Agilent InfiniiVision Series Oscilloscopes
 Agilent Technologies, Inc
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 This User’s Guide…
 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide
 100 MHz 300 MHz 500 MHz GHz
Secure Environment Mode Option
GSa/s
Oscilloscope History Action
 Memory Depth Option Numbers
Upgrade Options
Maximum Memory Depth Mpts
Licensed Option Order
 Order-Only Options
 Built-in Quick Help
Using this book with the 6000L Series oscilloscopes
Digital Channels
Abbreviated instructions for pressing a series of keys
 Contents
 Maximum input voltage for analog inputs
 To set up the screen saver
Using the analog channels
To perform service functions
To restore the oscilloscope to its default configuration
 To switch groups of channels on or off
To switch all digital channels on or off
To switch a single channel on or off
Interpreting the digital waveform display
 Define the optional Reset on stage
Setting Up the Oscilloscope and the VPT1000
Adjust the trigger level
Hex Bus Pattern Triggering
 Source frequency/8
To use TV triggering
FFT Measurement
FFT Operation
 Varying the intensity to view signal detail
Using the XGA video output
Selecting the Acquisition mode
Peak Detect Mode
 To decode LIN data
To decode I 2 C data
To decode UART/RS232 data
UART/RS232 Totalizer
 Choosing save settings
Waveform Trace and Oscilloscope Setup
To save a waveform and/or setup to a USB device
To recall waveform trace and/or oscilloscope setup
 Index
 Remote interface
Using Quick Help
To calibrate the probes
 Getting Started
 Getting Started
 To inspect package contents
 Oscilloscope probes
6000A Series Oscilloscope
MSO models only
 6000A Series Option BAT Oscilloscope
 6000L Series Oscilloscope
Package contents for 6000L Series oscilloscopes
 Model Description
Accessories available
 Active Probes Supported on
 To adjust the 6000A Series handle
 To mount the 6000A Series oscilloscope in a rack
To mount the oscilloscope in a rack
To mount the 6000L Series oscilloscope in a rack
Tools required not supplied
 Step If needed
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 6000A Ventilation Requirements
Ventilation requirements
6000L Ventilation Requirements
 AC-Powered 6000 Series
To power-on the oscilloscope
Battery-Powered 6000A Series
 Vrms, the oscilloscope must be grounded through its ground
Operating with the Internal Battery
 Ground post on rear panel
Ground Post
 Operating with the Automotive Power Adapter Cable
Charging the Battery
Replacing the Battery
Indicator will light
 Plug Type Cable Part Number
Power Cords
 Detailed Connectivity Information
Remote interface
 To establish a LAN connection 6000A Series
 Hostname
To establish a LAN connection 6000L Series
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 Stand-alone connection to a PC
To establish a point-to-point LAN connection
 To use the Web interface
 Operating the oscilloscope using a Web browser
Controlling the oscilloscope using a Web browser
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 Step
Setting a password
 Select the Modify Configuration button
 Main Menu Function Keys
 Identify Function
Scrolling and Monitor Resolution
Identification Option
 LAN see the Agilent Technologies USB/LAN/GPIB Interfaces
Printing the oscilloscope’s display from a web browser
 To connect the oscilloscope probes
Maximum input voltage in 50 Ω mode
 Press AutoScale
To verify basic oscilloscope operation
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 Perfectly compensated Over compensated Under compensated
To compensate the oscilloscope probes
 Passive Probes Supported
To calibrate the probes
Passive Probes
Passive Probes Quantity Supported
 By 300 MHz, 500 MHz, and 1 GHz Bandwidth Models
Active Probes Supported
Active Probes Quantity Supported
 Active Probes for All 6000 Series Oscilloscopes
By 100 MHz Bandwidth Models
 To view Quick Help on 6000L Series oscilloscopes
Using Quick Help
To view Quick Help on 6000A Series oscilloscopes
 Quick Help Languages
 Getting Started
 Front-Panel Controls
 Front Panel
6000L Series Oscilloscope Controls
