RIGOL DS8034-R Users guide

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DS8000-R Series Digital

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DS8000-R User Guide I

Guaranty and Declaration

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Safety Requirement

General Safety Summary

Please review the following safety precautions carefully before putting the instrument into operation so as to avoid any personal injury or damage to the instrument and any product connected to it. To prevent potential hazards, please follow the instructions specified in this manual to use the instrument properly.

Use Proper Power Cord.

Only the exclusive power cord designed for the instrument and authorized for use within the local country could be used.

Ground the Instrument.

The instrument is grounded through the Protective Earth lead of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, connect the earth terminal of the power cord to the Protective Earth terminal before connecting any input or output terminals.

Connect the Probe Correctly.

If a probe is used, the probe ground lead must be connected to earth ground. Do not connect the ground lead to high voltage. Improper way of connection could result in dangerous voltages being present on the connectors, controls or other surfaces of the oscilloscope and probes, which will cause potential hazards for operators.

Observe All Terminal Ratings.

To avoid fire or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markers on the instrument and check your manual for more information about ratings before connecting the instrument.

Use Proper Overvoltage Protection.

Ensure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by a bolt of lightning) can reach the product. Otherwise, the operator might be exposed to the danger of an electric shock.

Do Not Operate Without Covers.

Do not operate the instrument with covers or panels removed.

Do Not Insert Objects into the Air Outlet.

Do not insert anything into the holes of the fan to avoid damaging the instrument.

Use Proper Fuse.

Please use the specified fuses.

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Avoid Circuit or Wire Exposure.

Do not touch exposed junctions and components when the unit is powered on.

Do Not Operate with Suspected Failures.

If you suspect that any damage may occur to the instrument, have it inspected by RIGOL authorized personnel before further operations. Any maintenance, adjustment or replacement especially to circuits or accessories must be performed by RIGOL authorized personnel.

Provide Adequate Ventilation.

Inadequate ventilation may cause an increase of temperature in the instrument, which would cause damage to the instrument. So please keep the instrument well ventilated and inspect the air outlet and the fan regularly.

Do Not Operate in Wet Conditions.

To avoid short circuit inside the instrument or electric shock, never operate the instrument in a humid environment.

Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere.

To avoid personal injuries or damage to the instrument, never operate the instrument in an explosive atmosphere.

Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry.

To avoid dust or moisture from affecting the performance of the instrument, keep the surfaces of the instrument clean and dry.

Prevent Electrostatic Impact.

Operate the instrument in an electrostatic discharge protective environment to avoid damage induced by static discharges. Always ground both the internal and external conductors of cables to release static before making connections.

Use the Battery Properly.

Do not expose the battery (if available) to high temperature or fire. Keep it out of the reach of children. Improper change of a battery (lithium battery) may cause an explosion. Use the RIGOL specified battery only.

Handle with Caution.

Please handle with care during transportation to avoid damage to keys, interfaces, and other parts on the panels.

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Safety Notices and Symbols

Safety Notices in this Manual:

WARNING

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or practice which, if not avoided, will result in serious injury or death.

CAUTION

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or practice which, if not avoided, could result in damage to the product or loss of important data.

Safety Terms on the Product:

DANGER

It calls attention to an operation, if not correctly performed, could result in injury or hazard immediately.

WARNING

It calls attention to an operation, if not correctly performed, could result in potential injury or hazard.

CAUTION

It calls attention to an operation, if not correctly performed, could result in damage to the product or other devices connected to the product.

Safety Symbols on the Product:

Hazardous

Voltage

Safety Warning

Protective Earth

Terminal

Chassis Ground

Test Ground

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Measurement Category

DS8000-R series digital oscilloscopes can make measurements in Measurement Category I.

WARNING

This oscilloscope can only be used for measurements within its specified

measurement categories.

Measurement Category Definitions

Measurement category I is for measurements performed on circuits not directly connected to MAINS. Examples are measurements on circuits not derived from MAINS, and specially protected (internal) MAINS derived circuits. In the latter case, transient stresses are variable. Thus, you must know the transient withstand capability of the equipment.

Measurement category II is for measurements performed on circuits directly connected to low voltage installation. Examples are measurements on household appliances, portable tools and similar equipment.

Measurement category III is for measurements performed in the building installation. Examples are measurements on distribution boards, circuit-breakers, wiring (including cables, bus-bars, junction boxes, switches and socket-outlets) in the fixed installation, and equipment for industrial use and some other equipment. For example, stationary motors with permanent connection to a fixed installation.

Measurement category IV is for measurements performed at the source of a low-voltage installation. Examples are electricity meters and measurements on primary overcurrent protection devices and ripple control units.

Ventilation Requirement

This oscilloscope uses a fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench-top, allow at least 30 cm clearance from both sides of the instruments; when using it in rack setting, keep at least 1 m clearance from the surroundings of the cabinet. When running in the cabinet, keep it run in the room

temperature below 30°C.

WARNING

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Working Environment

Temperature

Operating: -40℃ to +50℃ (for a single instrument)

-40℃ to +30℃ (for instruments in the cabinet)

Non-operating: -50℃ to +70℃

Humidity

Operating: Below +30℃: ≤90%RH (without condensation)

+30℃ to +40℃: ≤75%RH (without condensation)

+40℃ to +50℃: ≤45%RH (without condensation)

Non-operating: Below 65℃: ≤90% RH (without condensation)

WARNING

To avoid short circuit inside the instrument or electric shock, never operate the instrument in a humid environment.

Altitude

Operating: below 3 km Non-operating: below 15 km

Installation (Overvoltage) Category This product is powered by mains conforming to installation (overvoltage) category II.

WARNING

Ensure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by a bolt of lightning) can reach the product. Otherwise, the operator might be exposed to the danger of an electric shock.

Installation (Overvoltage) Category Definitions

Installation (overvoltage) category I refers to signal level which is applicable to equipment measurement terminals connected to the source circuit. Among these terminals, precautions are done to limit the transient voltage to a low level. Installation (overvoltage) category II refers to the local power distribution level which is applicable to equipment connected to the AC line (AC power).

Pollution Degree

Pollution Degree 2

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Pollution Degree Definition

Pollution Degree 1: No pollution or only dry, nonconductive pollution occurs. The pollution has no effect. For example, a clean room or air-conditioned office environment. Pollution Degree 2: Normally only nonconductive pollution occurs. Temporary conductivity caused by condensation is to be expected. For example, indoor environment. Pollution Degree 3: Conductive pollution or dry nonconductive pollution that becomes conductive due to condensation occurs. To be found in industrial environment or construction sites (harsh environments). For example, sheltered outdoor environment. Pollution Degree 4: The pollution generates persistent conductivity caused by conductive dust, rain, or snow. For example, outdoor areas.

Safety Class

Class 1 – Grounded Product

Care and Cleaning

Care

Do not store or leave the instrument where it may be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time.

Cleaning

Clean the instrument regularly according to its operating conditions.

1. Disconnect the instrument from all power sources.

2. Clean the external surfaces of the instrument with a soft cloth dampened with

mild detergent or water. Avoid having any water or other objects into the chassis via the heat dissipation hole. When cleaning the LCD, take care to avoid scarifying it.

CAUTION

To avoid damage to the instrument, do not expose it to caustic liquids.

WARNING

To avoid short-circuit resulting from moisture or personal injuries, ensure that the instrument is completely dry before connecting it to the power supply.

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Environmental Considerations

The following symbol indicates that this product complies with the WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC.

Product End-of-Life Handling

The equipment may contain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health. To avoid the release of such substances into the environment and avoid harm to human health, we recommend you to recycle this product appropriately to ensure that most materials are reused or recycled properly. Please contact your local authorities for disposal or recycling information.

You can click on the following link https://int.rigol.com/services/declaration.html to download the latest version of the RoHS&WEEE certification file.

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DS8000-R Series Overview

DS8000-R series is a medium and high-end digital oscilloscope with a compact size designed on the basis of the ASIC chip (RIGOL self-owns its intellectual property right) and UltraVision II technical platform developed by RIGOL. It is compact and thin in design. It supports system integration of multiple devices, rack mount installation, and remote system operation to meet the system requirements for industrial automation test system. DS8000-R series oscilloscope has an analog bandwidth of up to 2 GHz, supporting multi-device synchronous triggering, available to be extended to 512 channels. It provides an excellent solution for users to meet their middle and high-speed requirement for the system integration test and synchronization requirement for multi-channel data acquisition.

Main Features:

⚫ Analog channel bandwidth: 350 MHz, 1 GHz, and 2 GHz ⚫ Up to 10 GSa/s real-time sample rate (for DS8104-R/DS8204-R), 5 GSa/s (for

DS8034-R)

⚫ 4 analog channels, 1 EXT input channel ⚫ Standard memory depth up to 500 Mpts ⚫ High waveform capture rate (over 600,000 wfm/s) ⚫ Low jitter, multiple-device synchronization (<200 ps

RMS

, typical)

⚫ High-speed data communication interface (10 GE SFP+), ensuring the reliable

transmission of massive data

⚫ Integrates 6 independent instruments into 1, including digital oscilloscope,

spectrum analyzer, AWG (option), digital voltmeter, 6-digit counter and totalizer, and protocol analyzer (option)

⚫ Available to be extended to 512 channels, supporting synchronous acquisition

(with the multi-channel synchronization module)

⚫ Real-time eye diagram and jitter analysis software (option for

DS8104-R/DS8204-R, but unavailable for DS8034-R)

⚫ Built-in advanced power analysis software (option) ⚫ Operating temperature low below -40℃, available to be used for signal

monitoring in some special conditions

⚫ Multiple interfaces available: USB HOST&DEVICE, LAN(LXI), 10 GE SFP+, HDMI,

TRIG OUT, 10 MHz In, and 10 MHz Out

⚫ Web Control remote command ⚫ Compact and thin design, save rack space, 1U rack mount kit (standard) ⚫ Software development kit available for users to meet their customized

development according to their specific scenarios

⚫ Easy-to-use on-site multi-channel synchronization calibration kit, enabling you

to view multiple channels synchronously

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Document Overview

Main Topics of this Manual:

Chapter 1 Quick Start

Introduces the preparations before using the oscilloscope and provides a basic introduction of the instrument.

Chapter 2 To Set the Vertical System Introduces the vertical system functions of the oscilloscope.

Chapter 3 To Set the Horizontal System Introduces the horizontal system functions of the oscilloscope.

Chapter 4 To Set the Sample System Introduces the sample system functions of the oscilloscope.

Chapter 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope

Introduces the trigger mode, trigger coupling, trigger holdoff, external trigger, and various trigger types of the oscilloscope.

Chapter 6 Operations and Measurements Introduces how to make math operation, auto measurement, and cursor measurement.

Chapter 7 Digital Voltmeter (DVM) and Frequency Counter

Introduces how to use the digital voltmeter and the frequency counter.

Chapter 8 Power Analysis (Option)

Introduces the power analysis function, analyzes the power quality and output ripple noise of the input power.

Chapter 9 Histogram Analysis

Introduces the histogram analysis function.

Chapter 10 Real-time Eye Diagram and Jitter Analysis (Option)

Introduces the real-time eye diagram and jitter analysis function.

Chapter 11 Protocol Decoding

Introduces how to decode the input signal by using those common protocols.

Chapter 12 Reference Waveform

Introduces how to compare the input waveform with the reference waveform.

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Chapter 13 Pass/Fail Test

Introduces how to monitor the input signal by using the Pass/Fail test.

Chapter 14 Waveform Recording & Playing Introduces the waveform recording & playing function.

Chapter 15 Search and Navigation Function

Introduces the navigation function and how to quickly search the relevant events.

Chapter 16 Display Control

Introduces how to control the display of the oscilloscope.

Chapter 17 Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator (Option)

Introduces how to use the built-in Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator option.

Chapter 18 Store and Load Introduces how to store and load; how to carry out disk management.

Chapter 19 System Utility Function Setting

Introduces how to set the remote interfaces and system-related functions.

Chapter 20 Remote Control

Introduces how to control the oscilloscope remotely.

Chapter 21 Troubleshooting

Introduces how to deal with the common failures of the oscilloscope.

Chapter 22 Appendix

Provides the basic information for the options and accessories.

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Format Conventions in this Manual:

1. Key

The key on the front panel is denoted by the format of "Key Name (Bold) + Text Box" in the manual. For example, RUN/STOP denotes the "RUN/STOP" key.

2. Menu

The menu items are denoted by the format of "Menu Word (Bold) + Character Shading". For example, System denotes the "System" menu item under "Utility" function.

3. Operation Procedures

→ denotes the next step of operation. For example, Utility → System denotes clicking on the navigation function icon to enter the "Utility" menu first, and then clicking the System menu item.

4. Connector

The connectors on the front or rear panel are usually denoted by the format of "Connector Name (Bold) + Square Brackets (Bold)". For example, [TRIG OUT].

Content Conventions in this Manual:

DS8000-R series includes the following models. Unless otherwise specified, this manual takes DS8204-R as an example to illustrate the functions and operation methods of DS8000-R series digital oscilloscope.

Model

Analog Bandwidth

No. of Analog Channels

No. of Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator Channels

DS8104-R

1 GHz

1, Opt

DS8204-R

2 GHz

1, Opt

DS8034-R

350 MHz

1, Opt

Manuals of this Product:

Quick Guide, User Guide, Programming Guide, Data sheet, etc. For the latest version of this manual, download it from the official website of RIGOL (www.rigol.com).

