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MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes

Warranty

Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of original pu option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product. Batteries are excluded from this warranty. Parts, modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be ne

rchase from an authorized Tektronix distributor. If the product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its

w or reconditioned to like new performance. All replaced parts, modules and products become the property of Tektronix.

In order to ob period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of s ervice. Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, shipping charges prepaid, and with a copy of customer proof of purchase. T the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care. Tekt other than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product; b) to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment; c) to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non-Tektronix supplies; or d) to serv increases the time or difﬁculty of servicing the product.

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS IS THE SOLE AND E XCLU S IVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY. T EKT RONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPE DAMAGES.

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tain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty

ektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which

ronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel

ice a product that has been modiﬁed or integrated with other products when the effect of such modiﬁcation or integration

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TEKTRONIX' RESPONSI BILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS

CTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE N OTICE OF THE PO SSIBILITY OF SUCH

P6316, TPP0250, TPP0500B, and TPP1000 Probes

Warranty

Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purc option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product. Batteries are excluded from this warranty. Parts, modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be ne

hase from an authorized Tektronix distributor. If the product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its

w or reconditioned to like new performance. All replaced parts, modules and products become the property of Tektronix.

In order to ob period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, shipping charges prepaid, and with a copy of customer proof of purchase. T the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations.

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF T HIS WARRANTY. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPE DAMAGES.

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tain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty

ektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which

ronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel

ice a product that has been modiﬁ ed or integrated with other products when the effect of such modiﬁcation or integration

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TEKTRONIX' RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS

CTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VE NDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH

Table of Contents

Important safety information .......................................................................................................... v

General safety summary......................................................................................................... v

Service safety summary ....................................................................................................... viii

Terms in this manual ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . ix

Symbols and terms on the product. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... . ix

Compliance information ............................................................................................................... x

EMC compliance ................................................................................................................. x

Safety compliance................................................................................................................xi

Environmental considerations ................................................................................................. xiv

Preface................................................................................................................................ xv

Key Features ................................................................................................................... xvi

Conventions Used in This Manual.. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . . xvi

Installation.............................................................................................................................. 1

Before Installation................................................................................................................ 1

Operating Considerations........................................................................................................ 5

Connecting Probes. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . . 7

Securing the Oscilloscope ....................................................................................................... 8

Powering on the Oscilloscope ................................................................................................... 9

Powering off the Oscilloscope.................................................................................................. 10

Functional Check. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. 10

Compensating a TPP0250, TPP0500B or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe . .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. 11

Compensating a non-TPP0250, non-TPP0500B or non-TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . 13

Application Module Free Trial... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . 14

Installing an Application Module. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . . 14

Upgrading Bandwidth . .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. . 15

Changing the Language of the User Interface or Keyboard.. .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . 18

Changing the Date and Time .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. 20

Signal Path Compensation . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 21

Upgrading Firmware ............................................................................................................ 23

Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Compute

ecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 35

Conn

Get Acquainted with the Instrument ................................................................................................. 36

Front-Panel Menus, Controls, and Connectors . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . 36

Front Panel Menus and Controls ... . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. 37

Front Panel Connectors.. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. 52

Side-Panel Connector... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. 52

Rear-Panel Connectors. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. 53

Acquire the Signal ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . ..... 54

Setting Up Analog Channels.. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. 54

Using the Default Setup......................................................................................................... 57

Using Autoset ................................................................................................................... 58

Acquisition Concepts............................................................................................................ 59

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Trigger Setup . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . ....... 89

Display Waveform or Trace Data .................................................................................................. 103

Analyze Waveform or Trace Data.. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . 121

Using FastAcq................................................................................................................... 60

How the Analog Acquisition Modes Work.. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . . 62

Changing the Acquisition Mode, Record Length, and Delay Time. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. 62

Using Roll Mode................................................................................................................. 64

Act on Event..................................................................................................................... 65

Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus ............................................................................................. 67

Setting Up Digital Channels . .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . . 81

When and Why to Turn On MagniVu. .. . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . 83

Using MagniVu . . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . . 83

Setting Up the RF Inputs.. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . . 84

Triggering Concepts............................................................................................................. 89

Choosing a Trigger Type . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 92

Selecting Triggers. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . ..93

Triggering on Buses............................................................................................................. 95

Checking Trigger Settings .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . 100

Using Sequence Trigger (A (Main) and B (Delayed)). . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. 100

Starting and Stopping an Acquisition. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . . 102

Adding and Removing a Waveform ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... 103

Setting the Display Style and Persistence ................................................................................... 103

Setting Waveform Intensity ................................................................................................... 107

Scaling and Positioning a Waveform ......................................................................................... 108

Setting Input Parameters . . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . 109

Positioning and Labeling Bus Signals. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. 113

Positioning, Scaling, and Grouping Digital C hannels .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... . 113

Viewing Digital Channels . . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 115

Annotating the Screen .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . 115

Viewing the Trigger Frequency ... . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 116

Displaying the Frequency Domain Menu... .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . 117

Using Markers in the Frequency Domain .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. ... . 121

Taking Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain ...................................................................... 124

Selecting Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain ................................................................... 125

Customizing an Automatic Measurement in the Time Domain.............................................................. 128

Taking Automatic Measurements in the Frequency Domain .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 132

Taking Digital Voltmeter Measurements...................................................................................... 133

Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors ... . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . 134

Setting Up a Histogram....................................................................................................... 138

Using Math Waveforms ....................................................................................................... 141

Using FFT ..................................................................................................................... 142

Using Advanced Math......................................................................................................... 145

Using Spectrum Math ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . . 146

Using Reference Waveforms and Traces.................................................................................... 147

Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms.. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . 149

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Auto-magnify .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . 154

Limit and Mask T

Making Video Tests ........................................................................................................... 159

Making Automated Power Measurements ................................................................................... 160

Save and Recal

Saving a Screen Image ....................................................................................................... 164

Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data............................................................................ 165

Saving and Re

Saving with One Button Push ................................................................................................ 170

Managing Drives, Directories, and Files . . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. 171

Mounting a N

Printing a Hard Copy.......................................................................................................... 172

Using Oscilloscope SecurityFeatures ....................................................................................... 180

Use the Arb

Use the Application Modules. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. 191

Appendix A: Warranted Speciﬁcations............................................................................................. 193

Appendix

Appendix C: P6316 General-Purpose Logic Probe Information . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. 205

Appendix D: OpenSSL License . . .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. . 211

Ind

itrary Function Generator .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. 185

B: TPP0250, TPP0500B and TPP1000: 250 MHz, 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information . .. . .. . . 198

Operating Information......................................................................................................... 198

Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . 198

Compensa

Standard Accessories. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. . 198

Optional Accessories .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . 200

ng the Probe Tip ...................................................................................................... 201

Replaci

Speciﬁcations.................................................................................................................. 201

Performance Graphs.. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. 201

Summary .............................................................................................................. 203

Safety

Product Description ... . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . 205

cting the Probe tothe Oscilloscope................................................................................... 205

Conne

Connecting the Probe to Your Circuit ... ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . 206

Functional Check. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. 206

al Application .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. 207

Typic

Accessories ................................................................................................................... 208

Speciﬁcations.................................................................................................................. 209

ty Summary .............................................................................................................. 209

Safe

Safety Terms and Symbols in This Manual................................................................................... 210

esting........................................................................................................ 155

l Information....................................................................................................... 162

calling Setups ................................................................................................. 168

etwork Drive .................................................................................................... 171

ting the Probe with MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes ... . .. . .. .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . 198

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y information

Important saf

This manual contains information and warnings that must be followed by the user for safe operation and to keep the product in a safe condition.

To safely perform service on this product, additional information is provided at the end of this section.(See page viii, Service safety summary.)

ety information

General safety summary

Use the product only as speciﬁed. Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. Carefully read all instructions. Retain these instructions for future reference.

Comply with local and national safety codes.

For correct and safe operation of the product, it is essential that you follow generall to the safety precautions speciﬁed in this manual.

The product is designed to be used by trained personnel only.

Only qualiﬁed personnel who are aware of the hazards involved should remove the cover for repair, maintenance, or adjustment.

Before use, alway

This product is not intended for detection of hazardous voltages.

s check the product with a known source to be sure it is operating correctly.

y accepted safety procedures in addition

Use personal protective equipment to prevent shock and arc blast injury where hazardous live conductors are exposed.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system. Read the safety s ections of the other component manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system.

When incorporating this equipment into a system, the safety of that system is the responsibility of the assembler of the system.

To avoid ﬁre or personal injury

Use proper power cord. Use

Do not use the provided power cord for other products.

Ground the product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric

shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product, make sure that the product is properly grounded.

Do not disable the power cord grounding connection.

Power disconnect.

Do not position the equipment so that it is difﬁcult to operate the power cord; it must remain accessible to the user at all times to allow for quick disconnection if needed.

The power cord disconnects the product from the power source. See instructions for the location.

Connect and disconnect properly. Do not connect or disconnect probes or test leads while they are connected

to a voltage source.

Use only insulated voltage probes, test leads, and adapters supplied with the product, or indicated by Tektronix to be suitable for the product.

only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and certiﬁed for the country of use.

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Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markings on the product. Consult

the product man Category (CAT) rating and voltage or current rating of the lowest rated individual component of a product, probe, or accessory. Use caution when using 1:1 test leads because the probe tip voltage is directly transmitted to the product.

Do not

Do not ﬂoat the common terminal above the rated voltage for that terminal.

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed, or with the case open.

Hazardous voltage exposure is possible.

Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this product, have it inspected by

qualiﬁed service personnel.

Disable the product if it is damaged. Do not use the product if it is damaged or operates incorrectly. If in doubt about safety of the product, turn it off and disconnect the power cord. Clearly mark the product to prevent its further operation.

Before use, inspect voltage probes, test leads, and accessories for mechanical damage and replace when damaged. Do not use probes or test leads if they are damaged, if there is exposed metal, or if a wear indicator shows.

Examine the exterior of the product before y ou use it. Look for cracks or missing pieces.

y information

ual for further ratings information before making connections to the product. Do not exceed the Measurement

apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

Use only speciﬁed replacement parts.

Use proper fuse. Use only the fuse type and rating speciﬁed for this product.

Do not operate in wet/damp conditions. Be aware that condensation may occur if a unit is moved from a cold to a

warm environment.

Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

Remove the input signals before you clean the product.

Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the installation instructions in the manual for details on installing the product

so it has proper ventilation.

Slots and openings are provided for ventilation and should never be covered or otherwise obstructed. Do not push objects into any of the openings.

Provide a safe working environment. Always place the product in a location convenient for viewing the display

and indicators.

Avoid improper or prolonged use of keyboards, pointers, and button pads. Improper or prolonged keyboard or pointer use may result in serious injury.

Be sure your work area meets applicable ergonomic standards. Consult with an ergonomics professional to avoid stress injuries.

Use only the Tektronix r ackmount hardware speciﬁed for this product.

Probes and test leads

Before connecting probes or test leads, connect the power cord from the power connector to a properly grounded power outlet.

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Keep ﬁngers behind the ﬁnger guards on the probes.

Remove all probes, test leads and accessories that are not in use.

Use only correct Measurement Category (CAT), voltage, temperature, altitude, and amperage rated probes, test leads, and adapters f

or any measurement.

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Beware of high voltages. Understand the voltage ratings for the probe you are using and do not exceed those ratings.

Two ratings are important to know and understand:

The maximum measurement voltage from the probe tip to the probe reference lead.

The maximum ﬂoating voltage from the probe reference lead to earth ground

These two voltage ratings depend on the probe and your application. Refer to the Speciﬁcations section of the manual for more information.

WARNING. To prevent electrical shock, do not exceed the maximum measurement or maximum ﬂoating voltage for the

oscilloscope input BNC connector, probe tip, or probe reference lead.

Connect and disconnect properly. Connect the probe output to the measurement product before connecting the

probe to the circuit under test. Connect the probe reference lead to the circuit under test before connecting the probe input. Disconnect the probe input and the probe reference lead from the c ircuit under test before disconnecting the p robe from the measurement product.

Connect and disconnect properly. De-energize the circuit under test before connecting or disconnecting the current

probe.

Connect the pro

Do not connect a

be reference lead to earth ground only.

current probe to any wire that carries voltages above the current probe voltage rating.

Inspect the probe and accessories. Before each use, inspect probe and accessories for damage (cuts, tears, or

defects in the probe body, accessories, or cable jacket). Do not use if damaged.

Ground-referenced oscilloscope use. Do not ﬂoat the reference lead of this probe when using with ground-referenced

oscilloscopes. The reference lead must be connected to earth potential (0 V).

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Important safet

y information

Servicesafetysummary

The Service safety summary section contains additional information required to safely perform service on the product. Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures. Read this Service safety summary and the General safety summary before performing any service procedures.

