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Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... xxvii

About Tektronix oscilloscopes

Product description ........................................................................................................................................ 1

Product software ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Options and accessories ................................................................................................................................ 4

Recommended accessories ..................................................................................................................... 4

Options ................................................................................................................................................... 10

Documentation and technical support .......................................................................................................... 15

Documentation ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Support information ................................................................................................................................ 16

TekScope recovery report utility ............................................................................................................. 17

Feedback ................................................................................................................................................ 18

Analysis and connectivity support .......................................................................................................... 19

About TekScope ..................................................................................................................................... 21

Working with your Tektronix oscilloscope .................................................................................................... 22

Windows environment ............................................................................................................................ 22

Oscilloscope interface ............................................................................................................................ 27

Basic operations ..................................................................................................................................... 33

Multi-instrument configuration ................................................................................................................ 46

DPO7AFP Auxiliary Front Panel (optional) ............................................................................................ 61

Waveform operations ............................................................................................................................. 62

Controls and connectors

Front panel controls and connectors ............................................................................................................ 69

Front panel overview .............................................................................................................................. 69

Touch screen .......................................................................................................................................... 73

Wave inspector controls ......................................................................................................................... 74

Vertical controls ...................................................................................................................................... 74

Horizontal controls .................................................................................................................................. 75

Trigger controls ...................................................................................................................................... 76

Trigger coupling ...................................................................................................................................... 78

Run controls ........................................................................................................................................... 78

General purpose controls ....................................................................................................................... 79

MultiView zoom controls ......................................................................................................................... 80

Rear and side panel connectors .................................................................................................................. 81

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Cursor setups

Cursor setup control window (YT display format) ........................................................................................ 85

Cursor type control window .......................................................................................................................... 87

Cursor sources (YT display) ......................................................................................................................... 88

Cursor style .................................................................................................................................................. 89

Cursor position control window .................................................................................................................... 90

Horizontal bar cursors .................................................................................................................................. 91

Vertical bar cursors ...................................................................................................................................... 92

Waveform cursors ........................................................................................................................................ 92

Screen cursors ............................................................................................................................................. 93

Cursor track mode ........................................................................................................................................ 93

Cursor measurements .................................................................................................................................. 94

Cursor setup control window (XY display format) ........................................................................................ 96

Digital setups

Digital setup control window ......................................................................................................................... 99

Setting up digital signal inputs .................................................................................................................... 100

Digital channel threshold and position ....................................................................................................... 101

Turn on or off the digital channels D15-D8 and D7-D0 .............................................................................. 103

Set the display size of logic channels ........................................................................................................ 104

Set the global threshold for digital channels .............................................................................................. 104

Set up digital channels ............................................................................................................................... 105

Bus setups

Bus setup control window (Config tab) ....................................................................................................... 107

Bus selection list ........................................................................................................................................ 109

Bus search selection list ............................................................................................................................. 110

Display or clear a bus ................................................................................................................................. 111

Label a bus ................................................................................................................................................. 111

Change the bus position ............................................................................................................................ 113

Set up an I2C serial bus ............................................................................................................................. 113

Set up an SPI serial bus ............................................................................................................................. 115

Set up an RS-232 serial bus ...................................................................................................................... 116

Set up a USB serial bus ............................................................................................................................. 118

Set up a MIPI DSI-1 serial bus ................................................................................................................... 120

Set up a MIPI CSI-2 serial bus ................................................................................................................... 121

Set up an 8B10B serial bus ........................................................................................................................ 123

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Set up a custom serial bus ......................................................................................................................... 124

Set up a PCIe serial bus ............................................................................................................................ 126

Set up a CAN serial bus ............................................................................................................................. 127

Set up a LIN serial bus ............................................................................................................................... 129

Set up a FLEXRAY serial bus .................................................................................................................... 130

Set up a MIL-1553 serial bus ..................................................................................................................... 132

Set up an ethernet serial bus ..................................................................................................................... 133

Select the number of lanes ........................................................................................................................ 135

Select the serial bus channel type ............................................................................................................. 135

Select the serial bus channel input ............................................................................................................ 136

Select the USB serial bus speed ................................................................................................................ 137

Select the USB bus signal type .................................................................................................................. 138

Select the data rate .................................................................................................................................... 138

Select the serial bus input .......................................................................................................................... 139

Select the USB bus threshold .................................................................................................................... 139

Select the serial bus channel threshold ..................................................................................................... 140

Select the SPI bus channel polarity ........................................................................................................... 141

Select the RS-232 bus channel polarity ..................................................................................................... 141

Select the RS-232 bus data bits ................................................................................................................. 142

Select the RS-232 bus parity ..................................................................................................................... 143

Select the RS-232 bus bit rate ................................................................................................................... 143

Select the SPI bus framing ......................................................................................................................... 144

Set the SPI bus idle time ............................................................................................................................ 145

Set the SPI bus word size .......................................................................................................................... 145

Select the SPI bus bit order ....................................................................................................................... 146

Set up a parallel bus .................................................................................................................................. 147

Set up a clocked parallel bus ..................................................................................................................... 148

Add sources to a parallel bus ..................................................................................................................... 149

Set up bus channel thresholds ................................................................................................................... 150

Change the bit order of a channel in a parallel bus .................................................................................... 151

Remove a channel from a parallel bus ....................................................................................................... 152

Select the bus clock source channel .......................................................................................................... 152

Select the bus clock channel polarity ......................................................................................................... 153

Bus setup control window (Display tab) ..................................................................................................... 154

Select the bus display view ........................................................................................................................ 157

Select the bus decode method ................................................................................................................... 158

View bus packet ......................................................................................................................................... 158

Select the bus symbol table ....................................................................................................................... 159

Symbol file format ...................................................................................................................................... 160

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Opening a bus symbol table file ................................................................................................................. 161

MagniVu setup

Using MagniVu ........................................................................................................................................... 163

Display setups

Display control window (Appearance tab) .................................................................................................. 167

Display control window (Screen text tab) ................................................................................................... 168

Text properties control window .................................................................................................................. 169

Display control window (Objects tab) ......................................................................................................... 170

Display control window (Colors tab) ........................................................................................................... 171

Display persistence .................................................................................................................................... 172

Select the display format ............................................................................................................................ 173

XY format pairs .......................................................................................................................................... 174

Set the waveform intensity ......................................................................................................................... 174

Select the waveform interpolation .............................................................................................................. 175

Select the graticule style ............................................................................................................................ 176

Define the color palette .............................................................................................................................. 177

Remote operation ....................................................................................................................................... 179

Horizontal and acquisition setups

Horizontal-Acquisition control window (Horizontal tab) .............................................................................. 181

Set record length limit ................................................................................................................................ 182

Horizontal digital control window ................................................................................................................ 183

Horizontal Position-Scale control window .................................................................................................. 184

Horizontal Position-Scale control window with delay mode on .................................................................. 185

Horizontal-Acquisition control window (Acquisition tab) ............................................................................. 186

Autoset ....................................................................................................................................................... 187

Set autoset preferences ............................................................................................................................. 189

Undo an autoset ......................................................................................................................................... 189

Enable enhanced effective number of bits ................................................................................................. 190

Enable fast acquisitions ............................................................................................................................. 191

Start and stop waveform acquisitions ........................................................................................................ 192

Enable roll mode ........................................................................................................................................ 193

Select a sampling mode ............................................................................................................................. 194

Set the resolution ....................................................................................................................................... 196

Select the acquisition mode ....................................................................................................................... 197

Acquisition interval ..................................................................................................................................... 198

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FastFrame control windows ....................................................................................................................... 198

Set up zoom ............................................................................................................................................... 200

Error detector setups

Use the serial error detector ....................................................................................................................... 203

Set up the serial error detector ................................................................................................................... 204

Set error detector advanced settings ......................................................................................................... 206

Specify the error detector test pattern ........................................................................................................ 207

Set the error detector stop condition .......................................................................................................... 208

Error detector overview .............................................................................................................................. 208

LinkTraining

Link Training environment .......................................................................................................................... 211

Link training connections ............................................................................................................................ 212

Start Link Training ...................................................................................................................................... 213

Typical Link Training display ...................................................................................................................... 214

Results Table ............................................................................................................................................. 215

Using Link Training from the programming interface ................................................................................. 215

Mask testing setups

Mask setup ................................................................................................................................................. 217

Mask testing control window (Masks tab) ............................................................................................. 217

Serial mask testing option .................................................................................................................... 218

Select a mask type ............................................................................................................................... 218

Mask types and standards ................................................................................................................... 219

Use mask display controls .................................................................................................................... 220

Mask configuration controls .................................................................................................................. 221

Set up mask alignment ......................................................................................................................... 224

Edit a mask ........................................................................................................................................... 225

Tolerance setup ......................................................................................................................................... 226

Set up mask testing source-tolerance .................................................................................................. 226

Set up mask margins ............................................................................................................................ 226

Fail setup .................................................................................................................................................... 227

Set up pass-fail mask testing ............................................................................................................... 227

Set up mask test fail notification ........................................................................................................... 228

Set up mask test completion notification .............................................................................................. 229

Set mask test parameters .................................................................................................................... 230

Select the sound source ....................................................................................................................... 231

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Set the mask polarity ............................................................................................................................ 232

Set mask test repeat controls ............................................................................................................... 232

Fail results setup ........................................................................................................................................ 233

Mask testing control window (Pass-Fail results tab) ............................................................................ 233

View the mask test summary ............................................................................................................... 234

View the mask hits per segment .......................................................................................................... 235

Start or reset a mask test ..................................................................................................................... 236

User mask setup ........................................................................................................................................ 236

Set the user mask controls ................................................................................................................... 236

Set user mask edit controls .................................................................................................................. 238

Recall user mask .................................................................................................................................. 238

Limit test ..................................................................................................................................................... 240

Set up limit testing ................................................................................................................................ 240

Save a template ................................................................................................................................... 241

Set up limit test failure notification ........................................................................................................ 242

Math setups

Set up a math waveform ............................................................................................................................ 245

Set up math averaging ............................................................................................................................... 246

Set math variables ..................................................................................................................................... 247

Custom analysis functions ......................................................................................................................... 247

Use custom analysis functions ................................................................................................................... 248

MATLAB custom analysis interface ........................................................................................................... 248

Basic spectral setups ................................................................................................................................. 249

Set up basic spectral analysis .............................................................................................................. 249

Use front panel spectral controls .......................................................................................................... 250

Advanced spectral setups .......................................................................................................................... 250

Set up advanced spectral analysis ....................................................................................................... 250

Set up the frequency spectral controls ................................................................................................. 251

Set up spectral gating controls ............................................................................................................. 253

Using spectral analysis .............................................................................................................................. 255

Spectral analysis overview ................................................................................................................... 255

Spectral analysis features .................................................................................................................... 255

FFT process ......................................................................................................................................... 255

The FFT display ................................................................................................................................... 256

FFT windows ........................................................................................................................................ 257

FFT window characteristics .................................................................................................................. 258

Time domain gating .............................................................................................................................. 258

Aliasing ................................................................................................................................................. 259

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Eliminate aliasing ................................................................................................................................. 259

Math equation editor .................................................................................................................................. 260

Math equation editor control window .................................................................................................... 260

Math equation editor (Time tab) ........................................................................................................... 261

Math equation editor (Spectral tab) ...................................................................................................... 265

Math equation editor (Var tab) .............................................................................................................. 266

Math equation editor (Meas tab) .......................................................................................................... 266

Math equation editor (Filter tab) ........................................................................................................... 267

Measurement setups

Measurement snapshot control window ..................................................................................................... 269

Measurement setup control window (Amplitude tab) ................................................................................. 270

Measurement readouts .............................................................................................................................. 271

Select an amplitude measurement ............................................................................................................. 272

Measurement setup control window (Time tab) ......................................................................................... 275

Select a time measurement ....................................................................................................................... 276

Measurement setup control window (Communications tab) ...................................................................... 278

Select a communications measurement .................................................................................................... 280

Measurement setup control window (More tab) ......................................................................................... 282

Select a miscellaneous measurement ....................................................................................................... 284

Counter measurement setup ...................................................................................................................... 285

Set up measurement statistics ................................................................................................................... 287

Set up reference levels .............................................................................................................................. 288

Set up measurement gating ....................................................................................................................... 290

Set up histogram measurements ............................................................................................................... 291

Set up histograms ...................................................................................................................................... 292

Analyzing waveforms

Control marks ............................................................................................................................................. 297

Select a search type ................................................................................................................................... 298

Select the search type ................................................................................................................................ 299

Select the search source ............................................................................................................................ 299

Configure a search ..................................................................................................................................... 301

Copy search settings .................................................................................................................................. 302

Set advanced DDR search settings ........................................................................................................... 303

Set search parameters ............................................................................................................................... 304

Check search results .................................................................................................................................. 305

View the search counts results .................................................................................................................. 306

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View search marks ..................................................................................................................................... 307

Set the search mode .................................................................................................................................. 307

Use search and mark controls ................................................................................................................... 308

Control user marks in table ........................................................................................................................ 310

Change mark display digits ........................................................................................................................ 310

Export a mark table .................................................................................................................................... 311

View mark counts ....................................................................................................................................... 312

Set up a visual search ................................................................................................................................ 312

Set up 8B10B search parameters .............................................................................................................. 314

Set up RS-232 search parameters ............................................................................................................. 316

Set up SPI search parameters ................................................................................................................... 319

Set up I2C search parameters ................................................................................................................... 321

Set up USB search parameters ................................................................................................................. 325

Set up MIPI search parameters ................................................................................................................. 332

Set up PCIe search parameters ................................................................................................................. 338

Set up CAN search parameters ................................................................................................................. 340

Set up LIN search parameters ................................................................................................................... 343

Set up FLEXRAY search parameters ........................................................................................................ 346

Set up MIL-1553 search parameters .......................................................................................................... 350

Set up ethernet search parameters ............................................................................................................ 353

Set up DDR search parameters ................................................................................................................. 359

Set up custom search parameters ............................................................................................................. 361

Set up parallel search parameters ............................................................................................................. 362

View the results table ................................................................................................................................. 363

Copy the results table ................................................................................................................................ 367

Select columns to copy or export ............................................................................................................... 368

Save the results table ................................................................................................................................. 369

MyScope setups

Set up a MyScope control window ............................................................................................................. 371

Use a MyScope control window ................................................................................................................. 372

Save a MyScope file as a dialog box ......................................................................................................... 374

Open or edit a MyScope dialog box ........................................................................................................... 375

Trigger setups

Set up trigger controls (A event tab) .......................................................................................................... 377

Select the trigger type ................................................................................................................................ 378

Set the trigger mode controls ..................................................................................................................... 380

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Set up the trigger holdoff ............................................................................................................................ 382

Set to 50 ..................................................................................................................................................... 383

A event triggers .......................................................................................................................................... 383

Set up a parallel bus trigger ................................................................................................................. 383

Set up an 8B10B bus trigger ................................................................................................................ 384

Set up an I2C bus trigger ..................................................................................................................... 386

Set up an SPI bus trigger ..................................................................................................................... 388

Set up an RS-232 bus trigger ............................................................................................................... 389

Set up a USB bus trigger ...................................................................................................................... 391

Set up a PCIe bus trigger ..................................................................................................................... 396

Set up a CAN bus trigger ..................................................................................................................... 398

Set up a CAN bus trigger ..................................................................................................................... 399

Set up a LIN bus trigger ....................................................................................................................... 400

Set up a FLEXRAY bus trigger ............................................................................................................. 402

Set up a MIL-1553 bus trigger .............................................................................................................. 405

Set up an ethernet bus trigger .............................................................................................................. 407

Set up a comm trigger .......................................................................................................................... 412

Set up an edge trigger .......................................................................................................................... 414

Set up a Freq/Period trigger ................................................................................................................. 415

Set up a glitch trigger ........................................................................................................................... 417

Set up a logic pattern trigger ................................................................................................................ 420

Set up a logic pattern trigger ................................................................................................................ 421

Set up a runt trigger .............................................................................................................................. 421

Set up a serial pattern trigger ............................................................................................................... 423

Set up a setup and hold trigger ............................................................................................................ 424

Set up an SPI bus trigger ..................................................................................................................... 427

Set up a logic state trigger .................................................................................................................... 428

Set up a logic state trigger .................................................................................................................... 429

Set up a timeout trigger ........................................................................................................................ 430

Set up a transition time trigger ............................................................................................................. 433

Set up a video trigger ........................................................................................................................... 435

Set up a width trigger ........................................................................................................................... 437

Set up a window trigger ........................................................................................................................ 440

Sequence triggering ................................................................................................................................... 441

Set up sequential triggering (Horizontal delay off) ............................................................................... 441

A only trigger ........................................................................................................................................ 444

Trigger after time .................................................................................................................................. 448

Trigger after events .............................................................................................................................. 452

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B event trigger ............................................................................................................................................ 459

Set up trigger controls (B event tab) ..................................................................................................... 459

