Performance Tests
TDS 500C, TDS 600B & TDS 700C Performance Verification and Specifications 1–31
a. Select an unchecked channel:
HPress WAVEFORM OFF to remove the channel just confirmed
from the display.
HPress the front-panel button that corresponds to the channel you are
to confirm.
HSet the generator output to 0 V.
HMove the test hookup to the channel you selected.
b. Turn on the measurement Mean for the channel:
HPress MEASURE, then press the main-menu button Select
Measrmnt for CHx.
HPress the side-menu button more until the menu label Mean appears
in the side menu (its icon is shown at the left). Press the side-menu
button Mean.
HPress CLEAR MENU.
c. Set the vertical scale: Set the vertical SCALE to one of the settings
listed in Table 1–3 that is not yet checked. (Start with the first setting
listed).
Table 1–3: DC Voltage measurement accuracy
Scale
setting
Position
setting
(Divs) Offset
setting Generator
setting TDS 600B
Accuracy limits TDS 500C/700C
Accuracy limits
5 mV –5 V +1 V +1.040 V +1.0329 V to +1.0471 V +1.0355 V to +1.0445 V
+5 V –1 V –1.040 V –1.0471 V to –1.0329 V –1.0445 V to –1.0355 V
200 mV –5 V +10 V +11.6 V +11.4165 V to +11.7835 V +11.5195 V to +11.6805 V
+5 V –10 V –11.6 V –11.7835 V to –11.4165 V –11.6805 V to –11.5195 V
1 V –5 V +10 V +18V +17.2425 V to +18.7575 V +17.7575 V to +18.2425 V
+5 V –10 V –18 V –18.7575 V to –17.2425 V –18.2425 V to –17.7575 V
d. Display the test signal:
HPress VERTICAL MENU. Press the main-menu button Position.
HUse the keypad to set vertical position to –5 divisions (press –5, then
ENTER, on the keypad). The baseline level will move off screen.
HPress the main-menu button Offset.