To avoid electric shock. Do not touch exposed connections.

Do not service alone. Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this product unless another person capable of

rendering ﬁrst a id and resuscitation is present.

Disconnect

power before removing any covers or panels, or opening the c ase for servicing.

power.

To avoid electric shock, switch off the product power and disconnect the power cord from the mains

Use care when servicing with power on. Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product. Disconnect

power, remove battery (if applicable), and disconnect test leads before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing components.

Verify sa

fety after repair.

Always recheck ground continuity and mains dielectric strength after performing a repair.

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Terms in this manual

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.

Symbols and terms on the product

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking.

WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.

Important safet

y information

When this symbol is marked on the product, be sure to consult the manual to ﬁnd out the nature of the potential hazards and any actions which have to be taken to avoid them. (This symbol may also be used to refer the user to ratings

The following symbol(s) m ay appear on the product:

in the manual.)

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Compliance info

rmation

Compliance in

This section lists the EMC (electromagnetic compliance), safety, and environmental standards with which the instrument complies.

EMC compliance

EU EMC Direct

Meets intent of Directive 2014/30/EU for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Compliance was demonstrated to the following speciﬁcations as listed in the Ofﬁcial Journal of the European Communities:

EN 61326-1:2006, EN 61326-2-1:2006. EMC requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and

laborator

CISPR 11:2

IEC 61000

IEC 6100

123

yuse.

003. Radiated and conducted emissions, Group 1, Class A

-4-2:2001. Electrostatic discharge immunity

-4-3:2002. RF electromagnetic ﬁeld immunity

-4-4:2004. Electrical fast transient/burst immunity

0-4-5:2001. Power line surge immunity

0-4-6:2003. Conducted RF immunity

0-4-11:2004. Voltage dips and interruptions immunity

formation

ive

EN 61000-3-2:2006. AC power line harmonic emissions

EN 6100

0-3-3:1995.

Voltage changes, ﬂuctuations, and ﬂicker

European contact.

Tektronix UK, Ltd. Western Peninsula Western Road Bracknell, RG12 1RF United Kingdom

product is intended for use in nonresidential areas only. Use in residential areas may cause electromagnetic interference.

This

Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when this equipment is connected to a test object.

For compliance with the EMC standards listed here, high quality shielded interface cables should be used.

Oscilloscope: ≤ 3.0 division waveform displacement and ≤ 6.0 division increase in peak-to-peak noise. R F: Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to –50 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000-4-3 test for frequencies up to 1 GHz, and to –35 dBm for frequencies above 1 GHz.

Oscilloscope: ≤ 1.0 division waveform displacement and ≤ 2.0 division increase in peak-to-peak noise. R F: Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically i ncrease to –85 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference

the IEC 61000-4-6 test.

per

Performance Criterion C applied at the 70%/25 cycle Voltage-Dip and the 0%/250 cycle Voltage-Interruption test levels (IEC

00-4-11).

610

x MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual

Australia / New Zealand Declaration of Conformity – EMC

Complies with the EMC provision of the Radiocommunications Act per the following standard, in accordance with ACMA:

CISPR 11:2003. Radiated and Conducted Emissions, Group 1, Class A, in accordance with EN 61326-1:2006 and EN 61326-2-1:2006.

Australia / New Zealand contact.

Baker & McKenzie Level 27, AMP Centre 50 Bridge St Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

reet

Russian Federation

This product is approved by the Russian government to carry the GOST mark.

Safety compliance

This section lists the safety standards with which the product complies and other safety compliance information.

Compliance info

rmation

EU decla

Compliance was demonstrated to the following speciﬁcation as listed in the Ofﬁcial Journal of the European Union:

Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU.

ration of conformity – low voltage

EN 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General Requirements.

EN 61010-2-030. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – P art 2-030: Particular requirements for testing and measuring c ircuits.

U.S. nationally recognized testing laboratory listing

UL 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part

neral Requirements.

1: Ge

1010-2-030. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part

UL 6 2-030: Particular requirements for testing and measuring c ircuits.

Canadian certiﬁcation

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General Requirements.

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-2-030. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 2-030: Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits.

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Additional compliances

IEC 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General Requirements.

IEC 61010-2-030. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 2-030: Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits.

Equipment type

Test and measuring equipment.

Safety class

Class 1 – grounded product.

Pollution degree descriptions

A measure of the contaminants that could occur in the environment around and within a product. Typically the internal environ for which they are r ated.

rmation

ment inside a product is considered to be the same as the external. Products should be used only in the environment

Pollution degree 1. No pollution or only dry, nonconductive pollution occurs. Products in this category are generally encapsulated, hermetically sealed, or located in clean rooms.

Pollution degree 2. Normally only dry, nonconductive pollution occurs. Occasionally a temporary conductivity that is

by condensation must be expected. This location is a typical ofﬁce/home environment. Temporary condensation

caused occurs only when the product is out of service.

Pollution degree 3. Conductive pollution, or dry, nonconductive pollution that becomes conductive due to condensation. These are sheltered locations where neither temperature nor humidity is controlled. The a rea is protected from direct

ine, rain, or direct wind.

sunsh

tion degree 4. Pollution that generates persistent conductivity through conductive dust, rain, or snow. Typical

Pollu outdoor locations.

Pollution degree rating

Pollution degree 2 (as deﬁned in IEC 61010-1). Rated for indoor, dry location use only.

IP rating

IP20 (as deﬁned in IE C 60529).

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Compliance info

Measurement and overvoltage category descriptions

Measurement terminals on this product may be rated for measuring mains voltages from one or more of the following categories (see speciﬁc ratings marked on the product and in the manual).

Category II. Circuits directly connected to the building wiring at utilization points (socket outlets and similar points).

Category III. In the building wiring and distribution system.

Category IV. At the source of the electrical supply to the building.

NOTE. Only mains power supply circuits have an overvoltage category rating. Only measurement circuits have a

measurement category rating. Other circuits within the product do not have either rating.

Mains overvoltage category rating

rmation

Overvolta

ge category II (as deﬁned in IEC 61010-1).

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rmation

Environmental considerations

This section provides information about the environmental impact of the product.

Product end-of-life handling

Observe the following guidelines when recycling an instrument or component:

Equipment recycling. Production of this equipment required the extraction and use of natural resources. The equipment

may contain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health if improperly handled at the product’s end of life. To avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources, we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure that most of the materials are reused or recycled appropriately.

This symbol indicates that this product complies with the applicable European Union requirements according to Directives 2002/96/EC and 2006/66/EC on waste ele ctrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries. For information about recycling options, check the Support/Service section of the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com).

Perchlorate materials. This product contains one or more type CR lithium batteries. According to the state

of Califo www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate for additional information.

rnia, CR lithium batteries are classiﬁed as perchlorate materials and require special handling. See

Restriction of hazardous substances

This product is classiﬁed as an industrial monitoring and control instrument, and is not required to comply with the substance restrictions of the recast RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU until July 22, 2017.

xiv MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual

Preface

This manual describes the installation and operation of the following oscilloscopes:

Preface

Model MDO3104 MDO3102 MDO3054 MDO3052 MDO3034

Bandwidth

Analog Channels

Digital Channels

RF Channels

Sample Rate (1 ch)

Sample Rate (2 ch)

Sample Rate (4 ch)

Record Length (1 ch)

Record Length (2 ch)

Record Length (4 ch)

RF Frequency Range

AFG Outputs

1GHz 1GHz

424 2 4

16 16 16 16 16

111 1 1

5 GS/s 5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s

2.5 GS/s N/A 2.5 GS/s N/A 2.5 GS/s

10 M 10 M 10 M 10 M 10 M

10 M

9kHz-1GHz 9kHz-1GHz

111 1 1

N/A

500 MHz 500 MHz 350 MHz

10 M

9 kHz - 500 MHz 9 kHz - 500 MHz 9 kHz - 350 MHz

N/A

10 M

Model MDO3032 MDO3024 MDO3022 MDO3014 MDO3012

Bandwidth 350 MHz 200 MHz 200 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz

Analog Channels

Digital Channels

RF Channels

Sample Rate (1 ch)

Sample Rate (2 ch)

Sample Rate (4 ch)

Record Length (1 ch)

Record Length (2 ch)

2424 2

16 16 16 16 16

1111 1

2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2,5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s

2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s

N/A 2.5 GS/s N/A 2.5 GS/s N/A

10 M 10 M 10 M 10 M 10 M

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Model MDO3032 MDO3024 MDO3022 MDO3014 MDO3012

Record Length (4 ch)

RF Frequency Range 9 kHz - 350 MHz 9 kHz - 200 MHz 9 kHz - 200 MHz 9 kHz - 100 MHz 9 kHz - 100 MHz

AFG Outputs

Key Feature

MDO3000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes are 6-in-1 integrated oscilloscopes, offering a built-in spectrum analyzer, arbitrary function generator, logic analyzer, protocol analyzer, digital voltmeter and frequency counter. Key features include:

A dedicated RF input channel for frequency domain measurements

Four or two analog channels for time domain measurements

Models are available with bandwidths from 100 MHz to 1 GHz

Sample rates of 2.5 GS/s on all analog channels (5 GS/s on 1 or 2 channels for the MDO3104 or MDO3102)

10 M points record length on all channels

Maximum waveform capture rate: >280,000 waveforms/second with FastAcq. >50,000 waveforms/second with normal operation.

Advanced triggering and analysis: ARINC429, I2C, SPI, USB 2.0, CAN, CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, RS-232, RS -422, RS-485, UART, I module), and Parallel

N/A

1111 1

10 M

N/A

10 M

N/A

S, Left Justiﬁed (LJ), Right Justiﬁed (RJ), TDM, MIL-STD-1553 (with the appropriate application

Power analysis, and limit and mask testing application modules (optional)

Arbitrary function generator and 16 digital channels (optional)

Digital voltmeter free with product registration

Conventions Used in This Manual

The following icons are used throughout this manual.

t panel power

Sequence Step

Fron

Connect power

Netw

ork

USB

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Installation

Before Installation

Unpack the oscilloscope and check that you received all items listed as standard accessories. The following pages list recommended accessories and probes, instrument options, and upgrades. Check the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com) for the most current information.

Standard accessories

Accessory Description

MDO3000 Installation and Safety Manual General installation and safety information MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes

Documentation Browser CD

Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop CD

Calibration certiﬁcate documenting traceability to national metrology institute(s), and ISO9001 quality system registration.

Front Panel Overlay

Probes

Adapter

Electronic versions of or links to documents, including the User Manual, Programmer Manual and the Technical Reference.

Productivity, analysis, and documentation software

French (Option L1) Italian (Option L2) German (Option L3) Spanish (Option L4) Japanese (Option L5) Portuguese (Option L6) Simpliﬁed Chinese (Option L7) Traditional Chinese (Option L8) Korean (Option L9) Russian (Option L10) For 100 and 200 MHz models, one 250 MHz,

10X passive probe per channel

Two TPP0250 for the MDO3012/22 and four TPP0250 for the MDO3014/24

For 350 and 500 MHz models, one 500 MHz, 10X passive probe per channel

Two TPP0500B for the MDO3032/52 and four TPP0500B for the MDO3034/54

For 1 GHz models, one 1 GHz, 10X passive probe per channel

Two TPP1000 for the MDO3102 and four TPP1000 for the MDO3104

NMaletoBNCFemale

Installation

Tektronix part number

071-3249-XX 063-4526-XX

––

335-3264-XX 335-3265-XX 335-3266-XX 335-3267-XX 335-3268-XX 335-3269-XX 335-3270-XX 335-3271-XX 335-3272-XX 335-3273-XX TPP0250

TPP0500B

TPP1000

103-0473-XX

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Standard accessories (cont.)

Tektronix part

Accessory Description

Power Cord

Logic probe (with MDO3MSO option) One, 16-channel logic probe, with accessories Probe and accessory pouch Bag to hold probes and related accessories 016-2008-XX

North America (Opti o n A0) Universal Euro (Option A1) United Kingdom (Option A2) Australia (Option A3) Switzerland (Option A5) Japan (Option A6) China (Option A10) India (Option A11) Brazil (Option A12) No power cord or AC adapter (Option A99)

number

161-0348-XX 161-0343-XX 161-0344-XX 161-0346-XX 161-0347-XX 161-0342-XX 161-0341-00 161-0349-XX 161-0356-XX ––

P6316

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Optional application modules

Tektronix part number Description

MDO3AERO ARINC429 and MIL-STD-1553 Serial Triggering and Analysis MDO3AUDIO Audio Serial Triggering and Analysis (I2S, LJ, RJ, TDM) MDO3AUTO Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis (CAN, CAN FD, and LIN) MDO3COMP Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485

and UART) MDO3EMBD Embedded S MDO3FLEX FlexRay Se MDO3USB Universa

High speed is decode only; available on 1 GHz models only. MDO3LMT Limit/Mask Test Analysis MDO3PWR

Power Me

erial Triggering and Analysis (I

rial Triggering and Analysis

l Serial Bus Triggering and Analysis (LS, FS, HS).

asurement Analysis

C and SPI)

Optional instrument upgrades

Tektronix part number Description

MDO3AFG Arbitrary function generator MDO3MSO MDO3SA Increase spectrum analyzer input frequency range to 9 kHz - 3 GHz MDO3SEC

Bandwidth upgrades

16 digital channels; includes P6316 digital probe

Add password protected security to enable or disable all communication ports and ﬁrmware upgrades to any MDO3000 Series oscilloscope.