Rear Panel
 Front and Rear Panel Controls and Connectors
 Probe Compensation Terminals
Channel Input BNC Connector
 InfiniiVision 6000 Series Oscilloscope Programmer’s Quick
 6000A Series Oscilloscope Front-Panel Controls
 Press Utility & I/O & Show I/O Config
Graphic Symbols in Softkey Menus
Conventions
 Channel 6000A Series Oscilloscope Front Panel
 Printing Data, starting on
Front Panel Controls
 Front-Panel Controls
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 Horizontal Sweep Speed Control
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 Input
Trigger
 Softkeys
Interpreting the display
 To adjust the display grid graticule intensity
To adjust the waveform intensity
6000A Series Front-Panel Operation
 To start and stop an acquisition
 Memory Depth/Record Length Run/Stop versus Single
To make a single acquisition
Single
Running
 Auto Single
To pan and zoom
 Using AutoScale
Choosing Auto trigger mode or Normal trigger mode
 Passive Probes
To set the probe attenuation factor
Example
 Active Probes
Manually Setting the Probe Attenuation Factor
 Channel Trigger
Using the analog channels
Volts/div Source
Bandwidth Channel Invert
 Turning channels off
 Impedance selection is not available on these models
MHz bandwidth oscilloscope is fixed at 1 MΩ . Therefore,
Oscilloscope to the correct impedance
Measurement Hints
 Front-Panel Controls
 Units Factor Probe
Save/Recall&Default Setup
 Main mode
To set up the Horizontal time base
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 Front-Panel Controls
 Press Menu/Zoom
Zoom mode
 Beginning and end Zoom sweep Main sweep
These markers define Time/div for Delay time
Zoom sweep window
Select main or Zoom sweep
 Roll mode
 Axis Input in XY Display Mode Blanking
XY mode
 To make cursor measurements
 To make automatic measurements
 To turn the label display on or off
Using Labels
 To assign a predefined label to a channel
 To define a new label
Label Assignment Auto-Increment Features
 Press Utility→ File Explorer
To load a list of labels from a text file you create
Label List Management
 Defaulting labels without erasing the default library
To reset the label library to the factory default
To print the display
Press Utility &Options &Preferences
 Press Utility&Options&Clock
To set the clock
Set
Set Day set Hour set
 Screen Saver is disabled on 6000L models
To set up the screen saver
 To set the waveform expansion reference point
 User Calibration
To perform service functions
About User Cal Return to Self Test Oscilloscope Status
 Longer cable To Trig OUT To Channel
To perform User Cal
 User Calibration cable for 4-channel oscilloscope
User Cal Status
 About Oscilloscope
Self Test
 Installed licenses
 To restore the oscilloscope to its default configuration
 Viewing and Measuring Digital Signals
 To connect the digital probes to the circuit under test
Supplied with the mixed-signal oscilloscope
 Grabber
Channel Pod Ground Circuit
 Signal Lead Ground Lead Grabber
 Signals Ground
Acquiring waveforms using the digital channels
 Example
To display digital channels using AutoScale
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 Interpreting the digital waveform display
Activity indicator
 To switch groups of channels on or off
To switch all digital channels on or off
To switch a single channel on or off
 To reposition a digital channel
To change the displayed size of the digital channels
 Threshold you To change the logic threshold for digital
To change the logic threshold for digital channels
Logic family Threshold Voltage
 Bus softkey
To display digital channels as a bus
Bus1/Bus2 Select Return to Softkey Individual Channel Base
Channels Group
 Binary
Using cursors to read bus values
 Binary or Hex
 Bus values are displayed when using Pattern trigger
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 Triggering the Oscilloscope
 SPI USB
Triggering Features
 See Using Serial Decode on page 271 for more information
 Selecting Trigger Modes and Conditions
To select the Mode and Coupling menu
 Trigger modes Normal and Auto
Auto mode
 Normal mode