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Contents

Guaranty and Declaration ......................................................................... I

Safety Requirement ................................................................................ II

General Safety Summary ........................................................................... II

Safety Notices and Symbols ...................................................................... IV

Measurement Category ............................................................................. V

Ventilation Requirement ............................................................................ V

Working Environment .............................................................................. VI

Care and Cleaning .................................................................................. VII

Environmental Considerations ................................................................. VIII

DS8000-R Series Overview .................................................................... IX

Document Overview ................................................................................. X

Chapter 1 Quick Start ......................................................................... 1-1

General Inspection ................................................................................ 1-2

Appearance and Dimensions ................................................................... 1-3

To Prepare for Use ................................................................................. 1-4

To Connect to AC Power .................................................................. 1-4

To Connect to the Display and the Control Device .............................. 1-4

Turn-on Checkout ........................................................................... 1-5

To Replace the Fuse ........................................................................ 1-6

To Connect the Probe ...................................................................... 1-6

Function Inspection ......................................................................... 1-8

Probe Compensation ....................................................................... 1-9

Front Panel Overview ............................................................................ 1-10

Rear Panel Overview ............................................................................. 1-10

User Interface ...................................................................................... 1-14

Common Operation .............................................................................. 1-17

Click Operation .............................................................................. 1-17

Drag Operation .............................................................................. 1-18

Scroll Operation ............................................................................. 1-18

Rectangle Drawing ......................................................................... 1-18

Parameter Setting Method .............................................................. 1-21

To Use the Built-in Help System ............................................................. 1-22

To View the Option Information and the Option Installation ...................... 1-23

Chapter 2 To Set the Vertical System ................................................. 2-1

To Enable or Disable the Analog Channel ................................................. 2-2

To Adjust the Vertical Scale .................................................................... 2-2

Vertical Expansion ................................................................................. 2-3

To Adjust the Vertical Offset ................................................................... 2-3

Channel Coupling .................................................................................. 2-4

Bandwidth Limit .................................................................................... 2-5

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Probe Ratio ........................................................................................... 2-5

Input Impedance ................................................................................... 2-6

Waveform Invert .................................................................................... 2-7

To Set the Probe .................................................................................... 2-7

Passive Probe .................................................................................. 2-8

Active Probe .................................................................................... 2-8

Amplitude Unit ....................................................................................... 2-9

Channel Delay ....................................................................................... 2-9

Offset Cal ............................................................................................ 2-10

Channel Label ...................................................................................... 2-11

Chapter 3 To Set the Horizontal System ............................................ 3-1

To Adjust the Horizontal Time Base .......................................................... 3-2

To Adjust the Horizontal Position.............................................................. 3-2

Delayed Sweep ...................................................................................... 3-3

Chapter 4 To Set the Sample System ................................................. 4-1

Timebase Mode ..................................................................................... 4-2

YT Mode ......................................................................................... 4-2

XY Mode ......................................................................................... 4-2

ROLL Mode ..................................................................................... 4-4

Acquisition Mode .................................................................................... 4-5

Normal ........................................................................................... 4-5

Average .......................................................................................... 4-5

Peak ............................................................................................... 4-6

High Resolution ............................................................................... 4-6

Sampling Mode ...................................................................................... 4-7

Sample Rate .......................................................................................... 4-7

Memory Depth ....................................................................................... 4-9

Anti-Aliasing ........................................................................................ 4-10

Horizontal Expansion ............................................................................ 4-10

Chapter 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope ................................................ 5-1

Trigger Source ....................................................................................... 5-2

Trigger Level .......................................................................................... 5-3

Trigger Mode ......................................................................................... 5-4

Trigger Coupling..................................................................................... 5-5

Trigger Holdoff ....................................................................................... 5-5

Noise Rejection ...................................................................................... 5-6

Trigger Type .......................................................................................... 5-7

Edge Trigger ................................................................................... 5-8

Pulse Trigger ................................................................................... 5-9

Slope Trigger ................................................................................. 5-11

Video Trigger................................................................................. 5-14

Pattern Trigger .............................................................................. 5-16

Duration Trigger ............................................................................ 5-18

Timeout Trigger ............................................................................. 5-20

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Runt Trigger .................................................................................. 5-22

Window Trigger ............................................................................. 5-24

Delay Trigger ................................................................................. 5-26

Setup/Hold Trigger ......................................................................... 5-28

Nth Edge Trigger............................................................................ 5-30

RS232 Trigger (Option) ................................................................... 5-32

I2C Trigger (Option) ....................................................................... 5-34

SPI Trigger (Option) ....................................................................... 5-37

CAN Trigger (Option) ...................................................................... 5-39

FlexRay Trigger (Option) ................................................................. 5-42

LIN Trigger (Option) ....................................................................... 5-44

I2S Trigger (Option) ....................................................................... 5-46

MIL-STD-1553 Trigger (Option) ....................................................... 5-49

Zone Trigger ........................................................................................ 5-52

Trigger Output Connector ...................................................................... 5-54

Chapter 6 Operations and Measurements ........................................... 6-1

Math Operation ..................................................................................... 6-2

Addition ......................................................................................... 6-2

Subtraction .................................................................................... 6-3

Multiplication .................................................................................. 6-4

Division .......................................................................................... 6-5

FFT ............................................................................................... 6-6

"AND" Operation ............................................................................. 6-9

"OR" Operation .............................................................................. 6-10

"XOR" Operation ............................................................................ 6-11

"NOT" Operation ............................................................................ 6-12

Intg .............................................................................................. 6-13

Diff ............................................................................................... 6-14

Sqrt .............................................................................................. 6-14

Lg (Base 10 Exponential) ................................................................ 6-15

Ln ................................................................................................ 6-16

Exp .............................................................................................. 6-17

Abs .............................................................................................. 6-17

Low Pass ....................................................................................... 6-18

High Pass ...................................................................................... 6-19

Band Pass ..................................................................................... 6-20

Band Stop ..................................................................................... 6-21

AX+B ............................................................................................ 6-22

Math Operation Label ..................................................................... 6-22

Auto Measurement ............................................................................... 6-24

Quick Measurement after AUTO....................................................... 6-24

Measurement Parameter ................................................................. 6-26

Measurement Settings .................................................................... 6-32

Remove the Measurement Result ..................................................... 6-35

Statistical Function ......................................................................... 6-35

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All Measurement ............................................................................ 6-36

Cursor Measurement ............................................................................ 6-36

Manual Mode ................................................................................ 6-37

Track Mode ................................................................................... 6-41

XY Mode ....................................................................................... 6-43

Measure Mode ............................................................................... 6-44

Chapter 7 Digital Voltmeter (DVM) and Frequency Counter ............... 7-1

Digital Voltmeter (DVM) .......................................................................... 7-2

To Enable or Disable DVM Measurement ............................................ 7-2

To Select the Measurement Source .................................................... 7-3

To Select Measurement Mode ........................................................... 7-3

To Set the Limits ............................................................................. 7-3

Frequency Counter ................................................................................. 7-4

To Enable or Disable the Frequency Counter ....................................... 7-4

To Select the Measurement Source .................................................... 7-4

To Select the Measurement Item ....................................................... 7-4

To Set Resolution ............................................................................. 7-5

To Clear Count ................................................................................ 7-5

To Enable or Disable the Statistical Function ....................................... 7-5

Chapter 8 Power Analysis (Option) .................................................... 8-1

Power Quality ........................................................................................ 8-2

To Select the Analysis Type ............................................................... 8-2

To Set the Power Quality Analysis Source ........................................... 8-2

To Set the Reference Level ............................................................... 8-2

To Set Count ................................................................................... 8-3

To Reset ......................................................................................... 8-3

To Open or Close the Results Display Window .................................... 8-3

To View the Connection Diagram ....................................................... 8-3

Ripple ................................................................................................... 8-4

To Select the Analysis Type ............................................................... 8-4

To Set the Ripple Analysis Source ...................................................... 8-4

To Set Count ................................................................................... 8-4

To Reset ......................................................................................... 8-4

To Open or Close the Results Display Window .................................... 8-5

To View the Connection Diagram ....................................................... 8-5

Chapter 9 Histogram Analysis ............................................................ 9-1

To Enable or Disable the Histogram Function ............................................ 9-2

To Select the Histogram Type .................................................................. 9-2

To Select the Histogram Source ............................................................... 9-3

To Select the Measurement Item ............................................................. 9-3

To Set the Histogram Height ................................................................... 9-3

To Set the Histogram Range .................................................................... 9-3

To Enable or Disable the Statistical Function ............................................. 9-4

To Reset ................................................................................................ 9-4

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Chapter 10 Real-time Eye Diagram and Jitter Analysis (Option) ........ 10-1

Real-time Eye Analysis .......................................................................... 10-2

To Enable or Disable the Eye Analysis Function ................................. 10-2

To Select the Eye Source ................................................................ 10-2

To Set the Threshold ...................................................................... 10-2

To Set Clock Recovery .................................................................... 10-3

To Enable or Disable the Eye Measurement Result ............................. 10-4

To Reset Color ............................................................................... 10-5

Persistence .................................................................................... 10-5

Jitter Analysis ....................................................................................... 10-6

To Enable or Disable the Jitter Analysis Function ............................... 10-6

To Select the Jitter Source .............................................................. 10-6

To Set the Threshold ...................................................................... 10-7

To Set Clock Recovery .................................................................... 10-7

To Set the Jitter Measurement ......................................................... 10-7

To Enable or Disable the Jitter Measurement Result ........................... 10-9

To Reset ..................................................................................... 10-10

Chapter 11 Protocol Decoding ............................................................ 11-1

Parallel Decoding .................................................................................. 11-2

RS232 Decoding (Option) ...................................................................... 11-6

I2C Decoding (Option) ........................................................................ 11-12

SPI Decoding (Option) ........................................................................ 11-16

LIN Decoding (Option) ........................................................................ 11-20

CAN Decoding (Option) ....................................................................... 11-25

FlexRay Decoding (Option) .................................................................. 11-29

I2S Decoding (Option) ........................................................................ 11-33

1553B Decoding (Option) .................................................................... 11-36

Chapter 12 Reference Waveform ........................................................ 12-1

To Enable Ref Function ......................................................................... 12-2

To Select the Reference Channel ............................................................ 12-2

To Select the Ref Source ....................................................................... 12-2

To Adjust the Ref Waveform Display ....................................................... 12-2

To Save to Internal Memory .................................................................. 12-3

To Clear the Display of the Reference Waveform ...................................... 12-3

To View Details of the Reference Waveform ............................................ 12-3

To Reset the Reference Waveform .......................................................... 12-3

Color Setting ........................................................................................ 12-4

Label Setting ........................................................................................ 12-4

To Export to Internal or External Memory ............................................... 12-4

To Import from Internal or External Memory ........................................... 12-5

Binary Data Format (.bin) ...................................................................... 12-5

Binary Header Format .................................................................... 12-5

Chapter 13 Pass/Fail Test ................................................................... 13-1

To Enable or Disable the Pass/Fail Test Function ...................................... 13-2

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To Start or Stop the Pass/Fail Test Operation ........................................... 13-2

To Select the Source ............................................................................. 13-2

To Create a Mask ................................................................................. 13-3

To Save a Mask .................................................................................... 13-3

To Load a Mask .................................................................................... 13-3

To Set the Output Form of the Test Results ............................................. 13-4

To Enable or Disable the Display of the Statistics of the Test Results ......... 13-4

Statistics Reset .................................................................................... 13-5

Chapter 14 Waveform Recording & Playing ....................................... 14-1

Common Settings ................................................................................. 14-2

Record Options .................................................................................... 14-3

Play Options ........................................................................................ 14-4

Chapter 15 Search and Navigation Function ...................................... 15-1

Search Function ................................................................................... 15-2

To Enable or Disable the Search Function ......................................... 15-2

To Select the Search Type and Set the Parameters ............................ 15-2

To Copy Trigger ............................................................................. 15-3

To Open or Close the Mark Table ..................................................... 15-3

To Navigate ................................................................................... 15-4

To Save ........................................................................................ 15-4

Navigation Function .............................................................................. 15-4

Chapter 16 Display Control ................................................................ 16-1

To Select the Display Type .................................................................... 16-2

To Set the Persistence Time .................................................................. 16-2

To Set the Waveform Intensity .............................................................. 16-2

To Set the Screen Grid .......................................................................... 16-3

To Set the Grid Brightness..................................................................... 16-3

Scale .................................................................................................. 16-3

Color Grade ......................................................................................... 16-4

Waveform Freeze ................................................................................. 16-4

Chapter 17 Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator (Option) .......... 17-1

To Output Basic Waveforms .................................................................. 17-2

To Output Sine .............................................................................. 17-2

To Output Square .......................................................................... 17-3

To Output Ramp ............................................................................ 17-3

To Output Pulse ............................................................................. 17-4

To Output DC ................................................................................ 17-4

To Output Noise ............................................................................ 17-5

Sinc .............................................................................................. 17-5

Exp.Rise ....................................................................................... 17-5

Exp.Fall......................................................................................... 17-6

ECG ............................................................................................. 17-6

Gauss ........................................................................................... 17-6

Lorentz ......................................................................................... 17-7

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Haversine ...................................................................................... 17-7

To Output the Arbitrary Waveform .......................................................... 17-8

To Load the Channel and Waveform ................................................. 17-8

To Create the Waveform ................................................................. 17-9

To Edit Waveforms ....................................................................... 17-10

Modulation ........................................................................................ 17-11

AM ............................................................................................. 17-12

FM ............................................................................................. 17-13

FSK ............................................................................................ 17-14

Sweep ............................................................................................... 17-14

Burst ................................................................................................. 17-16

Chapter 18 Store and Load ................................................................. 18-1

Storage System .................................................................................... 18-2

Storage Type ....................................................................................... 18-2

Load Type ............................................................................................ 18-4

Internal Storage and Load ..................................................................... 18-4

External Storage and Load .................................................................... 18-6

Disk Management ................................................................................. 18-6

To Select a File Type ...................................................................... 18-7

To Create a Folder.......................................................................... 18-7

To Delete a File or Folder .............................................................. 18-11

To Copy and Paste a File or Folder ................................................. 18-11

To Rename a File or Folder ........................................................... 18-12

To Clear the Internal Memory Safely .............................................. 18-12

Export ........................................................................................ 18-12

Factory Settings ................................................................................. 18-12

Chapter 19 System Utility Function Setting ........................................ 19-1

Remote Interface Configuration ............................................................. 19-2

LAN Configuration .......................................................................... 19-2

To Set mDNS ................................................................................. 19-5

To Set Host Name .......................................................................... 19-5

To Set the GPIB Address ................................................................. 19-5

To Set HDMI .................................................................................. 19-6

SFP+ Configuration ........................................................................ 19-6

USB Connection ............................................................................. 19-7

System-related ..................................................................................... 19-8

Beeper .......................................................................................... 19-8

Language ...................................................................................... 19-8

System Information ........................................................................ 19-8

Power On ...................................................................................... 19-8

Power Status ................................................................................. 19-9

Aux Output ................................................................................... 19-9

Ref Clock ...................................................................................... 19-9

Help ........................................................................................... 19-10

Self-calibration ............................................................................. 19-10

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Auto Config ................................................................................. 19-11

Print Setting ................................................................................ 19-11

Email .......................................................................................... 19-13

Key Locker .................................................................................. 19-14

Quick Operation .......................................................................... 19-14

Screen Saver ............................................................................... 19-17

Self-check ................................................................................... 19-17

System Time ............................................................................... 19-18

Default Option ............................................................................. 19-18

Chapter 20 Remote Control ............................................................... 20-1

Remote Control via USB ........................................................................ 20-2

Remote Control via LAN ........................................................................ 20-6

Remote Control via GPIB ....................................................................... 20-7

Chapter 21 Troubleshooting .............................................................. 21-1

Chapter 22 Appendix ......................................................................... 22-1

Appendix A: Accessories and Options ..................................................... 22-1

Appendix B: Warranty ........................................................................... 22-3

Index ................................................................................... 1

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Chapter 1 Quick Start

This chapter introduces the precautions when using the oscilloscope for the first time, the user interface, and how to use the built-in help system.