Upgrade the analog bandwidth on MDO3000 Series products post-purchase. Visit www.tektronix.com for information on available upgrade products.

Optional accessories

Tektronix part

Accessory Description

TPA-BNC adapter TekVPI to TekProbe II BNC Adapter TPA-BNC TPA-N-VPI adapter

TekVPI probes that work with MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes

NEX-HD2HEADER

TEK-USB-488 Adapter GPIB to USB Adapter TEK-USB-488 Rackmount kit Adds rackmount brackets RMD3000 Soft transit case Protective front cover

Adapter from N connection (RF input) to TekVPI probe.

Visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix website at www.tektronix.com/probes

Adapter that routes the channels from a Mictor connector to 0.1 inch header pins

Case for carrying instrument. Also included with this case is a hard

plastic protective instrument front cover (200-5052-00).

number

TPA-N-BNC

—

NEX-HD2HEADER

ACD3000

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Optional accessories (cont.)

Accessory Description

Hard transit case

Front cover Hard plastic cover to help protect the

Demonstration Board

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer Manual

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Technical Reference Manual

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Service Manual

Traveling case, which requires use of the soft transit case (ACD3000)

instrument Electronic circuit board used for demonstration

and training on the MDO3000 Series. English 071-0968-XX French 071-0969-XX Italian 071-0970-XX German Spanish Japanese 071-0973-XX Portuguese 071-0974-XX Simpliﬁed Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean 071-0977-XX Russian 071-0978-XX Describes commands for remote control of the

oscilloscope. Available electronically on the Documentation Browser CD or for download from www.tektronix.com/manuals.

Describes the oscilloscope speciﬁcations and performance veriﬁcation procedure. Available electronically on the Documentation Browser CD or for download from www.tektronix.com/manuals.

Service information on MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes

Tektronix part number

HCTEK4321

200-5052-00

020-3087-XX

071-0971-XX 071-0972-XX

071-0975-XX 071-0976-XX

077-0510-XX

077-0979-XX

077-0981-XX

4 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual

Optional accessories (cont.)

Accessory Description

MDO3000 Series Application Module Installation Instructions

MDO3PWR, DPO3PWR and DPO4PWR Power Measurement Module User Manual

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Declassiﬁcation and Security Instructions

Describes how to install application modules on your oscilloscope

English (Option L0) French (Option L1) Italian (Option L2) German (Option L3) Spanish (Option L4) Japanese (Option L5) Portuguese (Option L6) Simpliﬁed Chinese (Option L7) Traditional Chinese (Option L8) Korean (Option L9) Russian (Option L10) Describes how to sanitize or remove memory

devices from the Tektronix MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes

Installation

Tektronix part number

071-3250-XX

071-2631-XX 077-0235-XX 077-0236-XX 077-0237-XX 077-0238-XX 077-0239-XX 077-0240-XX 077-0241-XX 077-0242-XX 077-0243-XX 077-0244-XX 077-0980-XX

The MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes support a multitude of optional probes. (See page 7, Connecting Probes .) Visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com/probes) for the most up to date information.

Operating Considerations

MDO3000 Series O

Mains Input Voltage: 100 V to 240 V ±10% Mains Input Power Frequency:

50/60 Hz at 100 V to 240 V 400 Hz ± 10% at 100 to 132 V

Weight: 4.2 kg (9.2 lbs), standalone instrument Height, including feet but not handle:

203.2 mm (8 in) Width, 416.6 mm (16.4 in) Depth, 147.4 mm (5.8 in) Clearance: 51 mm (2 in)

Temperature Operating: –10 °C to +55 °C (+14 °F to +131 °F) Nonoperating: –40 °C to +71 °C (–40 °F to +159 °F)

scilloscopes

MDO3000 Series

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Humidity: Operating:

5% to 90% relative humidity (% RH) at up to +40°C, 5% to 60% RH abo

ve +40 C up to +55°C,

non-condensing Non-Operating:

5% to 90% RH (R

elative Humidity) at up to +40 C,

5% to 60% RH above +40°C up to +55°C,

5% to 40% RH above +55 °C up to +71 °C

non-condens

ing

Altitude: Operating:

3,000 m (about 9,843 ft)

Non-operating: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)

Acquisition System: 1 M  The maximum input voltage: At the BNC, 300 V 45 MHz, De

Acquisi The maximum input voltage: 5 V

-rate 14 db between 45 MHz and 450 MHz. Above 450 MHz, 5 V

tion System: 50  and 75 

with a peak at ±20 V. (DF  6.25%).

RMS

, Installation Category II. De-rate at 20 dB/decade between 4.5 MHz and

RMS

ed RF Input:

Dedicat The maximum operating input level:

Average Continuous Power: +20 dBm (0.1 W) DC maxi

mum before damage: ±40 V

Max “No damage” +33 dBm (2 W) CW Peak Pulse Power: +45 dBm (32 W) Peak Pu

CAUTI

lse Power deﬁned as <10 s pulse width, <1% duty cycle, and reference level of  +10 dBm

ON. To ensure p roper cooling, keep the sides and rear of the instrument clear of obstructions. Ventilation clearance

should be at least 51 mm (2 in) on the left side, when looking at the front of the instrument, and on the rear of the instrument

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscop e with a P6316 Digital Probe

Threshold Accuracy: ±(100 mV + 3% of threshold setting after calibration)

Threshold

Maximum nondestructive input signal to probe: +30 V to -20 V

Minimum signal swing: 500 mV

Input resistance: 101 K

Range: +25 V to –15 V.

peak-to-peak

pacitance: 8.0 pF typical

Input ca

Pollution Degree: 2, Indoor use only

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Humidity: 5% to 95% relative humidity

Cleaning

Inspect the oscilloscope and probes as often as operating conditions require. To clean the exterior surface, perform the following steps:

1. Remove loose dust on the outside of the oscilloscope and probes with a lint-free cloth. Use care to avoid scratching

the display.

2. Use a soft cloth dampened with water to clean the oscilloscope. Use an aqueous solution of 75% isopropyl alcohol

for more efﬁcient cleaning.

CAUTION. Avoid getting moisture inside the unit during external cleaning. Use only enough cleaning solution to dampen

the cloth or swab.

CAUTION. To avoid damage to the surface of the oscilloscope or probes, do not use any abrasive or chemical cleaning

agents.

Connecting Probes

The oscilloscope supports probes with the following:

1. Tektronix Versatile Probe Interface

(TekVPI) These probes support two-way

communication with the oscilloscope through on-screen menus and remotely through programmable support. The remote control is useful in applications like ATE where you want the system to preset probe parameters.

2. Tektronix Versatile Probe Interface

(TekVPI) for Passive Probes These probes build upon the functionality

of the TekVPI interface. Each probe is matched with its corresponding oscilloscope channel, allowing the oscilloscope to optimize the signal input path. This provides AC compensation across the frequency band.

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3. TPA-BNC Adapter The TPA-BNC Adapter allows you to

use TEKPROBE I such as providing probe power, and passing scaling and unit information to the oscillos

I probe capabilities,

cope.

Securi

4. BNC Interfa

Some of these use TEKPROBE capabilities to pass the waveform signal and scaling only pass the signal and there is no other communication.

5. Logic Probe Interface The P6316 p

of digital (on or off state) information.

6. The TPA-N use TekVPI probes in the RF input.

For more information on the many probes available for use with MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes, visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix website at www.tektronix.com.

ces

to the oscilloscope. Some

robe provides 16 channels

-VPI Adapter allows you to

ng the Oscilloscope

1. Use a st

security lock to secure your oscilloscope to your location.

andard laptop computer style

8 MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual

Powering on the Oscilloscope

Ground the Oscilloscope and Yourself

To power on the instrument, connect the power cord that was provided with the instrument to the power connector on the rear panel. C power cord from the instrument.

onnect the power cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet. To power off the instrument, remove the

Installation

Grounding th same ground as any circuits that you are testing.

If you are wo components, ground yourself. Static electricity that builds up on your body can damage Wearing a grounding strap safely sends static charges on your body to earth ground.

To connect the power cord and power on the oscilloscope:

1. Connect the supplied power cord to the rear-panel power connector.

2. Push the power button on the instrument front-panel and the instrument will turn on.

NOTE. The Standby button on the front-panel does not disconnect mains power. Only the power cord at the rear of the

produc

e oscilloscope is necessary for safety and to take accurate measurements. The oscilloscope needs to share the

rkingwithstaticsensitive

static-sensitive components.

t can disconnect mains power.

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Powering off the Oscilloscope

To power off the oscilloscope and remove the power cord:

1. Push the power button on the instrument front-panel to turn the instrument off.

2. If you want to remove power completely, disconnect the power cord from the rear-panel of the instrument.

Functional Check

Perform this quick functional check to verify that your oscilloscope is operating correctly.

1. Connect the oscilloscope power cable as described in Powering On the Oscilloscope. (See page 9.)

2. Power on the oscilloscope.

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3. Connect the probe connector to

oscilloscope channel 1 and the probe tip and reference terminals on the oscilloscope front panel.

4. Push Default Setup.

5. Push Autoset. The screen should now

display a square wave, approximately

2.5 V at 1 kHz. If the signal appears but is misshapen,

perform the procedures for compensating the probe.

If no signal appears, rerun the procedure. If this does not remedy the situation, have the instrument serviced by qualiﬁed service personnel.

lead to the PROBE COMP

Installation

Compensating a TPP0250, TPP0500B or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe

The MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes can automatically compensate T PP0250, TPP0500B and TPP1000 probes. This eliminates the need for manual probe compensation, as is typically performed with other probes.

Each compensation generates values for a speciﬁc probe and channel combination. If you want to use the probe on another channel and desire to compensate the new probe-channel pair, you must run a new set of compensation steps for that new

ination.

comb

1. Connect the oscilloscope power cable. (See 9, Powering on the Oscilloscope.)

page

2. Power on the oscilloscope.

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3. Connect the probe connector to the oscilloscope channel, and the probe tip and reference

lead to the PROBE COMP

terminals on the oscilloscope front panel.

NOTE. Connect only one probe at a time to the

probe comp te

rminals.

4. Push a front panel button for an input channel connected to the probe you wish to compensat

e. (1, 2, 3,or4)

5. Notice on the lower menu that the

cope has automatically set the probe

oscillos termination value

6. Push Mor

e repeatedly to select Probe

Setup from the resulting pop-up menu.

Coupling

DC|AC

Termina-

tion set b

TPP1000

Invert

On |

Off

Bandwidth

Full

Label

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TPP1000

Probe Setup

SN:

000001

Atten: 10X

7. Notice that the compensation status starts

as Default.

8. Push Compens

ate probe and follow the

instructions that appear on the display.

Compen-

sation Status

Default

Compen-

sate probe

for 1

Measure

Current

Yes |

When compensating TPP0250/TPP0500B/TPP1000 probes on the MDO3000 S eries oscilloscopes:

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Each channel can store compensation values for 10 individual probes. If you try to compensate an 11th p robe on a channel, the oscilloscope will delete the values for the least recently used probe and add the values for the new probe.

The oscilloscope w

ill assign default compensation values to a TPP0250, TPP0500B or TPP1000 probe connected to

the Aux In channel.

NOTE. A factory calibration will delete all stored compensation values

NOTE. A probe com

pensation failure is most likely due to intermittent connection of the probe tip or ground connection during the probe compensation operation. If a failure occurs, the oscilloscope will re-use the old probe compensation values, if they existed prior to the failed probe compensation operation.

Compensating a non-TPP0250, non-TPP0500B or non-TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe

Whenever you attach a passive voltage probe for the ﬁrst time to any input channel, compensate the probe to match it to the corresponding oscilloscope input channel.

If you are interested in using the automatic probe compensation procedure described above for the TPP0250, TPP0500 and TPP1000 probes (See page 11, Compensating a TPP0250, TPP0500B or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe.). On a non-TPP0250/TPP0500B/TPP1000 Tektronix passive probe, check the instruction manual for your probe to see if it qualiﬁes. Otherwise, to properly compensate your passive probe:

1. Follow the steps for the functional

check. (See page 10, Functional Check.)