Visual triggering ......................................................................................................................................... 460

Visual trigger ........................................................................................................................................ 460

Create a visual trigger area .................................................................................................................. 462

Control visual triggering ........................................................................................................................ 465

Define an area ...................................................................................................................................... 467

Edit expression logic ............................................................................................................................ 469

Set up visual trigger expression ........................................................................................................... 470

Select a channel ................................................................................................................................... 471

Enable the visual trigger expression editor .......................................................................................... 471

Edit the visual trigger expression ......................................................................................................... 471

Use the expression editor operands ..................................................................................................... 472

Text edit controls .................................................................................................................................. 472

Save a visual setup .............................................................................................................................. 473

Recall a visual setup ............................................................................................................................ 473

Mode and holdoff ....................................................................................................................................... 474

Set up trigger controls (Options tab) .................................................................................................... 474

Enable trigger position correction ......................................................................................................... 476

Vertical setups

Set up vertical controls ............................................................................................................................... 479

Set up input channels ................................................................................................................................. 481

Zoom control window ................................................................................................................................. 483

Waveform display control window .............................................................................................................. 484

Set the Position-Offset ............................................................................................................................... 485

Waveform label control window ................................................................................................................. 486

Vertical offset control window ..................................................................................................................... 487

Using offset to avoid clipping signals ......................................................................................................... 488

Termination controls ................................................................................................................................... 488

Coupling controls ....................................................................................................................................... 490

Deskew-Attenuation control window .......................................................................................................... 491

Bandwidth control window .......................................................................................................................... 493

Enhanced bandwidth .................................................................................................................................. 494

Vertical setup control window (Aux tab) ..................................................................................................... 496

Probe setup control window ....................................................................................................................... 497

Probe setup control window (Setup type) .................................................................................................. 499

Probe setup control window (D15-D0 tab) ................................................................................................. 501

Probe setup control window (Probe compensation) ................................................................................... 502

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Probe setup control window (Probe tip selection) ...................................................................................... 504

Probe setup control window (Probe deskew) ............................................................................................. 505

Probe setup control window (Probe attenuation) ....................................................................................... 507

Probe controls window ............................................................................................................................... 509

Probe properties ......................................................................................................................................... 510

Probe setup control window (Probe status) ............................................................................................... 511

Signal path compensation .......................................................................................................................... 513

Signal path compensation status ............................................................................................................... 515

Copying and printing

Copy setup ................................................................................................................................................. 517

Copy setup (Images) ............................................................................................................................ 517

Copy setup (Waveforms) ...................................................................................................................... 518

Copy setup (Measurements) ................................................................................................................ 520

Copying procedures ................................................................................................................................... 521

Copy waveform data ............................................................................................................................ 521

Copying the screen for use in other applications ................................................................................. 522

Copying measurements for use in other applications .......................................................................... 522

Printing ....................................................................................................................................................... 523

Page setup dialog box .......................................................................................................................... 523

Print preview dialog box ....................................................................................................................... 523

Print dialog box ..................................................................................................................................... 524

Printing the screen to a printer ............................................................................................................. 524

File menu

Reference waveform setups ...................................................................................................................... 527

Reference waveform controls ............................................................................................................... 527

Save as dialog box (Waveform) ........................................................................................................... 528

Recall dialog box (Waveform) .............................................................................................................. 529

Delete setups and reference waveforms .............................................................................................. 530

Instrument setups ....................................................................................................................................... 531

Save as dialog box (Instrument setup) ................................................................................................. 531

Recall dialog box (Instrument setups) .................................................................................................. 532

Delete setups and reference waveforms .............................................................................................. 533

Action on event .......................................................................................................................................... 534

Set up action on event .......................................................................................................................... 534

Set up save on event ............................................................................................................................ 535

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Print setups ................................................................................................................................................ 536

Print setups .......................................................................................................................................... 536

Saving ........................................................................................................................................................ 536

Save as dialog box (Histogram) ........................................................................................................... 536

Save as dialog box (Instrument setup) ................................................................................................. 537

Save as dialog box (Measurement) ...................................................................................................... 538

Save as dialog box (Screen capture) ................................................................................................... 539

Save as dialog box (User mask) .......................................................................................................... 542

Save as dialog box (Waveform) ........................................................................................................... 543

Auto-increment the file name ............................................................................................................... 544

Save as dialog box (Digitals) ................................................................................................................ 544

Save as dialog box (Timestamp) .......................................................................................................... 545

Utilities

Tek secure erase ....................................................................................................................................... 547

Set time and date ....................................................................................................................................... 548

GPIB configuration control window ............................................................................................................ 549

LAN server status control window .............................................................................................................. 550

External signals control window ................................................................................................................. 550

Touch screen ............................................................................................................................................. 552

Instrument calibration control window ........................................................................................................ 552

Instrument diagnostics control window ...................................................................................................... 554

E-mail on event control window ................................................................................................................. 555

Measurement save options .................................................................................................................. 556

Multipurpose knobs .................................................................................................................................... 558

User preferences control window ............................................................................................................... 559

User preferences (Prompt before action) ............................................................................................. 559

User preferences (Keypad defaults) ..................................................................................................... 559

User preferences (Readouts) ............................................................................................................... 560

User preferences (Measurement annotation) ....................................................................................... 561

User preferences (Units) ...................................................................................................................... 562

User preferences (Front panel buttons) ............................................................................................... 562

Option installation ....................................................................................................................................... 563

Install an option .................................................................................................................................... 563

Install the floating license ..................................................................................................................... 566

Install the fixed license ......................................................................................................................... 568

Return the floating license for the installed option(s) ........................................................................... 570

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How to ?

Calibrating and using probes ..................................................................................................................... 575

Compensate the signal path ................................................................................................................. 575

Compensate active probes ................................................................................................................... 575

Compensate passive probes ................................................................................................................ 576

Low frequency compensate a probe .................................................................................................... 576

Deskew ................................................................................................................................................. 576

Acquiring analog signals ............................................................................................................................ 577

Setting up analog channels .................................................................................................................. 577

Setting acquisition modes .................................................................................................................... 578

Use fast acquisitions ............................................................................................................................ 578

View the analog characteristics of a digital signal ................................................................................ 579

Acquiring digital signals .............................................................................................................................. 580

Set up digital channels ......................................................................................................................... 580

Displaying waveforms as a bus .................................................................................................................. 581

Set up a bus ......................................................................................................................................... 581

Set up a parallel bus ............................................................................................................................. 581

Set up an SPI serial bus ....................................................................................................................... 582

Set up an I2C serial bus ....................................................................................................................... 582

Set up an RS-232 serial bus ................................................................................................................ 582

Set up a USB serial bus ....................................................................................................................... 582

Set up a MIPI DSI-1 serial bus ............................................................................................................. 583

Set up a MIPI CSI-2 serial bus ............................................................................................................. 583

Set up an 8B10B serial bus .................................................................................................................. 583

Set up a custom serial bus ................................................................................................................... 584

Set up a PCIe serial bus ....................................................................................................................... 584

Set up a CAN serial bus ....................................................................................................................... 584

Set up a LIN serial bus ......................................................................................................................... 584

Set up a FLEXRAY serial bus .............................................................................................................. 585

Set up a MIL-1553 serial bus ............................................................................................................... 585

Set up an ethernet serial bus ............................................................................................................... 585

Configuring the bus display .................................................................................................................. 585

Analyzing buses ......................................................................................................................................... 586

Tracking down I2C serial bus anomalies .............................................................................................. 586

Troubleshooting circuits using a parallel bus ....................................................................................... 587

Troubleshooting an SPI serial bus ....................................................................................................... 590

Creating and using MyScope control windows .......................................................................................... 592

Creating MyScope control windows ..................................................................................................... 592

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Editing MyScope control windows ........................................................................................................ 592

Taking measurements ................................................................................................................................ 593

Select cursor sources ........................................................................................................................... 593

Taking cursor measurements ............................................................................................................... 595

Taking automatic measurements ......................................................................................................... 595

Take automatic measurements ............................................................................................................ 596

Localize a measurement ...................................................................................................................... 597

Save measurements ............................................................................................................................ 597

Creating and using math waveforms .......................................................................................................... 598

Using math waveforms ......................................................................................................................... 598

Create a math waveform using predefined expressions ...................................................................... 601

Create a math waveform with the equation editor ................................................................................ 602

Create a math waveform ...................................................................................................................... 602

Using mask and limit testing ...................................................................................................................... 603

Set up mask testing .............................................................................................................................. 603

Create a new user mask ...................................................................................................................... 605

Create a user mask from a defined mask ............................................................................................ 606

Edit a user defined mask ...................................................................................................................... 607

Save a user mask to disk ..................................................................................................................... 608

Recall a user mask from disk ............................................................................................................... 608

Create a user mask with mask testing ................................................................................................. 608

Use mask testing .................................................................................................................................. 608

Using e-mail on event ................................................................................................................................ 609

Send an e-mail on events ..................................................................................................................... 609

Creating spectral waveforms ...................................................................................................................... 610

Create a spectral waveform ................................................................................................................. 610

Define a spectral math waveform ......................................................................................................... 611

Use a predefined spectral math waveform ........................................................................................... 614

Using reference waveforms ....................................................................................................................... 615

Create a reference waveform ............................................................................................................... 615

Save reference waveforms using Auto-Increment file name ................................................................ 615

Recall a reference waveform ................................................................................................................ 616

Using waveforms ........................................................................................................................................ 616

Save a waveform .................................................................................................................................. 616

Copy waveform data ............................................................................................................................ 617

Save a screen capture ......................................................................................................................... 618

Using horizontal delay ................................................................................................................................ 619

Set the horizontal delay ........................................................................................................................ 619

Compare data using horizontal delay ................................................................................................... 619

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Using roll mode .......................................................................................................................................... 619

Set up roll mode ................................................................................................................................... 619

Using roll mode .................................................................................................................................... 620

Triggering ................................................................................................................................................... 620

Checking trigger status ......................................................................................................................... 620

Set up triggering from the front panel ................................................................................................... 621

Set up triggering from the trigger setup window ................................................................................... 622

Trigger on a sequence ......................................................................................................................... 623

Trigger on A event only ........................................................................................................................ 624

Trigger on an event after a specified delay .......................................................................................... 624

Trigger on a B event ............................................................................................................................. 624

Trigger on a glitch ................................................................................................................................. 625

Trigger on a runt pulse ......................................................................................................................... 625

Trigger on a pulse width ....................................................................................................................... 626

Trigger on a pulse timeout .................................................................................................................... 627

Trigger on a pattern .............................................................................................................................. 628

Pattern triggers ..................................................................................................................................... 629

Trigger on a logic state ......................................................................................................................... 630

Trigger on the transition time ................................................................................................................ 631

Trigger on setup-hold time violations ................................................................................................... 632

Trigger on window threshold violations ................................................................................................ 634

Trigger on a video signal ...................................................................................................................... 635

Trigger on a communication signal ...................................................................................................... 635

Trigger on a bus ................................................................................................................................... 636

Mark all trigger events .......................................................................................................................... 636

Using histograms ....................................................................................................................................... 639

Set up a histogram ............................................................................................................................... 639

Take automated measurements on histogram data ............................................................................. 639

Start or reset histogram counting ......................................................................................................... 639

Using display modes .................................................................................................................................. 640

Display a waveform .............................................................................................................................. 640

Set up XY display format ...................................................................................................................... 641

Use MultiView zoom with waveforms ................................................................................................... 641

Choosing a color palette ............................................................................................................................ 642

Choose a color palette ......................................................................................................................... 642

Customize the display palette .............................................................................................................. 642

Saving and restoring instrument setups ..................................................................................................... 643

Save the instrument setups .................................................................................................................. 643

Recall an instrument setup ................................................................................................................... 644

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Delete instrument setups ...................................................................................................................... 644

Using the programmer online guide ........................................................................................................... 645

Programmer online help ....................................................................................................................... 645

Using application software ......................................................................................................................... 645

Oscilloscope applications software ...................................................................................................... 645

Add a software application to the instrument ....................................................................................... 645

Setting up a dual display ............................................................................................................................ 645

Set up a dual display ............................................................................................................................ 645

Connecting to a network ............................................................................................................................ 647

Enable a network connection ............................................................................................................... 647

Exiting or minimizing the oscilloscope application ..................................................................................... 647

Exit the instrument application ............................................................................................................. 647

Minimize the instrument application ..................................................................................................... 647

Shut down the instrument ..................................................................................................................... 647

Adjusting display contrast .......................................................................................................................... 648

Adjust the display contrast ................................................................................................................... 648

Oscilloscope reference

Functional model ........................................................................................................................................ 649

Process overview ....................................................................................................................................... 650

Waveform acquisition ................................................................................................................................. 651

Signal connection ................................................................................................................................. 651

Probes and signal connection .............................................................................................................. 651

Input conditioning ................................................................................................................................. 652

Bandwidth enhancement ...................................................................................................................... 652

Coupling ............................................................................................................................................... 653

Scaling and positioning ........................................................................................................................ 653

Vertical acquisition window considerations .......................................................................................... 654

Horizontal acquisition window considerations ...................................................................................... 656

Horizontal acquisition window interrelated parameters ........................................................................ 657

Independent versus shared window ..................................................................................................... 658

Incompatible acquisition features ......................................................................................................... 658

Autoset considerations ......................................................................................................................... 659

Acquisition hardware ............................................................................................................................ 659

Sampling process ................................................................................................................................. 660

Sampling modes ................................................................................................................................... 661

Waveform record .................................................................................................................................. 661

Interleaving ........................................................................................................................................... 662

Interpolation .......................................................................................................................................... 662

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Trigger function .......................................................................................................................................... 663

Triggering concepts .............................................................................................................................. 663

Trigger sources .................................................................................................................................... 664

Trigger types ........................................................................................................................................ 665

Trigger modes ...................................................................................................................................... 666

Trigger holdoff ...................................................................................................................................... 666

Trigger coupling .................................................................................................................................... 667

Trigger slope and level ......................................................................................................................... 667

Horizontal trigger position ..................................................................................................................... 668

Delayed trigger system ......................................................................................................................... 668

Advanced triggering ............................................................................................................................. 668

Bus trigger ............................................................................................................................................ 669

Communication trigger ......................................................................................................................... 669

Communication triggering .................................................................................................................... 669

Glitch trigger ......................................................................................................................................... 670

Pattern trigger ....................................................................................................................................... 670

Runt trigger ........................................................................................................................................... 671

Setup and hold trigger .......................................................................................................................... 671

State trigger .......................................................................................................................................... 672

Timeout trigger ..................................................................................................................................... 673

Transition time trigger ........................................................................................................................... 673

Video trigger ......................................................................................................................................... 673

Width trigger ......................................................................................................................................... 674

Window trigger ..................................................................................................................................... 674

Sequential triggering ............................................................................................................................ 674

Triggering with horizontal delay off ....................................................................................................... 674

Triggering with horizontal delay on ....................................................................................................... 675

Triggering and horizontal delay summary ............................................................................................ 676

Waveform display ....................................................................................................................................... 677

Display overview .................................................................................................................................. 677

Display elements .................................................................................................................................. 678

Customizable display elements ............................................................................................................ 680

Acquisition preview ............................................................................................................................... 683

Waveform display ................................................................................................................................. 683

Operations on the time base ................................................................................................................ 684

Horizontal position and the horizontal reference point ......................................................................... 684

Using the MultiZoom feature ................................................................................................................ 685

Waveform measurement ............................................................................................................................ 685

Automatic measurements ..................................................................................................................... 685

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Measurement variables ........................................................................................................................ 687

Measurement algorithms ...................................................................................................................... 690

Measurements on envelope waveforms ............................................................................................... 698

Missing or out-of-range samples .......................................................................................................... 699

Measurement warnings ........................................................................................................................ 699

Measurement errors ............................................................................................................................. 700

Cursor types ......................................................................................................................................... 700

Histograms ........................................................................................................................................... 701

Typical math waveforms ....................................................................................................................... 702

Math waveforms ................................................................................................................................... 703

Math waveform differentiation .............................................................................................................. 704

Math waveform sources ....................................................................................................................... 705

Math waveform expression syntax ....................................................................................................... 706

Offset position scale and math waveforms ........................................................................................... 707

Waveform integration ........................................................................................................................... 707

Math plugins ............................................................................................................................................... 708

Using math plugins ............................................................................................................................... 708

Writing math plugins ............................................................................................................................. 708

MATLAB custom functions ................................................................................................................... 714

Spectral math waveforms ........................................................................................................................... 716

Spectral math controls ............................................................................................................................... 716

Spectral math time controls ........................................................................................................................ 717

Spectral math gating controls ..................................................................................................................... 719

Spectral math frequency domain controls .................................................................................................. 720

Spectral math magnitude controls .............................................................................................................. 722

Spectral math phase controls ..................................................................................................................... 724

Spectral analyzer window types ................................................................................................................. 728

Flattop2 window ......................................................................................................................................... 731

Gaussian window ....................................................................................................................................... 732