Contents in this chapter:

◼ General Inspection ◼ Appearance and Dimensions ◼ To Prepare for Use ◼ Front Panel Overview ◼ Rear Panel Overview ◼ User Interface ◼ Common Operation ◼ To Use the Built-in Help System ◼ To View the Option Information and the Option Installation

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General Inspection

1． Inspect the packaging

If the packaging has been damaged, do not dispose the damaged packaging or cushioning materials until the shipment has been checked for completeness and has passed both electrical and mechanical tests.

The consigner or carrier shall be liable for the damage to the instrument resulting from shipment. RIGOL would not be responsible for free maintenance/rework or replacement of the instrument.

2． Inspect the instrument

In case of any mechanical damage, missing parts, or failure in passing the electrical and mechanical tests, contact your RIGOL sales representative.

3． Check the accessories

Please check the accessories according to the packing lists. If the accessories are damaged or incomplete, please contact your RIGOL sales representative.

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Appearance and Dimensions

Figure 1-1 Front View Unit: mm

Figure 1-2 Side View Unit: mm

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To Prepare for Use

To Connect to AC Power

The input AC power requirements of the oscilloscope are 100~240 V, 45~440 Hz. Please use the power cord provided in the accessories to connect the oscilloscope to the AC power source via the power cord connector, as shown in Figure 1-3.

Figure 1-3 To Connect to AC Power

CAUTION

To avoid electric shock, ensure that the instrument is correctly grounded.

To Connect to the Display and the Control Device

DS8000-R series does not have an LCD display or monitor. To set the parameters and view the measurement results, you need to connect it to an external control and display device. You can use the externally connected monitor, mouse, or keyboard to control the DS8000-R series oscilloscope. Also, you can use the Web Control remote control method to control the oscilloscope.

⚫ To control with the externally connected display device, mouse, and

keypad board

You can configure the parameters for the function menu, observe acquired waveforms, measurement results, and other information on the user interface through the display device (e.g. LCD, TV, projector, etc.) externally connected via the rear-panel HDMI interface. The keyboard and mouse can be connected to the oscilloscope via the USB interface. In this way, you can input values or strings with the externally connected keypad and mouse; scroll with the mouse to select the desired parameter and adjust the parameter value; drag the mouse cursor to make dragging operation on the screen.

Note:

The operations for controlling the DS8000-R series oscilloscope in this manual are, by default, described based on the externally connected mouse and keypad board operation. The screen mentioned in this manual refers to the externally

Power Cord Connector

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connected display device that is connected via the HDMI interface.

⚫ Web Control remote operation

Connect the oscilloscope to the network, then input the IP address of the oscilloscope into the address bar of the browser of your PC or any mobile devices. The RIGOL web control interface is displayed. Click Web Control at the left section to enter the web control page. Then you can view the display of the real-time interface of oscilloscope. Through the Web Control method, you can migrant the device control and waveform analysis to the control terminals (e.g. PC, Mobile, iPad, and other smart terminals) to realize remote control of instruments. For methods on how to realize Web Control for the instrument, refer to "Remote Control". When you first log in to the Web Control page, the user name is "admin" and the password is "rigol".

Turn-on Checkout

When the oscilloscope is connected to power, press the Power key at the lower-left corner of the front panel to start the oscilloscope. During the start-up process, the oscilloscope performs a series of self-tests. If the oscilloscope has been connected to an external display device, after the self-test, the splash screen is displayed.

Tip

Restart and Shutdown:

1. Operate the oscilloscope with the externally connected mouse. Click on the

function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen to enable the function navigation.

2. Click on the "Restart" icon , and then the "Restart" selection menu is

displayed, as shown in the figure below:

3. If you click on the "Restart" icon , the oscilloscope will be powered off

and then automatically restart again. If you click on the "Shutdown" icon

, the oscilloscope is powered off (you can also press the Power key at the

lower-left corner of the front panel to turn off the oscilloscope).

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To Replace the Fuse

If you need to replace the fuse, use only the specified fuse (AC 250 V, T3.15 A; 5.2 mm× 20 mm) and perform the following operations (as shown in Figure 1-4):

1． Turn off the instrument, cut off the power and remove the power cord. 2． Insert a slotted screwdriver into the slot of the fuse holder to pry it out. 3． Take out the fuse. 4． Replace the old fuse with a specified fuse. 5． Install the fuse holder.

Figure 1-4 To Replace the Fuse

WARNING

To avoid electric shock, please ensure that the instrument has been turned off, the power source has been cut off, and the fuse to be used conforms

to the fuse rating.

To Connect the Probe

RIGOL provides the passive probe and the active probe (required to be purchased by yourself if necessary) for DS8000-R series. For specific probe models, please refer to

DS8000-R Series Datasheet

. For detailed technical information of the probes,

please refer to the specified Probe User Guide.

Connect the passive probe:

1. Connect the BNC terminal of the probe to an analog channel input terminal of

the oscilloscope on the front panel, as shown in Figure 1-5.

2. Connect the ground alligator clip or spring of the probe to the circuit ground

terminal, and then connect the probe tip to the circuit point to be tested.

Fuse Holder

Fuse

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Figure 1-5 To Connect the Passive Probe

After you connect the passive probe, check the probe function and probe compensation adjustment before making measurements. For detailed procedures, refer to "Function Inspection" and "Probe Compensation".

Connect the active probe:

Take RP7150 (active differential probe head) as an example.

1. Connect the probe head to the preamp of the active probe, as shown in Figure

1-6.

Figure 1-6 To Connect the Probe Head to the Preamp of the Active Probe

2. Connect the other end of the preamp to an analog channel input terminal of the

oscilloscope on the front panel, as shown in Figure 1-7. Note that you should push the probe to the end to ensure that it is tightly connected.

Figure 1-7 To Connect the Active Probe

3. Use the probe auxiliary equipment to connect the probe head to the circuit

under test. For details about the probes, refer to

RP7000 Series Active Probe

User Guide

After connecting the active probe, you can perform probe calibration and offset

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voltage adjustment if necessary. For detailed procedures, refer to the "Active

Probe" section.

Function Inspection

This section takes RP3500A passive high-impedance probe as an example to illustrate the steps of function inspection for the oscilloscope.

1. Click on the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen

to open the function navigation. Then click on the "Storage" icon to enter the storage and loading setting menu. Click More → Default, then a prompt message "Restore default settings?" is displayed. Click OK to restore the instrument to its factory default settings.

2. Connect the ground alligator clip of the probe to the "Ground Terminal" as

shown in Figure 1-8 below.

3. Use the probe to connect the input terminal of CH1 of the oscilloscope and the

"Compensation Signal Output Terminal" of the probe, as shown in Figure 1-8.

Figure 1-8 To Use the Compensation Signal

4. Set the probe attenuation to 10X, and then click the Auto key in the Web

Control page.

5. Observe the waveform on the display. In normal condition, the square waveform

as shown in Figure 1-9 should be displayed.

Figure 1-9 Square Waveform Signal

Compensation Signal Output Terminal

Ground Terminal

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6. Use the same method to test the other channels. If the square waveforms

actually shown do not match that in the figure above, please perform "Probe

Compensation" introduced in the next section.

WARNING

To avoid electric shock when using the probe, please make sure that the insulated wire of the probe is in good condition. Do not touch the metallic part of the probe when the probe is connected to high voltage

source.

Probe Compensation

When the probes are used for the first time, you should compensate the probes to make them match the input channels of the oscilloscope. Non-compensated or poorly compensated probes may cause measurement inaccuracy or errors. The probe compensation procedures are as follows:

1. Perform Step 1, 2, 3 and 4 specified in "Function Inspection".

2. Check the displayed waveforms and compare them with Figure 1-10.

Figure 1-10 Probe Compensation

3. Use a nonmetallic screwdriver to adjust the low-frequency compensation

adjustment hole on the probe until the waveform is displayed as "Perfectly compensated" in the figure above.

Tip

The signal output from the probe compensation connector can only be used for making compensation adjustment for the 10X high-impedance probe and cannot be used for calibration.

Over compensated Perfectly compensated Under compensated

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Front Panel Overview

Figure 1-11 Front Panel

Table 1-1 Front Panel Description

No.

Description

No.

Description

RUN/STOP Key

LAN Interface Indicator

Acq Indicator

50 Ω Indicator

USB HOST Interface

Probe Compensation Signal Output

Terminal/Ground Terminal

1 MΩ Indicator

Analog Channel Input Terminals

Power Key

Force Key (used to initiate a trigger

forcibly)

Rear Panel Overview

Figure 1-12 Rear Panel

2 1 8 9 10 11

3 4 5 6 7

1 2 3 4 5

10 9 8 7 6

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1. LAN Interface

Connect the instrument to network via this interface. The instrument is in compliance with the standards specified in LXI Device Specification 2011. It can be used to set up a test system. When you access to the Internet, you can use the Web Control, PC software Ultra Scope, or use the user-defined programming to control the instrument. When update is available, you can perform online upgrading for the system software of the instrument via the LAN interface. After it is connected to the network, you can print the waveform displayed on the screen through the network printer.

2. USB HOST Interface

You can connect the storage device that is compatible with the USB to the instrument via the USB HOST interface. Connecting the storage device can save or recall the waveform files and setup files; as well as save the data and screen image. When update is available, you can perform local upgrading for the system software of the instrument via the USB HOST interface.

Tip

After the oscilloscope is connected to network (if you do not have the access to the Internet, please ask the administrator to open the specified network authority), you can perform online upgrading for the system software:

1) Click on the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the

externally connected screen to enable the function navigation.

2) Click on the "Help" icon , and then the "Help" menu is displayed on

the screen.

3) Click Online upgrade, then a "System Update Information" window is

displayed, requesting you whether to accept or cancel "RIGOL PRODUCT ONLINE UPGRADE SERVICE TERMS". Click "Accept" to start online upgrade. Click "Cancel" to cancel the online upgrade.

Tip

Perform local upgrading for the system software:

1) Insert the USB storage device (stored with upgrading files under its root

directory) into the USB HOST interface.

2) Click on the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the

externally connected screen to enable the function navigation. Then click on the "Help" icon , and then the "Help" menu is displayed on

the screen. Click Local upgrade, then a dialog box "Upgrade system firmware?" is displayed.

3) Click OK to start local upgrade for the oscilloscope. If you click

"Cancel", the local upgrade will be cancelled.

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3. SFP+ Interface

SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) module electrical interface. It is an optical transceiver and supports hot plugging. Through this interface, the oscilloscope can support 10 Gbit/s data transmission rate.

4. HDMI Video Output

Through this interface, you can connect the instrument to an external display (e.g. monitor or projector) equipped with the HDMI interface to better observe the waveform display clearly.

5. USB DEVICE Interface

You can connect the instrument to the PC via this interface. Then you can use the PC software Ultra Scope to send the SCPI commands, or use the user-defined programming to control the instrument.

6. 10 M In/Out

Indicates the reference clock. It can provide accurate sample clock signal for the oscilloscope, and can be used to synchronize the clock of two or multiple oscilloscopes.

7. EXT

Inputs the external signal via the external input terminal.

8. GEN

Outputs the built-in signal output from the function/arbitrary waveform generator via this GEN connector. This function is only available for the model installed with the DS8000-R-AWG option.

9. Trigger Out and Pass/Fail

⚫ TRIG OUT

The oscilloscope can output a signal that can reflect the current capture rate of the oscilloscope at each trigger via this interface. Connect the signal to a waveform display device and measure the frequency of the signal. The measurement result is the same as the current capture rate.

⚫ Pass/Fail

The instrument can output a pulse from the [TRIG OUT] connector when a pass/failed event is detected during the pass/fail test.

10. Fuse

If you need to replace the fuse, use only the specified fuse. For details, refer to descriptions in "To Replace the Fuse".

11. AC Power Cord Connector

Indicates the input terminal where AC power source is connected. The power supply requirements of the instrument are: 100 V~240 V; 45

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Hz~440 Hz. Please use the power cord provided in the accessories to

connect the oscilloscope to the AC power source.

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User Interface

DS8000-R series does not have an LCD display. You can operate the oscilloscope and configure parameters with the externally connected mouse via the USB interface on the oscilloscope; observe acquired waveforms, the setting information, and the measurement results on the user interface through the monitor externally connected via the HDMI interface.

Note: The screen mentioned in this manual refers to the externally connected

display device that is connected via the HDMI interface.

Figure 1-13 User Interface

1. Analog Channel Label/Waveform

Different channels are marked with different colors. The color of the channel label is the same as that of the waveform.

2. Operating Status

Available states include RUN, STOP, T’D (triggered), WAIT, and AUTO.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13

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3. Horizontal Time Base

Represents the time length per grid in the horizontal axis of the screen.

4. Sample Rate/Memory Depth

⚫ Displays the current sample rate and memory depth of the analog channel. ⚫ The sample rate and the memory depth will change along with the

horizontal time base.

5. Auto Measurement Label

Click the label, and up to 41 waveform parameters are available for auto measurement. It also offers full-memory hardware measurement function.

6. Waveform Memory

Provides a diagram of the position of the screen waveform in the memory.

7. Trigger Position

Displays the trigger position of the screen waveform and that of the waveform in the memory.

8. Run/Stop Label

In the run state, the label is displayed in green; while in the stop state, it is displayed in red. You can click the label "STOP/RUN" to control its operating status.

9. Horizontal Position

Displays the horizontal position. Click this label, and you can adjust the horizontal position.

10. Trigger Type

Displays the currently selected trigger type and trigger condition setting. When you select different trigger types, different labels are displayed. For example, represents triggering on the rising edge in "Edge" trigger.

11. Trigger Source

Displays the currently selected trigger source (CH1-CH4, AC Line, or EXT). When you select different trigger sources, different labels are displayed. For example,

denotes that CH1 is selected as the trigger source.

12. Trigger Level

⚫ When CH1-CH4 or EXT is selected as the trigger source, you need to set a

proper trigger level.

screen waveform

waveform in the memory

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⚫ The trigger level label is displayed at the left section of the screen, and

the trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

⚫ When you modify the trigger level, the trigger level value will change with

the up and down of .

