Performance Tests
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STOP. DO NOT use the vertical position knob to reposition any channel while
doing this check. To do so invalidates the test.
1. Install the test hookup and preset the instrument controls:
a. Initialize the front panel:
HPress save/recall SETUP.
HPress the main-menu button Recall Factory Setup.
HPress the side-menu button OK Confirm Factory Init.
b. Modify the initialized front-panel control settings:
HDo not adjust the vertical position of any channel during this
procedure.
HSet the horizontal SCALE to 500 ps.
HPress SHIFT; then press ACQUIRE MENU.
HPress the main-menu button Mode, and then press the side-menu
button Average 16.
c. Hook up the test-signal source:
HConnect, through a 50 W precision coaxial cable followed by a 50 W
termination, the sine wave output of a medium-frequency sine wave
generator to a dual-input coupler. See Figure 4–9.
HConnect the coupler to both CH 1 and CH 2. See Figure 4–9.
Medium
Frequency Sine
Wave Generator
Dual Input
Coupler
Digitizing Oscilloscope
50 Terminator
Output
Figure 4–9: Initial Test Hookup