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The front panel and the user interface
One of the first things you will want to do with your new oscilloscope is to become
acquainted with its front panel. Therefore, we have written the exercises in this
chapter to familiarize you with some of its controls.
The front panel has knobs and keys. The knobs are used most often and are similar
to the knobs on other oscilloscopes. The keys bring up soft button menus on the
display that allow you access to many of the oscilloscope features and menus
associated with channels, math, and reference or instant action features.
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DS 5000-Series Oscilloscope’s Front Panel
DS5000 series oscilloscopes provide an easy-to-use front panel, the definitions of
the buttons and the knobs are listed as follows:
Menu buttons: Associate with MEASURE, CURSOR, ACQUIRE, DISPLAY, STORAGE,
and UTILITY menus.
Vertical buttons: Associate with CH1, CH2, MATH and REF menus, the OFF button
can set waveform or menu which currently active off.
Horizontal buttons: Associate with horizontal MENU.
Trigger buttons: Associate with trigger MENU, instant action to set 50% trigger
level and FORCE trigger.
Copyright 2004 Rigol Electronic
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User Manual for DS5000 Series