Note: In Slope Trigger, Runt Trigger, and Window trigger, you need to set the

upper and lower limits of the trigger level, and two trigger level labels ( and

) are displayed.

13. Operation Menu

Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the externally connected screen to open the function navigation. Click any icon in the navigation menu to open the corresponding menu.

14. Notification Area

Displays the beeper icon, the USB storage device icon, time, and the LAN connection icon.

⚫ Beeper icon: open the function navigation men, click Utility → Beeper to

turn on or off the beeper. When the beeper is turned on, will be displayed; when off, will be displayed.

⚫ USB storage device icon: When a USB storage device is detected, will be

displayed.

⚫ Time: displays the system time. For the system time setting, refer to

descriptions in "System Time".

⚫ LAN connection icon: When the LAN interface is successfully connected,

will be displayed.

15. AWG

⚫ Displays the on/off status of AWG. ⚫ Displays the waveform type set for the current AWG. ⚫ It is only available for the model installed with the DS8000-R-AWG option.

16. CH4 Status Label

⚫ Displays the status of CH4. ⚫ Displays the vertical scale of CH4. That is, the voltage value per grid of CH4

in the vertical axis.

⚫ Displays the offset of CH4, i.g. the vertical offset of CH4 waveform. ⚫ Different labels will be displayed according to the current channel setting.

For example, if you select "DC" for channel coupling, is displayed; if you enable the bandwidth limit, is displayed; if you select "50 Ω" for impedance, is displayed.

17. Message Box

Displays the prompt messages.

18. CH3 Status Label

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⚫ Displays the status of CH3. ⚫ Displays the vertical scale of CH3. That is, the voltage value per grid of CH3

in the vertical axis.

⚫ Displays the offset of CH3, i.g. the vertical offset of CH3 waveform. ⚫ Different labels will be displayed according to the current channel setting.

For example, if you select "DC" for channel coupling, is displayed; if you

enable the bandwidth limit, is displayed; if you select "50 Ω" for

impedance, is displayed.

19. CH2 Status Label

⚫ Displays the status of CH2. ⚫ Displays the vertical scale of CH2. That is, the voltage value per grid of CH2

in the vertical axis.

⚫ Displays the offset of CH2, i.g. the vertical offset of CH2 waveform. ⚫ Different labels will be displayed according to the current channel setting.

For example, if you select "DC" for channel coupling, is displayed; if you

enable the bandwidth limit, is displayed; if you select "50 Ω" for

impedance, is displayed.

20. CH1 Status Label

⚫ Displays the status of CH1. ⚫ Displays the vertical scale of CH1. That is, the voltage value per grid of CH1

in the vertical axis.

⚫ Displays the offset of CH1, i.g. the vertical offset of CH1 waveform. ⚫ Different labels will be displayed according to the current channel setting.

For example, if you select "DC" for channel coupling, is displayed; if you

enable the bandwidth limit, is displayed; if you select "50 Ω" for

impedance, is displayed.

21. Function Navigation

Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the externally connected screen to open the function navigation.

Common Operation

Click Operation

⚫ Click the menu displayed on the externally connected screen to operate on the

menu.

⚫ Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the externally

connected screen to open the function navigation.

⚫ Click the displayed numeric keypad to set the parameters. ⚫ Click the virtual keypad to set the label name, the filename, and other character

strings.

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⚫ Click the close button at the upper-right corner of the message box to close

the prompt window.

⚫ Click other windows on the externally connected screen and operate on the

windows.

⚫ Double-click the left mouse button to stop the recording/playing of the

waveforms or stop the self-calibration.

Drag Operation

Click to select the menu and then drag the mouse to change the position of the waveforms or the cursor on the screen.

Scroll Operation

For the menu with the icon on it, click to select the parameter item, then scroll up and down with the mouse to adjust the parameter value. You can also set it with

the pop-up numeric keypad. For the menu with the icon , click the menu and scroll up and down with the mouse to adjust the parameter.

For example, to adjust the waveform brightness, first click on the function navigation

icon to open the function navigation. Then click on the "Display" icon to enter the "Display" setting menu. Click Intensity to adjust the intensity. The adjustable range of the intensity is from 1% to 100%. Scroll up with the mouse to increase the brightness, and scroll down with the mouse to decrease the brightness.

Rectangle Drawing

Click on the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the externally connected screen to open the function navigation. Then click on the "Draw rect" icon

to switch to the rectangle drawing mode. Drag the mouse cursor from upper left to lower right across the screen to draw a rectangle on the screen, and then a menu is displayed on the screen. At this time, you can click to select "Trigger zone A", "Trigger zone B", "Histogram", "Horizontal zoom in", "Vertical zoom in", or "Waveform zoom in". Drag the mouse cursor from lower right to upper left across the screen to draw a rectangle on the screen. Move your cursor away from the screen, and then a menu is displayed on the screen. At this time, you can click to select "Trigger zone A", "Trigger zone B", "Histogram", "Horizontal zoom out", "Vertical zoom out", or "Waveform zoom out".

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⚫ Select "Trigger zone A":

➢ Draw the region for Trigger zone A; ➢ Open Trigger zone A; ➢ Open the "Zone Trigger" menu.

⚫ Select "Trigger zone B":

➢ Draw the region for Trigger zone B; ➢ Open Trigger zone B; ➢ Open the "Zone Trigger" menu.

⚫ Select "Histogram":

➢ Draw the region for the histogram; ➢ Open the "Histogram" menu.

⚫ Select "Horizontal zoom in": expands the waveforms in the horizontal direction.

Select "Horizontal zoom out": compresses the waveforms in the horizontal direction.

⚫ Select "Vertical zoom in": expands the waveforms in the vertical direction. Select

"Vertical zoom out": compresses the waveforms in the vertical direction.

⚫ Select "Waveform zoom in": expands the waveforms both in the horizontal and

vertical direction. Select "Waveform zoom out": compresses the waveforms both in the horizontal and vertical direction.

Note: The menu displayed on the externally connected screen or the icon available

to be enabled on the screen can all be operated by Web Control. However, Web Control does not support the following operations:

⚫ Double-click the mouse left button to stop recording/playing of the waveforms;

or stop the self-calibration.

Tip

Click on the "Draw rect" icon to switch between the rectangle drawing and waveform operation modes.

Click on the "Draw rect" icon, if is displayed, it indicates that the rectangle

drawing mode is enabled. Click on the "Draw rect" icon, if is displayed, it indicates that the waveform operation mode is enabled. By default, the waveform operation mode is enabled.

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⚫ All the mouse dragging operation. ⚫ All the mouse scrolling operation. ⚫ Rectangle drawing operation.

In this manual, descriptions on menu operation through externally connected screen are illustrated in details. For details about menu operation through Web Control, we will illustrate it in relevant chapters if necessary.

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Parameter Setting Method

You can set the parameters of DS8000-R series through the Web Control or the externally connected display device/mouse/keyboard. The common parameter setting method is shown as follows:

Figure 1-14 Numeric Keypad

In the numeric keypad, click to select the value or the unit in the numeric keypad. You can also use the externally connected keyboard to input the parameter value. After you input all the values and select the desired units, the numeric keypad is turned off automatically. This indicates that you have completed parameter setting. Besides, after you have input the values, you can also click OK directly to close the numeric keypad. At this time, the unit of the parameter is the default unit. In the numeric keypad, you can also perform the following operations:

⚫ Delete the parameter value that has been input. ⚫ Set the parameter to a maximum or minimum value (sometimes, the maximum

or minimum value are the specified one for the current state).

⚫ Set the parameter to a default value. ⚫ Clear the parameter input field.

Tip

The above method is commonly used for the parameter settings of the oscilloscope. For other methods of parameter settings, refer to details in relevant chapters.

Parameter Input Field Delete key

Max. value

Min. value

Default

Clear key

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To Use the Built-in Help System

The help system of this oscilloscope provides instructions for all the function keys and their corresponding menu keys. The steps for viewing the help information are as follows:

1. Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen to

open the function navigation. Click the "Help" icon to enter the "Help" menu.

2. Click Content, and then the help information is displayed on the screen, as

shown in Figure 1-15. The help interface mainly consists of two sections. The left section lists "Help Options", and the right section is the "Help Display Area".

Figure 1-15 Help Information

After opening the help interface, you can click the desired help option to get its help information in the "Help Display Area".

Help Options Help Display Area

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To View the Option Information and the Option Installation

DS8000-R series oscilloscope provides multiple options to fulfill your measurement requirements. If you need any of these options, order them according to the Order No. available in "Appendix A: Accessories and Options", and then install the options according to this section. Besides, you can also view the options currently installed on the oscilloscope or activate the newly purchased option.

1. View the installed option

The instrument is installed with the trial versions of the options before leaving factory. When you power on the instrument for the first time, the trial time is about 2,160 minutes. If your instrument has currently installed the option, perform the following operations to view the name of the installed option and other detailed information about the option from the option list.

(1) Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen

to open the function navigation. Click the "Help" icon to enter the "Help" menu.

(2) Click the Option list menu item, and then a list of the options installed is

displayed on the screen for users to view.

2. Install the option

The option license is a string of fixed characters. Each instrument has one unique license. The license file should be in specific format, with the filename extension ".lic". After you purchase an option, you will obtain a key (used for obtaining the license). Then, you can install the option according to the following steps.

1) Obtain an option license

(1) Log in to the RIGOL official website (www.rigol.com), click License

Activation to enter the "Registered product license code" interface.

(2) In the software license registration interface, input the correct key,

serial number (Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen to open the function navigation. Click the "Help"

icon to enter the "Help" menu. Click About to obtain the serial number), and the verification code. Click Generate to obtain the download link of the option license file. If you need to use the option license file, please click the link to download the file to the root directory of the USB storage device.

2) Install the option

(1) Confirm that the option license file is located in the root directory of the

USB storage device, and connect the USB storage device to the oscilloscope properly.

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(2) The Option install key is activated, and click this menu item to start

installing the option.

(3) After installation, a prompt message "Option activated successfully" is

displayed. Note: After the option has been installed, you are recommended to restart the instrument.

Tip

⚫ Only 1 option license file of one instrument is allowed to be stored in the

same USB storage device, but the USB storage device can store the option license file of several different instruments. You are not allowed to modify the licensed filename.

⚫ During the installation process, you are not allowed to power off the

instrument or pull out the USB storage device.

⚫ Sending the SCPI commands (:SYSTem:OPTion:INSTall <license>) to install

options is supported. Installing options by inputting the license code manually is not supported.

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Chapter 2 To Set the Vertical System

DS8000-R series provides four analog input channels (CH1-CH4), and each channel is equipped with an independent vertical control system. The setting methods for the vertical systems of the four channels are the same. This chapter takes CH1 as an example to introduce the setting method for the vertical system. For this oscilloscope, only CH1 is enabled by default.

Contents in this chapter:

◼ To Enable or Disable the Analog Channel ◼ To Adjust the Vertical Scale ◼ Vertical Expansion ◼ To Adjust the Vertical Offset ◼ Channel Coupling ◼ Bandwidth Limit ◼ Probe Ratio ◼ Input Impedance ◼ Waveform Invert ◼ To Set the Probe ◼ Amplitude Unit ◼ Channel Delay ◼ Offset Cal ◼ Channel Label

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To Enable or Disable the Analog Channel

Enable the analog channel:

Connect a signal to the channel connector of CH1, and then click the CH1 label at the bottom part of the screen to enable CH1. Then, CH1 label is illuminated in yellow. At this point, the channel setting menu is displayed at the right section of the screen and the channel is activated. The channel status label at the bottom of the screen is shown in the figure below.

The information displayed in the channel status label is related to the current channel setting but irrelevant with the on/off status of the channel. After the channel is turned on, modify the parameters such as the vertical scale, horizontal time base, trigger mode, and trigger level according to the input signal for easy observation and measurement of the waveform.

If CH1 is enabled but not activated, the channel status label is shown in the following figure. To activate the channel, click the channel number in the channel status label or the channel label at the left side of the screen.

Disable the analog channel:

If the setting menu of the channel that needs to be disabled (the current channel is activated) is displayed at the right section of the screen, click the channel status label to disable the channel. If the setting menu of the channel that needs to be disabled is not displayed at the right section of the screen, first open the setting menu of the channel to be disabled (activate the channel), then click the channel status label to disable the channel. For example, if CH1 and CH2 are enabled, and CH2 channel setting menu is displayed on the screen, then if you need to disable CH1, first activate CH1, and then click the CH1 channel status label displayed on the externally connected screen to disable CH1. If CH1 is disabled, the channel status label is shown in the following figure.

To Adjust the Vertical Scale

Vertical scale indicates the voltage value per grid in the vertical axis of the screen. It is often expressed in V/div. While you adjust the vertical scale, the display amplitude of the waveform would enlarge or reduce. The scale information of the channel status label (e.g. as shown in the following figure) at the lower section of the screen

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would change accordingly.

The adjustable range of the vertical scale is related to the currently set probe ratio and input impedance. By default, the probe ratio is 1X and the input impedance is 1 MΩ. In this case, the adjustable range of the vertical scale is from 1 mV/div to 10 V/div.

When CH1 is turned on, you can adjust the vertical scale with the following method: Click the channel status label at the bottom of the screen. The following window is

displayed. Click on the icon at the right side of the Scale input field to decrease or increase (i.g. compress or enlarge the waveforms). You can also click the

Scale input field to input a specific value with the displayed numeric keypad.

Vertical Expansion

Click the channel status label at the bottom of the screen. In the channel menu, click More, then click Expand continuously to select "Center" or "GND".

⚫ Center: when the vertical scale is changed, the waveform will be expanded or

compressed around the screen center.

⚫ GND: when the vertical scale is changed, the waveform will be expanded or

compressed around the signal ground level position.

To Adjust the Vertical Offset

Vertical offset indicates the offset of the signal ground level position of the waveform from the screen center in the vertical direction. Its unit is consistent with the currently selected amplitude unit (refer to "Amplitude Unit"). When adjusting the vertical offset, the waveforms of the corresponding channel moves up and down. The vertical offset information (as shown in the following figure) in the channel status label at the bottom of the screen will change accordingly.

Vertical Offset

Vertical Scale

Value Input Field Decrease Increase

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The adjustable range of the vertical offset is related to the current input impedance, probe ratio, and vertical scale.

