Triggering the Oscilloscope

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Define the Find: stage

1Press the Stage softkey and select Find:.

Find: is the first stage in the trigger sequence. When you select the Stage Find softkey, the next softkey to the right will display Find: and give you a list of the terms you can define for the Find stage. The Find stage can be set to one of the following conditions:

•Pattern 1 Entered — A pattern is entered on the last edge that makes the pattern true (logical AND).

•Pattern 1 Exited — A pattern is exited on the first edge that makes the pattern false (logical NAND).

•Edge 1

•Pattern 1 and Edge 1

2Press the Find: softkey and select the Find stage condition.

3To define the term(s) used in the Find stage, press the Term softkey and select the pattern and/or edge term displayed in the Find: softkey.

4If you select a pattern term, each channel in the pattern must be set to a H (high), L (low), or X (don't care).

a Press the Channel softkey (or rotate the Entry knob on mixed-signal oscilloscopes) to select the channel.

As you select a channel, the channel is highlighted in the selected pattern list shown in the waveform area and is also shown in the upper-right corner of the display next to “Seq”

bPress the L H X softkey to set a level for the channel.

•H sets the pattern to high on the selected channel. A high is a voltage level that is greater than the channel's trigger level or threshold level.

•L sets the pattern to low on the selected channel. A low is a voltage level that is less than the channel's trigger level or threshold level.

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6000 Series specifications

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