monitor For example in extended mode the scope can be showin...

Page 17: ...hasing a code and then enabling the option on the instrument Call Teledyne LeCroy Customer Support to place an order and receive the code Monitor Hookup Connect the external monitor to the VGA port on...

Page 18: ...lect the primary display monitor the one to show the oscilloscope UI If the external monitor is considerably larger than the oscilloscope s monitor you may want to make it the primary device The monit...

Page 19: ...ick Display Settings and set the resolution screen area and color palette for the external monitor CAUTION Do not change these settings for the Notebook oscilloscope monitor in order to maintain prope...

Page 20: ...Active Probes There are two different types of active probes single ended and differential Single ended A single ended active probe is associated with measuring voltages at high frequencies Measuremen...

Page 21: ...plished by means of a trimmer at the connector end of the probe Attach the connector end of supplied passive probe to any channel Connect the probe end to the CAL output connector at the front of the...

Page 22: ...WaveRunner Xi A and MXi A Oscilloscopes 14 922138 00 Rev A Front Panel Controls...

Page 23: ...e Trigger descriptor label Push the LEVEL knob to have the oscilloscope find the level automatically SETUP Displays the trigger setup dialog Push the button again to close the dialog AUTO Triggers the...

Page 24: ...y ON the channel button makes the channel active If the channel is OFF the channel button turns the channel ON When the channel is active the channel button is lit and the Offset and Volts Div knobs a...

Page 25: ...TENSITY This knob adjusts the intensity of your trace Pushing the button toggles between WaveStream fast viewing mode and real time mode WAVESTREAM LAMP This lamp lights when the oscilloscope is displ...

Page 26: ...right cursor When the knob is in Cursor mode the CURS lamp is lit When you click in any data entry field in any dialog the knob automatically switches from cursor placement mode to adjustment mode and...

Page 27: ...alogs Top Menu Bar File Menu The top menu bar provides access to various software dialogs It is very similar to the File menu on any Windows program For common oscilloscope operations you don t need t...

Page 28: ...veral indicators on the grid to help you understand the following Trigger Delay This indicator is located along the bottom edge of the grid Trigger delay allows you to see the signal prior to the trig...

Page 29: ...ted at the left edge of the grid Change the zero volts level by turning the VERTICAL OFFSET knob Push the knob to reset the indicator to the middle of the grid Trace Descriptors Vertical and horizonta...

Page 30: ...d Below the title bar is given the coupling DC trigger type Edge source C1 level 0 mV and slope Positive Shown below the Timebase and Trigger labels is value information for horizontal cursors includi...

Page 31: ...ments can be made The dialog area occupies the bottom one third of the display Expand the signal display area by minimizing each dialog by touching the Close tab at the right of the dialog box In some...

Page 32: ...own If the signal is not on the grid press the AUTO trigger button and adjust Horizontal and Vertical front panel controls to adjust the settings and display the signal or simply press the AUTOSETUP b...

Page 33: ...r a channel change if a ProBus probe is connected to a channel Deskew Deskew allows you to compensate for different lengths of cables probes or anything else that might cause timing mismatches between...

Page 34: ...aves Sinx x interpolation on the other hand is suitable for reconstructing curved or irregular wave shapes especially when the sample rate is 3 to 5 times the system bandwidth Noise Filtering ERES The...

Page 35: ...l trace into its corresponding Memory Reference Waveform location For instance C1 is loaded into M1 C2 is loaded into M2 etc Automatically performs a vertical scaling that fits the waveform into the g...

Page 36: ...log for the channel trace touch the trace label twice The first touch activates the channel while the second opens its setup dialog The appearance of the selected trace label becomes a solid color whe...

Page 37: ...e screen the dialog at the bottom of the screen automatically switches to the vertical setup or math setup dialog for that selection You can then configure your traces The channel or math trace number...

Page 38: ...xample from the menu bar Touch inside the Trace On checkbox to display the trace Or use the VERTICAL front panel buttons to turn it on Turn the volts per division knob Or you can touch inside the Volt...

Page 39: ...al offset adjust knob directly above the channel button whose waveform you want to move vertically Or you can touch inside the Offset field and type in a value on the pop up keypad Set the vertical of...

Page 40: ...ues sampled on the input signal at a uniform rate Sequence Mode In sequence mode the complete waveform consists of a number of fixed size segments acquired in single shot mode Roll Mode This mode is i...

Page 41: ...ey are not displayed In 2 channel operation channels 2 and 3 are active In Auto operation you can use channel 1 or 2 and channel 3 or 4 On the paired channels the maximum sampling rate is doubled and...