When CH1 is turned on, you can adjust the vertical offset with the following method: Click the channel status label at the bottom of the screen. The following window is

displayed. Click on the icon at the right side of the Offset input field to decrease or increase the offset. You can also click the Offset input field to input a specific value with the displayed numeric keypad.

Channel Coupling

The undesired signals can be filtered out by setting the coupling mode. For example, the signal under test is a square waveform with DC offset.

⚫ When the coupling mode is "DC": the DC and AC components of the signal under

test can both pass the channel.

⚫ When the coupling mode is "AC": the DC components of the signal under test

are blocked.

⚫ When the coupling mode is "GND", the DC and AC components of the signal

under test are both blocked.

Click Coupling in the channel setting menu to select the coupling mode. The available coupling modes include DC, AC, and GND. The current coupling mode is displayed in the channel status label at the bottom of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

DC AC GND

Note:

⚫ When the input impedance is set to "50 Ω", the channel coupling is set to DC

coupling by force, and the Coupling menu is grayed out and cannot be modified.

⚫ When the coupling mode is "AC", the input impedance is set to 1 MΩ by force,

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and the Impedance menu is grayed out and cannot be modified.

Bandwidth Limit

DS8000-R series supports the bandwidth limit function. Setting the bandwidth limit can reduce the noises in the displayed waveforms. For example, the signal under test is a pulse with high frequency oscillation.

⚫ When the bandwidth limit is disabled, the high frequency components of the

signal under test can pass the channel.

⚫ When you enable the bandwidth limit and limit it to 20 MHz, 250 MHz, or 500

MHz, the high frequency components found in the signal under test that are greater than 20 MHz, 250 MHz, or 500 MHz are attenuated.

Note: The bandwidth limit is different for different models.

Click the channel status label and select the desired bandwidth limit in the CH1 setting menu. When the bandwidth limit is enabled, the character "B" will be displayed in the channel status label at the bottom of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

The bandwidth limit that you select is based on the input impedance of your oscilloscope model, as shown in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1 Bandwidth Limit

Input Impedance of the Oscilloscope

Available Bandwidth Limit

50 Ω

DS8104-R/DS8204-R: 20 M DS8034-R: 20 MHz, 250 MHz

1 MΩ

DS8104-R/DS8204-R: 20 MHz, 250 MHz, 500 MHz; DS8034-R: 20 MHz, 250 MHz

Note: Bandwidth limit can not only reduce the noise, but also can attenuate or

eliminate the high frequency components of the signal.

Probe Ratio

DS8000-R series allows you to set the probe attenuation manually. To obtain the correct measurement results, you must set the probe ratio properly. By default, the probe ratio is 1X.

Click the CH1 channel status label to open the setting menu of CH1. Then, click Attenuation to select the desired probe ratio. The probe ratio values available are

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as shown in Table 2-2.

Table 2-2 Probe Ratio

Attenuation Ratio

(display amplitude of the signal: actual amplitude of the signal)

0.0001X

0.0002X

0.0005X

0.001X

0.002X

0.005X

0.01X

0.02X

0.05X

0.1X

0.2X

0.5X 1X (default) 2X 5X 10X 20X 50X 100X 200X 500X 1000X 2000X 5000X 10000X 20000X 50000X

0.0001:1

0.0002:1

0.0005:1

0.001:1

0.002:1

0.005:1

0.01:1

0.02:1

0.05:1

0.1:1

0.2:1

0.5:1 1:1 2:1 5:1 10:1 20:1 50:1 100:1 200:1 500:1 1000:1 2000:1 5000:1 10000:1 20000:1 50000:1

Note: After the oscilloscope auto-recognized certain probes with a fixed attenuation

ratio, the probe ratio will also be auto recognized. You do not have to set it manually.

Input Impedance

To reduce the circuit load between the oscilloscope and the circuit under test, this oscilloscope provides two input impedance modes: 1 MΩ (default) and 50 Ω.

⚫ 1 MΩ: The input impedance of the oscilloscope is very high, and the current

flowed from the circuit under test can be ignored.

⚫ 50 Ω: makes the oscilloscope match the device whose input impedance is 50 Ω.

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Click the CH1 channel status label to open the setting menu of CH1. Then, click Impedance continuously to select the input impedance of the oscilloscope. If you select "50 Ω", the channel status label at the bottom of the screen will display the icon .

Note:

⚫ After the oscilloscope recognizes the probe automatically, the input impedance

will also be auto recognized. You do not have to set it manually.

⚫ The setting of the input impedance will affect the ranges of channel vertical

scale and offset.

Waveform Invert

Click the CH1 channel status label to open the setting menu of CH1. Then, click Invert continuously to enable or disable the waveform invert. When enabled, the

channel label is displayed, as shown in the following figure.

When disabled, the waveform is displayed normally; when enabled, the voltage values of the displayed waveform are inverted (as shown in Figure 2-1). Enabling the waveform invert will also change the result of math function and waveform measurement.

(a) "Invert" Off

(b) "Invert" On

Figure 2-1 Waveform Invert

Note: When the waveform invert is enabled, the trigger edge or the trigger polarity

will change (e.g. Edge trigger, Pulse trigger, or Slope trigger).

To Set the Probe

The analog channel of this oscilloscope not only supports the common passive probe, but also the active probe. It can automatically recognize the currently connected

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probe type and its probe ratio. For detailed technical information of the probes, please refer to the corresponding Probe User Guide.

Click the CH1 channel status label to open the setting menu of CH1. Then, click Probe to open the probe menu. If different probes are connected to the oscilloscope, different information about the probe will be displayed, and you can perform the different operations on the menu.

Passive Probe

If a passive probe is connected, for example, when RIGOL's RP3500A probe model is connected to the oscilloscope, click Probe to open the probe menu. Its sub-menus are grayed out and disabled.

Active Probe

If an active probe is connected, for example, when RIGOL's RP7150 probe model is connected to the oscilloscope, click Probe to open the probe menu, and you can operate on the menu item.

⚫ Probe Delay

To avoid measurement result errors arising from the transmission delay of the probe cable, the oscilloscope provides the probe delay adjustment function for the active probe. Click Skew, and use the pop-up numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to set the probe delay time.

⚫ Bias Voltage

The oscilloscope provides the bias voltage adjustment function for active probes. This function is used to adjust the signal under test that exceeds the input dynamic range of the probe amplifier to an appropriate range to ensure the

Tip

For some of the ordinary passive probes, the oscilloscope can recognize their probe ratio automatically. If not recognized, please refer to "Probe Ratio" to set the probe ratio.

Tip

⚫ When a 50 Ω active probe is connected, the input impedance (refer to "Input

Impedance") of the channel will be automatically set to "50 Ω".

⚫ For the active probe, the oscilloscope can recognize the probe ratio

automatically. If the currently connected probe supports a variety of probe ratios, please refer to "Probe Ratio" to set the probe ratio.

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integrity of the signal under test. Click Bias, and use the pop-up numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to set the DC bias voltage.

⚫ Probe Information

Click About to view information about the probe currently connected, such as the manufacturer, model, serial number, and the last calibration date.

⚫ Probe Calibration

Click Calibration to start zero calibration automatically for the probe.

⚫ Demagnetization

Click Demagnetize to perform demagnetization automatically for the probe.

Note: This function is only available when the specified probe is connected. For

details about the probe demagnetization operation, refer to

PCA1030/PCA2030/PCA1150 User Guide

Amplitude Unit

Select the amplitude display unit for the current channel. The available units are W, A, V, and U. When the unit is changed, the unit related to the relevant functions of the channel will change accordingly.

Click the CH1 channel status label to open the CH1 setting menu. Click More → Unit to select a unit. The default unit for the value is V.

Channel Delay

When using an oscilloscope for actual measurement, the transmission delay of the probe cable may bring relatively greater errors (zero offset). DS8000-R allows you to set a delay time for calibrating the zero offset of the corresponding channel. Zero offset is defined as the offset of the crossing point of the waveform and trigger level line relative to the trigger position, as shown in Figure 2-2.

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Figure 2-2 Zero Offset

Click the CH1 channel status label to open the CH1 setting menu. Click More → Ch-Ch Skew, then use the pop-up numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to set the desired delay calibration time. The available range of the delay calibration time is from -100 ns to 100 ns.

Note: This parameter is related to the instrument model and the current horizontal

time base setting. The larger the horizontal time base is, the larger the setting step will be.

Offset Cal

When you use an oscilloscope to make actual measurements, a small offset that arises from the temperature drift of the component or external environment disturbance may occur on the zero-cross voltage of the channel, which will affect the measurement results of the vertical parameters. DS8000-R allows you to set an offset calibration voltage for calibrating the zero point of the corresponding channel, so as to improve the accuracy of the measurement results.

Note: If the zero-cross voltage of the channel has a larger amplitude offset that

exceeds the adjustable offset calibration range, please perform self-calibration for the instrument manually to ensure the measurement accuracy. For details, refer to descriptions in "Self-calibration".

Click the CH1 channel status label to enter the CH1 setting menu. Click More → Offset Cal, then use the pop-up numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to set the offset calibration value.

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Channel Label

The instrument uses the channel number to mark the corresponding channel by default. For ease of use, you can also set a label for each channel. For example, " ".

Click the CH1 channel status label to enter the CH1 setting menu. Click More → Label to enter the label setting menu. You can use the built-in label or manually input a label. Three input methods are available for you to input a label name, including Chinese, English, and Traditional Chinese.

The label setting menu includes the following menu items.

⚫ Click Display to turn on or off the display of the channel label. If it is enabled,

the label will be displayed at the left side of the waveform. When on, CH1 is, by default, displayed to be the channel label.

⚫ Click Library to select the preset labels such as CH1, ACK, ADDR, BIT, CLK, CS,

DATA, IN, MISO, MOSI, OUT, RX and TX.

⚫ Click Label and the label editing interface is automatically displayed, as shown in

Figure 2-3. You can input the label manually. For the label input method, refer to "To Create a Folder".

Figure 2-3 Label Editing Interface

For example, set the label to " ". In the virtual keypad, click "Caps" (only available to be selected for English input method) to switch the uppercase or lowercase mode. Select "C" and click it to complete inputting C. Use the same method to input "hn1". After finishing the input, click OK to finish the editing. If Display is enabled, the label will be displayed at the left of CH1 waveform.

To delete or modify the input characters, move the cursor to the right side of the character required to be deleted or modified, and then click the delete key to delete the character. To modify the characters, input the desired character again.

Label Input Area Input Selection Area Virtual Keypad Delete Key

Upper/Lower Case Switch

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The "Input Selection Area" is only available when you select the Chinese input method.

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Chapter 3 To Set the Horizontal System

Contents in this chapter:

◼ To Adjust the Horizontal Time Base ◼ To Adjust the Horizontal Position ◼ Delayed Sweep

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To Adjust the Horizontal Time Base

Horizontal time base, also called the horizontal scale, refers to the time of each grid in the horizontal direction of the screen. It is usually expressed in s/div. The adjustable range of the horizontal time base is from 200 ps/div to 1 ks/div.

While you change the horizontal time base, the displayed waveforms of all channels are expanded or compressed horizontally relative to the current selected horizontal reference baseline (refer to "Horizontal Expansion"). The horizontal time base at the upper-left corner of the screen will be changed accordingly, as shown in the figure below.

You can adjust the horizontal time base with the following methods:

Click the horizontal time base label at the top of the screen. The following

window is displayed. Click on the icon at the right side of the Scale input field to decrease or increase the scale (i.g. enlarge or compress the waveforms). You can also click the Scale input field to input a specific value with the displayed numeric keypad.

You can click on the function navigation icon to open the function navigation. Then click Acquisition → Fine to enable or disable the fine adjustment of the horizontal time base.

⚫ Coarse adjustment: adjusts the horizontal time base of the waveforms of all

channels at 1-2-5 step within the adjustable range.

⚫ Fine adjustment: adjusts the horizontal time base of the waveforms of all

channels with a minor step value within the adjustable range.

To Adjust the Horizontal Position

Horizontal position, also called trigger position, refers to the trigger point position of the waveforms of all channels in the horizontal direction relative to the screen center. When the waveform trigger point is at the left (right) side of the screen center, the

Decrease the Scale Increase the Scale

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horizontal position is a positive (negative) value. While you change the horizontal position, the waveform trigger points and the displayed waveforms of all channels are moved left and right. The horizontal position at the right-upper corner of the screen changes accordingly, as shown in the figure below.

You can adjust the horizontal position with the following method:

Click the horizontal position label at the top of the screen. The following

window is displayed. Click the icon at the right side of the Pos input field to decrease or increase the horizontal position. You can also click the Pos input field to input a specific value with the displayed numeric keypad.

Delayed Sweep

Delayed sweep can be used to enlarge a length of waveform horizontally to view waveform details.

Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the externally connected screen to open the function navigation menu. Click the acquisition icon

to open the acquisition setting menu. Click More → Zoom to enable or disable

the delayed sweep function.

Note: To enable the delayed sweep, you must ensure that the current time base

mode is "YT".

In delayed sweep mode, the screen is divided into two display areas, as shown in Figure 3-1.

Horizontal Position of the Delayed Sweep

Decrease the Position Increase the Position

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Figure 3-1 Delayed Sweep Mode

Waveform before enlargement:

The waveform in the area that is not covered by subtransparent blue in the upper part of the screen is the waveform before enlargement. Its horizontal time base (also called main time base) is displayed at the upper-left corner of the screen.

Waveform after enlargement:

The waveform in the lower part of the screen is the horizontally expanded delayed sweep waveform. Its horizontal time base (also called the time base of the delayed sweep) is displayed on the screen. Compared with the main time base, the time based of the delayed sweep has increased the waveform resolution.

Note: The time base of the delayed sweep should be smaller than or equal to the

main time base.

Waveform Before Enlargement

Main

Time

Base

Time

Base of

the

Delayed

Sweep

Waveform After Enlargement

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Chapter 4 To Set the Sample System

Contents in this chapter:

◼ Timebase Mode ◼ Acquisition Mode ◼ Sampling Mode ◼ Sample Rate ◼ Memory Depth ◼ Anti-Aliasing ◼ Horizontal Expansion

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Timebase Mode

DS8000-R series supports three available time base modes: YT mode, XY mode, and ROLL mode. By default, the time base mode is YT.

Click the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the externally connected screen to open the function navigation menu. Click the acquisition icon

to open the acquisition setting menu. Click Timebase Mode to select the

desired time base mode.

YT Mode

In this mode, the Y axis represents voltage, and the X axis represents time.

