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MDO4000B Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes User Manual

1. MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Using the Menu System To use the menu system 1 Push a front panel menu button to display the menu that you want to use NOTE The B1 through B4 buttons support up to four different serial or parallel buses 2 Push a lower menu button If a pop out menu appears turn multipurpose knob a to select the desired choice If a pop up menu appears push the button again to select the desired choice 3 Push aside menu button lf the menu item contains more than one choice push the side button repeatedly to cycle through the choices If a pop out menu appears turn multipurpose knob a to select the desired choice MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Intensity Cursors Get Acquainted with the Instrument Wave Inspector GEER Sain Multipurpose a a od Scale t Mark Set Clea gt 7 Multipurpose b if Math us Re h Ce GH Aa a A r Save Recall Vertical a Default ili Utility Input range 42V Peak Ampl BW Markers 2913 017 Menu 2810 020 2810 019 35 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 36 4 To remove a sidel menu push the lower button again or push Menu Off 5 Certain menu choices require you to set a numeric value to complete the setup Use the upper and lower
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3. 1785 039 3 Rotate multipurpose knob b to select the desired intensity for the graticule 4 Push Intensity again to clear the intensity readout from the display Intensity MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 101 Display Waveform or Trace Data Scaling and Positioning a Waveform Use the horizontal controls to adjust the time base adjust the trigger point and to examine waveform details more closely You can also use the Wave Inspector Pan and Zoom controls to adjust the display of waveforms See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms BRRRESEEEE PTT TTA TTT BERR ENS Sana Ce tee PT tte hI BRRRES EE ras BER REDE 8 TETTI N BRRRE SERRE Al EARTE IRNER 1785 123 1785 124 Original waveform Scaled horizontally Positioned horizontally Use the vertical controls to select waveforms adjust the waveform vertical position and scale and set input parameters Push a channel menu button 1 2 3 or 4 button as many times as needed and the associated menu items to select add or remove a waveform o 3 NENNE I ESE BRRREAIE trasate EEES ESVIN 1785 120 V 1785 121 1785 122 Original waveform Scaled vertically Positioned vertically 102 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Quick Tips Preview If you change the Position or Scale controls when the acquisition is stopped or when it is waiting fo
4. The DPO4VID Extended Video Module adds triggering on a variety of standard HDTV signals as well as on custom non standard bilevel and trilevel video signals with 3 to 4 000 lines m The MDO4TRIG Advanced RF Triggering Module enables triggering with RF power as a source for Pulse Width Timeout Runt Logic and Sequence triggers 182 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix A MDO4000B Specifications Appendix A MDO4000B Specifications You can find a list of MDO4000B product specifications in the MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Technical Reference Downloadable from www tektronix com manuals MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 183 Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Operating Information The TPP0500 and TPP1000 10X Passive Probes are compact passive probes with 10X attenuation that are designed for use with Tektronix MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes The probes have no user or Tektronix serviceable parts Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope Connect the probe as shown in the illustrations below l Compensation output 2913 053 Compensating the Probe with the MDO4000B Series Oscilloscope For information on compensating the probe refer to the related section earlier in this manual See page 13 Compensating a TPP0500 or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe Sta
5. aw amm o 0 00 I i D Tog 2810 058 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 145 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Use the resulting lower menu selections to R1 D R2 i R3 R4 O display or select a reference waveform or 3 May 07 trace 3 Push Vertical on the side menu and use Vertical the multipurpose knobs to adjust the vertical WEN settings of the reference waveform or trace 4 Push Horizontal on the side menu and Horizontal use the multipurpose knobs to adjust 0 00 sf the horizontal settings of the reference waveform or trace 5 Push Edit Label and use the resulting Edit Labels menus to define labels to display with the reference waveforms and traces 6 Pus Ref Details to read information Ref Details about the selected reference Use this to determine whether the reference is an analog waveform or an RF trace 7 Push Save to File to store reference 7 to information in external storage Quick Tips m Selecting and Displaying Reference Waveforms You can display all the reference waveforms at the same time Push the appropriate screen button to select a particular reference waveform Removing Reference Waveforms from the Display To remove a reference waveform from the display push R on the front panel to access the lower menu Then push the associated lower menu to turn it off E Scaling and Positioning a Reference Waveform You can position and scale a r