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2. Check the shape of the displayed waveform to determine if your probe is prope

rly compensated.

Properly compensated

Under compensa

ted

Over compensat

3. If necessary, Repeat as needed.

adjust your probe.

Quick Tips

Use the shortest possible ground lead and signal path to minimize probe-induced ringing a signal.

nd distortion on the measured

Signal with a short ground lead

ithalonggroundlead

Signal w

Application Module Free Trial

A 30-day free trial is available for all application m odule licenses not installed in your oscilloscope. The trial period begins when you power on the oscilloscope for the ﬁrst time.

After 30 days, you must purchase the module if you want to continue using the application. To see the date when your free trial period expires, push Utility on the front panel, push Utility Page on the lower menu, turn the Multipurpose a knob to select Conﬁg, and push About on the lower menu.

Installing an Application M odule

CAUTION. To avoid damage to the oscilloscope or application module, observe ESD (electrostatic discharge) precautions.

(See page 9, Powering on the Oscilloscope.)

Turn off the oscilloscope power while removing or adding an application module.

(See page 10, Powering off the Oscilloscope.)

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Optional application module packages extend the capability of your oscilloscope.

You can physically install up to two application modules at one time. Application modules can go into the slots with a window in the upper right corner of the front panel. One additional slot is directly behind the one that you can see. To use the hidden slot, install the module with the label facing away from y ou.

Some of the modules have licenses that allow you to transfer the license between your application modules and the oscilloscope. You can keep each license in the module, which will allow you to move the module from one instrument to another. Alternatively, you can move the license from the module to the oscilloscope. This approach will allow you to store the module separately from the oscilloscope for safe keeping. This approach will also allow you to use more than two applications on your oscilloscope simultaneously. To transfer a license from a module to your oscilloscope or from your oscilloscope to a module:

1. Turn off the power to the oscilloscope. Insert the application modules into the oscilloscope. Turn on the power.

2. Push Utility on the front panel. If needed, push Utility Page on the lower menu and turn the Multipurpose a knob to

select Conﬁg. Push Manage Modules and Options on the lower menu, and then push License Type on the side menu until “Modules” is selected. The licenses contained in the oscilloscope will be listed in the side menu. Push the button next to the appropriate license to transfer. You may transfer up to two licenses at one time.

3. After you turn off the power to the oscilloscope, you can remove the physical application module from the oscilloscope.

Refer to the MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes Application Module Installation Manual that came with your application module for instructions on installing and testing an application module.

NOTE. If you transfer a license from a module to an oscilloscope, the module will not work on another oscilloscope until

you transfer the license back from the oscilloscope to the module. Consider putting the physical module in an envelope or other storage with a label recording the date, module name, model and serial number of the oscilloscope which holds the license. This will help prevent confusion later if someone ﬁnds the module, installs it in some other oscilloscope, and wonders why it does not work.

Upgrading Bandwidth

You may increase the bandwidth of an instrument when by purchasing an upgrade.

1 GHz upgrades require Tek Service installation and option IFC (calibration).

Model to be upgraded Bandwidth before

MDO3012

your project requirements demand higher performance. Do this

Bandwidth after

upgrade

100 MHz 200 MHz

100 MHz 350 MHz

100 MHz 500 MHz

100 MHz

upgrade

1 GHz MDO3BW1T102

Order this product

MDO3BW1T22

MDO3BW1T32

MDO3BW1T52

200 MHz 350 MHz

200 MHz 500 MHz

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MDO3BW2T32

MDO3BW2T52

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MDO3014

200 MHz

350 MHz 500 MHz

350 MHz

500 MHz

100 MHz 200 MHz

100 MHz 350 MHz

100 MHz 500 MHz

100 MHz

200 MHz 350 MHz

200 MHz 500 MHz

200 MH

350 M

1 GHz MDO3BW2T102

1 GHz MDO3BW3T102

1 GHz MDO3BW5T102

1 GHz MDO3BW1T104

1 GHz MDO3BW2T104

500 M

MDO3BW3T52

MDO3BW1T24

MDO3BW1T34

MDO3BW1T54

MDO3BW2T34

MDO3BW2T54

MDO3BW3T54

MDO3022

MDO3024

MHz

350

MHz

500

0MHz

00 MHz

350 MHz 500 MHz

350 MHz

500 MHz

200 MHz 350 MHz

200 MHz 500 MHz

200 MHz

350 MHz 500 MHz

1 GHz MDO3BW3T104

1 GHz MDO3BW5T104

0MHz

00 MHz

1 GHz MDO3BW2T102

1 GHz MDO3BW3T102

1 GHz MDO3BW5T102

1 GHz MDO3BW2T104

MDO3BW2T32

MDO3BW2T52

MDO3BW3T52

MDO3BW2T34

MDO3BW2T54

MDO3BW3T54

350 MHz

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1 GHz MDO3BW3T104

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MDO3032

MDO3034

MDO3052

MDO3054

500 MHz

350 MHz 500 MHz

350 MHz

500 MHz

350 MHz 500 MHz

350 MHz

500 MHz

1 GHz MDO3BW5T104

MDO3BW3T52

1 GHz MDO3BW3T102

1 GHz MDO3BW5T102

MDO3BW3T54

1 GHz MDO3BW3T104

1 GHz MDO3BW5T104

1 GHz MDO3BW5T102

1 GHz MDO3BW5T104

To enable the upgrade, you will need to order a bandwidth upgrade product. 1 GHz upgrades require you to send your instrument to a Tektronix Service Center. All others can be performed in the ﬁeld by the customer.

You will need to supply the model number and serial number when placing your order. To determine the serial number of

nstrument, push Utility, and then push About. The serial number is located on the resulting screen.

your i

rade bandwidth by installing an option key on your instrument,

To upg

1. Once you have placed an order for the appropriate bandwidth upgrade product, you

ld receive an Option Key Certiﬁcate.

shou with the option key number.

2. Push Utility.

3. On the lower menu, push Utility Page and

elect Conﬁg.

4. Push Manage Modules & Options.

Utility Page

Conﬁg

Manage

Modules &

ptions

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5. On the side menu, push License Type until Options is highlighted.

6. Push Install Option.

7. Enter the Option Key number by turning Multipurpo

se a and pushing Enter

Character on the lower menu. Alternatively,

you may use a USB keyboard.

8. Push OK Accept on the side menu. Following a successful installation of the option ke

y, a message will be displayed indicating that you must power cycle the oscilloscope to enable the new features.

License

Type

Modules

Options

Install

Option

Enter

Character

Chan

9. Power cy

10. To verify that the bandwidth has been

upgrad

cle the oscilloscope.

About

ed, push Utility, and then push About on the lower menu. The bandwidth information should be towards the top of this

scree

ging the Language of the User Interface or Keyboard

To change the language of the oscilloscope user interface or keyboard, and to change the front panel button labels through the use of an overlay:

1. Push Utility.

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2. Push Utility P

age.

3. Turn Multipurpose a and select Conﬁg.

4. Push Langua

ge from the resulting lower

menu.

5. Push Menus from the resulting side menu

and turn

Multipurpose a to select the

desired language for the user interface.

6. Push USB

Keyboard from the resulting side

menu and turn Multipurpose a to select the desired language version of keyboard to use.

Utility

Page

Conﬁg

Utility

Page

Conﬁg

Language

Menus

(a) English

USB

Keyboard

Englis

Language

Set Date &

Time

About Manage

Modules &

Options

7. If you choose to use an English user

interface, be sure that the plastic front panel

ay is removed.

overl If you choose a language other than English,

place the plastic overlay for the language

you desire over the front panel to display

that labels in that language.

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Changing the Date and Time

To set the internal clock with the current date and time:

1. Push Utility.

2. Push Utilit

y Page.

3. Turn Multipurp ose a and select Conﬁg.

4. Push Set

5. Push th

Date & Time.

e side menu buttons and turn both the (Multipurpose a and Multipurpose b) knobs to set the time and date values.

6. Push

OK Set Date & Time.

Utility Page

Conﬁg

Utility Page

Conﬁg

Displa Date &

Time

On|Of

Hour

Minut

Month

May

Day

Year

2011

OK Set Date &

Time

Language

Set Date &

Time

About Manage

Modules &

Options

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Signal Path Compensation

Signal Path Compensation (SPC) corrects for DC inaccuracies caused by temperature variations and/or long-term drift. Run the compensation whenever the ambient temperature has changed by more than 10 °C (18 °F) or once a week if you use vertical settings of 5 mV/division or less. Failure to do so may result in the instrument not meeting warranted performance levels at those volts/div settings.

Signal Path Compensation for Time and Frequency Domains

To compensate the signal path:

1. Warm up the oscilloscope for at least

20 minutes. Remove all input signals (probes and cables) from channel inputs. Input signals with AC components adversely affect SPC.

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2. Push Utility.

3. Push Utility Page.

4. Turn Multipurpose a and select

Calibration.

5. Push Signal Path on the lower menu.

Utility

Page

Calibration

Utility

Page

Calibration

Signal

Path

Pass

Factory

Pass

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6. Push OK Compensate Signal Paths on the resulting side menu.

The calibrati

on will take approximately

OK Com-

pensate

Signal

Paths

10 minutes to complete.

7. After calibr

ation, v e rify that the status

indicator on the lower menu displays Pass.

Utility

Page

Calibration

Signal

Path

Pass

Factory

Pass

If it does not, then recalibrate the instrument or have the i

nstrument serviced by qualiﬁed

service personnel.

Service pe

rsonnel use the factory calibration functions to calibrate the internal voltage references of the oscilloscope using external s

ources. Contact your Tektronix ﬁeld ofﬁce or representative for assistance with factory calibration.

NOTE. Signal Path Compensation does not include calibration to the probe tip. (See page 13, Compensating a

non-TPP0

250, non-TPP0500B or non-TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe.)

Signal Path Compensation for Frequency Domain Only

The signal path compensation (SPC) described above runs on both the time and the frequency domain inputs. If you only want to compensate the RF input, you can save time by running SPC only on the RF input and skipping the time domain part. You can do this as follows:

1. As with the time and frequency calibration, warm up the oscilloscope for at least 20 minutes. Remove all input signals (probes and cables) from the RF input.

2. Push RF to bring up the Frequency Domain menu.

3. Push More to select Compensate Signal Path.

4. On the resulting side menu, push OK. Compensate RF Signal Path.

Spectrum

Traces

Spectro-

gram

Spectrum Triggered

Detection

Method

Auto

Edit Labels

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Upgrading Firmware

To upgrade the ﬁrmware of the oscilloscope:

1. Open up a Web browser and go to

www.tektronix.com/software/downloads. Proceed to the software ﬁnder. Download the latest ﬁrmware for your oscilloscope on your PC.

Unzip the ﬁles and copy the ﬁrmware.img ﬁle into th or USB hard drive.

e root folder of a USB ﬂash drive

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2. Power off y

3. Insert the USB ﬂash or hard drive into

the USB port on the front panel of your oscil

our oscilloscope.

loscope.

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4. Power on the osc automatically recognizes the replacement ﬁrmware and installs it.

If the instrum ﬁrmware, rerun the procedure. If the problem continues, try a d ifferent model of USB ﬂash or ha contact qualiﬁed service personnel.

NOTE. Do not power off the oscilloscope or

remove the US ﬁnishes installing the ﬁrmware.

5. Power off the oscilloscope and remove the USB ﬂash or hard drive.

illoscope. The instrument

ent does not install the

rd drive. Finally, if needed,

B drive until the o scilloscope

6. Power on the oscilloscope.

7. Push

Utility.

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8. Push Utility P

age.

9. Turn Multipurpose a and select Conﬁg.

10. Push About. The oscilloscope displays the

ﬁrmware ve

11. Conﬁrm tha

rsion number.

t the version number matches

that of the new ﬁrmware.

Utility Page

Conﬁg

Utility Page

Conﬁg

Language

Set Date &

Time

About Manage

Modules &

Options

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Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer

Connect your oscilloscope directly to a computer to let the PC analyze your data, collect screen images, or to control your oscilloscope. (See page 164, Saving a Screen Image.) (See page 165, Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace D ata.)

Three ways to connect your oscilloscope to a computer are through the VISA drivers, the e*Scope Web-enabled tools, and a socket server. Use VISA to communicate with your oscilloscope from your computer through a software application, such as Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop®. Use e*Scope to communicate with your oscilloscope through a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. For best results, use a browser that supports html 5.

Using VISA

VISA lets yo runs on your PC, such as Microsoft Excel, National Instruments LabVIEW, Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop software, or a program of your own creation. You can use a common com munications connection, such as USB, Ethernet, or GPIB, to connect

For VISA, the drivers and OpenChoice Desktop software on the appropriate CD that comes with your oscilloscope or at the Tektronix software ﬁnder Web page (www.tektronix.com).

