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Grid
Scaling
SETUP
CONDITIONS
TOTAL TIME
10 SECONOS
RANGE 1
S VOLTS
OFFSET
1
GRID DIV. X-AXIS10
GRJD DIV. Y·AXIS4
Selecting Quadrants
and Drawing the
Grid
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TIME (SECONDS)
The quadrant grid specified by the
GRID DIVISIONS
setup condition values
may be drawn in any or all quadrants. Quadrants
to
receive the grid are
selected using the quadrant-select function described below. Selections
should be made that are appropriate for the application. For example, a
versus-time plot only requires Quadrant I or Quadrants I and IV, whereas
a versus-chan3 plot may require all quadrants.
A measurement may be plotted onto a recording area without drawing the
grid, which might be desirable when only the overall appearance or shape
of the signal needs to be seen. However, without a grid the relationship
between the plotted signal and the
X-
and Y-axis scaling is difficult to
visualize. For this reason, when plotted data is
to
be analyzed a grid should
be provided. Grids may be drawn before or after data has been plotted.
To select quadrants and draw the grid, perform the following steps:
L
Use the
PEN SELECT
push buttons
to
select a pen for drawing the grid. To
emphasize plotted data, use
a
light-colored pen for the grid. If your
carousel is loaded as suggested in Chapter
2,
select pen
4
(gold).
2.
Access the
GRID DIVISIONS X-AXIS
menu selection using the menu selectors.
3. While holding down the
SHIFT
pushbutton, tap the
T
menu selector once,
as if accessing the
GRID DIVISIONS V-AXIS
selection. Both
GRID DIVISION
indi
cators will remain on, indicating the quadrant-select function has been
acCessed. Refer to the following illustration.
4.
The
LCD
displays the quadrant numbers that are currently selected to
receive the grid. The default value is
"1"
(Quadrant I). Select the desired
quadrants using the
PEN SELECT
pushbuttons numbered
1-4.
PEN 1
toggles
the displayed
"1"
on and off,
PEN
2
toggles
"2",
and so on. Display only
the quadrants you want to receive the quadrant grid. If no quadrants are
selected, the HP
7090
will default to Quadrant
I
when the grid is drawn.
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Measurement Setup Operations