Acquiring Waveforms
3-26 CSA8000B & TDS8000B User Manual
Use the procedure that follows to start and stop acquisition.
Overview To start and stop acquisition Control elements and resources
Prerequisites 1. Instrument must be installed with sampling modules in
place before powering on the instrument. Instrument
must be powered up, with horizontal and vertical
controls set up. Triggering should also be set up.
See sampling-module user manuals for sampling
module installation. See page 3--24 for acquisition
setup and page 3--48 for trigger setup in this manual.
To start
acquiring
2. Make sure all the channels to be acquired are turned on
(use the channel buttons; see page 3--9 if needed).
Then push the RUN/STOP button to begin acquiring.
To stop
acquiring
3. Push the RUN/STOP button to stop acquisition.
Acquisition will also stop when acquisition finishes if a
selected stop condition is satisfied (see step 4 on
page 3--25) or if triggering ceases while in Normal
trigger mode.
To clear an
acquisition
4. Push the Acquisition CLEAR DATA button to discard the
acquired data in all channels.
For more
information
5. For more information on the controls described in this
procedure, push the Acquisition MENU button. Click the
HELP button in the setup dialog box that displays.
Also, see references listed at right.
See To Set Up Acquisition Modes on page 3--24.
End of Procedure