Using e*

With e*Scope, you can access and control any Internet-connected MDO3000 Series oscilloscope from a web browser on your computer.

Connect the oscilloscope to your network using the LAN port. The built-in LXI web interface (Core 2011, Version 1.4) provides network conﬁguration information, which you can edit and customize. It also provides remote instrument control through the e*Scope user interface. There you can control instrument settings, save screen images, save instrument data or setups, and much more. Do all this throug h a password-protectable web-interface.

To set up VISA communications between your oscilloscope and a computer:

1. Load the VISA drivers on your computer.

u use your MS-Windows computer to acquire data from your oscilloscope for use in an analysis package that

the computer to the oscilloscope.

load the VISA drivers on your computer. Also, load your application, such as OpenChoice Desktop. You will ﬁnd

Scope

Also, load your application, such as OpenChoice Desktop.

You will ﬁnd the drivers and OpenChoice Desktop software on the appropriate CD that comes with your oscilloscope or at the Tektronix software ﬁnder Web page (www.tektronix.com).

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2. Connect the oscilloscope to your computer

with the appropriate USB or Ethernet cable.

To communicate between the oscilloscope and a GPIB system, connect the oscilloscope to the TEK-USB-488 GPIB-to-USB Adapter with a USB cable. Then connect the adapter to your GPIB system with a GPIB cable. Cycle the power on the oscilloscope.

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3. Push Utility.

4. Push Utility Page.

5. Turn Multipu rpo se a and select I/O.

6. If you are using USB, the system sets itself

up automatically for you, if USB is enabled.

Check USB on the lower menu to be sure

t USB is enabled. If it is not enabled, push

tha USB. Then push Connect to Computer on the side menu.

Utility

Page

I/O

Uti

Page

I/O

lity

USB

mputer

Ethernet &

LXI

work

Net

Conﬁgura-

tion

tomatic

Socket

ver

Ser

GPIB

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7. To use Ethernet, push Ethernet & LXI on the lower menu.

Use the side me

nu buttons to adjust your network settings, as needed. For more information, see the e*Scope setup information

below.

8. If you want to change socket server parameters

, push Socket Server and enter

new values through the resulting side menu.

9. If you are u

sing GPIB, push GPIB. Enter the GPIB address on the side menu, by turning the Multipurpose a knob.

This will set the GPIB address on an attached TEK-USB-488 Adapter.

Talk/Listen

Address

(a) 1

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10. Run your application software on your

computer.

Quick Tips

Your oscilloscope shipped with a CD that contains a variety of Windows-based software tools for efﬁcient connectivity between your oscilloscope and your computer. These include tool bars that speed connectivity with Microsoft Excel and Word. There is also a standalone acquisition program called Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop.

The rear-panel USB 2.0 device port is the correct USB port for computer connectivity. Use the rear and front panel USB

2.0 host port to connect your oscilloscope to USB ﬂash drives. Use the USB Device port to connect your oscilloscope to a PC or a PictBridge printer.

USB Host port

USB Device port

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Using the LXI Web Page and e*Scope

With e*Scope, you can access any Internet-connected M DO 3000 Series oscilloscope from a web browser on your computer or tablet.

To set up e*Scope communications between your oscilloscope and a Web browser running on a remote computer:

1. Connec

2. Push Utility.

t the oscilloscope to your computer

network with an appropriate Ethernet cable.

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3. Push Utility P

age.

4. Turn Multipurpose a and select I/O.

5. Push Ether

net & LXI.

6. View the top item on the side menu to

determine the condition of the LAN. An

or turns green for good status and red

indicat if the device detects a fault.

7. Push LAN

Settings to display the network

parameters conﬁgured on your oscilloscope.

Utility Page

I/O

Utility Page

I/O

Ethernet

LXI LAN

Status

LAN

Setting

USB

Computer

Ethernet &

LXI

Network

Conﬁgura-

tion

Automatic

Socket Server

GPIB

8. Push LA

N Reset to restore the LAN defaults

to your oscilloscope.

9. Push Te

st Connection to check if your

oscilloscope can ﬁnd an attached network.

10. Push m

ore to see another page of side

menu items.

LAN Reset

Test Con-

nection

more 1 of 2

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11. Push Change Names to change the name

of the oscillo

scope, the network domain, or

the service name.

12. Push Change E

thernet & LXI Password to

change the name of the password.

13. Push Change

e*Scope Password to use

the LXI password to also protect your oscilloscope from changes made to LAN settings fr

om a Web browser.

14. Start your browser on your remote computer.

In the bro

wser address line, enter the host name, a dot, and the domain name together. Alternatively, just enter the IP address of

rument. Either way, you should then

the inst see the LXI Welcome page on your Web browser on your computer screen.

Ethernet &

LXI

Change

Names

Change

Ethernet

&LXI

Password

Change

e*Scope

Password

a Enabled

2of2

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15. Click “Network Conﬁguration” to view and edit the network conﬁguration settings. If

using a password and changing

you are your settings, you need to know that the default user name is “lxiuser”.

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16. For e*Scope, click the Instrument Control (e*Scope) link on the left side of the LXI Welcome page. tab (or window) open in your browser with e*Scope running.

You should then see a new

Using a Socket Server

et server provides two-way communication over an Internet Protocol-based computer network. You can use your

Asock oscilloscope’s socket server feature to l et your oscilloscope communicate with a remote-terminal device or computer.

To set up and use a socket server between your oscilloscope and a remote terminal or computer:

1. Connect the oscilloscope to your computer

ork using an appropriate Ethernet

netw cable.

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2. Push Utility.

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3. Push Utility Page.

4. Turn Multipu rpo se a and select I/O.

5. Push Socket Server.

6. On the resulting Socket Server side menu,

push the top entry to highlight Enabled.

7. Choose whether the protocol should be

None or Terminal.

A communication session run by a human at a keyboard typically uses a terminal protocol. An automated session might handle its own communications without such protocol from the oscilloscope.

8. If required, change the port number by

turning Multipurpose a.

9. If required, press OK to set the new port

number.

Utility Page

I/O

Utility Page

I/O

Socket Server

Enabled

Disabled

Protocol

None

Terminal

Current

Port 4000

Select Port

(a) 4000

Set Port

USB

Computer

Ethernet &

LXI

Network

Conﬁgura-

tion

Manual

Socket Server

GPIB

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10. After you have set up the socket server parameters, the computer is now ready to communicate w

ith the oscilloscope. If you are running an MS Windows PC, you could run its default client Telnet, which has a command inte by typing “

rface. One way to do this is

Telnet ” in the Run window.

The Telnet window will open on the PC.

NOTE. On MS Wi

ndows 7, you must ﬁrst

enable Telnet in order for Telnet to work.

11. Start a terminal session between your computer and your oscilloscope by typing in an open com

mand with the oscilloscope's

LAN address and port #. You can obtain the LAN address by pushing

the Ether

net & LXI lower menu button and the resulting LAN Settings side menu button to view the resulting Ethernet and LXI Setti

ngs screen. You can obtain the port # by pushing Socket Server on the lower menu and viewing Current Port on the side menu.

For example, if the oscilloscope IP address was

123.45.67.89 and the post #

was the

default of 4000, you could open a session by writing into the MS Windows Telnet screen:

illoscope will send a help screen to the

The osc

o 123.45.67.89 4000.

computer when it has ﬁnished connecting.

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12. You can now type

NOTE. Do not use the computer’s backspace

key during a the oscilloscope.

Connecti

You can connect a USB keyboard to a USB Host port on the rear or front panel of the oscilloscope. The oscilloscope will detect the keyboard, even if it is plugged in while the oscilloscope is powered on.

You can use the keyboard to quickly create names or labels. You can bring up the Label button on the lower menu by pushing a Channel or Bus button. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the insertion point, and then type in a name or label. Labeling channels and buses makes the information on the screen easier to identify.

in a standard query, such

as,

*idn?.

The Telnet session window will respond by displaying a c

haracter string describing your

instrument. You can type in more queries and view

more results

using this Telnet session window. You can ﬁnd the syntax for relevant commands, queries and related status codes in the M

DO3000 Series Programmer

Manual.

n MS Windows Telnet session with

ng a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope

To choose whether to use a keyboard with a United States (US) key layout or one with an alternative layout:

1. Push Utility.

2. Push Utility Page.

Utility Page

Conﬁ

Language

Set Da

Time

te &

About Manage

Modules &

Optio

3. Turn Multipurpose a and select Conﬁg.

4. Push Languag e on the lower menu.

5. Push USB Keyboard on the side m enu.

6. Turn Multipurpo se a and select the desired

yboard layout style from the resulting

ke menu.

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ith the Instrument

Get Acquainte

dwiththeInstrument

Front-Panel Menus, Controls, and Connectors

Overview

The front panel has buttons and controls for the functions that you use most often. Use the menu buttons to access more specialized functions.

1. Traditional oscilloscope front panel controls

2. 10-digit keypad

3. Application module slots

4. Ground strap connector

5. Ground

6. PROBE COMP

7. Dedicated spectral analysis controls

8. Dedicated RF input with N-connector

9. Analog channel (1, 2, (3, 4)) inputs with TekVPI versatile probe interface

10. Digital channel input

11. Display: shows frequency or time domain

12. Arbitrary function generator (AFG) enable button

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Front Panel Menus and Controls

The front panel has buttons and controls for the functions that you use most often. Use the menu buttons to access more specialized functions.

Using the Menu System

To use the menu system:

1. Push a front panel menu button to display the menu that you want to use.

NOTE. The B1 and B2 buttons support up

to two different serial or parallel buses.

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ith the Instrument

2. Push a lower menu button. If a pop-out menu ap select the desired choice. If a pop-up menu appears, push the button again to selec

3. Push a side menu button. If the

choice, push the side button repeatedly to cycle through the choices.

If a p Multipurpose a to select the desired choice.

pears, turn Multipurpose a to

t the desired choice.

menu item contains more than one

op-out menu appears, turn

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4. Toremoveaside button again or push Menu Off.

5. Certain menu choices require you to set a numeric value to complete the setup. You ca multipurpose knobs a and b to adjust values. You can also set many numerical values with front panel.

6. Push Fine to turn off or on the ability to make smaller adjustments.

menu, push the lower

n use the upper and lower

the 10-digit keypad on the

Using the Menu Buttons

Use the me

nu buttons to perform many functions in the oscilloscope.

1. Measure. Push to perform automated measurements on waveforms and to access the digital voltmeter (DVM) and waveform histogram functions.

2. Search. Push to perform an automated

3. Autoset. Push to perform an automatic setup of oscilloscope settings.

4. Test. Push to activate advanced or application-speciﬁc testing features.

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5. Acquire. Push to set the acquisition mode and adjust the record length.

6. Trigger Menu. Push to specify trigger s ettings.

7. M. Push to manage the math waveform, including the display or removal of the math waveform from the display.

8. R. Push to manage reference waveforms, including the display or removal of each reference waveform from the display.

9. B1 or B2. Pushtodeﬁne and display a serial bus if you have the appropriate application modules. Parallel bus support

is available remove the corresponding bus from the display.

10. AFG. Push to enable the arbitrary function generator output and access the AFG menu.

11. Vertical Position. Turn to adjust the vertical position of the corresponding waveform. Push to center the waveform

baseline indicator.

12. Channel 1, 2, 3,or4Menu. Push to set vertical parameters for input waveforms and to display or remove the

correspon

on MDO3000 products with the MDO3MSO option installed. Also, push the B1 or B2 button to display or

ding waveform from the display.

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13. Vertical S

front-panel Fine button to make smaller adjustments.

cale. Turn to adjust the vertical scale factor of the corresponding waveform (volts/division). Push the

Below the display buttons

Use the buttons below the display to perform many functions in the oscilloscope.

1. Save / Re

Save button to save and recall setups,

waveforms, or screen images to internal memory, network drive.

2. Default Setup. Push to perform an

immed the default settings.

call Menu.Pushtodeﬁne the

aUSBﬂash drive, or a mounted

iate restore of the oscilloscope to

3. Utility. Push to activate the system utility

functions, such as selecting a language or setting the date/time.

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4. B1 or B2. Pushtodeﬁne and display a bus if you have the appropriate module application k

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eys.

MDO3AERO supp

and MIL-STD-1553 buses.

MDO3AUDIO supports I2S, Left

Justiﬁed (LJ), Right Justiﬁed (RJ), and TDM buses

MDO3AUTO su

FD, and LIN buses.

MDO3EMBD supports I2C and SPI

buses.

MDO3COMP supports RS-232,

RS-422, RS

MDO3FLEX s

MDO3USB s

Also, push the B1 or B2 button to display or remov the display.

5. R. Push to manage reference waveforms and traces, including the display or remova trace from the display.

e the corresponding bus from

l of each reference waveform or

orts ARINC429

pports CAN, CAN

-485, and UART buses.

upports FlexRay buses.

upports USB 2.0 buses.