Hamming window ....................................................................................................................................... 733

Hanning Kaiser-Bessel and Blackman-Harris windows ............................................................................. 733

Rectangular window ................................................................................................................................... 735

Tek-Exponential window ............................................................................................................................ 736

Recognizing aliasing .................................................................................................................................. 737

Mask testing ............................................................................................................................................... 738

Mask key points .................................................................................................................................... 738

Serial mask testing with mask testing .................................................................................................. 739

Levels used in taking eye measurements ............................................................................................ 740

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Output ........................................................................................................................................................ 741

Saving and recalling setups ................................................................................................................. 741

Saving and recalling waveforms ........................................................................................................... 742

Saving and copying waveform data ..................................................................................................... 742

Miscellaneous ............................................................................................................................................ 743

ACos ..................................................................................................................................................... 743

Acquisition interval ............................................................................................................................... 743

Acquisition window ............................................................................................................................... 743

Active probes ........................................................................................................................................ 744

Amplitude ............................................................................................................................................. 744

Analog oscilloscope sweeps ................................................................................................................ 744

Area ...................................................................................................................................................... 744

ASin ...................................................................................................................................................... 744

ATan ..................................................................................................................................................... 744

Auto trigger mode ................................................................................................................................. 744

B-Event scan setup .............................................................................................................................. 744

CAN bit rate .......................................................................................................................................... 745

CAN format ........................................................................................................................................... 745

CAN signal type .................................................................................................................................... 745

Center frequency .................................................................................................................................. 745

Channels selector ................................................................................................................................. 746

Clear button .......................................................................................................................................... 746

Clear data control ................................................................................................................................. 746

Clock edge ........................................................................................................................................... 746

Level ..................................................................................................................................................... 746

Communication trigger codes and standards ....................................................................................... 746

Set up communication trigger coding ................................................................................................... 747

Select the comm trigger pulse form ...................................................................................................... 748

Set the comm trigger source ................................................................................................................ 749

Control window handle ......................................................................................................................... 749

Cos ....................................................................................................................................................... 749

Cosh ..................................................................................................................................................... 749

Crossing percent .................................................................................................................................. 749

Set the cursor sources (XY display) ..................................................................................................... 749

Customize color palettes ...................................................................................................................... 750

Cycle area ............................................................................................................................................ 750

Cycle mean .......................................................................................................................................... 751

Cycle RMS ........................................................................................................................................... 751

Data direction ....................................................................................................................................... 751

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Data threshold ...................................................................................................................................... 751

Dead time between acquisitions ........................................................................................................... 751

Delay edges ......................................................................................................................................... 751

Delay .................................................................................................................................................... 751

Trigger delay ........................................................................................................................................ 751

Trigger events ...................................................................................................................................... 751

Select digital input iCapture .................................................................................................................. 752

Set up trigger path alignment ............................................................................................................... 752

Set logic properties ............................................................................................................................... 753

Set the logic thresholds ........................................................................................................................ 753

Select the display style ......................................................................................................................... 754

Select the math color ............................................................................................................................ 755

Select the reference color .................................................................................................................... 756

Select the trigger level marker .............................................................................................................. 756

Duty cycle distortion ............................................................................................................................. 757

Edit a user mask ................................................................................................................................... 757

Editor button ......................................................................................................................................... 757

Enter math equation editor (Operands) ................................................................................................ 757

Set up e-mail on trigger ........................................................................................................................ 758

Extinction ratio ...................................................................................................................................... 758

Extinction ratio decibel ......................................................................................................................... 758

Eye base .............................................................................................................................................. 758

Eye diagram ......................................................................................................................................... 758

Eye height ............................................................................................................................................ 758

Eye top ................................................................................................................................................. 759

Eye width .............................................................................................................................................. 759

Set up e-mail configuration ................................................................................................................... 759

Send an e-mail on trigger ..................................................................................................................... 761

Fall time ................................................................................................................................................ 761

FastFrame acquisitions ........................................................................................................................ 761

Force a trigger ...................................................................................................................................... 762

Frequency ............................................................................................................................................ 762

Frequency span .................................................................................................................................... 762

Getting the analysis and connectivity support tools ............................................................................. 762

Ground terminal .................................................................................................................................... 762

Guidelines for working with math waveforms ....................................................................................... 762

High ...................................................................................................................................................... 763

High impedance probes ....................................................................................................................... 763

High reference ...................................................................................................................................... 763

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Histogram box limits - horizontal .......................................................................................................... 763

Histogram box limits - vertical .............................................................................................................. 764

Histogram box location - horizontal ...................................................................................................... 765

Histogram box location - vertical .......................................................................................................... 765

Histogram max ..................................................................................................................................... 766

Histogram mean ................................................................................................................................... 766

Histogram min ...................................................................................................................................... 766

Hits in box ............................................................................................................................................. 766

Maximum .............................................................................................................................................. 766

Mean plus or minus 1 StdDev .............................................................................................................. 766

Mean plus or minus 2 StdDev .............................................................................................................. 766

Mean plus or minus 3 StdDev .............................................................................................................. 767

Minimum ............................................................................................................................................... 767

Peak hits ............................................................................................................................................... 767

Pk-Pk .................................................................................................................................................... 767

StdDev (standard deviation) ................................................................................................................. 767

Waveform count ................................................................................................................................... 767

Median .................................................................................................................................................. 767

Set the horizontal delay ........................................................................................................................ 767

Set the horizontal position .................................................................................................................... 767

Horizontal Position-Scale control window (Delay mode) ...................................................................... 768

Set the horizontal position .................................................................................................................... 768

Set the horizontal scale ........................................................................................................................ 768

Horizontal reference marker ................................................................................................................. 769

Horizontal delay mode .......................................................................................................................... 769

Set the horizontal delay ........................................................................................................................ 769

Set the horizontal scale when delay is on ............................................................................................ 770

Acquisition mode .................................................................................................................................. 770

Set horizontal delay and horizontal position ......................................................................................... 774

Horizontal control window readouts ..................................................................................................... 775

Horizontal controls ................................................................................................................................ 775

I2C addressing mode ........................................................................................................................... 777

Installing software ................................................................................................................................. 777

Interactions of roll mode and other instrument settings ........................................................................ 777

IVI drivers ............................................................................................................................................. 777

Jitter 6 sigma ........................................................................................................................................ 778

Jitter peak-to-peak ................................................................................................................................ 778

Jitter root mean square ........................................................................................................................ 778

Lock mask ............................................................................................................................................ 778

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Logic pattern ......................................................................................................................................... 778

Logic pattern inputs .............................................................................................................................. 778

Logic pattern trigger criteria .................................................................................................................. 778

Logic pattern and state pattern editor (bus tab) ................................................................................... 779

Logic pattern and state pattern editor (digital tab) ................................................................................ 780

Logic clock inputs ................................................................................................................................. 780

Logic pattern format ............................................................................................................................. 781

Logic pattern setup ............................................................................................................................... 781

Logic state inputs ................................................................................................................................. 781

Logic state trigger criteria ..................................................................................................................... 782

Low ....................................................................................................................................................... 782

Low impedance probes ........................................................................................................................ 782

Low reference ....................................................................................................................................... 782

Enable mask autoset autofit ................................................................................................................. 782

Mask autoset horizontal controls .......................................................................................................... 783

Select the mask autoset mode ............................................................................................................. 783

Control the mask autoset trigger level .................................................................................................. 784

Set mask autoset vertical controls ........................................................................................................ 784

Mask hit count ...................................................................................................................................... 785

Math arbitrary filters .............................................................................................................................. 785

Enter a math expression ...................................................................................................................... 793

Display a math equation ....................................................................................................................... 793

Set the math display and vertical controls ............................................................................................ 794

Maximum .............................................................................................................................................. 794

Mean .................................................................................................................................................... 794

Set up a histogram measurement ........................................................................................................ 794

Set up the measurement list ................................................................................................................. 797

Minimum ............................................................................................................................................... 798

Natural antilog ...................................................................................................................................... 798

Negative duty cycle .............................................................................................................................. 798

Negative overshoot .............................................................................................................................. 798

Negative width measurement ............................................................................................................... 798

Noise peak-to-peak .............................................................................................................................. 798

Noise root mean square ....................................................................................................................... 798

Normal trigger mode ............................................................................................................................. 798

Nyquist frequency ................................................................................................................................. 799

Set up zoom AutoScroll ........................................................................................................................ 799

Set the cursor position (XY display) ..................................................................................................... 799

Set display persistence ........................................................................................................................ 800

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Set the FastFrame analyze tab controls ............................................................................................... 801

Set up FastFrame setup tab controls ................................................................................................... 802

Set up FastFrame view tab controls ..................................................................................................... 803

Select waveform save options .............................................................................................................. 804

CSV text format .................................................................................................................................... 806

Set mask test controls .......................................................................................................................... 807

Set up a delay measurement ............................................................................................................... 808

Set up a phase measurement .............................................................................................................. 809

MyScope controls ................................................................................................................................. 811

Select timestamp save options ............................................................................................................. 811

Select the graticule size ....................................................................................................................... 812

Select the termination-coupling ............................................................................................................ 812

Offset and clipping ................................................................................................................................ 813

The On-Screen MultiView zoom menu ................................................................................................. 814

Peak to peak ........................................................................................................................................ 814

Period ................................................................................................................................................... 814

Select trigger polarity ............................................................................................................................ 814

Positive duty cycle ................................................................................................................................ 814

Positive overshoot ................................................................................................................................ 815

Positive width ....................................................................................................................................... 815

Predefined functions ............................................................................................................................. 815

Probe calibration output ....................................................................................................................... 815

Probe calibration restrictions ................................................................................................................ 815

Probe compensation ............................................................................................................................ 816

Probe compensation adjustment .......................................................................................................... 816

Probe compensation output ................................................................................................................. 816

Quality factor ........................................................................................................................................ 816

Recall a template waveform ................................................................................................................. 816

Recall a mask ....................................................................................................................................... 817

Horizontal modes ................................................................................................................................. 817

Reference point .................................................................................................................................... 819

Resolution bandwidth ........................................................................................................................... 819

Rise time .............................................................................................................................................. 819

RMS ..................................................................................................................................................... 819

Set the RS-232 baud rate ..................................................................................................................... 819

Select the RS-232 data parity .............................................................................................................. 820

Set the upper and lower threshold values ............................................................................................ 820

Runt trigger criteria ............................................................................................................................... 820

Save a mask ......................................................................................................................................... 820

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Scallop loss .......................................................................................................................................... 820

Selecting a spectral window ................................................................................................................. 821

Selected waveform versus deselected waveform ................................................................................ 822

Sequence triggering (horizontal delay on) ............................................................................................ 823

Change the serial bit rate ..................................................................................................................... 824

Select the serial clock source ............................................................................................................... 824

Select the serial coding standard ......................................................................................................... 824

Select the serial data format ................................................................................................................. 825

Select the serial data source ................................................................................................................ 825

Select the serial data standard ............................................................................................................. 825

Serial mask testing option .................................................................................................................... 825

Define the serial pattern data ............................................................................................................... 825

Define the serial trigger on pattern ....................................................................................................... 826

Set up FastFrame operation ................................................................................................................. 827

Set to 50 with comm triggers ................................................................................................................ 827

Clock source channel ........................................................................................................................... 827

Set the clock threshold level ................................................................................................................. 827

Select the data source channel ............................................................................................................ 828

Set the data threshold level .................................................................................................................. 828

Set the setup and hold times ................................................................................................................ 828

Enter a spectral math equation ............................................................................................................ 828

Enter a spectral math expression ......................................................................................................... 828

Spectral tracking ................................................................................................................................... 830

Set up the spectral vertical axis ............................................................................................................ 830

Set the spectral vertical controls .......................................................................................................... 832

SPI bus trigger polarity ......................................................................................................................... 833

SPI bus trigger threshold ...................................................................................................................... 833

SPI data source .................................................................................................................................... 833

Supported ADEs ................................................................................................................................... 833

TekProbe-TekVPI interfaces ................................................................................................................ 833

Set the timeout trigger criteria .............................................................................................................. 833

Set the Time-Out value ........................................................................................................................ 834

Set the upper and lower threshold levels for transition time ................................................................. 834

Set the transition time trigger criteria .................................................................................................... 834

Trigger coupling .................................................................................................................................... 834

Set the glitch width criteria ................................................................................................................... 834

Trigger graticule ................................................................................................................................... 834

Trigger holdoff (Auto) ........................................................................................................................... 834

Trigger holdoff (Random) ..................................................................................................................... 835

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Trigger holdoff (Time) ........................................................................................................................... 835

Set the trigger level .............................................................................................................................. 835

Select the trigger on options ................................................................................................................. 835

Select the bus trigger on data .............................................................................................................. 835

Select the glitch trigger polarity ............................................................................................................ 835

Set the trigger qualification ................................................................................................................... 836

Set the trigger occurs and qualification ................................................................................................ 836

HF filtering ............................................................................................................................................ 837

Envelope triggering .............................................................................................................................. 837

Set the trigger reset conditions ............................................................................................................. 838

Trigger settings (Shared - independent) ............................................................................................... 838

Trigger source ...................................................................................................................................... 838

Trigger summary .................................................................................................................................. 839

Window event trigger ............................................................................................................................ 839

Set the trigger width limits .................................................................................................................... 839

Set the trigger polarity .......................................................................................................................... 839

Using FastFrame acquisitions .............................................................................................................. 840

Use print screen ................................................................................................................................... 840

Analyze menu ....................................................................................................................................... 840

Cursors menu ....................................................................................................................................... 840

Digital menu ......................................................................................................................................... 841

Display menu ........................................................................................................................................ 841

Edit menu ............................................................................................................................................. 841

File menu .............................................................................................................................................. 841

Horizontal-Acquisition menu ................................................................................................................. 841

Mask menu ........................................................................................................................................... 841

Math menu ........................................................................................................................................... 841

MyScope menu .................................................................................................................................... 841

Measurement menu ............................................................................................................................. 842

Trigger menu ........................................................................................................................................ 842

Utilities menu ........................................................................................................................................ 842

Vertical menu ....................................................................................................................................... 842

Set the vertical position ........................................................................................................................ 842

Set the vertical scale ............................................................................................................................ 843

Select the bandwidth ............................................................................................................................ 844

Bus pattern condition ............................................................................................................................ 845

Bus selection ........................................................................................................................................ 845

Bus time condition ................................................................................................................................ 845

Trigger logic state condition ................................................................................................................. 845

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Set the parallel bus pattern .................................................................................................................. 845

Bus pattern editor (Bus tab) ................................................................................................................. 846

Bus pattern editor (Bus tab) ................................................................................................................. 847

Bus pattern editor (Logic tab on MSO series) ...................................................................................... 850

Bus pattern editor (Live tab) ................................................................................................................. 851

Bus pattern format ................................................................................................................................ 852

Bus trigger on selections ...................................................................................................................... 853

Set logic thresholds .............................................................................................................................. 853

Select the coupling ............................................................................................................................... 857

Set display characteristics .................................................................................................................... 857

Set the offset ........................................................................................................................................ 858

Set the vertical position-scale ............................................................................................................... 859

Select the probe controls ...................................................................................................................... 861

Select the termination ........................................................................................................................... 862

Set the termination voltage ................................................................................................................... 863

Video trigger autoset ............................................................................................................................ 864

Select the video trigger format ............................................................................................................. 864

Specify the video trigger holdoff ........................................................................................................... 864

Select the video trigger polarity ............................................................................................................ 864

Working with your oscilloscope ............................................................................................................ 865

Set the window trigger levels ................................................................................................................ 865

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Introduction

This Tektronix oscilloscope provides the performance, simplicity, and connectivity needed for the ever-changing electronics,
computer, and communications industries. The easy-to-use interface includes a large display and a touch-screen interface on a
Microsoft Windows platform.

Choose the methods of controlling oscilloscope operations that are most convenient for you:

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Customary front-panel controls

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Menus and toolbar buttons

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Touch screen

What do you want to do next?

Product description on page 1

Online help on page 32

Working with your oscilloscope on page 865

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About Tektronix oscilloscopes

Product description

This online help supports the following series of Tektronix Digital Phosphor oscilloscopes:

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DPO70000SX Series

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MSO70000DX and DPO70000DX Series

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MSO70000C and DPO70000C Series

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DPO7000C Series

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MSO5000B and DPO5000B Series

NOTE. The features and options that are documented in this online help are available for several instrument models. Your
instrument may not have every feature discussed.

Key features

Tektronix oscilloscopes are high-performance solutions for verification, debugging, and characterization of sophisticated
electronic designs. These oscilloscopes feature exceptional signal acquisition performance, operational simplicity, and open
connectivity to the design environment. Classic analog-style controls, a large display with an optional touch-sensitive screen, and
graphical menus provide intuitive control. Open access to the Windows operating system enables unprecedented customization
and extensibility.