 To select trigger Noise Rejection and HF rejection
To select trigger Coupling
 Holdoff
To set Holdoff
200 ns 600 ns
 Holdoff Operating Hints
 External Trigger input
External Trigger Probe Settings
Channel oscilloscope External Trigger input
 Functions when the oscilloscope is powered on
 To the oscilloscope may occur
 MegaZoom Technology Simplifies Triggering
Trigger Types
 Edge Trigger
To use Edge triggering
Slope
 Trigger level adjustment
 Polarity Trigger
To use Pulse Width triggering
Qualifier
Polarity
 10 ns
 10 ns Trigger
Qualifier time set softkey
10 ns 15 ns
 Pattern Selected
To use Pattern triggering
Trigger Channel
Rising or
 Specifying an Edge in a Pattern
 Bus1 or Bus2
Hex Bus Pattern Triggering
 To use can triggering
For can decode setup see
 Can trigger
Signal source
Bits Condition Selector
 Point
Rate
 Normal
One Bit
 Duration Selected
To use Duration triggering
Level Qualifier Qualifier time set Return to Select
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 When the duration trigger occurs
 Modes of VPT1000 Control/Operation
To use FlexRay triggering
 Connecting the Oscilloscope and the VPT1000
Setting Up the Oscilloscope and the VPT1000
Accessing the VPT1000 Menu
PC Controls the VPT1000
 Specifying the VPT1000 LAN Address
Sync Mode LAN Address
Struct
 Selecting the VPT1000 Control/Operating Mode
 Asynchronous or Synchronous Mode In addition to the logic
Restore synchronization
Mb/s, or 10 Mb/s
 Accessing the FlexRay Trigger Menu
Triggering on FlexRay Frames, Times, or Errors
Triggering on FlexRay Frames
 Triggering on the FlexRay Time Schedule
Oscilloscope in asynchronous mode
 All Errors
Triggering on FlexRay Errors
 Multiple errors exist
 To use I2C triggering
For I2C decode setup see
 Clock
 Start Address Ack Data
 Frame Start Addr7 Read Ack Data or Frame Start Addr7
 Write Address R Ack1 Address Ack2 Data
Frame Start Addr7 Read Ack Data Ack Data2 or Frame
1st byte 2nd byte
26th clock edge
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 Idle Time Trigger
To use Nth Edge Burst triggering
 Edge
Nth Edge Burst trigger
Assign Channels Edge Select
 For LIN decode information see
To use LIN triggering
Sync
Field
 LIN trigger
Signal Condition Baud rate
 Menu Baud rate Point Selector Break
Source Signal Sample Standard
 To use Sequence triggering
Find? Trigger on? Reset on? Yes
Start Yes
 Term
Sequence Selected
 Edge Pattern 1 and Edge
Define the Find stage
 Define the Trigger on stage
 Edge Pattern 2 and Edge Nth Edge Nth Edge 2 no re-find
 Edge 1 or Pattern 1 and Edge Timeout
Define the optional Reset on stage
 Adjust the trigger level
 For SPI decode information see
To use SPI triggering
 Bit Set all
Framing, or Data channel
Value Data bits
To value
 Channel Slope Condition
Clock Data Frame by
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 To use TV triggering
Resetting all bits in the serial data string to one value
 Source Sync
Selected Trigger Channel
Channel Polarity
 Standard Type Sync Pulse
Provide Correct Matching
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 To trigger on a specific line of video
Example exercises
Line numbers for each EDTV/HDTV video standard
Video standard Field Alt Field
 Alternate Triggering
LineAlternate
 Triggering on All Lines
To trigger on all sync pulses
 Triggering on Field
To trigger on a specific field of the video signal
 Triggering on All Fields
To trigger on all fields of the video signal
 To trigger on odd or even fields
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 Standard Time
Half-field holdoff time
 To use UART/RS232 triggering
For UART/RS232 decode setup see
Trigger softkey
 200
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 To use USB triggering
USB trigger Trigger on Signal + source Source
End of packet trigger Bus Idle
Data source
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 Triggers
Trigger Out connector
Source frequency
Source frequency/8
 Post Acquisition Processing
Making Measurements
 To use the XY horizontal mode
 Signal centered on the display
Example of centering a signal on the display
