• Run/Stop starts and stops waveform acquisition. The button color indicates the acquisition status (green = running and acquiring;
red = stopped). When stopped, the oscilloscope shows waveforms from the last completed acquisition. The Run/Stop button on the
screen also shows the acquisition status.
• Cursors button turns cursors on or off. Use the Multipurpose knobs to move the cursors. Double-tap the cursor readouts
or on a cursor bar (line) to open the configuration menu to set cursor types and functionality. See
• Fast Acq™ enables or disables the fast acquisition mode. FastAcq provides high-speed waveform capture that reduces the dead
time between waveform acquisitions, enabling the capture and display of transient events such as glitches and runt pulses. It
is helpful in finding elusive signal anomalies. Fast acquisition mode can also display waveform phenomena at an intensity that
reflects their rate of occurrence.
• Single/Seq enables making a single waveform acquisition, or a specified number of acquisitions (as set in the Acquisition
configuration menu). Pushing Single/Seq turns off Run/Stop mode and takes a single acquisition. The button color indicates the
acquisition status (quick green flash = single acquisition acquired; solid green = waiting for trigger event). Pushing Single/Seq
again takes another single acquisition.
• High Res mode calculates the average of all the samples for each acquisition interval. High Res provides a higher-resolution,
lower-bandwidth waveform.
• Clear deletes the current acquisitions and measurement values from memory.
2. Multipurpose knobs:
• Multipurpose knobs (A, B) Multipurpose knobs A and B move cursors, adjust the zoom, and set parameter values in configuration
menu input fields. Selecting a menu field that can use a Multipurpose knob assigns the indicated knob to change the value in that
input field. The ring around each knob lights when you can use that knob to do an action.
Push a Multipurpose knob to enable the Fine mode for making smaller increment changes. Push the knob again to exit Fine mode.
Note: If you have a mouse attached, pressing the mouse wheel toggles between Coarse and Fine adjustments.
3. Trigger controls:
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