Key features include:

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Bandwidth:

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DPO77002SX 70 GHz bandwidth and 200 GS/s on 1 analog channel or 33 GHz bandwidth and 100 GS/s on 2 analog
channels

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DPO75902SX 59 GHz bandwidth and 200 GS/s on 1 analog channel or 33 GHz bandwidth and 100 GS/s on 2 analog
channels

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DPO75002SX 50 GHz bandwidth and 200 GS/s on 1 analog channel or 33 GHz bandwidth and 100 GS/s on 2 analog
channels

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DPO73304SX 33 GHz bandwidth and 100 GS/s on 2 analog channels or 33 GHz bandwidth and 50 GS/s on 4 analog
channels

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DPO2304SX 23 GHz bandwidth and 100 GS/s on 2 analog channel or 23 GHz bandwidth and 50 GS/s on 4 analog
channels

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MSO73304DX, DPO73304DX, MSO72504DX, DPO72504DX, MSO72304DX, and DPO72304DX: 33, 25, and 23 GHz
models with up to 100 GS/s real-time sampling rate on two channels, and 50 GS/s on four channels

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DPO71254C, MSO71254C, DPO71604C, MSO71604C, DPO72004C, and MSO72004C: 12.5, 16, and 20 GHz models
with up to 100 GS/s real-time sampling rate on two channels, and 50 GS/s on four channels

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DPO70404C, MSO70404C, DPO70604C, MSO70604C, DPO70804C, and MSO70804C: 4, 6, and 8 GHz models with
up to 25 GS/s real-time sampling rate on four channels

DPO70000SX, MSO/DPO70000DX, MSO/DPO70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000B Series 1

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DPO7054C, DPO7104C, DPO7254C, and DPO7354C: 500 MHz, 1 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz models with up to 20 GS/s
real-time sampling rate on two channels

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DPO5034B, MSO5034B, DPO5054B, MSO5054B, DPO5104B, MSO5104B, DPO5204B, and MSO5204B: 350 MHz,
500 MHz, 1 GHz, and 2 GHz models with up to 10 GS/s real-time sampling rate on two channels

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Record length: up to 1,000,000,000 samples on 2 channels and 500,000,000 samples on 4 channels, depending on the
model and options

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Fast acquisition up to >300,000 acquisitions per second, depending on the model of instrument

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Bandwidth enhancement controls available for some models

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Up to 1% DC vertical gain accuracy

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Up to four input channels (each with 8-bit resolution)

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Auxiliary trigger input and output

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Sample, envelope, peak-detect, high-resolution, average, fast acquisition, and waveform database acquisition modes

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Full programmability, with an extensive command set and a message-based interface

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Extensive suite of advanced triggers

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Powerful built-in measurement capability, including histograms, automatic measurements, eye pattern, and measurement
statistics

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Basic math as well as advanced equation editor and spectral analysis

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Customizable MyScope control window

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An intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) with online help

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Internal disk storage

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Wide array of probing solutions, options, and upgrades

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GPIB Controller available on some models

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Comprehensive suite of right-click menus

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Parallel bus decoding, triggering and analysis

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Serial bus decoding, triggering and analysis are optionally available

MSO70000C/DX Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes also offer:

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16 digital channels plus 1 clock/qualifier channel

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High resolution timing as precise as 80 ps

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An analog view of any digital channel through the iCapture feature

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Enhanced Logic Pattern and Logic State triggering includes digital channels

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Differential (P6780) and single-ended (P6717A) logic probes

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Easy connection to your device-under-test through the convenient design of the P6780 and the P6717 Logic probes

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iCapture allows analyzing the analog characteristics of the digital channels

MSO5000B Series instruments offer:

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MagniVu 60.6 ps resolution

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Signal processing features

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Waveform math. Set up math waveforms using the basic arithmetic functions, including FFT, or create more advanced
math waveforms using the math expression editor. Waveform expressions can contain measurement results and other math
waveforms.

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Spectral analysis. Display spectral magnitude and phase waveforms based on your time-domain acquisitions. Control the
instrument using the traditional Spectrum analyzer controls, such as span, center frequency, and resolution bandwidth.

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Mask testing. Use Mask Testing for signal violation detection and pass/fail testing. Test signals against a user defined
mask, or, on some models, with the Mask Testing Option, you can test against industry standard masks.

Display features

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Color LCD display. Identify and differentiate waveforms easily with color coding. Waveforms, readouts, and inputs are
color matched to increase productivity and reduce operating errors.

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Digital phosphor. The Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope can provide visual clues as to the relative rate of occurrence of
waveform features or anomalies by combining many separate acquisitions of a waveform into a single intensity-graded or
color-graded display.

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Fit to screen. The Digital Phosphor technology performs the compression required to represent all record points on the
screen, even at the maximum record length settings.

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MultiView Zoom. To take advantage of the full resolution of the instrument, you can zoom in on a waveform to see fine
details. Both vertical and horizontal zoom are available. You can also zoom in on multiple areas of a single waveform
simultaneously and on multiple waveforms at the same time.

Measurement features

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Cursors. Use Cursors to take simple voltage, time, and frequency measurements.

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Automatic measurements. Choose from a large palette of amplitude, time, histogram, and communication measurements.
You can customize the measurements by changing reference levels or by adding measurement gating. Statistics (mean,
maximum, minimum, standard deviation and population) are available for each measurement value.

Trigger features

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Simple and advanced trigger types. Choose a simple edge trigger or advanced trigger types to help you capture a
specific signal fault or event.

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Dual triggers. Use the A (main) trigger system alone or add the B trigger to capture more complex events. You can use the

A and B triggers together to set up a delay-by-time or delay-by-events trigger condition.

Convenience features

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Autoset. Use Autoset to quickly set up the vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls for a usable display.

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MyScope. Use MyScope to create your own control windows for easy access to the controls you use most often.

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Touch screen interface. You can operate all instrument functions (except the power switch) from the touch screen

interface. You can also install a mouse and keyboard.

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Toolbar or menu bar. You can choose a toolbar operating mode that is optimized for use with the touch screen, or a PC-
style menu-bar operating mode that is optimized for use with a mouse.

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Open desktop. The instrument is built on a Microsoft Windows software platform; the instrument application program starts
automatically when you apply power to the instrument. You can minimize the instrument application and take full advantage
of the built-in PC to run other applications. Moving waveform images and data into other applications is as simple as a copy/
paste operation.

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Dedicated front panel controls. The front panel (SX models require the DPO7AFP accessory) contains knobs and buttons
to provide immediate access to the most common instrument controls. Separate vertical controls are provided for each
channel. The same functions are also available through the screen interface.

DPO70000SX, MSO/DPO70000DX, MSO/DPO70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000B Series 3

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Data storage and I/O. The instrument has a removable hard disk drive and a DVD/CD-RW drive (not available on SX
instruments) that can be used for storage and retrieval of data. The instrument has I/O ports, extended desktop support, and
Ethernet ports for input and output to other devices.

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Online help. The instrument has a complete online help system that covers all its features. The help system is context
sensitive; help for the displayed control window is automatically shown if you click the help button. Graphical aids in the help
windows assist you in getting to the information you need. You can also access the help topics through a table of contents,
index, or full text search.

Product software

The instrument includes the following software:

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System Software. The product software runs on a specially configured version of Microsoft Windows which is pre-installed
and enables you to install other compatible applications. Do not attempt to substitute any version of Windows that is not
specifically provided by Tektronix for use with your instrument.

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Product Software. This pre-installed software is the instrument application and runs on Microsoft Windows. It provides the
graphical user interface (GUI) and all other instrument control functions. You can minimize or even exit/restart the
instrument application as your needs dictate. However, it is recommended that you exit the instrument application only when
installing new software.

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Support Software. The instrument, contains additional software and files that may be useful to you.

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Readme file. This text file contains release notes and updates that are not included in other product documentation.

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Programmer Online Help. Available as online help or a PDF file. It contains the information you need to program the
instrument.

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Specifications Performance Verification Procedures. The product hard drive contains instrument specifications and
instructions to perform a manual performance verification.

NOTE. New versions of software for your instrument are available at our Web site. To find application software releases that may
not be on your instrument or to find the latest versions of instrument software and application software that is on your instrument,
visit www.tektronix.com/support. Order the latest versions of DPO77002SX instrument software from Tektronix.

Firmware upgrade

Tektronix may offer firmware upgrade kits for this instrument. Contact your local Tektronix distributor or sales office for more
information.

Options and accessories

Recommended accessories

The following accessories are recommended for your instrument.

MSO5000B and DPO5000B:

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GPIB-to-USB adapter, order TEK-USB-488

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TekVPI-to-TekProbe BNC adapter, order TPA-BNC

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Hard transit case, HCTEK54

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Rackmount kit, order RMD5000

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Deskew pulse generator, 067-1686-XX

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Mini keyboard, 119-7275-XX

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Service manual as a PDF, 077-0076-XX

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Programmer manual as a PDF, 077-0010-XX

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Specifications and Performance Verification manual as a PDF, 077-0063-XX

DPO7000C

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Oscilloscope cart, order K420

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Power deskew fixture, order 067-1478-XX

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Mini keyboard (USB), order 119-7275-XX

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Rackmount kit, order 016-1965-XX

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Service manual as a PDF file, 077-0076-XX

MSO/DPO70000DX, DPO70000C, and MSO70000C:

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Deskew fixture, order 067-1586-XX

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Oscilloscope cart, K4000 with brackets: order 407-5187-XX and 407-5188-XX

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Rack mount, order 016-1981-XX

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Transit case, order 016-1977-XX

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Service manual as a PDF file, 077-0076-XX

DPO70000SX

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DPO7AFP Auxiliary Front panel.

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016-2095-xx Rackmount Kit

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016-2102-xx SSD mounting kit (front of instrument rackmount tray)

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016-2104-00 Transit Case (carbon fiber)

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K4000 Oscilloscope Cart

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DPO7USYNC 1M 1 meter UltraSync cable

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DPO7USYNC 2M 2 meter UltraSync cable

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067-2431-xx Probe Deskew Fixture for SMA or solder-down connections (up to 30 GHz)

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067-0484-xx Analog Probe Calibration and Deskew Fixture (4 GHz)

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067-1586-xx Analog Probe Deskew Fixture (>4 GHz)

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067-1686-xx Power Deskew Fixture

The following probes and components are recommended for your instrument:

MSO5000B and DPO5000B:

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TekProbe

DPO70000SX, MSO/DPO70000DX, MSO/DPO70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000B Series 5

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TekProbe component Description

ADA400A 100X, 10X, 1X, and 0.1X, high gain differential amplifier

P5100A 2.5 kV, 100X, 250 MHz high voltage passive probe

P6015A 40 kVpk, 1000X, 75 MHz high voltage single-ended passive probe

TCPA300, TCPA400 Current measurement systems amplifier (requires TPA-BNC)

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TekVPI

TekVPI component Description

TAP1500 1.5 GHz active single-ended voltage probe

TAP2500 2.5 GHz active single-ended voltage probe

TCP0020 50 MHz, 20 A AC/DC current probe

TCP0030A DC to 120 MHz, 30 A AC/DC current probe

TCP0150 DC to 20 MHz, 150 A AC/DC current probe

TDP0500 500 MHz active differential voltage probe

TDP1000 1 GHz active differential voltage probe

TDP1500 1.5 GHz active differential voltage probe with ±8.5 V differential input voltage

TDP3500 3.5 GHz differential voltage probe with ±2 V differential input voltage

TPP0502 500 MHz 2X TekVPI passive voltage probe

TPP0850 2.5 kV 800 MHz TekVPI high-voltage passive probe

TPP500, TPP1000 10X Passive Probes are compact with 10X attenuation, designed for use with

Tektronix MSO/DPO4000B and MSO/DPO5000B Series instruments.
The bandwidth (–3 dB) for TPP500 is 500 MHz.
The bandwidth (–3 dB) for TPP1000 is 1 GHz.

THDP0100 ±6 kV, 100 MHz high-voltage differential probe

THDP0200 ±1.5 kV, 200 MHz high-voltage differential probe

TMDP0200 ±750 V, 200 MHz high-voltage differential probe

P5100A 2.5 kV, 500 MHz, 100X high-voltage passive probe

DPO7000C

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BNC

BNC component Description

CT1, CT2, CT6 Current probes, AC high-speed

P6021, P6022 Current probes, AC

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TekProbe

TekProbe component Description

ADA400A Differential preamplifier

P5100A High-voltage probe

P6015A High-voltage probe

P6139B Passive probe

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TekProbe component Description

P6158 20X low-capacitance probe, 3 GHz

P6243 Active probe, 1 GHz

P6245 Active probe, 1.5 GHz

P6246 Differential probe, 400 MHz

P6247 Differential probe, 1 GHz

P6248 Differential probe, 1.5 GHz

P6701B Converter, optical-to-electrical (multi-mode)

P6703B Converter, optical-electrical (single-mode)

TCP202A Current probe

TCP300, TCP400 Series Current measurement system (Requires TCPA300/TCPA400 amplifiers)

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TekVPI

TekVPI component Description

TAP1500 Active probe, 1.5 GHz

TAP2500 Active probe, 2.5 GHz

TAP3500 Active probe, 3.5 GHz

TCP0020 50 MHz TekVPI 20 Ampere AC/DC current probe

TCP0030A 120 MHz TekVPI 30 Ampere AC/DC current probe

TDP0500 500 MHz TekVPI differential voltage probe with ±42 V differential input voltage

TDP1000 1 GHz TekVPI differential voltage probe with ±42 V differential input voltage

TDP1500 1.5 GHz TekVPI differential voltage probe with ±8.5 V differential input voltage

TDP3500 3.5 GHz TekVPI differential voltage probe with ±2 V differential input voltage

TCP0150 DC to 20 MHz, 150 A AC/DC current probe

THDP0100 ±6 kV, 100 MHz high-voltage differential probe

THDP0200 ±1.5 kV, 200 MHz high-voltage differential probe

TMDP0200 ±750 V, 200 MHz high-voltage differential probe

P5100A 2.5 kV, 500 MHz, 100X high-voltage passive probe

MSO/DPO70000DX, DPO70000C, and MSO70000C:

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BNC

BNC component Description

CT1, CT2, CT6 Current probes, AC high-speed

P6021, P6022 Current probes, AC

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Logic (MSO70000C/DX Series)

DPO70000SX, MSO/DPO70000DX, MSO/DPO70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000B Series 7

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Logic component Description

P6717A 16 data and 1 clock channel logic probe with accessories

P6780 16 data and 1 clock channel differential logic probe with accessories that you

solder in

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TekConnect

TekConnect component Description

P7260 Low-capacitance active voltage probe, 6 GHz

P7313, P7313SMA Differential probe, 12.5 GHz

P7350, P7350SMA Differential probe, 5 GHz

P7360 Differential probe, 6 GHz

P7380, P7380SMA Differential probe, 8 GHz

P7504 TriMode probe, 4 GHz

P7506 TriMode probe, 6 GHz

P7508 TriMode probe, 8 GHz

P7513A TriMode probe, 13 GHz

P7516 TriMode probe, 15 GHz

P7520A TriMode probe, 25 GHz with optional tip

P7630 TriMode probe, 30 GHz

TCA-BNC Adapter, TekConnect-to-BNC

TCA-N Adapter, TekConnect-to-N

TCA-SMA Adapter, TekConnect-to-SMA

TCA-1MEG High-impedance buffer amplifier (Includes P6139A passive probe)

TCA-75 Adapter, 4 GHz: 75 Ω to 50 Ω 75 Ω BNC input

TCA-292MM TekConnect to 2.92 mm connectors

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TekProbe

TekProbe component Description

ADA400A Differential preamplifier

P5050 10X passive probe, 500 MHz

P5100 High-voltage probe

P5200 High-voltage differential probe

P5205 High-voltage differential probe

P5210 High-voltage differential probe

P6015A High-voltage probe

P6101B 1X passive probe, 15 MHz

P6139A Passive probe

P6158 20X low-capacitance probe, 3 GHz

P6243 Active probe, 1 GHz

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TekProbe component Description

P6245 Active probe, 1.5 GHz

P6246 Differential probe, 400 MHz

P6247 Differential probe, 1 GHz

P6248 Differential probe, 1.5 GHz

P6701B Converter, optical-to-electrical (multimode)

P6703B Converter, optical-electrical (single-mode)

TCP202A Current probe

TCP300, TCP400 Series Current measurement system (Requires TCPA300/TCPA400 amplifiers)

DPO70000SX Series

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BNC

BNC component Description

CT1, CT2, CT6 Current probes, AC high-speed

P6021, P6022 Current probes, AC

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TekConnect

TekConnect component Description

P7260 Low-capacitance active voltage probe, 6 GHz

P7313, P7313SMA Differential probe, 12.5 GHz

P7380, P7380SMA Differential probe, 8 GHz

P7504 TriMode probe, 4 GHz

P7506 TriMode probe, 6 GHz

P7508 TriMode probe, 8 GHz

P7513A TriMode probe, 13 GHz

P7516 TriMode probe, 15 GHz

P7520A TriMode probe, 25 GHz with optional tip

P7625 25 GHz Low Noise TriMode® Probe

P7630 TriMode probe, 30 GHz

P7633 33 GHz Low Noise TriMode® Probe

TCA-BNC Adapter, TekConnect-to-BNC

TCA-N Adapter, TekConnect-to-N

TCA-SMA Adapter, TekConnect-to-SMA

TCA-1MEG High-impedance buffer amplifier (Includes P6139A passive probe)

TCA-75 Adapter, 4 GHz: 75 Ω to 50 Ω 75 Ω BNC input

TCA-292D TekConnect to 2.92 mm connectors (33 GHz)

TCA75 8 GHz precision TekConnect® 75 Ω to 50 Ω adapter with 75 Ω BNC input

connector

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TekProbe

DPO70000SX, MSO/DPO70000DX, MSO/DPO70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000B Series 9

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TekProbe component Description

P5200 High-voltage differential probe

P5205 High-voltage differential probe

P5210 High-voltage differential probe

P6015A High-voltage probe

P6139A Passive probe

P6701B Converter, optical-to-electrical (multimode)

P6703B Converter, optical-electrical (single-mode)

TCP202A Current probe

TCP300, TCP400 Series Current measurement system (Requires TCPA300/TCPA400 amplifiers)

Options

The following options are available for your instrument.