 Cursors set on displayed signal
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 Signals are 90 out of phase
 Math Operating Hints
Math Functions
 Math Scale and Offset are Set Automatically
Math scale and offset
Math function Units
 Multiply
 Channel Waveform Math Function Scale
Multiply
 Subtract
 Channel Waveform Scale
Subtract
 Differentiate
 Channel Dt waveform Math Source Function Select Scale
 Integrate
 Channel Dt waveform Channel 1 0 Scale Source Select
Integrate and Signal Offset
 FFT Units
FFT Measurement
DC Value
Aliasing
 Aliasing
 FFT Operation
Source Frequency Center Preset Span
Spectral Leakage
Select Span Frequency Center
 Offset
Window
 Scale and offset considerations
 FFT measurements
FFT Measurement Hints
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 Square Root
 Source Select
Channel √ waveform Scale √
 Cursor Measurements
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 Cursors measure frequency of pulse ringing
Cursor Examples
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 Moving the cursors together to check pulse width variations
 Automatic Measurements
Phase and Delay
Time Measurements
Voltage Measurements
 To make an automatic measurement
Settings Thresholds
Preshoot and Overshoot
Erase all Additional
 To set measurement thresholds
Changing default thresholds may change measurement results
 Absolute threshold hints
Source Threshold Lower Middle Upper Return to Select Type
 FFT measurements
Time Measurements
Rise Time
Thresholds Upper Middle Lower + Width
 Duty Cycle
Counter
Frequency
 Isolating event for Frequency measurement
Period
 Rise Time
Fall Time
+ Width
Width
 Delay
Delay and Phase Measurements
Source Delay
At Min
 Delay Measurement
Phase
 Voltage Measurements
Period Source Delay
 Maximum Top Amplitude Peak-Peak
Math Measurements and Units
Minimum
Digital channel voltage measurements
 Average
Amplitude
Base
Maximum
 Std Deviation
RMS
 ∑ xi
 Isolating area for Top measurement
Top
 Preshoot
Overshoot and Preshoot Measurements
Local Maximum Preshoot Top
Preshoot
 Overshoot Local Maximum Top Base Local Minimum
Overshoot
 Antialiasing
Displaying Data
 Zoom
Pan and Zoom
 To set the waveform expansion reference point
To pan and zoom a waveform
 Antialiasing
Using the XGA video output
 Infinite persistence
Display Settings
 Vectors connect the dots
Grid intensity
Accumulating multiple acquisitions
Clearing stored infinite persistence waveforms
 Using Vectors Display menu
Varying the intensity to view signal detail
 Amplitude Modulation with Noise Shown at 100% Intensity
 Acquisition Modes
Selecting the Acquisition mode
At Slower Sweep Speeds
 Peak Detect Mode
Normal Mode
High Resolution Mode
Agilent 6000 Series Model Numbers and Sampling Rates
 # Avgs=1
Averaging Mode
GSa/s Sample Rate
# Avgs
 Random noise on the displayed waveform
To use the Averaging mode
 128 Averages used to reduce random noise
Realtime Sampling Option
 Realtime Sampling and Oscilloscope Bandwidth
 Using Serial Decode
 Display Decode Signal Return to Mode Setup menu
For I 2C triggering setup see
To decode I2C data
Decode I 2C data while LIN triggering is selected
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 Interpreting Decoded I2C Data
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 To decode SPI data
For SPI triggering setup see
 Signal Edge Option
Signal Clock Frame by
 278
 Interpreting Decoded SPI Data
 280
 To decode can data
For can triggering setup see
 Rate Sample Return to Signal Source Point
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 Interpreting Decoded can Data
 CRC blue Data white Data Length Code blue
Active Error Frame red
 Types of Frames
Can Totalizer
Counters
 Count Frame Count Percentage
Total Frame Overload Error Frame
 To decode LIN data
For LIN triggering setup see
 Baud
LIN trigger Decoded LIN data
Sync Return to Source Rate Sample Standard Break
Point Selection
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 Interpreting Decoded LIN Data
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 To decode FlexRay data
