Agilent InfiniiVision Series Oscilloscopes
 Agilent Technologies, Inc
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 This User’s Guide…
 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide
 Oscilloscope History Action
Secure Environment Mode Option
100 MHz 300 MHz 500 MHz GHz
GSa/s
 Licensed Option Order
Upgrade Options
Memory Depth Option Numbers
Maximum Memory Depth Mpts
 Order-Only Options
 Abbreviated instructions for pressing a series of keys
Using this book with the 6000L Series oscilloscopes
Built-in Quick Help
Digital Channels
 Contents
 Maximum input voltage for analog inputs
 To restore the oscilloscope to its default configuration
Using the analog channels
To set up the screen saver
To perform service functions
 Interpreting the digital waveform display
To switch all digital channels on or off
To switch groups of channels on or off
To switch a single channel on or off
 Hex Bus Pattern Triggering
Setting Up the Oscilloscope and the VPT1000
Define the optional Reset on stage
Adjust the trigger level
 FFT Operation
To use TV triggering
Source frequency/8
FFT Measurement
 Peak Detect Mode
Using the XGA video output
Varying the intensity to view signal detail
Selecting the Acquisition mode
 UART/RS232 Totalizer
To decode I 2 C data
To decode LIN data
To decode UART/RS232 data
 To recall waveform trace and/or oscilloscope setup
Waveform Trace and Oscilloscope Setup
Choosing save settings
To save a waveform and/or setup to a USB device
 Index
 To calibrate the probes
Using Quick Help
Remote interface
 Getting Started
 Getting Started
 To inspect package contents
 MSO models only
6000A Series Oscilloscope
Oscilloscope probes
 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
 Tools required not supplied
To mount the oscilloscope in a rack
To mount the 6000A Series oscilloscope in a rack
To mount the 6000L Series oscilloscope in a rack
 Step If needed
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 6000L Ventilation Requirements
Ventilation requirements
6000A Ventilation Requirements
 Battery-Powered 6000A Series
To power-on the oscilloscope
AC-Powered 6000 Series
 Vrms, the oscilloscope must be grounded through its ground
Operating with the Internal Battery
 Ground post on rear panel
Ground Post
 Indicator will light
Charging the Battery
Operating with the Automotive Power Adapter Cable
Replacing the Battery
 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
 Identification Option
Scrolling and Monitor Resolution
Identify Function
 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 Quantity Supported
To calibrate the probes
Passive Probes Supported
Passive Probes
 Active Probes Quantity Supported
Active Probes Supported
By 300 MHz, 500 MHz, and 1 GHz Bandwidth Models
 Active Probes for All 6000 Series Oscilloscopes
By 100 MHz Bandwidth Models
 To view Quick Help on 6000A Series oscilloscopes
Using Quick Help
To view Quick Help on 6000L Series oscilloscopes
 Quick Help Languages
 Getting Started
 Front-Panel Controls
 Rear Panel
6000L Series Oscilloscope Controls
Front 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
 Conventions
Graphic Symbols in Softkey Menus
Press Utility & I/O & Show I/O Config
 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
 6000A Series Front-Panel Operation
To adjust the waveform intensity
To adjust the display grid graticule intensity
 To start and stop an acquisition
 Running
To make a single acquisition
Memory Depth/Record Length Run/Stop versus Single
Single
 Auto Single
To pan and zoom
 Using AutoScale
Choosing Auto trigger mode or Normal trigger mode
 Example
To set the probe attenuation factor
Passive Probes
 Active Probes
Manually Setting the Probe Attenuation Factor
 Bandwidth Channel Invert
Using the analog channels
Channel Trigger
Volts/div Source
 Turning channels off
 Measurement Hints
MHz bandwidth oscilloscope is fixed at 1 MΩ . Therefore,
Impedance selection is not available on these models
Oscilloscope to the correct impedance
 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
 Select main or Zoom sweep
These markers define Time/div for Delay time
Beginning and end Zoom sweep Main sweep
Zoom sweep window
 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
 Label List Management
To load a list of labels from a text file you create
Press Utility→ File Explorer
 Press Utility &Options &Preferences
To reset the label library to the factory default
Defaulting labels without erasing the default library
To print the display
 Set Day set Hour set
