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TDS 500B, TDS 600B & TDS 700A
Digitizing Oscilloscopes
070-9382-01
To Display a Waveform: To Preview a Waveform:

Attach a probe to CH 1 Press Press Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL
1 and hook the probe to your 2 CH 1. 3 AUTOSET. 4 POSITION and SCALE.
signal.




1 Press ZOOM.

Press Mode in the main menu. Then press Preview
2 in the side menu to turn on Dual Window Zoom.
Upper graticule zooms the boxed area
on the selected waveform.




Lower graticule displays the selected waveform
unzoomed with the zoomed area in box.




Use the Selected Graticule menu to select the upper
or lower waveform. Use the vertical and horizontal
3 knobs to adjust the waveform in the graticule you select.


To Capture Infrequent Events (TDS 500B & 700A Models):



Press InstaVu to toggle between InstaVu and
Normal waveform capture rates.

When in InstaVu mode:
Device Under Waveforms displayed are updated thousands of
Test times faster than normal.
Very brief changes in waveforms are captured.
Certain features, such as Limit Testing, Math
Waveforms, Zoom, and record lengths longer than
500 points, are not available.
Copyright H Tektronix, Inc., 1995. Printed in U.S.A.
To Save a Hardcopy to the File System: To Set Up Using a Menu:
Use SHIFT for
the Alternate
(Blue) Menus




1 Press any of the front panel menu buttons.




Press Format in the main menu, and select a
1 Press SHIFT, and then press HARDCOPY. 2 hardcopy format from the side menu.


Disk Drive




2 Select an item from the main (bottom) menu.


The Readout Indicates The
Value That You Can Adjust with
the General Purpose Knob or
Keypad



Adjustable Menu Item Value

Press HARDCOPY anytime to save a copy
Press Port in the main menu, press File in the of the current screen to a unique file in the
3 side menu, and then press CLEAR MENU. 4 oscilloscope file system. 3 Select an item from the side menu, if displayed.


To Perform Other File System Operations:
General Purpose
H Press SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM, and use the menu buttons to save a waveform to a file or Knob
recall it from a file.

H Press SAVE/RECALL SETUP, and use the menu buttons to save a setup to a file or recall it Keypad
from a file.

H Press File Utilities in the Save/Recall Waveform, Save/Recall Setup, or Hardcopy menus to access Adjust menu item values using the general purpose
utilities that create directories, copy files, and do other operations in the oscilloscope file system. 4 knob or by entering numbers on the keypad.
End Your Entry by
Pressing ENTER ( )
To Select a Trigger: To Take Measurements Automatically:
Trigger Selections (On some models, Ax 1 & Ax 2

TYPE
TYPE

CLASS CLASS





Source




Define Inputs




Define Inputs
Select any one of Define levels High, Define levels High,
1 Press TRIGGER MENU. Ch 1 thru Ch 4,
Line, or DC Aux
Low, or Don't Care
for Ch 1 thru Ch 4
Low, or Don't Care
for Ch 1 thru Ch 3

Select edge for the
clock (always Ch 4)
This Symbol
Press Select Measrmnt or Snapshot in
Indicates a 1 Press MEASURE. 2 the main menu.




Define Logic




Define Logic
Pop-Up Menu Positive AND AND




Slope
Negative OR OR Automated Measurement Selections
Select
Select a trigger type or
2 parameter from the main NAND NAND Measurement

menu.
NOR NOR Period Rise Time Delay High Pk