Performance Tests
1–52 TDS 500D, TDS 600B & TDS 700D Performance Verification and Specifications
HPress the side-menu button Upper Limit. Use the keyboard to set
the upper limit to 4 s.
HPress the side-menu button Lower Limit. Use the keypad to set the
lower limit to 500 ns.
b. Display the test signal:
HSet the horizontal SCALE to 5 s.
HSet the output of the sine wave generator for a 250 kHz,
five-division sine wave on screen. Set the vertical SCALE to 20 mV
(the waveform will overdrive the display).
HPress SET LEVEL TO 50%.
c. Check against limits: Do the following subparts in the order listed.
HPress the side-menu button Lower Limit.
HUse the general purpose knob to increase Lower Limit readout until
triggering is lost.
HCHECK that the Lower Limit readout, after the oscilloscope stops
triggering, is within 1.9 s to 2.1 s, inclusive.
HEnter time on test record.
HUse the keypad to return the Lower Limit to 500 ns and reestablish
triggering.
HPress the side-menu button Upper Limit; then use the general
purpose knob to slowly decrease the Upper Limit readout until
triggering stops.
HCHECK that the Upper Limit readout, after the oscilloscope loses
triggering, is within 1.9 s to 2.1 s, inclusive.
HEnter time on test record.
4. Disconnect the hookup: Disconnect the cable from the generator output at
the input connector of CH 1.