Page 42: ...WaveRunner Xi A and MXi A Oscilloscopes 34 922138 00 Rev A Touch the Timebase descriptor label Under Active Channels touch 4 2 or Auto The maximum sample rate is shown alongside each button...

Page 43: ...e you to use basic or complex conditions for triggering Use Edge Triggers for simple signals and the SMART Triggers for signals with rare features like glitches Controlling Edge Triggering Horizontal...

Page 44: ...dialog touch the Level field and provide a value using the pop up numeric keypad Quickly set a level of zero volts by pushing the Level button on the front panel Edge Trigger Setup Push the front pan...

Page 45: ...use of AC coupling would shift the effective trigger level o AC The signal is capacitively coupled DC levels are rejected and frequencies below 50 Hz are attenuated o LFREJ The signal is coupled thro...

Page 46: ...e in or outside where a trigger occurs Qualified The Qualified A B trigger allows arming of the trigger on Event A and triggering on Event B If the arming event is a Pattern that occurs once Pattern o...

Page 47: ...the same polarity positive to positive or negative to negative Use interval trigger to capture intervals that fall short of or exceed a given time limit In addition you can define a width range to cap...

Page 48: ...pe trigger menus I2 C SPI CAN LIN UART RS 232 signals are input to the oscilloscope through normal passive or active probes such as Teledyne LeCroy s ZS Series of high impedance active probes Decoding...

Page 49: ...hey also allow quick and easy access to oscilloscope zooming searching table display and table export The serial decode and decode setup dialogs are accessed in any the following ways 1 Touch Analysis...

Page 50: ...t Triggers such as glitch and runt triggers TriggerScan automates two key processes in triggering rare events 1 Trains the system by looking at normal acquired waveforms During the training the oscill...

Page 51: ...rScan After you have run the Trainer the Trigger List displays a list of smart trigger setups You can add or remove trigger setups You can also update the selected smart trigger setup Once you have ma...

Page 52: ...k the Stop On Trigger checkbox You can use this to isolate specific trigger setups Saving TriggerScan Setups You should save TriggerScan setups once you have made any modifications to the Trigger List...

Page 53: ...ation along the time axis to read the signal s amplitude at the selected time Vertical Voltage cursors are lines that you move vertically on the grid to measure the amplitude of a signal Cursor Measur...

Page 54: ...etup Quick Display At any time you can change the display of cursor types or turn them off without invoking the Cursors Setup dialog as follows Touch Cursors Off Horizontal Abs Horizontal Rel Vertical...

Page 55: ...touch inside the Position 1 and Position 2 fields and type in a value for each cursor You can also use the Cursors knobs on the front panel to place the cursors If you chose an Absolute mode do the s...

Page 56: ...common measurements on one or more waveforms Measure Modes The selections for Measure Mode allow you to quickly apply parameters for standard vertical and standard horizontal setups and custom setups...

Page 57: ...that the oscilloscope is returning a valid value A crossed out pulse means the oscilloscope is unable to determine top and base However the measurement could still be valid A downward pointing arrow i...

Page 58: ...mply copies of the hardware triggers the capability is much greater For instance there is no frequency trigger in any oscilloscope yet WaveScan allows frequency to be quickly scanned for You can accum...

Page 59: ...nd level Non monotonic for detecting threshold re crosses selectable slope hysteresis and level Runt for detecting pulses that fail to cross a threshold selectable polarity and thresholds Measurement...

Page 60: ...and specialized graph that is time correlated to the signal being measured The Track View applies to a single shot acquisition and plots the variation of a parameter such as width for each cycle in t...

Page 61: ...easure Dialog 1 Touch Measure Measure Setup from the menu bar 2 Touch the My Measure button 3 Touch one of tabs P1 through Px 4 Touch inside the Source1 field and select an input waveform from the pop...

Page 62: ...the right touch the Histogram tab 10 Under Buffer touch inside the Values field and enter a value 11 Under Scaling touch inside the Bins field and enter a value from 20 to 2000 12 Touch the Find Cent...

Page 63: ...tions loaded on your oscilloscope 3 Touch the Graph button 4 Touch inside the Source1 field and select a source from the pop up menu 5 Touch inside the Measurement field and select a parameter from th...

Page 64: ...s well within the grid Viewing Thumbnail Histograms Histicons are miniature histograms of parameter measurements that appear below the grid These thumbnail histograms let you see at a glance the stati...

Page 65: ...software options loaded on your oscilloscope 3 Touch inside the Source1 field and select a source from the pop up menu 4 Touch inside the Operator1 field and select Phistogram from the Select Math Ope...