6. M. Push to manage the math waveform or trace, including the display or removal

math waveform or trace from the

of the display.

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Using Spectral Analysis Controls

These buttons conﬁgure the acquisition and display of the RF input.

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1. RF.Pushtobri

domain display and menu. The RF menu provides access to the Spectrogram display.

2. Freq/Span.

of the spectrum to view on the display. Set the center frequency and the span – or set the st

3. Ampl. Push

4. BW. Push t

bandwidth.

5. Markers.

manual markers.

ng up the frequency

Push to specify the portion

art and stop frequency.

to set the reference level.

odeﬁne the resolution

Push to set automatic or

Using Other Controls

1. Cursors. Push once to activate the two vertical cursors. Push again to turn off all cursors. Push and hold to bring up the

cursor menu. Use the menu to select the cursor features, such as type, source, orientation, linked status, and units.

When the cursors are on, you can turn the multipurpose knobs to control their position.

2. Turn the upper multipurpose knob a, when activated, to move a cursor, to set a numerical parameter value for a menu

item, or to select from a pop-out list of choices. Push the Fine button to toggle between coarse and ﬁne adjustment.

Screen icons tell you when a or b are active.

3. Select. Push to activate special functions.

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For example, when using the two vertical cursors (and no horizontal ones are visible), you can push this button to link or unlink the curs either the vertical c ursors or the horizontal cursors active.

4. Fine. Push to toggle between making coarse and ﬁne adjustments with the many operations of multipurpose knobs a and b

5. Turn the lower Multipurpose b knob, when activated, to move a cursor or set a numerical parameter value for a menu item. Pu

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ors. When the two vertical and two horizontal cursors are both visible, you can push this button to make

sh Fine to make adjustments more slowly.

6. Intensity.P

7. Zoom button. Push to activate zoom mode.

8. Pan (outer knob). Turn to scroll the zoom window through the acquired waveform.

9. Zoom-scale (inner knob). Turn to control the zoom factor. Turning it clockwise zooms in further. Turning it

counterclockwise zooms out.

10. Play-pause button. Push to start or stop the automatic panning of a waveform. Control the speed and direction with the pan knob.

ush to enable Multipurpose a to control waveform display intensity and knob b to control graticule intensity.

11. ← Prev. Push to jump to the previous waveform mark.

12. Set/Clear Mark. Push to establish or delete a waveform mark.

13. → Next. Push to jump to the next waveform mark.

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14. Horizontal Position. Turn to adjust the trigger point location relative to the acquired w aveforms. Push to center

when delay is on

. Push to set to 10% when delay is off.

15. Horizontal Sc

ale. Turn to adjust the horizontal scale (time/division).

16. Autoset. Push to automatically set the vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls for a usable, stable display.

17. Single. Push to make a single sequence acquisition.

18. Run/Stop . Push to start or stop acquisitions.

19. Trigger Level. Turn to adjust the trigger level.

Push Level to Set 50%. Push the Trigger level knob to set the trigger level to the midpoint of the waveform.

20. Force Trig. Push to force an immediate trigger event.

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21. Print. Push to print to the selected printer.

22. Power switch. Push to power on or off the oscilloscope.

23. USB 2.0 Host port. Insert a USB peripheral to the oscilloscope, such as a keyboard or a ﬂash drive.

24. Save. Push to perform an immediate save operation. The save operation uses the current save parameters, as deﬁned

ave / Recall menu.

in the S

25. Save / R

ecall Menu. Push to save and recall setups, waveforms, and screen images to internal memory, or a USB

ﬂash drive.

26. Default Setup. Push to perform an immediate restore of the oscilloscope to the default settings.

27. Utility. Push to activate the system utility functions, such as selecting a language or setting the date/time.

28. D15 - D0. Push to display or remove the digital channels from the display, and to access the digital channel setup

menu (with option MDO3MSO only).

29. Menu Off. Push to clear a displayed menu from the screen.

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Identifying Items in the Time Domain Display

The items shown in the graphic below may appear in the display. Not all of these items are visible at any given time. Some readouts move outside the graticule area when menus are turned off.

1. The acquisition readout shows when an acquisition is running, stopped, or when acquisition preview is in effect. Run =

acquisitions enabled. Stop = Acquisitions not enabled. Roll = roll mode (40 ms/div or slower). PreVu = The oscilloscope is stopped or between triggers. You can change the horizontal or vertical position or scale to see approximately what the next acquisition will look like. A/B = When using the average acquisition mode, B shows the total number of acquisitions to be averaged (set this using the Acquisition Mode side menu), and A shows the current progress towards this total number.

2. The trigger position icon shows the trigger position in the acquisition.

3. The expansion point icon (an orange triangle) shows the point that the horizontal scale expands and compresses around.

To make the expansion point the same as the trigger point, push Acq uir e and set the lower menu Delay item to Off.

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4. The waveform

record view shows the trigger location relative to the waveform record. The line color corresponds to the

selected waveform color. The brackets show the part of the record currently displayed on the screen.

5. The trigger status readout shows trigger status. Status conditions are: PrTrig: Acquiring pretrigger data. Trig? = Waiting for trigger. Trig’d: Triggered. Auto: Acquiring untriggered data.

6. The security icon indicates w hen the I/O ports are disabled.

7. The cursor readout shows time, amplitude, and delta () values for each cursor. For FFT measurements, it shows

frequency and magnitude. For serial and parallel buses, the readout shows the decoded values.

8. The trigger level icon shows the trigger level on the waveform. The icon color corresponds to the trigger source color.

9. The trigger readout shows the trigger source, slope, and level. The trigger readouts for other trigger types show other

parameters.

10. The top line of the record length/sampling rate readout shows the sampling rate. You can adjust it with the Horizontal Scale knob. The bottom line shows the record length. You can adjust it by pushing Acquire and Record Length

on the lower menu.

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11. The horizontal position/scale readout shows on the top line the horizontal scale (adjust with the Horizontal Scale knob).

With Delay Mode on, the bottom line shows the time from the T symbol to the expansion point icon (adjust with the Horizontal Position knob). Use horizontal position to insert added delay between when the trigger occurs and when you actually capture the data. Insert a negative time to capture more pretrigger information. With Delay Mode off, the bottom line shows the time location of the trigger within the acquisition, as a percentage.

12. The Timing Resolution readout shows the timing resolution of the digital channels. Timing resolution is the time between

samples. It is the reciprocal of the digital sample rate. When the MagniVu control is on, “MagniVu” appears in the readout.

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13. Measurement readouts show the selected measurements. You can select up to four measurements to display at one

time. A the waveform is above or below the display. To obtain a proper numerical measurement, turn the vertical scale and position knobs to make all of the waveform appear in the display.

14. The auxiliary waveform readouts show the vertical and horizontal scale factors of the math and reference waveforms.

15. The channel readout shows the channel scale factor (per division), coupling, invert, and bandwidth status. Adjust with the

Vertical Scale knob and in the channel 1, 2, 3,or4 menus.

symbol appears instead of the expected numerical measurement if a vertical clipping condition exists. Part of

16. For digital channels, the baseline indicators point to the high and low levels. The indicator colors follow the color code

used on resistors. The D0 indicator is black, the D1 indicator is brown, the D2 indicator is red, and so on.

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17. The group icon indicates when digital channels are grouped.

18. The bus display shows decoded packet level information for serial buses or for parallel buses. The bus indicator

shows the bus number and bus type.

19. For analog channels, the waveform baseline indicator shows the zero-volt level of a waveform, assuming you have not used any offset. The icon colors correspond to the waveform colors.

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Identifying Items in the Frequency Domain Display

Activate the frequency domain display by pressing the front panel RF button.

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1. Vertical graticule labels

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2. Start frequency

3. Reference level

4. Vertical scale

5. Center frequency

6. Span and resolution bandwidth

7. Stop frequency

8. Reference marker

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Identifying Items in the Arbitrary Function Generator Display

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1. If visible, the output is on

2. AFG label

3. Waveform type, e.g. “Sine”

4. Additive Noise icon

5. Frequency

6. Amplitude

(See page 185, Use the Arbitrary Function Generator.)

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Identifying Items in the Digital Voltmeter Display

1. Measurement type (AC+DC RMS, DC, AC RMS, or Frequency)

2. Numerical value of the current measurement

3. Graphic (min, max, value, ﬁve-second rolling range)

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The number on the left side of the graphic’s linear scale is the minimum value of the range (e.g. 0.000 V).

The number on the right side of the graphic’s linear scale i s the maximum value of the range (e.g. 400.0 mV).

The gray bar shows the ﬁve second rolling average of measurements.

The inverted triangle shows the location on the scale of the current measurement value.

4. Minimum measurement value recorded since you powered on the instrument or since you last pushed the Reset

DVM Sta

5. Maxim

DVM Statistics menu item.

6. Average of all measurement values recorded since you powered on the instrument or since you last pushed the Reset

DVM Statistics menu item.

7. Frequency

NOTE

appears for voltage measurements ≤ 10 Hz. A “?” message appears next to min or max measurements that have gone out of bounds. Push Reset DVM Statistics to remove the “?” from the display.

e page 133, Taking Digital Voltmeter Measurements .).

(Se

tistics menu item.

um measurement value recorded since you powered on the instrument or since you last pushed the Reset

. An “Over bandwidth” message appears for voltage measurements ≥ 10 kHz. An “Under bandwidth” message

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Front Panel Connectors

1. Logic Probe Co

2. Channel 1, 2, 3

TekVPI Versatile Probe Interface.

3. RF input connector.

4. PROBE COMP. Square wave signal

source to compensate or calibrate probes. Out amplitude ± 1% behind 1 k ±2%. Frequency: 1 kHz.

5. Ground.

6. Application Module Slots.

nnector

, 4. Channel inputs with

put voltage: 0 – 2.5 V,

Side-Panel Connector

1. Ground strap connector. This is a

cle for a grounding strap.

recepta

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1. AFG OUT. Use the AFG OUT port to transmit signals from the arbitrary function generator.

2. AUX OUT

3. LAN. Use the LAN (Ethernet) port (RJ-45 connector) to connect the oscilloscope to a 10/100 Base-T local area network.

4. Video Out. Use the Video Out port (DB-15 female connector) to show the oscilloscope display on an external monitor

or projector.

5. USB 2.0 Device port. Use the USB 2.0 High Speed Device port to connect a PictBridge compatible printer, or for direct

PC control of the oscilloscope using USB TMC protocol.

NOTE. The cable connected from the USB 2.0 Device port to the host computer must meet the USB2.0 speciﬁcation for high

speed operation when connected to a high speed host controller.

6. USB 2.0 Host port. Use the USB 2.0 High Speed Host port to connect a USB memory device or USB keyboard.

7. Power input. Attach to an AC power line with integral safety ground.

8. Lock. Use to secure the oscilloscope.

9. VESA mount. 75 mm.

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Acquire the Si

This section describes concepts of and procedures for setting up the oscilloscope to acquire the signal as you want it to.

gnal

Setting Up Analog Channels

Use front panel buttons and knobs to set up your instrument to acquire signals using the analog channels.

1. Connect the TPP0250/TPP0500B/TPP1000 or VPI probe to the input signal source.

2. Select the input channel by pushing the front panel buttons.

NOTE. If you are using a probe that does not

supply probe encoding, set the attenuation (probe factor) in the oscilloscope vertical menu for the channel to match the probe.

3. Push Default Setup.

4. Push Autoset.

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5. Push the desire

adjust the vertical position and scale.

6. Adjust the horizontal position and scale.

The horizont number of pretrigger and posttrigger samples.

The horizon of the acquisition window relative to the waveform. You can scale the window to contain a w cycles, or thousands of cycles.

d channel button. Then

al position determines the

tal scale determines the size

aveform edge, a cycle, several

Quick Tip

Use the zoom feature to see multiple cycles of your signal in the upper part, and a single cycle in the lower part of the display. (See page 149, Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms.)

Labeling Channels and Buses

You can waveform baseline indicator in the left side of the screen. The label can have up to 32 characters.

To la b

add a label to the channels and buses shown on the display for easy identiﬁcation. The label is placed on the

el a channel, push a channel input button for an analog channel.

1. Push a front panel button for an input el or a bus.

chann

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2. Push a lower me

nu button to create a label,

such as for channel 1 or B1.

3. Push Choose Preset Label to view a list of labels.

4. Turn Multipurpose b to scroll through the list to ﬁnd a

suitable label. You can edit the

label after you insert it if necessary.

5. Push Inse

rt Preset Label to add the label.

If you are using a USB keyboard, use the arrow keys to position the insertion point

t the inserted label, or type in a new

and edi label. (See page 35, Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope.)

