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Explanation
Active Trace
Active trace refers to a target trace to which settings and changes can be applied.
A trace shows a waveform and measurement conditions. The instrument has a total of
seven independent traces (A through G). You can specify Show/Hide on each trace, and
display multiple traces in the waveform screen.
The following explains the soft keys related to trace settings.
ACTIVE TRACE…ABCDEFG
Selects the active trace from among traces A to G.
You can also switch the active trace using the mouse by clicking TRACE display A
through G on the screen.
Displaying Traces
Selects whether or not to display the active trace on screen.
VIEW @…DISP / BLANK
“VIEW @ DISP”: Displays the waveform on the screen. The trace display changes to
"DSP".
“VIEW @ BLANK”: Does not display the waveform on the screen. The trace display
changes to "BLK".
When you press this key, the highlight toggles between “VIEW @ DISP” and “VIEW @
BLANK”.
Note that if BLANK is set, markers applied to the trace set in DISP will be cleared.
The "at" (@) symbol indicates the currently selected trace. One is included from A–G.
Write Mode
WRITE @
This key is used to set the active trace to write mode.
When a trace is set to write mode, waveform data are written to it and updated during
measurement. In addition, the trace display on the side of the data area changes to
"WRITE".
The "at" (@) symbol indicates the currently selected trace. One is included from A–G.
Fix mode
FIX @
This key is used to set the active trace to data fixing mode.
When a trace is set to this mode, its waveform data do not change even when
measurement is performed. Therefore, the waveform on the screen is not overwritten.
The trace display changes to "FIX".
When the FIX soft key is pressed during sweeping, the waveform displayed at that time
is fixed.
The "at" (@) symbol indicates the currently selected trace. One is included from A–G.
4.12 Trace Settings