To set the clock
Press Utility&Options&Clock
Set
 Screen Saver is disabled on 6000L models
To set up the screen saver
 To set the waveform expansion reference point
 About User Cal Return to Self Test Oscilloscope Status
To perform service functions
User Calibration
 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 a single channel on or off
To switch all digital channels on or off
To switch groups of channels on or off
 To reposition a digital channel
To change the displayed size of the digital channels
 Logic family Threshold Voltage
To change the logic threshold for digital channels
Threshold you To change the logic threshold for digital
 Channels Group
To display digital channels as a bus
Bus softkey
Bus1/Bus2 Select Return to Softkey Individual Channel Base
 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
 200 ns 600 ns
To set Holdoff
Holdoff
 Holdoff Operating Hints
 Channel oscilloscope External Trigger input
External Trigger Probe Settings
External Trigger input
 Functions when the oscilloscope is powered on
 To the oscilloscope may occur
 MegaZoom Technology Simplifies Triggering
Trigger Types
 Slope
To use Edge triggering
Edge Trigger
 Trigger level adjustment
 Polarity
To use Pulse Width triggering
Polarity Trigger
Qualifier
 10 ns
 10 ns 15 ns
Qualifier time set softkey
10 ns Trigger
 Rising or
To use Pattern triggering
Pattern Selected
Trigger Channel
 Specifying an Edge in a Pattern
 Bus1 or Bus2
Hex Bus Pattern Triggering
 To use can triggering
For can decode setup see
 Bits Condition Selector
Signal source
Can trigger
 Point
Rate
 Normal
One Bit
 Level Qualifier Qualifier time set Return to Select
To use Duration triggering
Duration Selected
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 When the duration trigger occurs
 Modes of VPT1000 Control/Operation
To use FlexRay triggering
 PC Controls the VPT1000
Setting Up the Oscilloscope and the VPT1000
Connecting the Oscilloscope and the VPT1000
Accessing the VPT1000 Menu
 Struct
Sync Mode LAN Address
Specifying the VPT1000 LAN Address
 Selecting the VPT1000 Control/Operating Mode
 Mb/s, or 10 Mb/s
Restore synchronization
Asynchronous or Synchronous Mode In addition to the logic
 Triggering on FlexRay Frames
Triggering on FlexRay Frames, Times, or Errors
Accessing the FlexRay Trigger Menu
 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
 26th clock edge
Frame Start Addr7 Read Ack Data Ack Data2 or Frame
Write Address R Ack1 Address Ack2 Data
1st byte 2nd byte
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 Idle Time Trigger
To use Nth Edge Burst triggering
 Assign Channels Edge Select
Nth Edge Burst trigger
Edge
 Field
To use LIN triggering
For LIN decode information see
Sync
 LIN trigger
Signal Condition Baud rate
 Menu Baud rate Point Selector Break
Source Signal Sample Standard
 Start Yes
Find? Trigger on? Reset on? Yes
To use Sequence triggering
 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
 To value
Framing, or Data channel
Bit Set all
Value Data bits
 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
 Channel Polarity
Selected Trigger Channel
Source Sync
 Standard Type Sync Pulse
Provide Correct Matching
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 Video standard Field Alt Field
Example exercises
To trigger on a specific line of video
Line numbers for each EDTV/HDTV video standard
 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
 Trigger softkey
For UART/RS232 decode setup see
To use UART/RS232 triggering
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 Data source
USB trigger Trigger on Signal + source Source
To use USB triggering
End of packet trigger Bus Idle
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 Source frequency/8
Trigger Out connector
Triggers
Source frequency
 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 function Units
Math scale and offset
Math Scale and Offset are Set Automatically
 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
 Aliasing
FFT Measurement
FFT Units
DC Value
 Aliasing
 Select Span Frequency Center
Source Frequency Center Preset Span
FFT Operation
Spectral Leakage
 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
 Voltage Measurements
Phase and Delay
Automatic Measurements
Time Measurements
 Erase all Additional
Settings Thresholds
To make an automatic measurement
Preshoot and Overshoot
 To set measurement thresholds
Changing default thresholds may change measurement results
 Absolute threshold hints
Source Threshold Lower Middle Upper Return to Select Type
