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Default Value:
0.0
volts .
Range of Selectable Values:
-100.0
to
100.0
volts.
The
OFFSET
setup condition should be used in conjunction with RANGE when
measuring signals having a median voltage
Vmod
that is not equal
to
zero
.
OfFSET
specifies a de voltage offset that is applied
in
series with the input
signal. This de offset effectively shifts the median signal voltage onto the
zero-voltage axis of the recording area, as shown by the illustration below.
SIGNAL
WITH
Vmed >OV
RECORDING
AREA
(RANGE·,OV)
SIGNAL
WITH
Vmed
<cv
JOV - -
- -
-
-
--
- - - - -
-
lOV .
,
j
NEGATIVE OFFSET \-20V)
SHIFTS THE SIGNAL
DOWN ONTO THE
RECORDING AREA.
ov
-
-
ZERO POINT
-10VI.-
1
POSITIVE OF FSET (20V)
SHIFTS THE SIGNAL
UP ONTO THE
RECORDING AREA
.
-wv
-
-
-
-
-
-
-JOV --- -
- -
-
-
- -
--
-
An offset value should be used that will allow the entire signal
to
be plotted
within the recording area boundaries detennined by the range equation .
This value is given by the
offset equaticn
below.
Because the mean signal voltage is shifted onto the zero-voltage axis
(y.
axis) of the recording area when
an
offset condition is used, the voltage
values assigned to the recording area Y-axis and boundaries are also
shifted. The resulting Y-axis and boundary values are obtained by sub·
tracting the offset value from the current values, so that
Upper Boundary
=
(RANGE)
- (OFFSET)
Y-Axis
=
-
(OFFSET)
Lower Boundary
=
(-RANGE)
-
(OFFSET)
The Offset Setup
Condition
Shifting
a
Signal
onto the Recording
Area
Using Offset
Measurement Setup Operations
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