Agilent Technologies To trigger on odd or even fields

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Triggering the Oscilloscope
To use TV triggering
To trigger on odd or even fields
To ch ec k t he en v el op e o f y ou r v i de o s ig na ls , o r t o me as ur e w or s t c as e d is to rt io n ,
trigger on the odd or even fields. When Field 1 is selected, the oscilloscope
triggers on color fields 1 or 3. When Field 2 is selected, the oscilloscope triggers
on color fields 2 or 4.
1 Press the Trigger More key, then press the TV softkey.
2Press the
Settings softkey, then press the Standard softkey to select the
appropriate TV standard.
3Press the
Mode softkey and select Field1 or Field2.
The t r i gg e r c ir c u i ts l o o k f o r t he p o s i ti o n o f t h e s ta r t o f V e rt i c a l S y n c to d e t er m i n e
the field. But this definition of field does not take into consideration the phase
of the reference subcarrier. When Field 1 is selected, the trigger system will find
any field where the vertical sync starts on Line 4. In the case of NTSC video,
the oscilloscope will trigger on color field 1 alternating with color field 3 (see
the following figure). This setup can be used to measure the envelope of the
reference burst.
Triggering on Color Field 1 Alternating with Color Field 3