OWON VDS User Manual

VDS Series PC Oscilloscopes

User Manual

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Dec. 2013 edition V1.3

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General Warranty

Lilliput warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years from the date of purchase of the product by the original purchaser from the Lilliput Company. And the warranty period of accessories such as probe is 12 month. This warranty only applies to the original purchaser and is not transferable to the third party. If the product proves defective during the warranty period, Lilliput either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product. Parts, modules and replacement products used by Lilliput for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance. All replaced parts, modules and products become the property of Lilliput.

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Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

VDS Oscilloscope Software Help ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

VDS1022(I)/ VDS2052(I) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

VDS2062/VDS3102 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

VDS2064/VDS3104 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

I. PC Software USB Driv e r Install Guide ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

For Windows Vist a or Windows 7 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

For Windows XP or Windows 2000 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

II. User Interface........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10

III. Operations Instruct ion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11

1.How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

2.How to Set the Vertical System ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.How to Set the Horizontal System .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

4.How to Set the Trigger System .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

5.How to Set the Channels .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15

6.How to Measure Automatically .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

7.How to Implement Sampling Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

8.How to Measure with Cursors ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

9.How to Set the Display System ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19

10.Use Mathematical Ma nipulation Function ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21

11.How to zoom the wavefor m ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23

12.How to do Pass/Fail te st ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25

13.How to Record and Pla y a Waveform ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26

14.How to Implement the Ut i lity setting ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27

15.How to Use Executive But t ons .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28

16.Use LAN Port ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

IV. Technical Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Minimum PC Requirements

Display Resolution: 1024 x 768

VDS1022(I)/ VDS2052(I)

VDS Oscilloscope Software Help

Welcome to VDS Oscillos cope so ftw ar e. The supplied accessories of the oscilloscope include a Quick Guide. The Quick Guide of the oscilloscope and the following helps are for your

reference.

Processor: Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz Memory: 1GB Disk space: 1GB minimum

Recommended PC Requirements

Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core 2.4 GHz Memory: 2GB Disk space: 1GB minimum

Other Requirements

Operating system: Windows XP(32-bit & 64-bi t) , Window s Vista(32-bit & 64-bit), Windows 7(32-bit & 64-bit) Ports: USB2.0、USB1.1

Ports Introduction

Figure Ports of the Oscilloscope(take VDS1022 for instance)

1. USB port: Supply power by PC USB or the adapter; communicate with PC

2. Probe Compensation: Measurement signal (5V/1KHz) output

3. MULTI port: EXT trigger input, trigger output or Pass/Fail output

4. Signal input of Channel 2

5. Signal input of Channel 1

Note: VDS1022(I) represents two types of machines, they are VDS1022I and VDS1022. VDS1022I contains isolation, while VDS1022 does not

contain isolation. The same as VDS2052(I).

VDS2062/VDS3102

VDS2064/VDS3104

Figure: Ports of the Oscilloscope (take VDS3102 for instance)

1. RS-232C Port (optional)

2. USB port: Supply power by PC USB or the adapter; communicate with PC

3. LAN port (optional): Network port which can be used to connect with PC

4. Probe Compensation: Measurement signal (3.3V/1KHz) output

5. EXT trigger input, trigger output or Pass/Fail output

6. Signal input of Channel 2

7. Signal input of Channel 1

Figure: Ports of the Oscilloscope (take VDS3104 for instance)

1. Probe Compensation: Measurement signal (3.3V/1KHz) output

2. MULTI port: EXT trigger input, trigger output or Pass/Fail output

3. LAN port (optional): Network port which can be used to connect with PC

4. USB port: Supply power by PC USB or the adapter; communicate with PC

5. Signal input of Channel 4

6. Signal input of Channel 3

7. Signal input of Channel 2

8. Signal input of Channel 1 Note: If you use LAN port to communicate with PC, the oscilloscope should be powered by the adapter.

I. PC Software USB Driver Install Guide

Use the supplied USB cable to connect the oscilloscope with a PC through their USB ports. Note: If you use a USB cable that is n ot supplied by us, some problem s such as connection error and signal disturbi ng migh t

occur.

For Windows Vista or Windows 7

The Microsoft Windows Systems since Windows Vista or Windows 7, change a lot, which require a new installation guide of USB driver. Here it is.

During the whole installation, please assure that the device is running well and plugged into PC from USB.

Right click [Computer], you can find it on the desktop, or in [Start] menu.

in the pop up menu, click [Manage] and it will open a window named "Computer Management", as follow, in the left side click [Device Manager], it will show a devices tree in the middle, and then click the last one button "Scan for hardware changes" in tool bar as follow, and if the device is running well and plugged into PC, computer will detect an unknown device with a "!" icon.

Right click the unknown device icon, in the pop up menu click [Update Driver Software...],

In the open window, select [Browse my computer for driver software],

The next window, select a directory path for the driver software location, and click "Next",

Notice: the driver software location is a directory that is under the software setup folder named "USBDRV", and the contents inside are like these:

Or like this, than you should use the "USBDRV" directory to indicate the ".inf" file, and to the ".sys" or ".dll" file, you can indicate then in different directories like "x86", "ia64" or "amd64" depending on the CPU, but most of time just x86 and amd64 are enough.

OK, back to the driver installing, after last "Next" step, the system is installing driver software for you, as follow,

In the course,

It(for Windows XP x86&x64, Windows Vista x86&x64, Windows 7 x86) may open a window named "Windows Security" as below, and just select "Install this driver software anyway" to continue,

Or sometimes it(for Windows 7 x64) may open a window named "Windows Security" as below, and just click "Install" to continue,

And then continue installing,

And finish. Now a successful installation window opens with information "Windows has successfully updated your driver software".

Close the window, have a look at the "Computer Management" window, you will find a device under [LibUSB-Win32 Devices], it should be like this:

Now the USB driver will work.

For Windows XP or Windows 2000

Notice: for both x86 and x64. Plug into the running well device to open [Found New Hardware Wizard] dialog.

Or you can right click [My Computer] and select [Manage], in the left area of opened [Computer Management] select [Device Manager] , double click the item [USB Device] with "?" in the middle area to open the Wizard,

In the Wizard, select [No, not this time] ,

select [Install from a list or specific location(Advanced)] ,

select [Search for the best driver in these locations.] , then select [Include this location in the search] and indicate a directory location for USB driver which is named as "USBDRV" and under the directory where you installed the program at,

Then the installation is running,

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