Note: Only when this mode is enabled, can delayed sweep be turned on. In this

mode, when the horizontal time base is equal to or greater than 200 ms/div, the instrument enters slow sweep mode. For details, refer to descriptions for slow sweep in "ROLL Mode".

XY Mode

In this mode, both the X axis and the Y axis represent the voltage. The mode changes the display from voltage-time display mode to voltage-voltage display. You can use the Lissajous method to measure the phase deviation of the two input signals whose frequencies are the same. The following figure shows the measurement schematic diagram of phase deviation.

Figure 4-1 Measurement Schematic Diagram of Phase Deviation

According to sin=A/B or C/D,  is the phase deviation angle between the two

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channels. The definitions of A, B, C, and D are shown in the above figure. The phase deviation angle is obtained, that is:

=arcsin(A/B) or arcsin(C/D)

If the principal axis of the ellipse is within Quadrant I and III, the phase deviation

angle obtained should be within Quadrant I and IV, namely within (0 to π/2) or (3π/2

to 2π). If the principal axis of the ellipse is within Quadrant II and IV, the phase

deviation angle obtained should be within Quadrant II and III, namely within (π/2 to

π) or (π to 3π/2).

The XY function can be used to measure the phase deviation occurred when the signal under test passes through a circuit network. Connect the oscilloscope to the circuit to monitor the input and output signals of the circuit.

Application example: measures the phase deviation between the input signals of two channels.

Use Lissajous method

1. Connect one sine signal to CH1, and then connect another sine signal (with the

same frequency and amplitude as the previous one but a 90° phase deviation from the previous one) to CH2.

2. In the Web Control page, click Auto at the right side of the operation interface.

After you select "XY" mode, click the label at the top of the screen to adjust the horizontal timebase for obtaining a proper sample rate to get a better view of Lissajous graph for observation and measurement.

3. Click the channel label of CH1 and CH2 at the bottom of the screen respectively

to adjust their vertical scale and offset to make the signals easy to observe. Then, a circle, as shown in the figure below, should be displayed.

4. Observe the measurement result shown in the figure above. According to the

measurement schematic diagram of the phase deviation (as shown in Figure 4-1), A/B(C/D)=1. Thus, the phase deviation angle of the two channel input

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signals is =arcsin1=90°.

Note:

⚫ The maximum sample rate in XY mode is 2.5 GSa/s. In this mode, CH1 and CH2

are forced to be enabled; CH3 and CH4 are forced to be disabled. Generally, a longer sample waveform can ensure better display effect of Lissajous figure. But due to the limitation of the memory depth, you have to reduce the waveform sample rate to acquire a longer waveform (refer to the introduction in "Memory Depth"). Therefore, during the measurement, reducing the sample rate properly can achieve better display effect of Lissajous figure.

⚫ The following functions are disabled in XY mode:

"Delayed Sweep", "To Select the Display Type", "Scale", "Protocol Decoding", "Pass/Fail Test", "To Trigger the Oscilloscope", and "Waveform Recording & Playing".

ROLL Mode

In this mode, the waveform scrolls from right to left to update the display. The available range of the horizontal scale is from 200 ms to 1 ks. Click the function navigation icon to select the Acquisition icon, then click More → Auto ROLL to select "ON". The system automatically enters the ROLL mode, and slow sweep mode is disabled.

Note:

⚫ If the current delayed sweep is enabled, then when you enable the ROLL mode,

the delayed sweep is disabled automatically. When you re-enable the "YT" mode, the delayed sweep will be re-enabled.

⚫ The following functions cannot be set in ROLL mode:

"To Adjust the Horizontal Position" (available when the oscilloscope is in "Stop" operating status), "Delayed Sweep", "To Trigger the Oscilloscope",

"Protocol Decoding", "Pass/Fail Test", "Waveform Recording & Playing", and "To Set the Persistence Time".

Slow Sweep

It is similar to the ROLL mode. In YT mode, when the horizontal time base is set to 200 ms/div or smaller, the instrument enters the "slow sweep" mode, in which the instrument first acquires the data at the left of the trigger point and then waits for a trigger event. After the trigger occurs, the instrument continues to finish the waveform at the right of the trigger point. When observing the low-frequency signal in the slow sweep mode, it is recommended that you set "Channel Coupling" to "DC".

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Acquisition Mode

The acquisition mode is used to control how to generate waveform points from the sample points.

DS8000-R supports the following four acquisition modes: Normal, Average, Peak, and High Resolution. By default, the acquisition mode is Normal.

Click on the function navigation icon to open the navigation function. Then, click

Acquisition → Acquisition to select the desired acquisition mode.

Normal

In this mode, the oscilloscope samples the signal at a specified fixed time interval to rebuild the waveform. For most of the waveforms, using this mode can produce the optimal display effects.

Average

In this mode, the oscilloscope averages the waveforms from multiple samples to reduce the random noise of the input signal and improve the vertical resolution. Greater number of averages can lower the noise and increase the vertical resolution; while at the same time, it will slow the response of the displayed waveform to the waveform changes.

When you select "Average" mode, click Averages and use the numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to set the desired number of averages. When the average count value is not in Nth power-of-2, a prompt message "Truncation average error" is displayed. At this time, a value that is smaller than the one you input and the closest to the Nth power-of-2 will be input automatically. For example, if you input 9 with the numeric keypad, the average count will be input 8 automatically.

The number of averages can be set to 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, or 65536. By default, it is 2.

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Figure 4-2 Waveforms before Averaging

Figure 4-3 Waveforms after 128 Times of Averaging

Peak

In this mode, the oscilloscope acquires the maximum and minimum values of the signal within the sample interval to get the envelope of the signal or the narrow pulse that might be lost. In this mode, signal aliasing can be prevented, but the noise displayed would be larger.

In this mode, the oscilloscope can display all the pulses whose pulse widths are at least the same as the sample period.

High Resolution

This mode uses an over-sample technique to average the neighboring points of the sample waveform. This reduces the random noise on the input signal, generates a

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much smoother waveform on the screen. This is generally used when the sample rate of the digital converter is greater than the storage rate of the acquisition memory.

Note:

⚫ The "Average" and "High Res" modes use different averaging methods. The

former uses "Multi-sample Average" and the latter uses "Single-sample Average".

⚫ In "High Res" mode, the oscilloscope improves the measurement accuracy at

the cost of bandwidth. Each time the sampling rate changes, a window displaying the current bandwidth appears at the lower-left corner of the screen.

⚫ In "High Res" mode, the highest waveform refresh rate mode is not supported.

Sampling Mode

This oscilloscope only supports the real-time sampling mode. In this mode, the oscilloscope produces the waveform display from samples collected during one trigger event. The highest real-time sample rate on the analog channel of DS8000-R series is 10 GSa/s (note that for DS8034-R, it is 5 GSa/s). The current sample rate is displayed under CH SampleRate.

Sample Rate

Sampling is the process of converting the analog signal into the digital signal at a specified time interval and then restoring them in sequence. The sample rate is the reciprocal of the time interval.

The sample rate of the analog channel is related to the current channel mode. The maximum real-time sample rate in the single-channel mode of the oscilloscope is 10 GSa/s. The maximum real-time sample rate in the dual-channel mode is 5 GSa/s, and the maximum real-time sample rate in the 4-channel mode is 2.5 GSa/s.

Note: For DS8034-R, the maximum real-time sample rate in the single-channel

mode of the oscilloscope is 5 GSa/s. The maximum real-time sample rate in the dual-channel mode is 5 GSa/s, and the maximum real-time sample rate in the 4-channel mode is 2.5 GSa/s

Tip

When you click the label at the top of the screen to stop sampling, the oscilloscope will maintain its last captured graph. At this time, you can still expand or zoom the waveforms horizontally or vertically.

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Note: The sample rate is displayed both in the label at the

upper part of the screen and in the CH SampleRate menu. To indirectly

modify the sample rate, click the label at the upper part of the screen. Then adjust the horizontal time base or modify the memory depth to modify the sample rate. In addition, if the triggering source selects the analog channel, it will cause the channel mode to change, affecting the sampling rate.

The impact of low sample rate on the waveform:

1. Waveform Distortion: when the sample rate is too low, some waveform

details are lost, and the sample waveform displayed is rather different from the actual waveform of the signal.

2. Waveform Aliasing: when the sample rate is twice lower than the actual

signal frequency (Nyquist Frequency), the frequency of the waveform rebuilt from the sample data is smaller than the actual signal frequency.

3. Waveform Leakage: when the sample rate is too low, the waveform rebuilt

from the sample data does not reflect all the actual signal information.

Tip

Single-channel mode: only one of the four channels (CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4) is enabled. Dual-channel mode: either CH1 or CH2 is enabled; and either CH3 or CH4 is enabled. 4-channel mode: CH1/CH2 are both enabled or CH3/CH4 are both enabled.

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Memory Depth

Memory depth refers to the number of points of the oscilloscope that can store in one trigger acquisition. It reflects the storage capability of the acquisition storage. This oscilloscope is equipped with a standard memory depth of up to 500 Mpts.

Trigger Point

Pre-sample Delayed Sample

Memory Depth

Figure 4-4 Memory Depth

The following equation shows the relations among memory depth, sample rate, and horizontal time base scale:

MDepth SRate TScale HDivs=  

MDepth

——indicates the memory depth. The unit is pts.

SRate

——indicates the sample rate. The unit is Sa/s.

TScale

——indicates the horizontal time base scale. The unit is s/div.

HDivs

——indicates the number of grids in the horizontal direction. The unit is div.

Therefore, under the same horizontal time base scale, a higher memory depth can ensure a higher sample rate.

In the Acquisition menu, click Mem Depth to select the desired memory depth. By default, the memory depth is 1M.

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― In single-channel mode, the memory depths available include Auto, 1 Kpts, 10

Kpts, 100 Kpts, 1 Mpts, 10 Mpts, 25 Mpts, 50 Mpts, 100 Mpts, 125 Mpts, 250 Mpts, and 500 Mpts.

― In dual-channel mode, the memory depths available include Auto, 1 Kpts, 10

Kpts, 100 Kpts, 1 Mpts, 10 Mpts, 25 Mpts, 50 Mpts, 100 Mpts, 125 Mpts, and 250 Mpts.

― In 4-channel mode, the memory depths available include Auto, 1 Kpts, 10 Kpts,

100 Kpts, 1 Mpts, 10 Mpts, 25 Mpts, 50 Mpts, 100 Mpts, and 125 Mpts.

Note: In "Auto" mode, the oscilloscope selects the memory depth automatically

according to the current sample rate.

Anti-Aliasing

At a slower sweep speed, the sample rate is reduced, and a dedicated display algorithm can be used to minimize the possibility of aliasing.

In the Acquisition menu, click Anti-aliasing to enable or disable the anti-aliasing function. By default, anti-aliasing is disabled. In this case, it is more likely to generate waveform aliasing.

Note: This function should be enabled when the horizontal time base has a large

deviation from the period of the signal under test (e.g. when the horizontal time base is greater than five-fold the period of the signal under test). It is available when the timebase mode is "YT".

Horizontal Expansion

Horizontal expansion indicates the reference position that the screen waveform is referenced to when it is horizontally expanded or compressed. In YT mode, in the Acquisition menu, click More → Expand and then select the desired reference position. The horizontal expansion reference supported by the oscilloscope includes Center, Left, Right, Trigger, and User. The default is "Center".

⚫ Center: when the horizontal time base is modified, the waveform will be

expanded or compressed horizontally relative to the screen center.

⚫ Left: when the horizontal time base is modified, the waveform will be expanded

or compressed horizontally relative to the leftmost position of the screen.

⚫ Right: when the horizontal time base is modified, the waveform will be

expanded or compressed horizontally relative to the rightmost position of the screen.

⚫ Trigger: when the horizontal time base is modified, the waveform will be

expanded or compressed horizontally relative to the trigger point.

⚫ User: when the horizontal time base is modified, the waveform displayed will be

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expanded or compressed horizontally relative to the user-defined reference position.

Note: This function is unavailable in YT mode with the delayed sweep being enabled,

XY mode, and ROLL mode.

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Chapter 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope

As for trigger, you set certain trigger condition according to the requirement and when a waveform in the waveform stream meets this condition, the oscilloscope captures this waveform as well as the neighboring part, and displays them on the screen. For the digital oscilloscope, it samples waveform continuously no matter whether it is stably triggered, but only stable trigger can be stably displayed. The trigger module ensures that every time base sweep or acquisition starts from the user-defined trigger condition, namely every sweep is synchronous with the acquisition and the waveforms acquired is overlapped so as to display the stable waveforms.

Trigger settings should be based on the features of the input signal. To quickly capture the desired waveform, you need to understand the signal under test. This oscilloscope provides abundant trigger types that help you focus on the desired waveform details.

Contents in this chapter:

◼ Trigger Source ◼ Trigger Level ◼ Trigger Mode ◼ Trigger Coupling ◼ Trigger Holdoff ◼ Noise Rejection ◼ Trigger Type ◼ Zone Trigger ◼ Trigger Output Connector

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Trigger Source

Click on the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen to open the function navigation. Click on the trigger icon to open the trigger setting

menu. Click Source to select the desired source.

Analog channels (CH1-CH4), EXT (external trigger), or AC Line can all be selected as the trigger source.

Analog channel input:

Signals input from analog channels CH1-CH4 can all be used as trigger sources. No matter whether the channel selected is enabled, the channel can work normally.

External trigger input:

The external trigger source can be used to trigger on the fifth channel while all the other four channels are acquiring data. The trigger signal (e.g. external clock or signal of the circuit under test) will be connected to EXT trigger source via the external trigger input terminal [EXT TRIG] connector. You can set the trigger conditions within the range of the trigger level (from -5 V to +5 V).

AC line input:

The trigger signal is obtained from the AC power input of the oscilloscope. AC trigger is usually used to measure signals relevant to the AC power frequency. For example, stably triggering the waveform output from the transformer of a transformer substation. It is mainly used in related measurements of the power industry.

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Trigger Level

The adjustment of the trigger level is related to the type of the trigger source.

⚫ When the trigger source is selected from CH1 to CH4, click on the trigger setting

label at the right-upper corner of the screen. Then, in the "Trigger Setting" window, input the trigger level with the pop-up numeric keypad into the "Level" field. You can also click the Up and Down arrow at the right of the "Level" field to increase or decrease the trigger level. During the adjustment, a trigger level line (the color of the trigger level line should be consistent with that of the channel color) and a trigger label " " are displayed on the screen, and they move up and down with the variation of the trigger level. When you stopping modifying the trigger level, the trigger level line disappears in about 2 s. The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: In Runt Trigger, Slope Trigger, and Window trigger, you need to set the

upper and lower limits of the trigger level. In the trigger menu, you can set the specified trigger level. The difference between the current upper limit and lower limit of the trigger level is displayed at the upper-right side of the screen. Two trigger level labels ( and ) are displayed at the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, the real-time trigger level information is displayed at the lower-left side of the screen, as shown in the figure below. H indicates the upper limit of

the trigger level, L indicates the lower limit of the trigger level, and △ indicates the deviation of the trigger level.