DPO5000B, MSO5000B:

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Software:

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Opt. BRR - BroadR-Reach Compliance Testing

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Opt. DDRA - DDR Memory Bus Analysis; Available, only on 1 GHz and 2 GHz models (requires DJA)

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Opt. DJA - Jitter And Eye Analysis Tools - Advanced (DPOJET)

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Opt. ET3 - Ethernet Compliance Testing

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Opt. HSIC - USB HSIC protocol decode and electrical validation (Available on 2 GHz models only.) (requires DJA)

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Opt. MOST – MOST Essentials – Electrical Compliance and Debug Test Solution for MOST50 and MOST150

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Opt. MSOE - 16-channel MSO

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Opt. MTM - Mask Testing for Serial Communication Standards (up to 1.5 Gb/s)

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Opt. PS2 - Power Solution Bundle: DPOPWR, THDP0200, TCP0030A, 067-1686-XX (Deskew Fixture)

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Opt. PS3 - Power Solution Bundle: DPOPWR, TMDP0200, TCP0020, 067-1686-XX (Deskew Fixture)

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Opt. PWR - Power Measurement and Analysis

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Opt. SR-AERO - MIL-STD-1553 Serial Triggering and Analysis

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Opt. SR-AUTO - Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis (CAN, LIN, FLEXRAY)

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Opt. SR-COMP - Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis (RS-232/422/485/UART)

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Opt. SR-CUST - Custom Serial Analysis Kit for Developers

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Opt. SR-DPHY - MIPI-D-PHY (DSI1/CSI2) Serial Analysis

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Opt. SR-EMBD - Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis (I2C, SPI)

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Opt. SR-ENET - Ethernet Serial Triggering and Analysis (10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX)

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Opt. SR-USB - USB Serial Triggering and Analysis (LS, FS, HS)

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Opt. SVE - SignalVu Essentials - Vector Signal Analysis Software

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Opt. USB - USB 2.0 Compliance Testing

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Opt. USBHSIC - USB2.0 and HSIC Bundle, includes options Opt. DJA, HSIC, SR-USB, and USB

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Opt. USBPWR - USB Power Adapter/ EPS Compliance Automated Test Solution

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Opt. VNM - CAN/LIN Protocol Analysis Software

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Record Length:

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Opt. 5RL - 50 MSamples/ch, 125M maximum for 1 ch and 2 ch

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Opt. 10RL - 125 MSamples/ch, 250M maximum for 1 ch and 2 ch

DPO7000C

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Hardware:

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Opt. 2SR (available only on DPO7104C instruments) - Double maximum real time sample rate

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Record Length:

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Opt. 5RL - 250 MSamples max, 50 MSamples/ch

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Opt. 10RL - 500 MSamples max, 125 MSamples/ch (Only available on DPO7254C/DPO7354C instruments)

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Service:

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Opt. R3 - Repair service 3 years, including warranty

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Opt. R5 - Repair service 5 years, including warranty

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Software:

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Opt. BRR - BroadR-Reach Compliance Testing

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Opt. DDRA - DDR Memory Bus Analysis (requires DJA)

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Opt. DJA - Jitter And Eye Analysis Tools - Advanced (DPOJET)

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Opt. ET3 - Ethernet Compliance Test

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Opt. D-PHY - MIPI® D-PHY Characterization and Compliance Testing

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Opt. HSIC - USB HSIC protocol decode and electrical validation (For models of bandwidth ≥2.5 GHz only.) (requires DJA)

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Opt. LSA - Low Speed Serial Analysis (CAN/LIN trigger)

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Opt. MOST – MOST Essentials – Electrical Compliance and Debug Test Solution for MOST50 and MOST150

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Opt. MTM - Serial Communications Mask Testing

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Opt. PWR - DPOPWR Power Measurement and Analysis

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Opt. PS2 - Power Solution Bundle: DPOPWR, THDP0200, TCP0030A, 067-1686-XX (Deskew Fixture)

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Opt. PS3 - Power Solution Bundle: DPOPWR, TMDP0200, TCP0020, 067-1686-XX (Deskew Fixture)

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Opt. SR-AERO - MIL-STD-1553 Serial Triggering and Analysis

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Opt. SR-AUTO - Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis (CAN, LIN, FLEXRAY)

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Opt. SR-COMP - Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis (RS-232/422/485/UART)

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Opt. SR-CUST - Custom Serial Analysis Kit for Developers

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Opt. SR-DPHY - MIPI-D-PHY (DSI1/CSI2) Serial Analysis

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Opt. SR-EMBD - Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis (I2C, SPI)

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Opt. SR-ENET - Ethernet Serial Analysis (10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX)

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Opt. SR-PCIE - PCI Express Compliance Module for RT-Eye Serial Data Compliance and Analysis

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Opt. SR-USB - USB Serial Triggering and Analysis (LS, FS, HS)

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Opt. SR-810B - 8b/10b Serial Triggering and Analysis

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Opt. ST1G – 64-bit NRZ Serial Trigger and 8b/10b Serial Protocol Decode (includes Opt. SR-810B) (only available on
DPO7254C/DPO7354C instruments)

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Opt. SV23 - WLAN 802.11a/b/g measurement application (Requires Opt. SVE) (For models of bandwidth ≥2.5 GHz only)

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Opt. SV24 - WLAN 802.11n measurement application (Requires Opt. SVE and SV23) (For models of bandwidth ≥2.5 GHz
only)

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Opt. SVA - SignalVu AM/FM/Direct Audio Measurements (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVE - SignalVu™ Essentials for Vector Signal Analysis

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Opt. SVM - General Purpose Modulation Analysis (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVO - Flexible OFDM Analysis (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVP - SignalVu Pulse — Advance Signal Analysis Software (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVT - Settling Time Measurements such as Frequency and Phase (requires SVE)

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Opt. USB - Universal Serial Bus USB2.0 Compliance Test

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Opt. USBHSIC - USB2.0 and HSIC Bundle, includes options Opt. DJA, HSIC, SR-USB, and USB

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Opt. USBPWR - USB Power Adapter/ EPS Compliance Automated Test Solution

MSO/DPO70000C/DX:

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Calibration:

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Opt. C3 - Calibration service 3 years

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Opt. C5 - Calibration service 5 years

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Opt. D1 - Calibration data report

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Opt. D3 - Calibration data report 3 years (with Opt C3)

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Opt. D5 - Calibration data report 5 years (with Opt C5)

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Hardware:

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Opt. 1R - Rackmount kit

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Record Length:

MSO70000C/DX, and DPO70000C/DX Series:

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Opt. 2XL - 31 MSamples/ch (standard on DPO instruments)

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Opt. 5XL - 62 MSamples/ch (standard on MSO instruments)

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Opt. 10XL - 125 MSamples/ch

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Opt. 20XL - 250 MSamples/ch

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Opt. 50XL - 500 MSamples/ch

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Opt. CA1 - Provides single calibration event for the designated interval

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Opt. R3 - Repair service 3 years (including warranty)

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Opt. R5 - Repair service 5 years (including warranty)

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Software:

MSO70000C/DX, and DPO70000C/DX Series:

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Opt. BRR - BroadR-Reach Compliance Testing

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Opt. DDRA - DDR Memory Bus Analysis

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Opt. DJA - Advanced Jitter and Eye Analysis (standard on MSO instruments)

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Opt. D - PHY MIPI D-PHY Transmitter Debug, Characterization, and Compliance Test Solution (requires DJA)

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Opt. DP12 - DisplayPort 1.2 Source Test Automation (requires Opt. DJA and Opt.5XL or higher)

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Opt. ERRDT - Frame and Bit Error Rate Detector in high speed serial standards (requires option ST6G).

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Opt. ET3 - Ethernet Compliance Test

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Opt. HSIC – HSIC Essentials - Electrical Validation and Protocol Decode Solution (Requires Opt. DJA)

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Opt. HT3 - HDMI Compliance Test

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Opt. HT3DS - HDMI Direct Synthesis for HDMI 1.4 Compliance Test

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Opt. M - PHY - MIPI M-PHY Essentials – Characterization and Analysis Solution (Requires Opt. DJA)

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Opt. M - PHYTX - M-PHY Automated Transmitter Solution (requires DJA)

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Opt. M - PHYRX - M-PHY Automated Receiver Solution (Requires Opt. ST6G) (Requires Opt. ERRDT)

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Opt. MTH - Mask Testing for serial standards, 4.25 GB/s (standard on MSO instruments)

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Opt. MOST - Electrical Compliance and Debug Test Solution for MOST50 and MOST150 (Requires Opt. DJA)

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Opt. PCE3 - PCI Express® Transmitter Compliance and Debug (Requires Opt. DJA) (For models of bandwidth ≥6 GHz
only)

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Opt. PWR - DPOPWR Power Measurements and Analysis

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Opt. QPI - Intel® Quick Path Interconnect Test Automation Software (Requires Opt. DJA)

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Opt. SAS3 - SAS3 12 GB/s Essentials (Requires Opt. DJA and 2XL or higher) (For models of bandwidth ≥20 GHz only)

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Opt. SFP-TX - SFP+ Compliance and Debug Solution (Requires Opt. DJA)

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Opt. SFP-WDP - SFP+ Compliance and Debug Solution – WDP Measurement (Requires Opt. DJA)

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Opt. SDLA64 - Serial Data Link Analysis Visualizer

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Opt. SR-AERO - MIL-STD-1553 Serial Triggering and Analysis

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Opt. SR-AUTO - Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis (CAN, LIN, FLEXRAY)

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Opt. SR-COMP - Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis (RS-232/422/485/UART)

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Opt. SR-DPHY - MIPI-D-PHY (DSI1/CSI2) Serial Analysis

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Opt. SR-EMBD - Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis (I2C, SPI) (standard on MSO instruments)

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Opt. SR-ENET - Ethernet Serial Analysis (10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX)

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Opt. SR-PCIE - PCI Express Compliance Module for RT-Eye Serial Data Compliance and Analysis

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Opt. SR-USB - USB Serial Triggering and Analysis (LS, FS, HS)

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Opt. SR-810B - 8b/10b Serial Triggering and Analysis

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Opt. ST6G - Serial Protocol Trigger Software to trigger and decode 8 B/10 B data on high-speed serial or data protocols.
Protocol triggering up to 6.25 GS/s. (standard on MSO instruments)

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Opt. SVA - AM/FM/PM Audio Signal Analysis (Requires Opt. SVE)

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Opt. SVE - SignalVu Essentials for Vector Signal Analysis

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Opt. SVM - SignalVu Essentials for General Purpose Modulation Analysis (requires option SVE)

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Opt. SVO - Flexible OFDM Analysis (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVP - SignalVu Pulse — Advance Signal Analysis Software (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVT - Settling Time Measurements such as Frequency and Phase (requires SVE)

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Opt. TBT-TX - Thunderbolt Transmitter Characterization, Debug, and Compliance Testing (Requires Opt. DJA and Opt. 2XL
or higher) (For models of bandwidth ≥16 GHz only)

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Opt. UHS2 - UHS-II-Host-Tx and UHS-ii-Device-Tx Measurements (For models of bandwidth ≥6 GHz only)

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Opt. USB - Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0 Compliance Test

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Opt. USBHSIC - USB2.0 and HSIC Bundle, includes options Opt. DJA, HSIC, SR-USB, and USB

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Opt. USBPWR - USB Power Adapter/ EPS Compliance Automated Test Solution (Not supported on 70000DX models)

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Opt. USB3 - Universal Serial Bus USB 3.0 Compliance and Analysis

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Opt. VET - Visual Trigger and Search

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Opt. 10G-KR - 10GBASE-KR/KR4 Compliance and Debug Solution (Requires Opt. DJA) (For models of bandwidth
≥16 GHz only)

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Calibration:

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Opt. C3 - Calibration service 3 years

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Opt. C5 - Calibration service 5 years

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Opt. D1 - Calibration data report

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Opt. D3 - Calibration data report 3 years (with Opt C3)

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Opt. D5 - Calibration data report 5 years (with Opt C5)

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Hardware:

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Opt. SSD Additional Removable Disk - Solid State Drive

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Record Length:

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Opt. 10XL - 125 MSamples/ch

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Opt. 20XL - 250 MSamples/ch

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Opt. 50XL - 500 MSamples/ch, 1 G/Ch on 2 channels

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Service:

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Opt. CA1 - Provides single calibration event for the designated interval

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Opt. G3 Complete Care 3 Years (includes loaner, scheduled calibration, and more)

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Opt. G5 Complete Care 5 Years (includes loaner, scheduled calibration, and more)

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Opt. IF Upgrade Installation Service

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Opt. R3 - Repair service 3 years (including warranty)

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Opt. R5 - Repair service 5 years (including warranty)

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Software:

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Opt. ASM - Advanced Event Search and Mark

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Opt. DJA - Advanced Jitter and Eye Analysis (standard on MSO instruments)

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Opt DJAN - DPOJET Noise, Jitter and Eye Analysis Tools (requires DJA)

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Opt. PAM4 transmitter and channel testing for four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) devices and interfaces.

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Opt. SDLA64 - Serial Data Link Analysis Visualizer

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Opt. LT - Waveform Limit Testing

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Opt. SR-810B - 8b/10b Serial Triggering and Analysis

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Opt. SVA - AM/FM/PM Audio Signal Analysis (Requires Opt. SVE)

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Opt. SVE - SignalVu Essentials for Vector Signal Analysis

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Opt. SVM - SignalVu Essentials for General Purpose Modulation Analysis (requires option SVE)

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Opt. SVO - Flexible OFDM Analysis (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVP - SignalVu Pulse — Advance Signal Analysis Software (requires SVE)

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Opt. SVT - Settling Time Measurements such as Frequency and Phase (requires SVE)

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Opt. SV23 - WLAN802.11a/b/g/j/p measurement application (requires Opt. SVE)

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Opt. SV24 - WLAN 802.11n measurement application (requires Opt SV23)

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Opt. SV25 - WLAN 802.11ac measurement application (requires Opt SV24)

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Opt. SV27 - SignalVu Bluetooth Basic LE TX SIG measurements

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Opt. SV28 - SignalVu LTE Downlink RF measurements (requires Opt. SVE)

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Opt. VET - Visual Trigger and Search

Documentation and technical support

Documentation

In addition to the instrument online help, the following documents are available:

MSO/DPO70000, DPO7000, and MSO/DPO5000 Series:

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes User Manual (071-2980-XX). The Quick Start User Manual has information about
installing and operating your instrument. The Quick Start User Manual is available in several languages, in addition to
English.

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes Programmer Online Guide. The Programmer Guide is provided as online help and as a
printable PDF file. See the product software DVD for installation information.

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes Specifications and Performance Verification Technical Reference Manual
(077-0063-XX). This is a PDF only manual that includes both the specifications and the performance verification procedure.

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes Service Manual (077-0076-XX). A service manual is available as a PDF file; it includes
procedures to service the instrument to the module level.

DPO70000SX Series:

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes User Manual (071-3357-XX). The User Manual has information about installing and
operating your instrument. The User Manual is available in several languages, in addition to English.

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes Programmer Online Guide. The Programmer Guide is provided as online help and as a
printable PDF file.

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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes Specifications and Performance Verification Technical Reference Manual
(077-1043-XX). This is a PDF only manual that includes both the specifications and the performance verification procedure.

Other documentation. Your instrument includes PDF files of relevant information on the product hard drive.

For quick access to PDF files of the user manual, probe manuals, programmer guide, primers and applications, specifications
and performance verification manual, service and installation manuals, and a printable version of the online help, click the
Documentation icon on your instrument desktop.

What do you want to do next?

Find out about using online help.

Learn how to access Tektronix Support.

