Acquiring Waveforms
3-24 CSA8000B & TDS8000B User Manual
Use the procedure that follows to set the data-acquisition mode and specify
acquisition start and stop methods. For more detailed information, display online
help when performing the procedure.
Overview To set acquisitions modes 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 setup. Triggering should also be set up.
See the sampling-module user manuals for sampling
module installation. See page 3--48 for trigger setup.
To select an
Acquisition mode
2. Push the Acquisition MENU button to display the Acq
Setup dialog box.
Select the
Acquisition mode
Set a
sample count
3. Click an option button to select the acquisition mode;
choose from the following modes:
HSample
HAverage
HEnvelope
For Average mode only, enter the number of samples to
to average in the Average box.