Page 66: ...deletes grids as you select more or fewer waveforms to display Touch inside the grid Intensity field and enter a value from 0 to 100 using the pop up keypad Touch the Grid on top checkbox if you want...

Page 67: ...from 2 to 500 Under Touch inside the Timeout field and enter a value from 10 ms to 100 s Then check the Enable Timeout checkbox Under Display Settings touch inside the Display Mode field and select a...

Page 68: ...these extremes See the on line Help for more information Color mode persistence selected by touching Color works on the same principle as the Analog persistence feature but instead uses the entire col...

Page 69: ...ottom of the channel Cx Vertical Adjust setup dialog if you want to create a zoom trace of your input waveform The zoom trace created by this method is designated Z1 to Z4 The front panel QuickZoom bu...

Page 70: ...ical zoom in small increments touch the Var checkbox to enable variable zooming Now with each touch of the zoom control buttons the degree of magnification changes by a small increment You can zoom in...

Page 71: ...memory traces a Rectangle Zoom Wizard appears Select the traces to be zoomed on the pop up Channel zooms are shown on a separate grid The zoom of the math or memory trace appears on the same grid as...

Page 72: ...nel button and then touch the Save Setup tab Save To File by touching inside the Save panel to file field and providing the path to the destination folder Or by touching Browse navigating to the desti...

Page 73: ...ouching inside the Recall panel from file field and using the pop up keyboard to provide the path to the source folder Or by touching Browse to navigate to the source folder and then choosing Recall N...

Page 74: ...calling Default Settings Touch File Recall Setup on the menu bar Touch the button under Recall Default Saving and Recalling Waveforms Saving Waveforms Touch File Save Waveform from the menu bar On the...

Page 75: ...le if you want to use waveform name XYZ32 but it is not preceded by waveforms XYZ0 through XYZ31 the waveform is renumbered with the next available number in the sequence If you need to use a number i...

Page 76: ...sk space on your hard disk Recalling Waveforms Touch File Recall Waveform from the menu bar On the Recall Waveform dialog touch the Recall From button If you selected Memory touch inside the Source fi...

Page 77: ...irectory field and enter the path using the pop up keyboard Or touch the Browse button to navigate to the file Touch inside the Next file will be recalled from field and enter the path using the pop u...

Page 78: ...alog area touch the Printer icon Under Colors touch the Use Print Colors checkbox if you want the traces printed on a white background A white background saves printer toner Change printer colors in t...

Page 79: ...rdcopy dialog Adding Printers and Drivers NOTE If you want to add a printer driver the driver must first be loaded on the oscilloscope Touch File Print Setup on the menu bar The Utilities Hardcopy dia...

Page 80: ...Select Controls then Printers and Faxes Touch the printer you want to set as the default printer then touch File Set as Default Printer Managing Files Use the instrument s utilities to create waveform...

Page 81: ...otebook entries are easily created by selecting LabNotebook from the File menu then clicking the Create button Several annotation tools and colors are then put at your disposal to mark up your wavefor...

Page 82: ...or Web Edit function of a function button if the FFT is to be of the result of another math operation Touch inside the Source1 field and select a channel memory or math trace on which to perform the...

Page 83: ...s whose amplitudes are interpolated to fit between the last data point and the first data point in the record This guarantees that there is not a first order discontinuity in the filled data Since the...

Page 84: ...mode you can compare parameter results measured on two different waveforms You can set your test to be true if Any waveform or All waveforms fit the criterion stipulated by the comparison condition Yo...

Page 85: ...e for an explanation of how this feature works Actions By touching the Stop Test checkbox in the Actions dialog you can set up the test to end after a predetermined number of sweeps that you decide Yo...

Page 86: ...your waveform passes are as follows All True All False Any True Any False All Q1 to Q4 Or All Q5 to Q8 Any Q1 to Q4 And Any Q5 to Q8 Setting Up Pass Fail Testing Initial Setup Touch Analysis Pass Fai...

Page 87: ...ccur upon your waveform s passing or failing the test Under Then touch the actions you want to occur stop test sound alarm print result emit pulse or save the waveform If you want to have the results...

Page 88: ...Fail Setup from the menu bar Touch one of the Q tabs A setup dialog for the position is shown Touch inside the Source1 field and select a source from the pop up menu Touch inside the Condition field i...

Page 89: ...tion field in the ParamCompare mini dialog and select a math operator from the pop up menu Touch inside the Limit field and enter a value using the pop up numeric keypad This value takes the dimension...