Provide feedback on this Tektronix product.

Support information

Tektronix offers the following services in support of our products:

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Technical Support. For application-related questions about a Tektronix product, contact us by telephone or e-mail.

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Service Support. For service-related questions about a Tektronix product, contact us by telephone or e-mail.

Tektronix also offers extended warranty and calibration programs as options on many products. Contact your local Tektronix
distributor or sales office.

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Write to Tektronix:

Tektronix, Inc.

Department or name (if known)

14200 SW Karl Braun Drive

P.O. Box 500

Beaverton, OR 97077 USA

What do you want to do next?

Find out what other documents are available.

Find out about using online help.

Provide feedback on this Tektronix product.

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TekScope recovery report utility

The TekScope Recovery Report Utility is designed to gather logs and other files that may contain data useful to Tektronix in the
diagnosis of TekScope Errors, and it creates a .zip file on the desktop to hold all of the gathered data. This compressed file is
easily copied from the desktop to a removable flash drive, or the file can be sent to Tektronix as an email attachment.

If you contact Tektronix for help in diagnosing TekScope Errors, you may be asked to run this utility and supply Tektronix with
the .zip file.

NOTE. The utility will erase temporary data created under the account of the user that runs the utility. This allows TekScope to
generate fresh files the next time it starts.

Finding the utility. A link to the utility can be found under the Start\All Programs\Tektronix\TekScope\ directory.

Running the utility. Click on the utility link.

If TekScope is running when the utility is invoked, the utility will warn the user that TekScope must be stopped. This is necessary
to allow the utility to access some of the files. The utility will automatically stop TekScope after it queries the serial number of the
instrument. Click Yes to allow the utility to stop TekScope and collect files for the report.

If TekScope is not running, the recovery utility will still run and will collect files for the report.

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Finding the report. When the utility is finished running, the zipped report file is on the desktop.

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a) In the case where TekScope was running when the utility was invoked, the name of the .zip report file created on the
desktop will contain the type of instrument and the serial number. For example:

TekScope_Recovery_Report_MSO71254C_123456789.zip.

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b) However, if TekScope was not running when the utility was invoked, the name of the .zip report file will not contain the
serial number. For example: TekScope_Recovery_Report_MSO71254C.zip

Data contained in the report. When the utility is finished running, if these files exist on the instrument, the report will contain
copies of these specific files:

C:\Windows\Sysnative\winevt\logs\Application.evtx C:\programdata\tektronix\ISD.XML C:
\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope\Calibration\console.log C:\programdata\Tektronix
\TekScope\Calibration\console.logOld C:\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope\Calibration
\calSPCConst.dat C:\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope\Calibration\caldiag.log C:
\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope\Calibration\caldiag.logOld C:\programdata\Tektronix
\TekScope\Calibration\error.log

When the utility is finished running, the zipped report file will also contain copies of all files found in the following directories:

C:\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope\Internal\*.* C:\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope
\Calibration\CalDramDump\*.* C:\programdata\Tektronix\TekScope\Calibration
\CalDramDumpFact\*.*

Data deleted by the utility. Running this utility will delete the following files:

C:\users\<current_user>\AppData\LocalLow\Tektronix\tekScope\Internal\*.*

Because TekScope was having difficulties, some files may have been corrupted. Deleting these files will allow TekScope to
regenerate them on the next start-up. Deleting these files may resolve the initial problem.

The utility log file. You can see a log file of the operation performed by the recovery report utility at: C:\Temp

\TekScopeRecoveryReportUtility_log.txt

Feedback

Tektronix values your feedback on our products. To help us serve you better, please send any suggestions, ideas, or other
comments you may have regarding your instrument.

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Direct your feedback to us via e-mail at www.tektronix.com/contact-us.

Include the following information in the subject field: "NEW and IMPROVED Scope Customer Feedback."

Please be as specific as possible.

Recommended information to include.

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Instrument hardware, for example, display, chassis, and so on

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Application software version

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Probes

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Optional information. Your name, company, mailing address, phone number, and FAX number.

What do you want to do next?

Find out what other documents are available

Find out about using online help.

Learn how to access Tektronix Support.

Return to the beginning of the introduction.

Analysis and connectivity support

This instrument includes tools you can install to support data export for use with data-analysis tools.

You can use the analysis and connectivity tools included with your instrument to do the following:

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Gather instrument data (waveforms and measurements) and port it to familiar, off-the-shelf, analysis tools, such as Microsoft
Excel

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Interface with a popular software development environments, such as Lab Windows and LabVIEW

Click the following tools to find out how they can help you connect to your instrument and analyze the data that it collects:

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VXI Plug-and-Play Instrument Driver

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TekVISA

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TekVISA ActiveX Control (TVC)

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TekVISA Excel Toolbar

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VXI 11.2 LAN Server

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Report Generator

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IVI Drivers

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Tek LXI

For more information, see the Getting Started with OpenChoice Solutions Manual.

VXI Plug-and-Play instrument driver

The VXIplug&play instrument driver is a collection of software components, organized according to the standard VXIplug&play
model established by the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance. Use this VXIplug&play instrument driver to simplify programming tasks
when using the following software development environments:

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LabWindows/CVI

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LabVIEW

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MATLAB

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Visual C++ 6.0

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Visual Basic 6.0

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HP-VEE

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TekVISA

TekVISA is a library of industry-standard compliant software components, organized according to the standard VISA model
established by the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance. Use TekVISA in software to write interoperable instrument drivers to handle
communicating between software applications and your oscilloscope. TekVISA offers the following features and benefits:

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Provides end users with a consistent methodology for using instrument drivers from a variety of vendors

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Provides programmers with language interface libraries for use with multiple application development environments, such as
Microsoft C /C++, Microsoft Visual Basic, LabVIEW graphics software using the G language, and MATLAB analysis
software.

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Provides a configuration utility for setting up additional VISA resources

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Allows software installation and connectivity on any number of PCs

TekVISA ActiveX Control (TVC)

The TekVISA Control (TVC) uses Microsoft Windows ActiveX control technology to simplify access from Microsoft Office and
Visual BASIC applications to TekVISA and the underlying instrument.

This is accomplished by providing support for key TekVISA features within an ActiveX control object that is compatible with
Excel’s Visual BASIC for Applications, Visual BASIC 6.0, and other popular programming environments for Microsoft Windows.

TekVISA excel toolbar

The TekVISA Excel Toolbar allows direct, fast transfer of instrument measurements or captured waveforms to an Excel 97 and/or
Excel 2000 worksheets. Transfer is via a toolbar that is integrated into Excel, implemented using the TekVISA ActiveX Control
(TVC) and the Visual BASIC for Applications macro editor built into Excel.

Source code for the toolbar is accessible through Excel’s built-in VBA editor for use as a learning tool for using the TekVISA
ActiveX Control, or to cut-and-paste selected components to new VB applications.

VXI 11.2 LAN server

The VXI 11.2 LAN Server provides software connectivity between your instrument and remote PCs over an Ethernet LAN. This
tool is a client-side component built-in with TekVISA on each remote PC, you must install another copy of TekVISA to make use
of its client-side component.

The VXI-11 standard specifies a protocol for communication with devices over a network via a network instrument server. This
protocol uses the ONC/RPC (Open Network Computing/Remote Procedure Call) standard that, in turn, is based on TCP/IP.

Report generator

Report Generator, a Microsoft Windows application, lets you create custom reports for displaying your oscilloscope data.

Report Generator enables you to generate and print reports directly from the oscilloscope, enhancing your application capabilities
by simplifying the process of creating and maintaining reports.

IVI drivers

IVI drivers conform to specifications produced by the IVI Foundation.

Unlike VXI-plug&play drivers, IVI drivers provide a standard interface to different classes of instruments, including oscilloscopes
and spectrum analyzers.

IVI drivers have the ability to simulate instruments, automatically check ranges, and multithread safety features.

Tek LXI

Tek LXI conforms to the LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) standard. The LXI standard defines the communications
protocols that allow communication with the instrument over a local area network (LAN).

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About TekScope

From the Help menu, select About TekScope.

Overview. Provides the details of the instrument such as the model name, identification number, serial number, and version of
the software that is installed. The options name and the key details of the applications that are installed in the instrument are also
listed.

On MSO/DPO70000C models, About TekScope also indicates if TekProtect is Installed or Not Installed on the instrument.
TekProtect provides protection from electrical overstress (EOS) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) on the four analog input
channels.

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Working with your Tektronix oscilloscope

Windows environment

Windows interface guidelines. Because the instrument uses the Microsoft Windows interface, you have open access to the

Windows operating system. You can access the Windows desktop to load and run other Windows-based applications such as
Microsoft Excel, WordPad, and Paint.

Although you have access to the Windows interface, you should avoid making operating system changes that may cause
problems or annoyances while trying to use the instrument. Here are some guidelines:

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The instrument has been tested with the version of Microsoft Windows provided and is not intended to operate with any
other versions.

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If the instrument powers on in Windows Safe Mode, the touch screen is inoperative. You may need to use a mouse or
keyboard to restore normal operation.

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To keep the start-up time to a minimum, keep the network support to a minimum.

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Be careful when making changes in the Control Panel. Avoid making changes to any controls with which you are unfamiliar.

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Do not change the LCD color quality (Highest 32 bit) and screen resolution settings (1024 by 768 pixels) or the video port
may not work properly.

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Some third-party applications may not work properly with the instrument. If your instrument stops working after you install
third-party software, try reloading the instrument software.

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If you do not have an external monitor attached to the instrument, avoid changing the taskbar properties to "Always on top"
and "Auto hide." The Windows taskbar may obscure buttons or readouts on the screen. However, if you do have an external
monitor attached and the instrument is set to dual monitor mode, you can drag the taskbar from the instrument display to the
external monitor display and use these settings.

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Disable the Windows screen saver to prevent it from turning on while you are taking measurements or viewing the display. If
the screen saver comes on while taking measurements, touch the screen (if the touch screen is installed and enabled),
move the mouse, or press any key on the attached keyboard.

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Do not delete or change any system fonts. Changing, removing, or resizing fonts may affect the quality of the display and
corrupt the TekScope buttons and menus.

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Avoid personalizing or changing the system Display Properties, such as the theme, Background, Appearance, Effects, or
Settings. Making such changes can affect the usability of the instrument and the touch screen.

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Avoid making changes to the contents of the Windows folder or to the contents of the TekScope folder.

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Avoid making changes to the BIOS settings. Changing the BIOS settings can affect the overall operation of the instrument.

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Avoid changing the Windows power management system.

If you think that your Windows interface may cause problems with the instrument, contact your local Tektronix support center for
assistance.

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Connecting to a network. The instrument is built on a PC-based platform that runs Microsoft Windows as its operating system.
Like any other Windows computer, you can connect the instrument to a network to enable printing, file sharing, Internet access,
and other communications functions.

Use the Windows Remote Desktop feature to remotely access the instrument.

Enabling a network connection

Use the following steps to enable network access to the instrument. You must begin this procedure with the instrument powered
off.

TIP. Consult your network administrator for further assistance.

You may want to print these instructions before you proceed.

1. Attach a keyboard and mouse to the instrument.

2. Power on the instrument.

3. Use the Windows Network Connection Wizard to define the instrument as a network client and configure it for your network.

You can find the network setup program in the Windows Start menu if you select Settings > Control Panel, and then double­click Network Connections.

4. Consult with your network administrator for specific instructions for these settings.

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Using tek LXI. Tek LXI conforms to the LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) standard. The LXI standard defines the
communications protocols that allow communication with the instrument over a local area network (LAN). After the TekScope
application is running, the LXI application starts. The LXI system tray icon appears when LXI is running.

Right click on the icon and select Show LAN Status Indicator. LAN status is indicated in red or green with an appropriate
message.

NOTE. Pushing the LAN Reset button does a LAN configuration initialization: enables DHCP, enables Auto-IP, enables ICMP
ping responder, sets the Web password to default (No password), and updates the LXI XML identification. Refer to the LXI
specification for more information.

Enter the IP Address in the Address Bar of your Web browser and click return. The browser finds and displays the instrument
home page. Instrument information, instrument network information, and instrument LXI information is displayed on the home
page. Click on the SUPPORT Help link to see help on the Welcome Web page.

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To display network configuration information, click on Network Configuration. The Web page displays the network configuration,
and allows you to submit changes to some of the instrument configuration. Click on the Help SUPPORT link to see help on the
configuration information.

Click on Datasheets, Manuals, or Driver Download to go to the Tektronix Oscilloscopes Web page to access the information.

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NIST USGCB compliance. Tektronix oscilloscopes are compatible with the security configuration for Information Technology
products specified in the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) settings for Windows 7 and Internet
Explorer.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) USGCB baseline operating system security requirements (Version

1.1.x) were implemented and tested on our oscilloscopes. The oscilloscopes passed the Security Content Automation Protocol
(SCAP) tests. Our oscilloscopes operate with the USGCB security settings implemented.

NOTE. Since the USGCB turns off the ISS server, LXI Class C compliance does not work with this data security standard.

As shipped from the factory, your oscilloscope has none of the USGCB security settings implemented.

Making your oscilloscope compliant. To put their oscilloscope in a USGCB compliant state, follow instructions from the NIST

Web site. Click on the Content and then Microsoft Content links. Implement the settings in the GPO files found on the site. After

implementing all of the settings, run the SCAP tool to verify compliance.

Restoring your oscilloscope to its factory state. To back out of the USGCB compliant state and restore the oscilloscope to its
factory condition, follow the Operating System Restore procedures for your instrument. See you user manual.

Hard copy printing. To make hard copies, use a printer attached to one of the rear-panel ports or connect to a network printer, if
your instrument is on a network.

You can print the full screen or just the graticule area.

The instrument uses Windows print drivers, so the process to install printers is the same as it is on any other PC.

The Page Setup dialog box contains some useful options to optimize your printing:

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Choose a print palette that is independent from the display palette. For example, you can print gray-scale images to a black
and white laser printer while you choose to view the display in color. The color and gray scale palettes both render the
intensity-graded waveform information generated by the DPO display.

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Choose the Ink Saver feature to print a hard copy with a white background. This function saves printer ink while it preserves
the color coding of the waveforms and readouts. Ink Saver also works with the monochrome print palettes.

Other PC applications. Transferring images and data from the oscilloscope to other PC applications is as simple as a copy/
paste operation. With a word processing, spreadsheet, or analysis application running on the built-in PC, you can easily transfer
the following items using the familiar Windows clipboard system:

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Copy a full screen or graticule-only image, and paste it into your document in either .bmp, .png, .tif, or .jpg format.

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Copy a waveform, and paste the waveform data into a spreadsheet in a comma-delimited (.csv) format.

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Copy a waveform, and paste the waveform data into an analysis program in Mathcad (.dat) format.

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Copy the displayed values of all measurements, and paste them into a document in text (.txt) format.

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Copy the displayed values of all measurements, and paste them into a spreadsheet in a comma-delimited (.csv) format.

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Second monitor use. To optimize your access to the PC that is built into the oscilloscope, connect a keyboard, mouse, and
monitor to the instrument, and then configure Windows for dual-display mode.

In this configuration, the oscilloscope retains full dynamic oscilloscope performance while Windows and other applications such
as publishing, analysis, or Web browsing tools reside on the external monitor. You can copy/paste bitmap and waveform data
from the oscilloscope to the locally running application or view Web-based reference information while using the oscilloscope for
design work.

Dockable windows. You can drag up to five dockable half-screen control windows from the TekScope application onto the
display of a second monitor. For example, this feature allows you to have the Horizontal/Acquisition, the Horizontal Zoom, and
the Display Setup Control Windows (half screen) open on the second monitor at the same time.

In addition to the five dockable windows on the second monitor, you can have one dockable window open on the main display. If
you open a seventh dockable window, the window that has not been used for the longest amount of time will automatically close.

To drag a half-screen control window, click and drag on the left edge of the window.

Connect to other instruments.

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Use the rear-panel vertical signal output (Signal Out) to connect to a buffered version of the signal that is attached to the
Channel 3 input (DPO7000C models only).

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Use the rear-panel auxiliary output (Aux Out) to obtain a TTL-compatible, negative polarity pulse when the oscilloscope
triggers, or when certain other events occur, such as a mask test failure or completion.

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Use the rear-panel external reference input (Ext Ref) to synchronize the oscilloscope time base to an external 9.8 MHz to

10.2 MHz reference frequency source.

Oscilloscope interface

Instrument interface. On MSO and DPO instruments, you can use the familiar knobs and buttons on the oscilloscope front

panel to perform most vertical, horizontal, and triggering functions. It allows you to make quick adjustments to your displayed
signals with the dedicated vertical controls for each channel. On a DPO70000SX instrument, use the optional DPO7AFP to
access the knobs and buttons.

The screen interface gives you access to the complete functionality of the instrument. This user interface is built on the Windows
operating system and has a similar look and feel. It is also fully compatible with a wide range of PC hardware and software
accessories, such as networked instrumentation and printers. On a DPO70000SX instrument, use an external monitor to access
the screen interface.

