Getting Started
Manual Probe Compensation
As an alternative method to the Probe Check Wizard, you can manually perform
this adjustment to match your probe to the input channel.
PROBE COMP
AutoSet
button
1.
Push the
1
►
Probe
►
Voltage
►
Attenuation
option and select
10X
. Connect
the TPP0101/TPP0201 probe to channel 1 on
the oscilloscope. If you use the probe hook-tip,
ensure a proper connection by
fi
rmly inserting the
tip onto the probe.
2.
Attach the probe tip to the PROBE COMP
~5V@1kHz terminal and the reference lead to
the PROBE COMP chassis terminal. Display the
channel, and then push the
AutoSet
button.
Overcompensated
Undercompensated
Compensated correctly
3.
Check the shape of the displayed waveform.
4.
If necessary, adjust your probe.
Repeat as necessary.
Probe Attenuation Setting
Probes are available with various attenuation factors which affect the vertical
scale of the signal. The Probe Check Wizard veri
fi
es that the attenuation factor
in the oscilloscope matches the probe.
As an alternative method to Probe Check, you can manually select the factor
that matches the attenuation of your probe. For example, to match a probe set
to 10X connected to CH 1, push the
1
►
Probe
►
Voltage
►
Attenuation
option, and select
10X
.
NOTE.
The default setting for the Attenuation option is 10X.
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