 Thresholds Upper Middle Lower + Width
Time Measurements
FFT measurements
Rise Time
 Frequency
Counter
Duty Cycle
 Isolating event for Frequency measurement
Period
 Width
Fall Time
Rise Time
+ Width
 At Min
Delay and Phase Measurements
Delay
Source Delay
 Delay Measurement
Phase
 Voltage Measurements
Period Source Delay
 Digital channel voltage measurements
Math Measurements and Units
Maximum Top Amplitude Peak-Peak
Minimum
 Maximum
Amplitude
Average
Base
 Std Deviation
RMS
 ∑ xi
 Isolating area for Top measurement
Top
 Preshoot
Overshoot and Preshoot Measurements
Preshoot
Local Maximum Preshoot Top
 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
 Clearing stored infinite persistence waveforms
Grid intensity
Vectors connect the dots
Accumulating multiple acquisitions
 Using Vectors Display menu
Varying the intensity to view signal detail
 Amplitude Modulation with Noise Shown at 100% Intensity
 At Slower Sweep Speeds
Selecting the Acquisition mode
Acquisition Modes
 Agilent 6000 Series Model Numbers and Sampling Rates
Normal Mode
Peak Detect Mode
High Resolution Mode
 # Avgs
Averaging Mode
# Avgs=1
GSa/s Sample Rate
 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
 Decode I 2C data while LIN triggering is selected
For I 2C triggering setup see
Display Decode Signal Return to Mode Setup menu
To decode I2C data
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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
 Counters
Can Totalizer
Types of Frames
 Count Frame Count Percentage
Total Frame Overload Error Frame
 To decode LIN data
For LIN triggering setup see
 Point Selection
LIN trigger Decoded LIN data
Baud
Sync Return to Source Rate Sample Standard Break
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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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 Header CRC blue
Interpreting Decoded FlexRay Frame Data
Trailer
 Time-Schedule Decode
Interpreting Decoded FlexRay Time Data
 Counters softkey
FlexRay Totalizer
 Percent
Total Frame Null Frame
Count
 Selected
For UART/RS232 triggering setup see
To decode UART/RS232 data
 UART/RS232 trigger Define Display Framing
Signal Bus Base Value
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 Interpreting Decoded UART/RS232 Data
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 Count Percent
UART/RS232 Totalizer
Tx Frame Rx Frame
 DB down point
To reduce the random noise on a signal
HF Reject
Press Mode/Coupling&HF Reject
 DB down point Pass Band
LF Reject
Noise rejection
Press Mode/Coupling&Coupling&LF Reject
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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
 Printer Factors Color or
Printing the oscilloscope’s display
Print options
Choose Options Select
 Graticule Not Inverted
Selecting print options
Palette
 Supported Printers
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 Type of Data
Saving oscilloscope data
Can be saved to
 Selecting a destination for your saved data
 Creating a new file name
Selecting a file name
Overwriting a file
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 Display Image and Waveform Data File Formats
Waveform Trace and Oscilloscope Setup
Display Image and Waveform Data Files
 Invert Graticule Colors
Choosing save settings
Factors
 Length Control
Palette
 To save a waveform and/or setup to a USB device
 File explorer
To recall waveform trace and/or oscilloscope setup
Trace, or Trace and Setup
 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
 Upgrading to an MSO or adding memory depth
Software and firmware updates
Utility&Options&Features&Show license information
Utility&Service&About Oscilloscope
 To set up the I/O port
 To supply a sample clock to the oscilloscope
Using the 10 MHz reference clock
Sample clock and frequency counter accuracy
Supplying an external timebase reference
 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
 Part Number Description
Digital Probe Replacement Parts
To replace digital probe leads
 File Header
Binary Data .bin
Binary Data in Matlab
Binary Header Format
 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 Definitions
Measurement Category
Measurement Category
 With 50 Ω input 5 Vrms
Transient Withstand Capability
 Environmental Conditions
 Acknowledgements
Specifications
Specifications
 Europe
Contact us
Americas
Asia Pacific
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 Index
 Index
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