Chapter 4 Feature and Function Reference

HP BenchLink/Arb Screen Components

Palette Bar

The Palette Bar is designed to provide quick access to tools used in creating and editing waveforms. The following icons are displayed in the Palette Bar.

Enters the ‘edit select’ mode. Portions of a waveform are selected by clicking and dragging to highlight the desired area (Edit Edit Select.)

Enters ‘marker’ mode in which you can select and move X and Y markers by clicking and dragging the mouse (Edit Marker Select).

Enables/disables X Markers (Edit X Markers).

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Enables/disables Y Markers (Edit Y Markers).

Thumbtacks markers in their current position (Edit Set Thumbtack).

Enters the freehand drawing mode (Waveforms Freehand).

Enters the line drawing mode (Waveforms Line).

Inserts a sine wave segment (Waveforms Sine...).

Inserts a triangle wave segment (Waveforms Triangle...).

Inserts a square wave segment (Waveforms Square...).

Inserts a ramp wave segment (Waveforms Ramp...).

Inserts a sinc pulse segment (Waveforms Sinc...).

Inserts a segment with a rising exponentially shaped pulse (Waveforms Exp Rise...).

Inserts a segment with a falling exponentially shaped pulse (Waveforms Exp Fall...).

Inserts a random-noise segment (Waveforms Noise...).

Inserts a DC value segment (Waveforms DC...).

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