The toolbar at the top of the screen is optimized for touch screen operation. Touching (or clicking) a button on the toolbar opens
a control window that you can use to select the instrument settings.

With a mouse, you may prefer to use the PC-style menu bar to open control windows or directly select many instrument settings.

Click the button, in the upper-right corner of the screen, to switch between Menu Bar Mode and Toolbar Mode.

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Menu bar mode. The menu bar menus provide access to commands that control all of the instrument features and functions.

When you select a feature setup command, the instrument displays the associated control window on the lower half of the
screen. Each control window provides access to the individual instrument controls.

The display graticule is redrawn to fit in the upper half of the screen.

What do you want to do next?

Display help on the File menu.

Display help on the Edit menu.

Display help on the Vertical menu.

Display help on the Digital menu.

Display help on the Horizontal/Acquisition (Horiz /Acq) menu.

Display help on the Trigger (Trig) menu.

Display help on the Display menu.

Display help on the Cursors menu.

Display help on the Measurement (Measure) menu.

Display help on the Math menu.

Display help on the Mask menu.

Display help on the Analyze menu.

Display help on the Utilities menu.

Display help on the Help menu.

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Toolbar mode. The toolbar buttons give you instant access to most instrument features without having to navigate through
several menus.

Click a toolbar button to display an associated control window on the lower half of the screen. Each control window provides
access to the individual instrument controls. The display graticule is redrawn to fit in the upper half of the screen.

Not all features of the instrument are accessible from the toolbar. To access some of the less common controls, you can change
to Menu Bar Mode. To do this, click the Menu button (with the arrow) in the upper-right corner of the screen.

You can also customize the toolbar to add menus you use more frequently. Click the Menu button (with the arrow) to see the list
of menus you can add and to access the Customize Toolbar dialog box.

What do you want to do next?

Display help on the Vertical Setup control window.

Display help on the Digital Setup control menu.

Display help on the Horizontal/Acquisition Setup control window.

Display help on the Trigger Setup control window.

Display help on the Display Setup control window.

Display help on the Cursors Setup control window.

Display help on the Measurement Setup control window.

Display help on the Math Setup control window.

Display help on the Mask Setup control window.

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Display help on the Save As dialog box.

Display help on the Recall dialog box.

Learn to Customize the Toolbar.

Toolbar customizing. The Customize option of toolbar mode gives you access to add or remove menu buttons, configure the
order of the menu buttons, and set the toolbar back to its default configuration. You can customize the toolbar to view the menu
buttons that you use more frequently.

To access some of the less common controls, click the Menu Bar Mode. To do this, click the Menu button (with the arrow) in the
upper-right corner of the screen and select Customize to display the Customize Toolbar dialog box.

Use the Up and Down buttons to move buttons within or between the Always Visible and Overflow panes.

Click the Default button to restore the default configuration on the toolbar.

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User interface map. See the next figure for a description of the elements of the user interface. These elements provide complete
control of the instrument.

1. Menu bar: Access to data I/O, printing, online help, and instrument functions.

2. Buttons or Menu bar: Click to toggle between toolbar and menu bar modes.

3. Multipurpose knob readouts: Adjust and display parameters controlled by the multipurpose knobs.

4. Display: Waveforms from live, reference, math, and digital channels display here, along with buses and cursors.

5. Waveform handle: Click and drag to change the waveform vertical position.

6. Controls status: Quick reference to vertical selections, scale, and parameters. Probe status is provided for some probe

tips. TekConnect events may include Tip Fault (Line-open, Self-Test Failure of Tip, and Tip broken), Tip Temp Change, Tip
Overheating, and Tip Thermal Shutdown.

7. Readouts: Display of cursor and measurement readouts in this area. You can select measurements from the menu bar or
toolbar.

8. Status: Display of acquisition status, mode, and number of acquisitions; trigger status; date; time; quick reference to
horizontal parameters.

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Online help. The online help is designed to assist you with all the features of the instrument.

Context-Sensitive help. Use the instrument online help to quickly get information about a function or assistance in performing a

task:

■

In Toolbar mode, click Help to display online help for the active window.

■

From the menu bar, click Help to display a list of help options.

■

If you are using the touch screen, you can touch the Help button in either mode.

■

The keyboard F1 function key displays help for the active window in either mode.

Microsoft Windows Help. Help is also available as part of Windows. For information about Windows features, refer to the
Windows online help by clicking Start in the Windows toolbar, and then selecting Help and Support.

What do you want to do next?

Learn how to navigate the online help.

Find out what other documents are available.

Learn how to contact Tektronix Support.

Provide feedback on this Tektronix product.

Provide information about Tekscope

Navigating the online help. To open the online help select Help, and then select Contents and Index. From the online help
finder, select one of the following tabs:

■

Contents Tab. Click any entry to display information on the subject.

■

Index Tab. Double-click an entry to display information on the subject. Or, enter a keyword you are looking for (the list
scrolls to that topic). Click Display to open the topic.

■

Search Tab. Type in the keyword you are looking for; then click List Topics. Every topic that contains the keyword will be
displayed. Select a topic, and then click Display to open the topic.

■

Favorites Tab. To save the current topic to the Favorites list, click the Favorites tab; then right-click and select Add. Double­click to return to a topic at any time.

What do you want to do next?

Find out what other documents are available.

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Basic operations

Preventing ESD. A direct electrostatic discharge can damage the instrument input. To learn how to avoid this damage, read the

following information.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a concern when handling any electronic equipment. The instrument is designed with robust ESD
protection, however it is still possible that large discharges of static electricity directly into the signal input may damage the
instrument. To avoid damage to the instrument, use the following techniques to prevent electrostatic discharge to the instrument.

1. Discharge the static voltage from your
body by wearing a grounded antistatic
wrist strap while connecting and
disconnecting cables and TekConnect
adapters. The instrument provides a front
panel connection for this purpose.

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2. A cable that is left unconnected on a
bench, or carried across a room, can
develop a large static charge. Discharge
the static voltage from all cables before
connecting them to the instrument or
device under test by momentarily
grounding the center conductor of the
cable, or by connecting a 50 Ω
termination to one end, before attaching
the cable to the instrument.

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CAUTION. Do not use a tool (such as a
screwdriver, wrench end, etc) to short the
center conductor to the ground shell on
the connector, as any sort of scratch or
nick may damage the RF response of the
cable.

ESD precautions. To avoid damage to the instrument, observe the following ESD (electrostatic discharge) precautions:

■

Before you apply power, connect the instrument to an electrically-neutral reference point, such as earth ground. To do this,
plug the three-pronged power cord into an outlet grounded to earth ground.

■

If you are working with static sensitive components, ground yourself. Static electricity that builds up on your body can
damage static-sensitive components. Wear a wrist strap to safely send static charges on your body to earth ground.

Grounding the oscilloscope is necessary to ensure safety and to take accurate measurements. The oscilloscope must share the
same ground as any circuits that you plan to test.

Observe maximum input voltage. Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid damaging the instrument, observe all rating and
markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

The maximum input voltage for the ATI (Asynchronous Time-Interleaved) input is ±0.75 Vpk. This is the maximum voltage before
damage occurs.

The maximum input voltage for the TekConnect inputs is ±1.5 V relative to the termination bias (30 mA maximum) on ≤ 1.2 V full
scale settings and 8 V on >1.2 V full scale settings.

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Selecting the proper attenuator. The ATI input has a maximum voltage range of 300 mVFS. Use of an attenuator can increase
the maximum voltage range.

Table 1: Maximum ATI voltage range

Attenuator Maximum ATI voltage range

None 300 mV

3 dB 420 mV

6 dB 600 mV

10 dB 950 mV

16 dB (6 dB + 10 dB attenuators) 1.88 V

20 dB 3 V

Connector cleaning. All connectors must be kept clean. Dirt in connectors can damage the connector and any connectors the
dirty connector is used with. Dirt will also likely impair the RF performance. All cables, attenuators, and adapters should be stored
with connector covers to keep dust out.

Before each use do the following:

FS

FS

FS

FS

FS

FS

1. Verify that the connectors are free of dirt,
metal particles, scratches and
deformations.

2. Verify the connectors are the correct size.

WARNING. To avoid eye damage, ware
eye protection when using compressed
air.

3. With the connector pointed down, use low
pressure compressed air, at an angle to
the connector, to clean the connectors.

4. If the connector still needs cleaning, use
an appropriately sized swab moistened
with isopropyl alcohol to clean the
connector threads and mating surfaces.
Do not snag the center conductor.

CAUTION. Never put pressure on the
center pin of the connectors. Applying
pressure to the center pin could damage
the connector.

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Proper connection technique. Use 8 inch-pounds of torque when making connections to the ATI 1.85 mm connector, SMA
connectors, adapters, DC Blocks, or cables. Using the improper torque or connection technique may degrade your signals and
damage the connectors.

Use the following procedure to make connections to the ATI input:

CAUTION. Failure to use the supplied backing wrench and torque wrench when making connections to the ATI input may
damage your instrument.

1. Discharge the static voltage from your body by wearing a grounded antistatic wrist strap while connecting and disconnecting
cables and adapters. The instrument provides a front panel connection for this purpose. Use the ground connection with the
black plastic grommet, as this has a 1 MΩ series isolation resistance, so that there is no chance of shock, but the static
voltage can be discharged.

Figure 1: Wear an antistatic wrist strap

2. Use the supplied connector saver to protect the instrument connector. When not in use, protect against dirt and ESD

damage by installing the end cap. Alternate locations to store the ATI protective cover include the upper right corner of the
front panel and to the right of the audio connectors on the rear panel. When installing the connector saver tighten to 8 inch­pounds.

CAUTION. The connector saver can appear to tighten/loosen opposite to expectations because the oscilloscope ATI input
connector is a male connector.

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Figure 2: Installing a connector saver

3. Use the backing wrench on the connector saver to prevent damage caused by rotation of the connectors when installing a

connector.

4. Use the supplied torque wrench to tighten (8 inch-pounds) your cable connector to the connector saver.

Figure 3: Installing a cable

CAUTION. Failure to prevent rotation of the center conductors when making connections to the ATI input will damage your
instrument. If necessary use a second backing wrench on the cable, to prevent its rotation. Use the supplied torque wrench
to tighten (8 inch-pounds) all connectors.

5. If necessary use a second backing wrench on the cable, to prevent its rotation.

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Figure 4: Use a second backing wrench

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Changing control settings. As you configure the instrument, you may need to set a numerical parameter such as a reference
level or delay time.

There are several different ways to set these parameters in a control window (On DPO70000SX instruments, front panel control
knobs are available on the optional DPO7AFP accessory):

■

Touch or click the parameter to select it. Once selected, one of the multipurpose knobs is assigned to the parameter.

■

To adjust a setting, turn a front panel upper knob (a) or lower knob (b) as indicated by the knob graphic indicator next to the
control window parameter.

■

Push the front panel Fine button to use the knob to make small changes, for example to add another decimal place for
greater accuracy.

This online help usually refers to using the multipurpose knobs to change control settings, although the following methods are
generally available:

■

Some parameters with discrete values have increment/decrement buttons. Touch or click them to change to the next
available value.

■

Some parameters supply a pop-up keypad or keyboard that you can use to enter a new value. Some features provide other
pop-up keypads.

■

If you have an external keyboard attached, you can also use it to type in a new value.

■

You can also adjust parameter values using the mouse wheel. Press the mouse wheel to access fine mode. Press it again
to return to normal mode.

Multipurpose knobs

The multipurpose knobs on MSO/DPO5000B Series instruments are as follows:

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Graphic indicator

Increment/Decrement buttons

Pop-up keypad

1. Double click in a data entry box, or:

■

Click in a data entry box.

■

Click on the keypad icon.

2. Use the pop-up keypad to enter data.

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Sample Rate Keypad.

3. Click the Enter Button.

Other keypads

1.

8b10b Character Keypad.

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8b10b Symbol Keypad.

Moving and docking control windows. Control windows that open on the lower half of the screen can be moved to any
location. To do this, move the cursor to the upper left-most corner of the window until the hand appears. Left-click the mouse
button to grab the handle. Hold the button and drag with the mouse to another position on the screen.

You can move freely to any position on the screen or to a second monitor (if you have set up a dual display) by dragging the
window. All controls on the window can be accessed and function as usual.

NOTE. The window cannot be resized.

Control window handle

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Controlling from within the graticule area. Use the mouse or your finger in the graticule area to click and drag (or touch and
drag) the following:

■

An on-screen cursor to another position on the waveform.

■

A waveform handle to change the vertical position of a waveform.

■

A waveform label or other screen text that you have entered to reposition it.

■

The horizontal reference markerto set the horizontal position.

■

The trigger level marker to set the trigger level.

You can also click and drag (or touch and drag) across part of a waveform to select it and investigate it further. Once the
selection is made, choose one of the following actions:

■

Create a Zoom waveform that covers just the selected area

■

Create a histogram to analyze the selected area

■

Turn on measurement gates that take measurements only in the selected area

■

Create a visual trigger area.

■

Cancel the selection

Waveform handle

Waveform label

Horizontal reference marker

Trigger level marker

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Accessing shortcut menus by right-clicking. You can right-click to gain quick access to most common commands.

Right-click on a graticule, an object, or a readout to access their shortcut menus. The menus are dynamic; their contents will
vary, depending on the area or the object you right click.

You can right-click on any of the following to open a dynamic shortcut menu:

■

Waveform handle

■

Cursors

■

Labels

■

Histogram display

■

Masks

■

Templates

■

Trigger level marker

■

Visual trigger area

■

Readouts (the menu varies with the type of readout)

■

Graticule

■

Control window

■

Entry boxes

■

Regions (Menu bar, Toolbar, Multipurpose Knobs)

Creating your own control windows. For quick access to the controls that you use most often, you can create your own

MyScope control window. Choose from a list of controls to include, and make each control window unique to your needs.

MyScope allows you to have up to eight tabs in a control window, increasing the flexibility and ease of use for your unique
MyScope control windows. You can create and save any number of control windows for future use.

Initialize the instrument. After you complete a task, you may want to initialize the instrument settings before using the
instrument with your next task. This may be especially important if you share the instrument with others; previous settings may
make it difficult for you to perform the required task.

To quickly restore the instrument to its default settings, push the front-panel Default Setup button.

Choosing and connecting probes.

To avoid damage to the instrument, observe ESD (electrostatic discharge) precautions.

Choose from a wide variety of passive, active, and specialty probes to use with your instrument. The instrument automatically
configures the input impedance when you attach a probe that is compatible with the TekProbe or TekVPI interface.

Remember the following when connecting a probe:

■

For most passive probes, adjust the low-frequency compensation after you connect them to a channel input.

■

To compensate for gain (and offset) error in many probes, connect the probe tip to the probe compensation connectors;
then execute the built-in compensation procedure to optimize system accuracy.

■

To compensate for propagation delay differences between voltage probes using the probe deskew feature, attach up to two
probe tips at a time to the probe compensation terminals; then execute the deskew procedure to time align the display for
each channel. The deskew adjustment range is ±75 ns.

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Multi-instrument configuration

Connect instruments in a multi-instrument configuration to create an up to 4 channel, highest bandwidth, and highest sample rate
system with synchronized trigger and sample clock.

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Instrument stacking. Multiple instruments may be stacked to save space and allow shorter cables and more convenient
connections.

WARNING. When using an instrument upside down, be careful to avoid pinching your fingers.

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Standard orientation of the top feet is useful
when placing an instrument inverted on the
work bench. Standard orientation of the top
feet is also use when stacking an OM4000 on
the instrument.

Use the rotated orientation of the top feet to
stack two instruments on top of each other.

When stacking two instruments, the bottom feet sit in the holes exposed when the top feet are rotated.

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Before startup. All instruments in a multi-Instrument configuration must be connected properly before powering on the
instruments. If the configuration is changed after the instruments are powered on, a system restart may be required.

If an instrument is not connected in a multi-instrument configuration, the instrument powers on in its stand alone mode, not multi­instrument mode.

UltraSync™ bus cable. An UltraSync bus cable will connect any multi-instrument configuration capable instrument.

All cables must be connected to the instruments prior to power up. A restart will be required if the instruments are turned on
before the cables are connected.

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UltraSync™ bus cable connection order. Connect UltraSync bus cable bundles to the Master:

1. Select which instrument will be the Master instrument.

At the Master instrument connect each UltraSync cable bundle set to the designated ports (start with the To Extension B
ports; then if connecting a third instrument use the To Extension C ports, and then if connecting a fourth instrument use the
To Extension D ports):

2. Connect the clock cable to the 12.5 GHz Clock Out connector (8 in-lbs torque).

3. Connect the Trigger cable to the Trigger connector.

4. Connect the PCIe cable to the PCIe connector.

Connect UltraSync bus cable bundles to the Extension.

