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Setting the Waveform Labels
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For a description of this function, refer to page 1-15.
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Function
Label display ON/OFF (Trace Label)
Use this parameter to select whether or not to include waveform labels (channel identification
labels) on the display.
Entering customized labels
You can use the Define Label feature to enter customized labels for each channel. Each label is
a character string of up to eight alphanumerics. You can set the label display ON/OFF using the
Trace Label function; the label appears in the scale-value display and with measurement results.
Operating Procedure
Entering a label
1.
Press a channel key (
CH1
to
CH16
) to select the channel whose label you want to set.
2.
Press the “
Next
” soft key, so that it changes to “
Next 2/2
”.
3.
Press the “
Define Label
” key to display the virtual keyboard. Then enter the
alphanumerics for the label.
Set the label display ON or OFF
4.
Press the
DISPLAY
key.
5.
Press the “
Next 1/2
” soft key, so that it changes to “
Next 2/2
”.
6.
Press the “
Trace label
” soft key to set the label display “
ON
” or “
OFF
”.
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Note
Waveform labels may not be displayed if a display area allocated for a waveform becomes narrow because
of the display format or the zoom format settings.