Display Decode VPT1000 Reset Return to Mode Menu Counters
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 Trailer
Interpreting Decoded FlexRay Frame Data
Header CRC blue
 Time-Schedule Decode
Interpreting Decoded FlexRay Time Data
 Counters softkey
FlexRay Totalizer
 Count
Total Frame Null Frame
Percent
 To decode UART/RS232 data
For UART/RS232 triggering setup see
Selected
 UART/RS232 trigger Define Display Framing
Signal Bus Base Value
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 Interpreting Decoded UART/RS232 Data
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 Tx Frame Rx Frame
UART/RS232 Totalizer
Count Percent
 HF Reject
To reduce the random noise on a signal
Press Mode/Coupling&HF Reject
DB down point
 Noise rejection
LF Reject
Press Mode/Coupling&Coupling&LF Reject
DB down point Pass Band
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 15 ns Narrow Pulse, 20 ms/div, Peak Detect Mode
Using peak detect mode to find a glitch
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 Undo AutoScale
How AutoScale Works
 Specifying the Channels Displayed After AutoScale
Preserving the Acquisition Mode During AutoScale
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 Printing the oscilloscope’s display Supported Printers
Saving and Printing Data
 Print options
Printing the oscilloscope’s display
Choose Options Select
Printer Factors Color or
 Palette
Selecting print options
Graticule Not Inverted
 Supported Printers
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 Can be saved to
Saving oscilloscope data
Type of Data
 Selecting a destination for your saved data
 Overwriting a file
Selecting a file name
Creating a new file name
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 Display Image and Waveform Data Files
Waveform Trace and Oscilloscope Setup
Display Image and Waveform Data File Formats
 Factors
Choosing save settings
Invert Graticule Colors
 Length Control
Palette
 To save a waveform and/or setup to a USB device
 Trace, or Trace and Setup
To recall waveform trace and/or oscilloscope setup
File explorer
 Regarding USB Ports
 Press Utility&File Explorer
To use the file explorer
 Secure Environment Mode Option
 Ordering the Secure Environment Mode Option
Ordering the Secure Environment Mode Option
 To supply a sample clock to the oscilloscope
To set up the I/O port
 Utility&Options&Features&Show license information
Software and firmware updates
Utility&Service&About Oscilloscope
Upgrading to an MSO or adding memory depth
 To set up the I/O port
 Sample clock and frequency counter accuracy
Using the 10 MHz reference clock
Supplying an external timebase reference
To supply a sample clock to the oscilloscope
 Reference signal locked MHz input mode selected
Press Utility&Options&Rear Panel&Ref Signal
 To synchronize the timebase of two or more instruments
To check warranty and extended services status
 To return the instrument
To clean the oscilloscope
 Input Impedance
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 Impedance versus Frequency for Both Probe Circuit Models
Probe Grounding
 Probe Probe N
Vn Common Mode
 Best Probing Practices
 To replace digital probe leads
Digital Probe Replacement Parts
Part Number Description
 Binary Data in Matlab
Binary Data .bin
Binary Header Format
File Header
 Waveform Header
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 Waveform Data Header
Example Program for Reading Binary Data
 Single Acquisition Multiple Analog Channels
Examples of Binary Files
 Single Acquisition All Pods Logic Channels
 1000ns ⋅ 4Gsa ⁄s = 4000samples
Minimum and Maximum Values in CSV Files
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 Power and Environmental Conditions
 Power Requirements
 Measurement Category
Measurement Category
Measurement Category Definitions
 With 50 Ω input 5 Vrms
Transient Withstand Capability
 Environmental Conditions
 Specifications
Specifications
Acknowledgements
 Americas
Contact us
Asia Pacific
Europe
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 Index
 Index
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