Label

Choose

Preset

Label

Insert

Preset

Label

6. If you do not have a USB keyboard connected, push the side and lower menu arrow keys to position the insertion point.

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7. Turn Multipurp

ose a to scroll through the

list of letters, numbers, and other characters to ﬁnd the character in the name that you want to enter.

8. Push Select or Enter Character to let the

oscilloscope know that you have picked the proper character to use.

You can use the lower menu buttons to edit the label as needed.

9. Continue scrolling and pushing Select until

you have entered all the desired characters. For another label, push the side and lower

menu arrow keys to reposition the insertion point.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789_=+-!@#$%^&*()[]{}<>/~'”\|:,.?

Enter

Character

Back

Space

Delete

Clear

10. Push Display Labels and select On to see

the label.

Using the Default Setup

To return the oscilloscope to its default settings:

1. Push Default Setup.

2. If you change your mind, push Undo Default Setup to undo the last default

setup.

Display

Labels

On|Off

Undo

Default

Setup

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Using Autoset

Autoset adjusts the instrument (acquisition, horizontal, trigger, and vertical controls) such that it displays four or ﬁve waveform cycles for analog channels with the trigger near the midlevel, and ten cycles for digital channels.

Autoset works with both the analog and digital channels.

1. To autoset an analog channel, connect the analog probe, and then select the input channel. (See page 54, Setting Up Analog Channels.)

To autoset a digital channel, connect the logic probe and select the input channel. (See page 81, Setting Up Digital Channels.)

2. Push Autoset to execute an Autoset.

3. If desired, push Undo Autoset to undo

the last Autoset.

You can also disable the Autoset function. To disable or enable the Autoset function:

1. Push and hold Autoset.

2. Push and hold Menu Off.

3. Release Menu Off, and then release Autoset.

Undo

Autoset

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4. Select the desired setting using the side

menu.

Quick Tips

To position the waveform appropriately, Autoset may change the vertical position. Autoset always sets vertical offset to0V.

If you use Autoset when no channels are displayed, the instrument turns on channel 1 and scales it.

If you use Autoset and the oscilloscope detects a video signal, the oscilloscope automatically sets the trigger type to video and makes other adjustments to display a stable video signal.

Acquisition Concepts

Before a has a dedicated input ampliﬁer and digitizer. Each channel produces a stream of digital data from w hich the instrument extracts waveform records.

signal can be displayed, it must pass through the input channel where it is scaled and digitized. Each channel

Autoset

Enabled

Autoset

Disabled

Sampli

Acquisition is the process of sampling an analog signal, converting it into digital data, record, which is then stored in acquisition memory.

ng Process

and assembling it into a waveform

Real-Time Sampling

MDO3000 Series oscilloscopes use real-time sampling. In real-time sampling, the instrument digitizes all of the points it acquires using a single trigger event.

Input signal

Record points

Sampling rate

Sampled points

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Waveform Record

The instrument builds the waveform record through use of the following parameters:

Sample interv recorded sample points. Adjust this by turning the Horizontal Scale knob or pushing Ac record length in the Acquire menu.

Record length: The number of samples required to ﬁll a waveform record. Set this by push using the lower and side menus.

Trigger point: T he zero time reference in a waveform record. It is shown on the screen by

Horizontal position: When Delay Mode is on, this is the time from the trigger point to the expansion point. Adjust this by turning the Horizontal Position knob.

Use a positive time to acquire the record after the trigger point. Use a negative time to acquire it before the trigger point.

Expansion point: The point that the horizontal scale expands and contracts around. It is shown by an orange triangle.

al: The time between

quire and changing the

ing the Acquire button and

an orange T.

Using FastAcq

FastAcq™ provides high-speed waveform capture. It is helpful in ﬁnding elusive signal anomalies. Fast acquisition mode

es the dead time between waveform acquisitions, enabling the capture and display of transient events such as

reduc glitches and runt pulses. Fast acquisition mode can also display waveform phenomena at an intensity that reﬂects their rate of occurrence.

To use FastAcq:

1. Push Acquire.

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2. Push FastAcq.

3. Toggle the FastAcq side-menu button to select On.

4. Push Waveform Palette.

5. Turn the Multipurpose a knob to select the

desired display palette.

The displ

ay palette lets you enhance the visibility of events. This choice uses intensity grading to indicate how often rare transients occur relative to normal

signals. The choices are Temperature,

Spectral, Normal and Inverted. Tem pera ture uses color-grading to indicate

cy of occurrence with hot colors like

frequen red/yellow indicating frequently occurring events and colder colors like blue/green indicating

ccurring events.

rarely o Spectral uses color-grading to indicate

frequency of occurrence with colder colors like

dicating frequently occurring events and

blue in hot colors like red indicating rarely occurring events.

l uses the default c hannel color (like

Norma

yellow for channel one) along with gray-scale to indicate frequency of occurrence where

ently occurring events are bright.

frequ Inverted uses the default channel color

along with gray scale to indicate frequency of

rrence where rarely occurring events are

occu bright.

These color palettes help highlight the events

over time occur more often or, in the case of

that infrequent anomalies, occur less often.

Mode

Sample

FastACq

Fast Acq

On Off

Waveform

Palette

aTemper-

ature

Record

Length

10k

FastAcq

Off

Delay

Off

Set Horiz.

Position to

10%

Waveform

Display

XY Display

Off

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How the Analog Acquisition Modes Work

Sample mode retains the ﬁrst sampled point

from each acqu default mode.

Peak Detect mode uses the highest and lowest of all consecutive acquisition intervals. This mode only works with real-time, noninterpolated sampling an frequency glitches.

Hi Res mode calculates the average of all the samples for each acquisition interval. This mode a noninterpolated sampling. Hi-Res provides a higher-resolution, lower-bandwidth waveform

isition interval. Sample is the

the samples contained in two

d is useful for catching high

lso only works with real-time,

Envelop

e mode ﬁnds the highest and lowest

record points over all acquisitions. Envelope uses Peak Detect for each individual

tion.

acquisi

Average mode calculates the average value

h record point over a user-speciﬁed

for eac number of acquisitions. Average uses Sample mode for each individual acquisition. Use ave

rage mode to reduce random noise.

Changing the Acquisition Mode, Record Length, and Delay Time

Use this procedure to change the acquisition mode.

1. Push Acquire.

2. Push Mode.

Mode

Sample

Record Length

10k

FastAcq

Off

Delay

Off

Set Horiz. Position to

10%

Waveform

Display

XY Display

Off

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3. Then choose the acquisition mode from the

side menu. You can chose from: Sample, Peak Detect, H

NOTE. Pea

i Res, Envelope, or Average.

k Detect and Hi Res modes take advantage of sample points that the oscilloscope would have discarded at lower

Acquisition

Mode

Sample

Peak

Detect

Hi Res

Envelope

Average

sweep speeds. Therefore, these modes only work when the current sample rate is less than the maximum possible sample rate. As soon as the oscilloscope starts to acquire at the maximum sample rate, then the Peak Detect, Hi Res and Sample modes all

look the same. You can control the sample rate by setting the Horizontal scale and the Record Length.

4. If you chose Average,turnMultipurpose a

e number of waveforms to average

to set th over.

5. Push Record Length.

6. Scroll through the available choices.

Choose among 1000, 10 k, 100 k, 1 M, 5 M, and 10 M points.

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7. Push Delay on th On when you want to delay the acquisition

relative to the trigger event.

With Delay set to On, turn the Horizontal Position knob counterclockwise to increase the delay. The trigger point will move to the left and ultimately outside of the acquired waveform. Then you can adjust the Horizontal Scale knob to acquire more detail around the area of interest at the center of the screen.

When this delay is on, the trigger point separates from the horizontal expansion point. T he horizontal expansion point stays at the center of the screen. The trigger point can move off the screen. When this happens, the trigger marker turns to point in the direction of the trigger point.

Use the delay feature when you want to acquire waveform detail that is separated from the trigger event by a signiﬁcant interval of time. For example, you can trigger on a sync pulse that occurs once every 10 ms and then look at high-speed signal characteristics that occur 6 ms after the sync pulse.

When the delay feature is s et to Off, the expansion point is tied to the trigger point so that scale changes are centered around the trigger point.

Using Roll Mode

e lower menu to select

Roll mode gives a display similar to a strip chart recorder for low-frequency signals. Roll mode lets you see acquired data points w

Roll mo

ithout waiting for the acquisition of a complete waveform record.

de is enabled when the trigger mode is auto and the horizontal scale is set to 40 ms/div or slower.

Quick Tips

Switching to Envelope or Average acquisition mode, using digital channels, using math waveforms, turning on a bus,

tching to Normal trigger will disable Roll mode.

or swi

mode is disabled when you set the horizontal scale to 40 ms per division or faster.

Roll

Run/Stop to halt Roll mode.

Push

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Tell the oscilloscope to perform a deﬁned action after a deﬁned event has occurred. The event can be a trigger or a certain number of acquisitions. The action can be to:

Stop acquisitions

Save a waveform or a screen image to a ﬁle

Send a pulse out the AUX OUT port

Generate a remote interface SRQ

Send an e-mail notiﬁcation

Display a message on the oscilloscope display

1. Push Test.

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2. Push Application on the lower-menu.

3. Turn Multipurpose a to select Act on Event

4. Push Event on the lower menu.

This brings up the event type side menu.

ct the desired event type.

Sele

Application

Act on

Event

Acquisition

Action Repeat

Off

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Event Type

None

Trigger

Acquisi-

tions

(a) 10

5. Push Action

s on the lower menu.

This brings up the Actions side menu. Use themenutoselectanactiontooccuronthe event.

6. Select th

eactiontypefromtheresulting

pop-out menu.

7. Select wh

8. If you se

ether or not to enable the action.

lected E-mail Notiﬁcation from the list of actions above, you can now select Conﬁgure E-mail from the side menu to

he parameters of the e-mail.

deﬁne t

NOTE. There is a single set of SMTP server

gs saved for both Act on Event e-mail

settin notiﬁcation and for the e-mail printer (set through the Utility > Print Setup > Select Printer > Add

lPrintermenus). If you modify the SMTP

E-mai

settings in one of these two locations, they will be similarly modiﬁed in the other location.

Actions

Select

Actions

(a) Stop

Acq

Enable

Action

On Off

Conﬁgure

E-mail

9. Push Repeat. from the lower menu. This lets you set how many times to repeat

elected event and resulting action.

the s

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SettingUpaSerialorParallelBus

Your oscilloscope can decode and trigger on signal events or conditions that occur on:

Bus type With this hardw are

Audio (I2S, Left Justiﬁed (LJ), Right Justiﬁed (RJ), and TDM)

CAN, CAN FD, and LIN M DO3AUTO application module FlexRay I2C and SPI MDO3EMBD application module ARINC429 and MIL-STD-1553 MDO3AERO application module Parallel RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, and

UART USB 2.0 MDO3USB application module

(See page 14, Application Module Free Trial.)

MDO3AUDIO application module

MDO3FLEX application module

MDO3000 Series oscilloscope with the MDO3MSO option MDO3COMP application module

NOTE. 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high-speed (HS) USB.

Acquire the Sign

Using Buses in Two Steps

To quickly use serial bus triggering:

1. Push B1 or B2 and enter parameters of the

bus on which to trigger. You can separately assign a different bus to

each of the B1 and B2 buttons.

MDO3000 Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 67

Acquire the Sign

2. Push Trigger Me

nu and enter trigger

parameters. (See page 92, Choosing a Trigger Type.)

You can d ispla

y bus information without

triggering on the bus signal.

SettingUpBu

s Parameters

NOTE. For most bus sources, you may use any combination of channels 1 through 4, and D15 through D0. With some

buses, you may also use Ref 1 through 4 and Math as sources for protocol decode.

To trigger

on serial or parallel bus conditions, refer to Triggering on Buses. (See page 95, Triggering on Buses.)

To set up bus parameters:

1. Push B1 or B

2 to bring up the lower bus

menu.

2. Push Bus.TurnMultipurpose a to scroll

the list of bus types and select the

through desired bus: Parallel, ARINC429, I

C, SPI,

RS-232, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Audio, USB, or

D-1553.

MIL-ST

The actual menu items shown will depend on your model oscilloscope and the application

s installed.

module

3. Push D

eﬁne Inputs. The choices depend

on the selected bus.

Bus B1

Parall

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresholds B1 Label

Paralle

Bus

Display

Event Tab l e

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Acquire the Sign

Use the side menu buttons to deﬁne parameters for the inputs, such as speciﬁc signalstoana

nalog or digital channel.

If you select Parallel, push the side menu button to ena

Push the side

ble or disable Clocked Data.

menu button to select the Clock Edge on which to clock data: rising edge, falling edge, or both edges.

Turn Multip

urpose a to select the Number

of Data Bits in the parallel bus.