At the Extension, connect each UltraSync cable bundle set to the designated ports:

1. Connect the clock cable to the 12.5 GHz Clock In connector (8 in-lbs torque).

2. Connect the trigger cable to the To Master Trigger connector.

3. Connect the PCIe cable to the PCIe connector

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Master and extension connection order. Connect each extension instrument to the master instrument sequentially from left to
right (Extension B, C, and then D).

NOTE. Connect the extensions to the master in a star pattern, do not daisy chain the instruments.

If powering off a multi-instrument system, power off the master first.

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Multi-instrument power on. During the start-up process the instrument checks to see if instruments are connected in a Multi­instrument configuration. If instruments are not connected, the instrument powers up in stand-alone mode. If instruments are
connected, the configuration is validated. If the configuration is not valid, guidance is provided to help you create a valid
configuration.

NOTE. After successful power on of your multi-instrument system, wait for the warm-up time to complete, and then run Signal
Path Compensation.

The following image shows an extension with a connection that is invalid and provides guidance to correct the connection
(provide the missing connection to the master).

The following image shows a master connected incorrectly and provides guidance to fix the problem (provide the missing
connection to the extension).

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The following images show the master and extension with valid connections.

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After the multi-instrument connections are verified and the instruments display their operating status displays, the master displays
its status and timer display. Pause the timer if you have additional changes to make before the oscilloscope application starts.
Press Start Scope to bypass the timer. When the timer runs down, the oscilloscope application starts.

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If your multi-instrument configuration includes ATI instruments, you have the opportunity to select either ATI Channels or non-ATI
(TekConnect) Channels. In this example ATI Channels are selected.

NOTE. You also have the option to select Time Synchronized mode of all TekConnect channels. In this mode acquisitions are
time synchronized and the Master controls the horizontal, record length, and trigger settings of all TekConnect channels. To
ensure all channels are synchronized, operate the multi-instrument configuration in single sequence mode. Retrieve all
TekConnect channel data using programmable interface commands. Waveform data is not sent to the Master. If you plan to use
Time Synchronized mode, contact your Tektronix representative for additional information.

After the multi-instrument connections are verified, the instruments display their operating status displays. In this example the
Master (A) is acquiring on channel 2 (ATI). The Extension (B) is acquiring on channel 2 (ATI) and is displayed as channel 1.

The master display identifies itself as the Master and identifies the channels being acquired.

To switch between the Configuration Application and the oscilloscope display (on the oscilloscope), use Alt-Tab. To close the
Configuration Application, click the x. If the x is not visible, make the x visible by double clicking in the upper right hand corner of
the Configuration Application.

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Switching between multi-instrument modes. To switch among ATI, Non-ATI, and Time Synchronized modes, use the
following procedure:

1. From the Vertical > Configuration menu
select either ATI, TekConnect, or
TimeSync.

2. Click Yes to continue.

Restart of a multi-instrument system. To restart your multi-instrument system without powering down the oscilloscopes, do the

following step:

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1. To shut down the Configuration Manager
and all of the Scope applications and
then restart them without changing the
configuration mode, select File > Restart.

ATI versus TekConnect channels. ATI channels provide the highest bandwidth and sample rate and the lowest noise. When
using the ATI channel, the TekConnect channels are not available.

Multi-instrument status displays. In a multi-instrument configuration, the display shows status information such as: channel
numbers, on/off, run/stop, Arm/trig'd, and UltraSync connectivity information. The master instrument also displays the trigger
setup and the channels being acquired and displayed.

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Features not available. Features discussed in this manual that are not available or modified on some instruments or
configurations are noted in the tables.

Table 2: Stand-Alone instrument

Feature DPO77002SX DPO75902SX DPO75002SX DPO73304SX DPO72304SX

State (Clocked Pattern) trigger Not available Not available Not available

XYZ mode Not available Not available Not available

Equivalent time acquisitions on ATI

Not available Not available Not available

channels

HiRes and peak detect on ATI channels Not available Not available Not available

FastAcq on ATI channels Not available Not available Not available

Roll mode on ATI channels Not available Not available Not available

IRE adn MV graticule modes on ATI

Not available Not available Not available

channels

Table 3: Multi-Unit configuration

Feature DPO77002SX DPO75902SX DPO75002SX DPO73304SX DPO72304SX

Line trigger from an extension Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Aux trigger from an extension Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Runt, Transition, Window, Timeout triggers Mapped

channels

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Pattern (Boolean) Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Setup/Hold (Clock & Data) Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

State (Clocked Pattern) Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Logic Qualification of Triggers Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Low speed serial (I2C, SPI, RS232…) Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

A-B Trig non-ATI sources Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Validation Trigger Type Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Frequency Counting Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Equivalent time acquisition Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

FastAcq mode Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Roll mode Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

WfmDB Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

Limit Test option Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available

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Mapped channels are channels acquired on the extension instrument that are mapped to (used on) the master instrument.

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DPO7AFP Auxiliary Front Panel (optional)

The DPO7AFP is an optional plug-in panel that provides physical knobs and buttons to control the DPO70000SX series
oscilloscope. To connect the DPO7AFP:

1. Close the TekScope application.

NOTE. The TekScope application must
be closed before connecting the
DPO7AFP.

2. Plug the DPO7AFP into any USB port on
the DPO70000SX. Wait until the
Windows OS recognizes and loads the
required drivers.

3. Start the TekScope application. The
panel LEDs will light when TekScope
connects to the panel.

4. To verify that the DPO7AFP is working,
push any channel button and observe
that the TekScope application enables or
disables the selected channel

NOTE. If you unplug the DPO7AFP while
TekScope is running, you will need to
close TekScope, reconnect the
DPO7AFP, and restart TekScope to use
the DPO7AFP.

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Waveform operations

Triggering timebase and horizontal delay. The architecture of an analog oscilloscope requires its time bases and triggering to

be linked. The main trigger triggers the main time base, and then you can use a delayed trigger to trigger a delayed time base.
Many digital oscilloscopes have also been designed using this traditional, but complex, paradigm.

This instrument uses a simpler paradigm that cleanly separates the concepts of triggering and time bases. You can still do
everything that you could with an analog oscilloscope and more. Now these features are easier to set up and use.

The trigger event can be simple or complex. Examples of a simple trigger are the rising edge of the Channel 1 signal or a glitch
narrower than 10 ns on Channel 2. You can set up a complex trigger where the trigger system is armed by a condition on one
channel and then is triggered by a condition on another channel. In either case, simple or complex, there is just one trigger event.

The time base can be either delayed or not delayed. If it is not delayed, acquisition occurs surrounding the trigger event
depending on the amount of pretrigger and posttrigger data that you have selected. If you turn on horizontal delay, you can delay
the acquisition to a point well beyond the trigger event (similar in effect to a delayed time base). By alternately turning horizontal
delay on and off, you can make quick, detailed comparisons between two segments of a signal that are separated from each
other by a fixed amount of time. In any case, the time base is always triggered by one trigger event.

Pretrigger data

The data points of the waveform acquired and displayed before the trigger event. You can set the amount of pretrigger data with
the Horizontal Position control.

Posttrigger data

The data acquired and displayed after the trigger event. You can set the amount of pretrigger data with the Horizontal Position
control.

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Looking at waveform details. Use the instrument Zoom function to magnify an acquisition vertically, horizontally, or in both
dimensions to let you see the fine detail in your signals. The MultiView Zoom function affects only the display, not the actual
waveform that is being acquired.

Set up Zoom. The fastest way to set up a MultiView Zoom display is to click (or touch) and drag across the segment of the
waveform that you want to see in greater detail. Then, when you touch or click the on-screen Zoom menu item, that waveform
appears in the Zoom (lower) graticule, while the entire waveform appears in the Acquisition (upper) graticule. Markers in the main
graticule give you position context for what you are seeing in the Zoom graticule.

Another way to set up the MultiView Zoom function is to push the front-panel Multiview Zoom button. Then you can set
parameters in a control window to focus your Zoom waveform on the signal segment of interest.

NOTE. If zoom is on but the readouts are not attached to the zoom controls, press the MultiView Zoom button to attach the
readouts to the zoom controls. Press the MultiView Zoom button again to turn zoom off.

To see more waveform detail you can also use horizontal delay (as described in the previous topic) to focus the acquisition on a
segment of a waveform separated from the trigger event by a significant interval of time. This technique lets you increase the
horizontal resolution (sample faster) on a segment of a signal, even when you cannot trigger on that particular segment.

Zoom function. The Zoom function also allows you to zoom on multiple areas of a waveform or on multiple waveforms
simultaneously. You can lock the zoomed areas and scroll through them together or unlock the zoomed areas and scroll through
them independently.

On-screen MultiView Zoom menu item

Front-panel MultiView Zoom button

Triggering, timebase, and horizontal delay

The architecture of an analog oscilloscope requires its time bases and triggering to be linked. The main trigger triggers the main
time base, and then you can use a delayed trigger to trigger a delayed time base. Many digital oscilloscopes have also been
designed using this traditional, but complex, paradigm.

This instrument uses a simpler paradigm that cleanly separates the concepts of triggering and time bases. You can still do
everything that you could with an analog oscilloscope and more. Now these features are easier to set up and use.

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The trigger event can be simple or complex. Examples of a simple trigger are the rising edge of the Channel 1 signal or a glitch
narrower than 10 ns on Channel 2. You can set up a complex trigger where the trigger system is armed by a condition on one
channel and then is triggered by a condition on another channel. In either case, simple or complex, there is just one trigger event.

The time base can be either delayed or not delayed. If it is not delayed, acquisition occurs surrounding the trigger event
depending on the amount of pretrigger and posttrigger data that you have selected. If you turn on horizontal delay, you can delay
the acquisition to a point well beyond the trigger event (similar in effect to a delayed time base). By alternately turning horizontal
delay on and off, you can make quick, detailed comparisons between two segments of a signal that are separated from each
other by a fixed amount of time. In any case, the time base is always triggered by one trigger event.

Pretrigger data

The data points of the waveform acquired and displayed before the trigger event. You can set the amount of pretrigger data with
the Horizontal Position control.

Posttrigger data

The data acquired and displayed after the trigger event. You can set the amount of pretrigger data with the Horizontal Position
control.

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Using fast acquisition and DPO. When you turn on FastAcq, you can acquire up to 250,000 waveforms per second. In fast
acquisition mode, the dead time between acquisitions can be very short, approaching that of the finest analog oscilloscopes.
Reduced dead time means that your chances of capturing an infrequent event are greatly improved. More time is spent acquiring
and displaying your signal. And with the digital phosphor (DPO) technology, you can easily differentiate between the normal
shape of your signal and that infrequent anomaly that you want to capture.

As a comparison, high quality analog real-time oscilloscopes can sweep at high repetition rates with little dead time between
sweeps, which makes it possible to capture an infrequent event. Typical digital oscilloscopes (DSOs) have relatively long dead
times between acquisitions; infrequent events are much more difficult to capture. With fast acquisition and digital phosphor
technology, the oscilloscope acquires at a high repetition rate and then overlays the acquired information into a three­dimensional database that is updated on the display 30 times per second.

The digital phosphor oscilloscope shows you not only the displayed waveform, but also the sample density. You can choose to
see sample density represented in a color palette or as shades of gray or shades of green. The DPO display in monochrome
green bears a strong resemblance to the CRT of a high-quality analog oscilloscope. When you increase waveform brightness
with the front-panel Intensity knob, areas of lower sample density appear more clearly.

DPO provides display benefits, whether fast acquisition is on or off. When it is on, DPO helps you identify an infrequent anomaly
in a repetitive signal, especially when either the spectral or temporal color palettes are used. The repetitive signal appears in one
color and the anomalies appear in another. When fast acquisition is off, DPO improves the waveform display quality when long
records are compressed for display with the 1000 horizontal pixels in the graticule. The compression algorithm works with the
intensity-graded display to show brighter pixels where many points have been compressed and dimmer pixels where fewer points
have been compressed.

Fast acquisition

Analog oscilloscope sweeps

“Dead time” between acquisitions

Typical DSO acquisitions

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Using logic waveforms. This online help supports many oscilloscope models from Tektronix. This feature is only available on
some models.

The instrument can display logic waveforms of analog or digital signals in bus views with bus decoding. You can use digital,
analog, and math waveforms to define up to 16 buses (serial or parallel) in the Bus Setup window.

You can use a logic probe to connect the D15-D0 channels to signals in your system under test. If you need more than 16 digital
channels in a bus, you can designate Ch1-Ch4 and Math1-Math4 to be logic waveforms in the Bus Setup window.

The instrument acquires and displays data from digital signals as follows:

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Stores a high or low state of the logic waveform for each sample. You can set the voltage threshold level on individual
channels.

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Depicts data as a waveform, a busform, or both.

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Decodes data as numeric or symbolic values.

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Displays a logic high level as green and a logic low level as blue.

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Color codes the channel labels and on-screen indicators for the D15-D8 and the D7-D0 channels that follow the color code
used on the logic probes.

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Adds custom labels for easier channel-to-signal identification.

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Uses iCapture to display the analog view of up to four signals connected to the logic probe. If you want to see the analog
characteristics of signals connected to the logic probe, you can assign up to four of the D15-D0 channels to the Ch1-Ch4
function with iCapture.

NOTE. iCapture is available on MSO70000C/DX Series instruments.

What do you want to do next?

Learn about iCapture.

Learn about bus setups.

Learn about digital setups.

Using waveform math. Waveform math in the instrument can be as simple as basic arithmetic or as powerful as building a
complicated math expression.

Equation editor. You can build a complicated math waveform expression using multiple waveform sources, constants, variables,
operators, and functions. The waveform sources can be any channel, reference, or math waveform.

You can enter constants with a keypad. Live results from the measurement system can be used as variables, and there is a full
assortment of arithmetic operators and math functions to use. As you enter the waveform expression, you will see it appear as an
equation in the control window.

You can define up to four separate math waveforms.

Using spectral analysis. When you are displaying an FFT (spectral) math waveform, you can use either of these two ways to
operate the instrument:

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Use the conventional time-domain instrument controls, such as vertical and horizontal position and scale.

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Use the spectrum analyzer controls, such as center frequency, span, resolution bandwidth, and reference level.

When you use the Basic Spectrum Analyzer controls, the instrument automatically sets its time domain parameters, including
record length and sample rate, as necessary to give you the view of the spectral waveform that you want to see. You can switch
back to using the conventional time-domain controls at any time.

Spectral waveforms can be simple magnitude or phase waveforms calculated from the data acquired on a single channel. Or you
can combine spectral operations with other math operations to do complex analysis of your signals.

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Characterizing a signal. Signal characterization begins with taking measurements. To gain even more insight into your
measurements, you can add measurement statistics to calculate the average measurement value, the standard deviation, and
the maximum range of the measurement value.

Another way to characterize a signal is to compile a histogram from the acquired waveform. You can set up either a vertical
histogram to analyze amplitude values or a horizontal histogram to analyze timing. For example, the vertical histogram is useful
for characterizing noise and the horizontal histogram is useful for characterizing jitter.

While the histogram is being compiled from the acquired waveform, you can take continuous measurements on the histogram
data to determine its mean value and other useful statistics.

Application-Specific measurements. You can load optional measurement extensions as needed to enhance the capabilities of
the instrument for specific applications. These applications build on the precision signal acquisition performance of the instrument
to address your specific design requirements.

Here are some examples of the application packages:

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Jitter and Timing Analysis. Use the DPOJET software to characterize the timing performance of semiconductor systems.
Analyze clock jitter, setup and hold times, and many other timing measurements on a cycle-by-cycle basis over long, single­shot acquisitions. Measurement statistics are presented as numerical statistics, or graphically in a histogram, cycle trend,
time trend, or spectral plot.

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Ethernet Compliance Testing. Use the ET3 software to perform 10/100/1000 Base T Ethernet compliance testing.

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USB Signals. Use the USB or USB3 software to characterize USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 universal serial bus signals, including
mask testing and parametric testing.

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Power Measurements. Use the DPOPWR software to quickly measure and analyze power dissipation in power supply
switching devices and magnetic components.

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DDR Memory Bus Analysis. Automatically identify DDR1, LP-DDR1 DDR2, DDR3, and GDDR3 Reads and Writes and
make JEDEC conformance measurements with pass/fail results on all edges in every Read and Write burst.

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MIPI® D-PHY Characterization and Compliance Testing. Verify to the D-PHY specification, rapidly characterize and
discover sources of jitter and signal integrity concerns.

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SignalVu™ Vector Signal Analysis. Easily validate wideband designs and characterize wideband spectral events.

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CAN and LIN Timing and Protocol Decode Software. When you need to ensure seamless and reliable operation of a
CAN or LIN network, this option enables CAN bus triggering and provides the solution to measure oscillator tolerance,
propagation delay, and simultaneously decode CAN and LIN messages, with the protocol leveraging the trigger capabilities.

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8b10b Serial Triggering and Analysis. Use the 8b10b software to trigger on and analyze 8b10b serial bus signals.

Additional packages may be available. Contact your Tektronix representative for more information.

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