⚫ When the trigger source is EXT, you can also set the trigger level in the "Trigger"

menu. The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: For this trigger source, only the variation of the trigger level value is

displayed on the screen during the adjustment of the trigger level, without displaying the trigger level lines on the screen.

⚫ When the trigger source is AC Line, there is no trigger level.

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Trigger Mode

The following is the schematic diagram of the acquisition memory. To easily understand the trigger event, we classify the acquisition memory into the pre-trigger buffer and post-trigger buffer.

Figure 5-1 Schematic Diagram of the Acquisition Memory

After the system runs, the oscilloscope operates by first filling the pre-trigger buffer. It starts searching for a trigger after the pre-trigger buffer is filled. While searching for the trigger, the data sampled will still be transmitted to the pre-trigger buffer (the new data will continuously overwrite the previous data). When a trigger is found, the pre-trigger buffer contains the data acquired just before the trigger. Then, the oscilloscope will fill the post-trigger buffer and display the data in the acquisition memory.

DS8000-R provides three trigger modes: Auto, Normal, and Single. The default is Auto. The trigger mode is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen: A (Auto), N (Normal), and S (Single).

⚫ Auto: In this trigger mode, if the specified trigger conditions are not found,

triggers are forced and acquisitions are made so as to display the waveforms. This trigger mode should be used when the signal level is unknown or the DC should be displayed as well as when forcible trigger is not necessary as the trigger condition always occurs.

⚫ Normal: In this trigger mode, triggers and acquisitions only occur when the

specified trigger conditions are found. This trigger mode should be used when the signal is with low repetition rate or only the event specified by the trigger setting needs to be sampled as well as when auto trigger should be prevented to acquire stable display.

⚫ Single: In this trigger mode, the oscilloscope performs a single trigger and

acquisition when the specified trigger conditions are found, and then stops. This trigger mode should be used when you need to perform a single acquisition of the specified event and analyze the acquisition result (you can pan and zoom the currently displayed waveform, and the subsequent waveform data will not overwrite the current waveform). After a single trigger mode is initiated, the operating status of the oscilloscope is in "STOP" state.

Pre-trigger Buffer

Post-trigger Buffer

Trigger Event

Acquisition Memory

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Click on the trigger setting label at the upper-right corner of the screen. Then the following window is displayed. Click to select "Auto", "Normal", or "Single" as the trigger mode.

Note: In "Normal" and "Single" trigger modes, press Force on the front panel to

generate a trigger signal forcibly.

Trigger Coupling

Trigger coupling decides which kind of components will be transmitted to the trigger module. Please distinguish it from "Channel Coupling".

Note: Trigger coupling is only valid when the trigger type is Edge and the trigger

source is an analog channel.

In the "Trigger" menu, click Coupling to select the desired coupling mode. DS8000-R provides four coupling mode: DC, AC, LFR, and HFR. By default, it is DC.

⚫ DC: allows DC and AC components to pass the trigger path. ⚫ AC: blocks the DC components and attenuates signals. ⚫ LFR: blocks the DC components and rejects the low-frequency components. ⚫ HFR: rejects the high frequency components.

Trigger Holdoff

Trigger holdoff can be used to stably trigger on complex repetitive waveforms that have multiple edges (or other events) between waveform repetitions (such as pulse series). Holdoff time indicates the time that the oscilloscope waits for re-arming the trigger module after generating a correct trigger. The oscilloscope will not trigger even if the trigger condition is met during the holdoff time and will only re-arm the trigger module after the holdoff time expires.

Tip

When "AC" or "LFR" is selected under Coupling, no trigger level lines and trigger icons are displayed. When you adjust the trigger level, you can only see the changes of the trigger level values at the upper-right corner of the screen.

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For example, to stably trigger the repetitive pulse series as shown in the figure below, the holdoff time should be set to a value that is greater than t1 and smaller than t2.

Figure 5-2 Schematic Diagram of Trigger Holdoff

In the "Trigger" menu, click Holdoff (for some trigger, Holdoff is a sub menu under More, at this time, click More → Holdoff) and then set the holdoff time with the pop-up numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to adjust the holdoff time. The adjustable range of holdoff time is from 8 ns to 10 s. By default, it is 8 ns.

Noise Rejection

Noise rejection can reject the high frequency noise in the signal and reduce the possibility of miss-trigger of the oscilloscope.

In the "Trigger" menu, click Noise Reject continuously (for some trigger, Noise Reject is a sub menu under More, at this time, click More → Noise Reject) to enable or disable noise rejection.

Note: This function is only available when the trigger source is an analog channel.

Holdoff Time

Trigger Position

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Trigger Type

DS8000-R series oscilloscope provides the following trigger functions.

⚫ Edge Trigger ⚫ Pulse Trigger ⚫ Slope Trigger ⚫ Video Trigger ⚫ Pattern Trigger ⚫ Duration Trigger ⚫ Timeout Trigger ⚫ Runt Trigger ⚫ Window Trigger ⚫ Delay Trigger ⚫ Setup/Hold Trigger ⚫ Nth Edge Trigger ⚫ RS232 Trigger (Option) ⚫ I2C Trigger (Option) ⚫ SPI Trigger (Option) ⚫ CAN Trigger (Option) ⚫ FlexRay Trigger (Option) ⚫ LIN Trigger (Option) ⚫ I2S Trigger (Option) ⚫ MIL-STD-1553 Trigger (Option)

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Edge Trigger

Triggers on the trigger level of the specified edge of the input signal.

Trigger Type:

Click on the function navigation icon at the lower-left corner of the screen. Click the trigger icon and select Type in the trigger setting menu. Select "Edge", and then the current trigger setting information (including trigger type, trigger source, and trigger level) is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below. The information will change based on the trigger settings.

Source Selection:

Click Source to open the signal source list and select CH1-CH4, AC Line, or EXT. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Edge Type:

Click Slope to select the input signal the edge on which the oscilloscope triggers. Then, the current edge type is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

⚫ Rising: triggers on the rising edge of the input signal when the voltage level

meets the specified trigger level.

⚫ Falling: triggers on the falling edge of the input signal when the voltage level

meets the specified trigger level.

⚫ Either: triggers on the rising or falling edge of the input signal when the

voltage level meets the preset trigger level.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting:

Set the trigger parameters (trigger coupling, trigger holdoff, and noise rejection) under this trigger type. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Coupling",

"Trigger Holdoff", and "Noise Rejection".

Trigger Level:

Please refer to descriptions in "Trigger Level". The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

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Pulse Trigger

Triggers on the positive or negative pulse with a specified width. In this mode, the oscilloscope will trigger when the pulse width of the input signal satisfies the specified pulse width condition.

In this oscilloscope, positive pulse width is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of the trigger level and positive pulse; negative pulse width is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of the trigger level and negative pulse, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 5-3 Positive Pulse Width/Negative Pulse Width

Trigger Type:

Click Type, and select "Pulse". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Click Source to open the signal source list and select CH1-CH4. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Polarity:

Click Polarity continuously to select the desired polarity. The polarities available are positive polarity ( ) and negative polarity ( ).

Trigger Condition: Click When to select the trigger condition.

⚫ When you select "Positive" for polarity, ">" for trigger condition, the oscilloscope

Trigger Level

+Width

-Width

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triggers when the positive pulse width of the input signal is greater than the specified pulse width.

⚫ When you select "Positive" for polarity, "<" for trigger condition, the oscilloscope

triggers when the positive pulse width of the input signal is smaller than the specified pulse width.

⚫ When you select "Positive" for polarity, "<>" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the positive pulse width of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit of pulse width and smaller than the specified upper limit of pulse width.

⚫ When you select "Negative" for polarity, ">" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the negative pulse width of the input signal is greater than the specified pulse width.

⚫ When you select "Negative" for polarity, "<" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the negative pulse width of the input signal is smaller than the specified pulse width.

⚫ When you select "Negative" for polarity, "<>" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the negative pulse width of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit of pulse width and smaller than the specified upper limit of pulse width.

Pulse Width Setting:

⚫ When ">" or "<" is set to the trigger condition, click Lower or Upper to set the

lower/upper limit value with the pop-up numeric keypad or by scrolling with the mouse. The pulse range available is from 800 ps to 10 s.

⚫ When "<>" is set to the trigger condition, click Upper and Lower to set the

lower/upper limit value with the pop-up numeric keypad or by scrolling with the mouse.

Note: The lower limit of the pulse width must be smaller than the upper limit.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Holdoff" and "Noise Rejection".

Trigger Level:

Please refer to descriptions in "Trigger Level". The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

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Slope Trigger

In Slope trigger, the oscilloscope triggers on the positive or negative slope of the specified time. This trigger mode is applicable to ramp and triangle waveforms.

In this oscilloscope, positive slope time is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of trigger level line A and B with the rising edge; negative slope time is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of trigger level line A and B with the falling edge, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 5-4 Positive Slope Time/Negative Slope Time

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Slope". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Click Source to switch the trigger source and select CH1-CH4. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Edge Type:

Click Slope continuously to select the input signal edge on which the oscilloscope triggers.

⚫ Rising: triggers on the rising edge of the input signal. ⚫ Falling: triggers on the falling edge of the input signal.

Slope Condition: Click When to select the trigger condition.

⚫ When you select "Rising" for the edge type, ">" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the positive slope time of the input signal is greater than the specified time.

⚫ When you select "Rising" for the edge type, "<" for trigger condition, the

Upper Limit of Trigger Level (Up Level)

Lower Limit of Trigger Level (Low Level)

Positive Slope Time

Negative Slope Time

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oscilloscope triggers when the positive slope time of the input signal is smaller than the specified time.

⚫ When you select "Rising" for the edge type, "<>" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the positive slope time of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit time and smaller than the specified upper limit time.

⚫ When you select "Falling" for the edge type, ">" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the negative slope time of the input signal is greater than the specified time.

⚫ When you select "Falling" for the edge type, "<" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the negative slope time of the input signal is smaller than the specified time.

⚫ When you select "Falling" for the edge type, "<>" for trigger condition, the

oscilloscope triggers when the negative slope time of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit time and smaller than the specified upper limit time.

Slope Time Setting:

⚫ When ">" or "<" is set to trigger condition, click Lower or Upper to set the

lower/upper limit value with the pop-up numeric keypad or by scrolling with the mouse. The available range of the slope time is from 800 ps to 10 s.

⚫ When "<>" is set to trigger condition, click Upper and Lower to set the upper/

lower limit value with the pop-up numeric keypad or by scrolling with the mouse.

Note: The lower slope time limit must be smaller than the upper slope time

limit.

Level Selection and Adjustment of Trigger Level:

⚫ Level A: only adjusts the upper limit of the trigger level, and the lower limit of

the trigger level remains unchanged.

⚫ Level B: only adjusts the lower limit of the trigger level, and the upper limit of

the trigger level remains unchanged.

⚫ Level AB: adjusts the upper and lower limits of the trigger level at the same time,

and the trigger level deviation (the difference between the upper limit and lower limit of the trigger level) remains unchanged.

Click on the trigger label at the upper-right corner of the screen. The "Trigger Setting" window is displayed. Input the trigger level into the "Level A" and "Level B" field with the pop-up numeric keypad. You can use the Up and Down arrow at the right side of the "Level A" or "Level B" field to adjust the trigger level. During the adjustment of trigger level, two trigger level lines appear on the screen, and they move up and down with the change of the trigger level. At the same time, the

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real-time trigger level information is displayed at the lower-left corner of the screen (as shown in the figure below, H indicates the upper limit of the trigger level, L indicates the lower limit of the trigger level, and △ indicates the trigger level deviation). When you stopping modifying the trigger level, the trigger level line and the trigger level information at the lower-left corner of the screen disappear in about 2 s. The current trigger level deviation is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting:

Set the trigger parameters (trigger holdoff and noise rejection) under this trigger type. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Holdoff" and "Noise Rejection".

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Video Trigger

The video signal can include image information and timing information, which adopts different standards and formats. DS8000-R series can trigger on the standard video signal field or line of NTSC (National Television Standards Committee), PAL (Phase Alternating Line), or SECAM (Sequential Couleur A Memoire).

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Video". The current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Click Source to switch the trigger source and select CH1-CH4. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Video Polarity:

Click Polarity continuously to select the desired video polarity. The polarities available are positive polarity ( ) and negative polarity ( ).

Video Standard: Click Standard to select the desired video standard.

Video Standard

Frame Frequency (Frame)

Scan Type

TV Scan Line

NTSC

Interlaced Scan

525

PAL/SECAM

Interlaced Scan

625

480p/60Hz

Progressive Scan

525

576p/50Hz

Progressive Scan

625

720p/60Hz

Progressive Scan

750

720p/50Hz

Progressive Scan

750

720p/30Hz

Progressive Scan

750

720p/25Hz

Progressive Scan

750

720p/24Hz

Progressive Scan

750

1080p/60Hz

Progressive Scan

1125

1080p/50Hz

Progressive Scan

1125

1080p/30Hz

Progressive Scan

1125

1080p/25Hz

Progressive Scan

1125

1080p/24Hz

Progressive Scan

1125

1080i/60Hz

Interlaced Scan

1125

1080i/50Hz

Interlaced Scan

1125

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Sync: Click Sync to select the sync type.

⚫ All Lines: triggers on the first line found. ⚫ Line: triggers on the specified line.

When this sync type is selected, you can specify a line number. Click Line, then use the pop-up numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to modify the line number. The range of the line number is related to the currently selected video standards. The range is from 1 to 525 (NTSC), 1 to 625 (PAL/SECAM), 1 to 525 (480p), 1 to 625 (576p), 1 to 750 (720p), and 1 to 1125 (1080p/1080i).

⚫ Odd: triggers on the rising edge of the first ramp pulse in the odd field. It is only

available when the video standard is set to "NTSC", "PAL/SECAM", or "1080i".

⚫ Even: triggers on the rising edge of the first ramp pulse in the even field. It is

only available when the video standard is set to "NTSC", "PAL/SECAM", or "1080i".