Turn Multipurpose a to select the desired bit to deﬁn

Turn Multipurpose b to select the desired analog or digital channel as the source for the bit.

4. Push Thresholds.

You can set the threshold for all channels in the parallel or serial bus from a list of preset

. The preset values vary, depending

values on the bus type.

Deﬁne Inputs

Clocked

Data

Yes

Clock Edge

Number of

Data Bits

(a) 16

Deﬁne Bits

(a) Bit 15

(b) D15

Bus B1

Parallel

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresholds B1 Label

Parallel

Bus

Display

Event Table

Alternatively, you can set the threshold to a

c value for the signals that make up the

speciﬁ parallel or serial bus. To do so, push Select on the side menu and turn Multipurpose a

ect a Bit or a Channel number (Signal

to sel name).

Then, turn Multipurpose b to deﬁne the voltage level above which the oscilloscope treats the signal as a logic high and below which as a logic low.

NOTE. Some buses use two thresholds per

channel.

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Acquire the Sign

5. Optionally, push B1 Label to edit the label for the bus. (See page 55, Labeling Channels and Buses.)

6. Push Bus Display and use the side menu to deﬁne how

to display the parallel or serial

bus.

Depending on the bus, use the side menu or the knobs t

o set the number format.

7. Push Event Table and select On to display a

us packets with timestamps.

list of b

Bus B1

Parallel

Bus

Bus and

Wave-

forms

Hex

Binary

ASCII

Event Tabl e

On Off

Save Event Tabl e

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresholds B1 Label

Parallel

Bus

Display

Event Tab l e

For a clocked parallel bus, the table lists the value of the bus at each clock edge. For an unclocked parallel bus, the table lists the value of the bus whenever any one of its bits changes.

ent Table lists bytes, words, or packets, depending on the bus type.

The Ev (See page 80, Event Table .)

8. Push

Save Event Table to save the event

table data in a .csv (spreadsheet) format on the currently selected storage device.

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This example of an Event Table is from an RS-232 bus.

RS-232 event t

ables display one line for each 7- or 8-bit byte when Packets are set to Off. RS-232 event tables display one line for each packet when P

ackets are set to On. Other buses display one word, frame, or

packet per row, depending on the bus type.

9. Push B1 or B2 and turn Multipurpose a to move the bus display up or down on the screen.

Acquire the Sign

(See page 80, Event Table .)

ARINC429 Bus

To acqui

re data from an ARINC429 bus, you need to setup these items:

1. If you selected ARINC429, push Deﬁne

and the appropriate side menu

Inputs

choices.

2. Turn Multipurpose a to select the waveform under analysis as the bus input.

3. Push either Polarity Normal or Polarity

rted to match the ARINC429 bus being

Inve

acquired

Bus B1

AR-

INC42

Deﬁne

Input

(a) 1

Polarity

mal

Nor

Polarity

Inverted

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresh-

olds

800mV

0.00 V

Conﬁgu

B1 Label

AR-

INC42

Bus

Display

Event Tab l e

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Acquire the Sign

4. Push Thresholds to conﬁgure the high and low thresholds for the ARINC429 bus being acquired or se

lect from available presets.

Bus B1

AR-

INC429

Deﬁne Inputs

5. Push Conﬁgure and select the appropriate side menu choi

6. Push Bit Rate, and turn Multipurpose a to select from Alternatively, you can set the bit rate to a speciﬁc value. To do so, select Custom, and then turn Mu

ces.

the list of predeﬁned bit rates.

ltipurpose b to set the bit rate

Bit Rate

100 kbps

DATA

Format

DATA

from 10 kbps to 1 Mbps

7. Push DATA f

ormat, and turn M u ltipurpose a to select from the size of the data ﬁeld for packets being decoded on

the ARINC429 bus.

I2CBus

To acquire data from an I2C bus, you need to also set up these items:

1. If you select I2C, push Deﬁne Inputs and the appropriate side menu choices.

Bus B1

I2C

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresh-

olds

800mV

0.00 V

Thresholds Include

Conﬁgure

R/W in

Address

B1 Label

AR-

INC429

B1 Label

I2C

Bus

Display

Bus

Display

Event Tabl e

Event

Table

You can assign the predeﬁned SCLK Input or SDA Input to the channel connected to the signal.

2. Push Include R/W in Address and then push the desired side button.

This control determines how the oscilloscope

shows the I

C addresses in bus decode traces, cursor readouts, Event Table listings, and trigger settings.

If you select Yes, the oscilloscope displays 7-bit addresses as eight bits, where the eighth bit (LSB) is the R/W bit. It displays 10-bit addresses as 11 bits where the third bit is the R/W bit.

If you select No, the oscilloscope displays 7-bit addresses as seven bits, and 10-bit addresses as ten bits.

In the physical layer of the I

C protocol, 10 bit I2C addresses are preceded by the ﬁve bit code, 11110. The oscilloscope

does not include these ﬁve bits in address readouts.

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SPI Bus

To acquire data from an SPI bus, you need to also s et up these items:

Acquire the Sign

1. If you selected SPI, push Deﬁ ne Inputs and

the appropriate side menu choices.

You c an set the Framing to SS (Slave Select) or to Idle Time.

You can assign the predeﬁned SCLK, SS,

MOSI,orMISO signals to any channel.

2. Push Conﬁgure and the desired side menu

choices.

3. Push SCLK to set the edge of the signal to

match the SPI bus being acquired.

4. Set the level of the SS, MOSI, and MISO

signals to match the SPI bus.

Active High means that a signal is considered active when the signal is greater than the threshold value.

Active Low means that the signal is considered active when the signal is lower than the threshold value.

Bus B1

SPI

SCLK

Active

High

Active Low

MOSI

Active

High

Active Low

MISO

Active

High

Active Low

-more10f2

Deﬁne

Inputs

Thresholds

Conﬁgure

B1 Label

SPI

Bus

Display

Event Tab l e

5. Use M ultipu rp ose a to set the number of bits of the SPI Word Size.

6. Push either side menu button to set the bit order of the SPI bus.

Word Size

(a) 8 bits

Bit Order

MS First

Bit Order

LS First

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Acquire the Sign

RS-232 Bus

To acquire data from a RS-232 bus, you need to also set up these items:

1. If you selected RS-232, push Conﬁgure and the desired side menu choices.

Use the side menu to conﬁgure the bus. Use Normal polarity for RS-232 signals and Inverted polarity for RS-422, RS-485, and UART buses.

2. Push Bit Rate, and turn Multipurpose a to select the appropriate bit rate.

3. Push Data Bits and select the number to match the bus.

4. Push Parity and turn Multipurpose a to match the polarity used by the bus as None, Odd, or Even.

5. Push Packets and select On or Off.

6. Turn Multipurpose a to select an

end-of-packet character.

RS-232 decoding displays a stream of bytes. You can organize the stream into packets with an end-of-packet character

Bus B1

RS-232

Bit Rate

9600 bps

Data Bits

Parity

(a) None

Packets

On |

Off

End of

Packet

(Linefeed)

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresholds

Conﬁgure

9600-8-N

B1 Label

RS-232

Bus

Display

Event

Tabl e

If you deﬁned an end-of-packet character to use for RS-232 decoding, the stream of bytes will be displayed as packets.

When decoding an RS-232 bus in ASCII mode, a large dot indicates that the value represents a character outside the printable ASCII range.

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CAN, CAN FD BUS

To acquire data from a CAN or CAN FD bus, you need to set up these items:

Acquire the Sign

1. If you selected CAN, push Deﬁne Inputs

and the appropriate side menu choices.

2. Turn Multipurpose a to select the channel

connected to the CAN bus source.

3. Turn Multipurpose a to select the type of

CAN signal: CAN_H, CAN_L, Rx, Tx, or Differential.

4. Turn Multipurpose a to set the Sample

Point to a percentage of the position w ithin

the bit period or the unit interval.

For a CAN 2.0 bus the allowable s ample point range is 5% to 95%.

For a CAN FD bus the allowable sample point range is 15% to 95%.

NOTE. CAN FD requires an accurately speciﬁed

sample point for correct decode and triggering..

Bus B1

CAN

CAN Input

(a) 1

Signal

Type

CAN_H

Sample

Point

50%

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresh-

olds

Conﬁgure

500 Kbps

B1 Label

CAN

Bus

Display

Event Table

NOTE. CAN FD uses the same sample point

percentage for bits transmitted at SD bit rates and FD bit rates. For optimal performance, set the sample point to the value used for SD bits (the "Arbitration Phase" sample point).

5. Push Conﬁgure and select the appropriate

side menu choices..

Bus B1

CAN

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresh-

olds

Conﬁgure

500 Kbps

4 Mbps

B1 Label

CAN

Bus

Display

Event Table

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6. Push Standard to select between CAN 2.0 and CAN FD decode/trigger standards.

While CAN FD is

backwards compatible with CAN 2.0 packets, CAN 2.0 should be selected for best performance with non CAN FD bus conﬁgu

7. Push Bit Rat

rations.

e, and turn Multipurpose a to select from the list of predeﬁned bit rates.

Standard

CAN 2.0

CAN FD

Bit Rate

500 kbps

FD Bit

Rate

4Mbps

Standard

ISO

non-ISO

Alternatively, you can set the bit rate to a speciﬁc value. To do so, select Custom, and then turn Multipurpose b to set the bit rate from 10 kbps to 1 Mbps.

When Stand

ard is set to CAN FD, this will be the SD bit rate.

8. If Standard is set to CAN FD, push FD Bit Rate, and turn Multipurpose a to select from the list of predeﬁned bit rates. ively, you can set the bit rate to a speciﬁc value. To do so, select Custom, and then turn Multipurpose b to set

Alternat the bit rate from 500 kbps to 7 Mbps for the MDO3000.

9. If S tanda

rd is set to CAN FD, push FD Standard to select between ISO (11898-1:2015) and non-IS O (Bosch:2012)

protocol standards.

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LIN Bus

To acquire data from a LIN bus, you need to also set up these items:

Acquire the Sign

1. If you selected LIN, push Deﬁne Inputs and the appropriate side menu choices.

2. Turn Multipurpose a to select the channel connected to the LIN bus source.

3. Turn Multipurpose a to set the Sample Point from 5% to 95% of the position within

the bit period or the unit interval.

4. Select the Polarity to match the LIN bus being acquired.

5. Push Conﬁgure and the appropriate side menu choices.

Bus B1

LIN

LIN Input

(a) 1

Sample

Point

50%

Polarity Normal

(High=1)

Polarity

Inverted

(High=0)

Bus B1

LIN

Deﬁne

Inputs

Deﬁne

Inputs

Thresholds

Conﬁgure

B1 Label

LIN

B1 Label

LIN

Bus

Display

Bus

Display

Event Table

6. Push Bit Rate, and turn Multipurpose a to select from the list of predeﬁned bit rates.

Alternatively, you can set the bit rate to a

Bit Rate

(a)

19.2K bps

speciﬁc value. To do so, select Custom, and then turn Multipurpose b to set the bit rate from 800 bps to 100,000 bps.

7. Push LIN Standard, and turn Multipurpose a to select the appropriate standard.

8. Push Include Parity Bits with Id to select

whether or not to include parity bits.

LIN

Standard

v1.x

Include

Parity Bits

with Id

Off

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Acquire the Sign

FlexRay Bus

To acquire data from a FlexRay bus, you need to also set up these items:

1. If you selected FlexRay , push Deﬁne Inputs and the desired side menu choices.

Bus B1

FlexRay

Deﬁne Inputs

2. As appropriate, push the Threshold, Bit Rate, Label, Bus Display and Event Table buttons and set their corresponding parameter values.

Audio Bus

To acquire data from an Audio bus, you need to also set up these items:

1. If you sele

cted Audio, push Deﬁne Inpu ts

and the desired side menu choices.

2. Push Typ

e, and turn Multipurpose a

to select the type of audio bus data conﬁguration on which to trigger.

3. Select I2S to trigger on the standard Inter-IC Sound, or Integrated Interchip Sound,

ical serial bus interface standard stereo

electr format.

4. Selec

t Left Justiﬁed to trigger on an I2S stream where there is no bit clock delay and the data starts right on the edge of the word

ct clock.

sele

5. Select Right Justiﬁed to trigger on an I2S am where the data lines up with the right

stre edge of the word select clock.

ect TDM to trigger on time-division

6. Sel

multiplexing.

Bus B1

Audio

Audio Bu

Type

I2S

Left

Justiﬁed

(LJ)

Right

Justiﬁed

(RJ)

TDM

Deﬁne Inputs

Thresholds Bit Rate B1 Label

Thresholds

Conﬁgure

FlexRay

B1 Label

RS-232

Bus

Display

Bus

Display

Event

Tabl e

Event

Tabl e

sh Conﬁgure, and the appropriate

7. Pu

buttons on the side menu to further set up I2S triggering.

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