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