Page 90: ...ng a Single Parameter topic except you selecting the Dual Param Compare condition Setting Up Mask Testing Touch Analysis Pass Fail Setup from the menu bar Touch a Q tab A setup dialog for the position...

Page 91: ...then the File button You can then enter the file name or browse to its location If you want to make a mask from your waveform touch the Make Mask tab Touch inside the Ver Delta and Hor Delta fields a...

Page 92: ...o the GPIB IEEE 488 26 standard This may be considered an extension of the IEEE 488 1 standard which deals mainly with electrical and mechanical issues Teledyne LeCroy also supports LXI LAN eXtensions...

Page 93: ...e cross application macro programming It is based upon the Component Object Model COM which is similar in nature to CORBA more commonly found in the UNIX world An application that exposes Automation O...

Page 94: ...o be installed in a card slot at the rear of the oscilloscope The instrument uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP as its addressing protocol Therefore it is not necessary to set up an IP addr...

Page 95: ...shown Touch Create a new connection and use the Windows Network Connection Wizard to make a new connection Or touch Local Area Connection to reconfigure the oscilloscope s connection if it is already...

Page 96: ...want the traces printed on a white background A white background saves printer toner Touch the Grid Area Only checkbox if you do not need to print the dialog area and you only want to show the wavefo...

Page 97: ...o gives you the option to e mail your screen images using either the MAPI or SMTP protocols Before you output to e mail from the Utilities dialog you first have to set up the e mail server and recipie...

Page 98: ...he auxiliary output signal Auxiliary Output Setup Touch Utilities Utilities Setup from the menu bar Touch the Aux Output tab If you simply want a 1 kHz 1 V square wave touch the button so labeled If y...

Page 99: ...ab Touch inside each of the Hour Minute Second Day Month and Year fields and enter a value using the pop up numeric keypad Touch the Validate Changes button Setting the Date and Time from the Internet...

Page 100: ...to you instrument This added performance is seen in the new math functions or parameters that you can choose from when doing Measure or Math setups Service This button provides access to service dial...

Page 101: ...s touched Avoid parallax errors by placing your line of sight directly in front of each cross before touching Built in Stylus Holder Your WaveRunner Xi A is supplied with a touch screen stylus Use the...

Page 102: ...sh by touching inside the Language field and making a selection from the pop up menu This change takes effect immediately with requiring a reboot of the oscilloscope Performance Optimization You can s...

Page 103: ...ng the division on the grid constant Touch Utilities Preferences from the menu bar Touch the Acquisition tab Under Offset Setting constant in touch either the Div or Volts button Delay Control As you...

Page 104: ...ars the trigger counter each time the oscilloscope issues an arm acquisition command This applies when you have set a trigger Holdoff condition in the Trigger dialog in either time or events The defau...

Page 105: ...keyboard to enter the name of your server Touch inside the Originator Address From field and use the pop up keyboard to type in the instrument s e mail address Then touch inside the Default Recipient...

Page 106: ...s you need to provide the Windows Product Key number which is affixed to the bottom of the oscilloscope NOTE The recovery process produces a replica of the operating system and oscilloscope applicatio...

Page 107: ...scan definition files are not automatically upgraded Therefore after completion of the disk image recovery it is highly recommended to search vendor Web sites and upgrade the individual components to...

Page 108: ...g needs to be changed simply click Next On the Next Selection page you will be asked if you want to restore another partition or hard disk drive Select No I do not and click Next The Restoration Optio...

Page 109: ...eted reboot the oscilloscope NOTE Now you must activate Windows using an Internet connection to the Microsoft Web site or by telephone When activating have the Windows Product Key number handy it is a...

Page 110: ...perating System Windows Activation 1 Click Start in the task bar and then select All Programs Activate Windows NOTE After Windows Activation is completed this selection no longer appears in the All Pr...

Page 111: ...loscope is located in Then dial the number provided You are asked to repeat over the phone the installation ID listed on the screen A 7 part number is then provided to you over the phone Enter the num...

Page 112: ...06 EN 61326 2 1 2006 EMC requirements for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use 1 Electromagnetic Emissions CISPR 11 2003 Radiated and Conducted Emissions Group 1 Class A 2 3...

Page 113: ...ss of function or performance which is self recoverable 5 Performance Criteria C applied for 70 25 cycle voltage dips and for 0 250 cycle voltage interruption test levels per EN61000 4 11 European Con...

Page 114: ...rs to equipment intended to be supplied from the building wiring with a nominal supply voltage up to 300V Measurement Category O this refers to oscilloscope measurement terminals that are not intended...

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