Noise Rejection:

Set the trigger parameter (noise rejection) under this trigger type. For details, refer to descriptions in "Noise Rejection".

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Setting: For details, refer to descriptions in "Noise Rejection".

Trigger Level: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Level".

Tip

⚫ For a better observation of the waveform details in the video signal, you can

set a larger memory depth first.

⚫ In the trigger debugging process of video signals, the frequency in different

part of the signal can be reflected by a different brightness, as RIGOL digital oscilloscope provides the intensity graded color display function. Experienced users can quickly judge the signal quality and discover abnormalities during the debugging process.

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Pattern Trigger

Identifies a trigger condition by searching for a specified pattern. This pattern is a logical "AND" combination of channels. Each channel can be set to H (high), L (low), or X (don't care). A rising or falling edge (you can only specify a single edge) can be specified for one channel included in the pattern. When an edge is specified, the oscilloscope will trigger at the edge specified if the pattern set for the other channels is true (namely the actual pattern of the channel is the same as the preset pattern). If no edge is specified, the oscilloscope will trigger on the last edge that makes the pattern true. If all the channels in the pattern are set to "X", the oscilloscope will not trigger.

Figure 5-5 Pattern Trigger

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Pattern" as the trigger type. Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Pattern Setting:

Click Code to select the pattern of the currently selected channel. The available patterns include the following five types:

⚫ H: sets the pattern of the channel selected to "1", i.g. the voltage level is higher

than the trigger level of the channel.

⚫ L: sets the pattern of the channel selected to "0", i.g. the voltage level is lower

than the trigger level of the channel.

⚫ X: sets the pattern of the channel selected to "X", i.g. this channel is not used as

a part of the pattern. When all channels in the pattern are set to "X", the oscilloscope will not trigger.

⚫ Rising: sets the pattern to the rising edge ( ) of the channel selected.

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⚫ Falling: sets the pattern to the falling edge ( ) of the channel selected.

The corresponding pattern is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The patterns of channels CH1-CH4 are presented from left to right, as shown in the figure below.

Click the above channel pattern. Then, a virtual keypad is displayed. For example, click CH2 pattern, then the virtual keypad for setting the channel pattern is displayed,

as shown in Figure 5-6. Click the left arrow key or the right arrow key to move the pattern bit. Then select a pattern bit. After the pattern of the current channel is set completely, the cursor goes to the next pattern bit automatically. Set them respectively. After all the pattern bits are set completely, click OK to confirm the setting, and close the virtual keypad. You can also click ALL to apply the current pattern to all the channels. This key functions the same as the All Bits menu key.

Figure 5-6 Virtual Keypad for Pattern Setting

Note: Only one edge (rising or falling edge) can be specified in the pattern. If one

edge item is currently defined and then another edge item is defined in another channel in the pattern, then a prompt message "Invalid input" is displayed. Then the latter defined edge item will be replaced by X.

All Bits: Click All Bits to set the patterns of all channels to the currently selected pattern.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting:

Set the trigger parameters (trigger holdoff and noise rejection) under this trigger type. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Holdoff" and "Noise

Rejection".

Trigger Level:

Refer to "Trigger Level". The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Confirmation Key

All Bits

Move the cursor to the left Move the cursor to the right

Pattern

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Duration Trigger

In duration trigger, the instrument identifies a trigger condition by searching for the duration of a specified pattern. This pattern is a logical "AND" combination of the channels. Each channel can be set to H (high), L (low), or X (don't care). When the duration (△T) of this pattern meets the preset time, the oscilloscope initiates a trigger, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 5-7 Duration Trigger

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Duration". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Pattern Setting:

Click Code to select the pattern of the currently selected channel. The corresponding pattern is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The patterns of channels CH1-CH4 are presented from left to right, as shown in the figure below.

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⚫ H: sets the pattern of the channel selected to "H", i.g. the voltage level is higher

than the trigger level of the channel.

⚫ L: sets the pattern of the channel selected to "L", i.g. the voltage level is lower

than the trigger level of the channel.

⚫ X: sets the pattern of the channel selected to "X", i.g. this channel is not used as

a part of the pattern. When all channels in the pattern are set to "X", the oscilloscope will not trigger.

Trigger Condition: Click When to select the trigger condition.

⚫ >: triggers when the duration of the pattern is greater than the preset time.

Click Lower to set the lower limit of the duration of the pattern. Its range is from 800 ps to 10 s.

⚫ <: triggers when the duration of the pattern is smaller than the preset time.

Click Upper to set the upper limit of the duration of the pattern. Its range is from 800 ps to 10 s.

⚫ <>: triggers when the duration of the pattern is smaller than the upper limit of

the preset time and greater than the lower limit of the preset time. Click Upper to set the upper limit of the duration of the pattern, and the range is from 801 ps to 10 s. Click Lower to set the lower limit of the duration of the pattern, and the range is from 800 ps to 9.9 s.

⚫ ><: triggers when the duration of the pattern is greater than the upper limit of

the preset time or smaller than the lower limit of the preset time. Click Upper to set the upper limit of the duration of the pattern, and the range is from 801 ps to 10 s. Click Lower to set the lower limit of the duration of the pattern, and the range is from 800 ps to 9.9 s.

Note: The lower time limit must be smaller than the upper time limit.

All Bits:

Click All Bits to set the pattern of all trigger sources to the pattern setting selected currently.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Holdoff" and "Noise Rejection".

Trigger Level:

Refer to "Trigger Level". The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

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Timeout Trigger

In Timeout trigger, the oscilloscope triggers when the time interval (△T) (the time from when the rising edge (or falling edge) of the input signal passes through the trigger level to the time from when the neighboring falling edge (or rising edge) passes through the trigger level) is greater than the preset timeout value, as shown in the figure below.

Time Out

Time Out< T

Figure 5-8 Timeout Trigger

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Timeout". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Edge Type:

Click Slope to select the edge type of the input signal that starts to pass through the trigger level.

⚫ Rising: starts timing when the rising edge of the input signal passes through

the trigger level.

⚫ Falling: starts timing when the falling edge of the input signal passes

through the trigger level.

⚫ Either: starts timing when either edge of the input signal passes through the

trigger level.

Timeout Value:

Timeout value represents the maximum time that the signal remains idle before the signal passes through the trigger level. Click Timeout and use the pop-up numeric

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keypad or scroll with the mouse to set the timeout value of Timeout trigger. The available range is from 16 ns to 10 s.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting: For details, refer to descriptions in "Noise Rejection".

Trigger Level:

Refer to "Trigger Level". The current trigger level value is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

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Runt Trigger

This trigger mode is used to trigger pulses that pass through one trigger level but fail to pass through another trigger level, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 5-9 Runt Trigger

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Runt". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Click Source to switch the trigger source and select CH1-CH4. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Polarity: Click Polarity continuously to select the pulse polarity of Runt trigger.

⚫ Positive: triggers on the positive runt pulse. ⚫ Negative: triggers on the negative runt pulse.

Trigger Condition: Click When to set the trigger conditions of Runt trigger.

⚫ None: indicates not setting the trigger condition of Runt trigger. ⚫ >: triggers when the runt pulse width is greater than the lower limit of pulse

width. Click Lower to set the minimum pulse width of Runt trigger.

⚫ <: triggers when the runt pulse width is smaller than the upper limit of pulse

width. Click Upper to set the maximum pulse width of Runt trigger.

⚫ <>: triggers when the runt pulse width is greater than the lower limit and

smaller than the upper limit of pulse width. Click Upper to set the maximum pulse width of Runt trigger. Click Lower to set the minimum pulse width of Runt trigger.

Lower Limit of the Trigger Level

Upper Limit of the Trigger Level

Negative Runt Pulse

Positive Runt Pulse

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Note: The lower limit of the pulse width must be smaller than the upper limit.

Level Selection and Adjustment of Trigger Level:

After the trigger condition setting is completed, you need to adjust the trigger level to correctly trigger the signal and obtain a stable waveform. Click Level Select (when "<>" is selected as the trigger condition, Level Select is a sub-menu under More) to select the desired level type for adjustment. Level A: only adjusts the upper limit of the trigger level, and the lower limit of the trigger level remains unchanged. Level B: only adjusts the lower limit of the trigger level, and the upper limit of the trigger level remains unchanged. Level AB: adjusts the upper and lower limits of the trigger level at the same time, and the trigger level deviation (the difference between the upper limit and lower limit of the trigger level) remains unchanged.

Click on the trigger level setting label at the upper-right corner of the screen. Then a "Trigger Setting" window is displayed. In the Level field, input a value with the pop-up numeric keypad. You can also use the Up and Down arrow at the right of the Level field to increase or decrease the trigger level. During the adjustment of trigger level, two trigger level lines appear on the screen, and they move up and down with the change of the trigger level. At the same time, the real-time trigger level information is displayed at the lower-left corner of the screen (as shown in the figure below, H indicates the upper limit of the trigger level, L indicates the lower limit of the trigger level, and △ indicates the trigger level deviation). When you stopping modifying the trigger level, the trigger level line and the trigger level information at the lower-left corner of the screen disappear in about 2 s. The current trigger level deviation is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting:

Set the trigger parameters (trigger holdoff and noise rejection) under this trigger type. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Holdoff" and "Noise Rejection".

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Window Trigger

Window trigger provides a high trigger level and a low trigger level. The instrument triggers when the input signal passes through the high trigger level or the low trigger level.

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Window". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source Selection:

Click Source to switch the trigger source and select CH1-CH4. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Edge Type: Click Slope to select the input signal the edge on which the oscilloscope triggers.

⚫ Rising: triggers on the rising edge of the input signal when the voltage level

is higher than the preset high trigger level.

⚫ Falling: triggers on the falling edge of the input signal when the voltage level

is lower than the preset low trigger level.

⚫ Either: triggers on the rising or falling edge of the input signal when the

voltage level meets the preset trigger level.

Trigger Position:

After selecting the window type, click Position to select the trigger position so as to further specify the time point of trigger.

⚫ Enter: triggers when the input signal enters the specified trigger level range. ⚫ Exit: triggers when the input signal exits the specified trigger level range. ⚫ Time: triggers when the accumulated hold time since the input signal entered

the specified trigger level range is equal to the window time. When this type is selected, click Time to set the window time. You can also use the numeric keypad or scroll with the mouse to set it. Its available range is from 8 ns to 10 s.

Level Selection and Adjustment of Trigger Level:

After the trigger condition setting is completed, you need to adjust the trigger level to correctly trigger the signal and obtain a stable waveform. Click Level Select to select the desired level type for adjustment.

⚫ Level A: only adjusts the upper limit of the trigger level, and the lower limit of

the trigger level remains unchanged.

⚫ Level B: only adjusts the lower limit of the trigger level, and the upper limit of

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the trigger level remains unchanged.

⚫ Level AB: adjusts the upper and lower limits of the trigger level at the same time,

and the trigger level deviation (the difference between the upper limit and lower limit of the trigger level) remains unchanged.

Click on the trigger level setting label at the upper-right corner of the screen. Then a "Trigger Setting" window is displayed. In the Level field, input a value with the pop-up numeric keypad. You can also use the Up and Down arrow at the right of the Level field to increase or decrease the trigger level. During the adjustment of trigger level, two trigger level lines appear on the screen, and they move up and down with the change of the trigger level. At the same time, the real-time trigger level and slope information is displayed at the lower-left corner of the screen (as shown in the figure below, H indicates the upper limit of the trigger level, L indicates the lower limit of the trigger level, and △ indicates the trigger level deviation). When you stopping modifying the trigger level, the trigger level line and the trigger level information at the lower-left corner of the screen disappear in about 2 s. The current trigger level deviation is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Trigger Mode: For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Mode".

Trigger Parameter Setting:

Set the trigger parameters (trigger holdoff and noise rejection) under this trigger type. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Holdoff" and "Noise Rejection".

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Delay Trigger

In Delay trigger, you need to set Source A and Source B. The oscilloscope triggers when the time difference (△T) between the specified edges of Source A (Edge A) and Source B (Edge B) meets the preset time limit, as shown in the figure below.

Note: Edge A and Edge B must be two neighboring edges.

Source A

Source B

Edge A= Edge B=

Figure 5-10 Delay Trigger

Trigger Type:

Click Type to select "Delay". Then, the current trigger setting information is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen, as shown in the figure below.

Source A:

Click SourceA to select CH1-CH4 as the trigger source of Source A. For details, please refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Edge A:

Click EdgeA continuously to select the trigger edge type of Source A in Delay trigger. It can be set to "Rising" or "Falling" .

Source B:

Click SourceB to select CH1-CH4 as the trigger source of Source B. For details, refer to descriptions in "Trigger Source". The current trigger source is displayed at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Note: Only when we select the channel (that has been input with signals) as the

trigger source, can we obtain a stable trigger.

Edge B:

Click EdgeB continuously to select the trigger edge type of Source B in Delay trigger.

RIGOL DS8034-R Users guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Guaranty and Declaration

Safety Requirement

General Safety Summary

Safety Notices and Symbols

Measurement Category

Ventilation Requirement

Working Environment

Care and Cleaning

Environmental Considerations

DS8000-R Series Overview

Document Overview

Chapter 1 Quick Start

General Inspection

Appearance and Dimensions

To Prepare for Use

To Connect to AC Power

To Connect to the Display and the Control Device

Turn-on Checkout

To Replace the Fuse

To Connect the Probe

Function Inspection

Probe Compensation

Front Panel Overview

Rear Panel Overview

User Interface

Common Operation

Click Operation

Drag Operation

Scroll Operation

Rectangle Drawing

Parameter Setting Method

To Use the Built-in Help System

To View the Option Information and the Option Installation

Chapter 2 To Set the Vertical System

To Enable or Disable the Analog Channel

To Adjust the Vertical Scale

Vertical Expansion

To Adjust the Vertical Offset

Channel Coupling

Bandwidth Limit

Probe Ratio

Input Impedance

Waveform Invert

To Set the Probe

Passive Probe

Active Probe

Amplitude Unit

Channel Delay

Offset Cal

Channel Label

Chapter 3 To Set the Horizontal System

To Adjust the Horizontal Time Base

To Adjust the Horizontal Position

Delayed Sweep

Chapter 4 To Set the Sample System

Timebase Mode

YT Mode

XY Mode

ROLL Mode

Acquisition Mode

Normal

Average

Peak

High Resolution

Sampling Mode

Sample Rate

Memory Depth

Anti-Aliasing

Horizontal Expansion

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Trigger Source

Trigger Level

Trigger Mode

Trigger Coupling

Trigger Holdoff

Noise Rejection