6. j CF 2 39999001GH2 Span 20 0000MHz Free Run ROW 20 0kliz 23 May 2011 15 09 11 2913 075 Use Threshold and Excursion to define which peaks are marked The threshold is a minimum amplitude that a signal must cross to be a valid peak If the threshold is lower more peaks will tend to qualify to have markers If the threshold is higher fewer peaks tend to qualify to have markers The excursion is how far a signal needs to fall in amplitude between marked peaks to be another valid peak If the excursion is low more peaks will tend to qualify to have associated markers If the excursion is high fewer peaks will tend to qualify to have associated markers MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 121 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Each automatic marker has a readout associated with it These can be absolute or delta readouts An absolute marker readout shows the actual frequency and amplitude of the associated marker A delta marker readout shows the frequency and amplitude differences from the Reference Marker The Reference Marker s readout indicates absolute frequency and amplitude regardless of the readout type Manual Markers Two manual markers are provided for you to measure non peak areas of the spectrum and to measure Noise Density and Phase Noise When the manual markers are turned on the Reference Marker is no longer automatically attached to the highest amplitude peak It is now assigned to multipurpose knob
7. 1 Push Waveform Histograms on the lower Add Mea Remove Indicators Wave lm Bring surement Measure form His Cursors menu ment tograms More On Screen 2 Push more 1 of 2 on the side menu 0 3 Push Reset Histogram Counts on the side Reset O Histogram mMenu Counts 4 Push More on the side menu Add Mea Remove Indicators Wave y oN Bring surement Measure form His Cursors ment tograms More On Screen 138 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 5 Push Reset Statistics on the side menu Reset Statistics You can view the histogram at the top for horizontal histograms or the left edge for vertical histograms of the graticule a a Quick Tips m Use horizontal histograms to measure signal jitter m Use vertical histograms to measure signal noise Using Math Waveforms Create math waveforms to support the analysis of your channel and reference waveforms By combining and transforming source waveforms and other data into math waveforms you can derive the data view that your application requires NOTE Math waveforms are not available for use with serial buses Use the following procedure for executing simple math operations on two waveforms 1 Push Math am Gee edh 2913 042 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 139 Analyze Waveform
8. 25 0 dBm Vertical 420 mdiv 20 0 dB div Vertical Units dBm Auto Level The resolution bandwidth RBW determines the level to which the oscilloscope can resolve individual frequencies in the frequency domain For example if the test signal contains two carriers separated by 1 kHz you will not be able to discriminate between them unless the RBW is less than 1 kHz The views below both show the same signal The difference between them is their RBW Ly Lad l Ah y nit N Lower narrower RBWs take longer to process but have finer frequency resolution and a lower noise floor Higher wider RBWs take less time to process but have less frequency resolution and a higher noise floor MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 1 Push BW to bring up the resolution bandwidth side menu This allows you to set the smallest frequency difference that the instrument can discern in the frequency axis 2913 073 Bandwidth 2 Push RBW Mode to select either Auto or RBW Manual jai Auto Auto sets the resolution bandwidth Manual automatically as you change the span The default behavior is RBW Span 1000 Manual allows you to set your own resolution bandwidth 3 To manually adjust the RBW push RBW and turn multipurpose knob a 4 Push Span RBW and turn multipurpose knob a to set the span RBW ratio This ratio is used when the
9. MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Trigger Type Trigger Conditions Video Trigger on specified fields or lines of a composite video signal Only composite signal formats are supported Trigger on NTSC PAL or SECAM Works with Macrovision signals With the DPO4VID module trigger on a variety of HDTV video standard signals as well as custom non standard bilevel and trilevel video signals with 3 to 4 000 lines Bus Trigger on various bus conditions I2C requires a DPO4EMBD module SPI requires a DPO4EMBD module ni CAN requires a DPO4AUTO or DPO4AUTOMAX module RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART require a DPO4COMP module LIN requires either a DPO4AUTO or a DPO4AUTOMAX module FlexRay requires a DPO4AUTOMAX module Audio requires a DPO4AUDIO module USB requires a DPO4USB module Ethernet requires a DPO4ENET module MIL STD 1553 requires a DPO4AERO module See page 16 Application Module Free Trial Triggering on Buses You can use your oscilloscope to trigger on multiple data buses if you have the appropriate application module installed The MDO4000B Series can trigger on parallel buses without an application module The oscilloscope can display both the physical layer as analog waveforms and the protocol level information as digital and symbolic waveforms To set up the bus trigger 1 If you have not already defined your bus using the front panel B1 B2 B3 or B4 buttons do
10. 9 Channel 1 2 3 or 4 Menu Push Level to set vertical parameters for input waveforms and to display or remove Sce Pushto the corresponding waveform from the aoe oe Multipurpose B i Ampl Bw Markers bas 3 E LO eS 2913 021 10 B1 B2 B3 or B4 Push to define and display a bus if you have the appropriate module application keys Intensity Cursors Wave Inspector Horizontal _ Multipurpose a m DPO4AERO supports MIL STD 1553 zan Zeon Menu buses r es DPO4AUTO supports CAN and LIN E3 buses gelio BI m DPO4AUTOMAX supports CAN LIN es bas and FlexRay buses m DPO4EMBD supports 12C and SPI buses m DPO4ENET supports Ethernet buses m DPO4USB supports USB 2 0 buses 2913 022 m DPO4COMP supports RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART buses DPO4AUDIO supports 12S Left Justified LJ Right Justified Ru and TDM buses MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual oT Get Acquainted with the Instrument 38 Also push the B1 B2 B3 or B4 button to display or remove the corresponding bus from the display 11 R Push to manage reference waveforms and traces including the display or removal of each reference waveform or trace from the display 12 M Push to manage the math waveform or trace including the display or removal of the math waveform or trace from the displ
11. USB CAN and FlexRay You can trigger on a specific byte for 12C SPI CAN and FlexRay in several ways m For 12C and SPI enter the number of bytes to match the number of bytes in the signal Then use don t cares X to mask the bytes that you are not interested in m For 12C push Trigger On on the lower menu to trigger on Address Data Push Address On the side menu push Address and rotate multipurpose knobs a and b as needed Set the address to don t cares X if you want to mask the address The data will be matched starting at the first byte without using a rolling window For USB triggering occurs when the user selected data input matches the data and qualifier in the signal starting at the byte offset Set the number of bytes to match the number of bytes of interest Use the data qualifier to perform l lt gt gt and lt operations m For CAN triggering occurs when the user selected data input matches the data and qualifier in the signal starting at the first byte Set the number of bytes to match the number of bytes of interest Use the data qualifier to perform l lt gt gt and lt operations Triggering on identifier and data always matches the identifier and data selected by the user with the data starting at the first byte No rolling window is used m For FlexRay and Ethernet triggering occurs when the user selected data input matches the data and qualifier in the signal starting at the by
12. amp Ox 2121 031 2810 088 display See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms You can add a label to the channels and buses shown on the display for easy identification The label is placed on the waveform baseline indicator in the left side of the screen The label can have up to 32 characters To label a channel push a channel input button for an analog channel 1 52 Push a front panel button for an input channel or a bus MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 2 Pusha lower menu button to create a label such as for channel 1 or B1 3 Push Choose Preset Label to view a list of labels 4 Turn multipurpose knob b to scroll through the list to find a suitable label You can edit the label after you insert it if necessary 5 Push Insert Preset Label to add the label If you are using a USB keyboard use the arrow keys to position the insertion point and edit the inserted label or type in a new label See page 33 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope 6 If you do not have a USB keyboard connected push the side and lower menu arrow keys to position the insertion point MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal gt A f iw a Choose Preset Label P Multipurpose 1785 160 tae reset ioe 6 o O O O ododd ddad DOL DI oo o gguggd
13. Dual Wim Advanced Spectrum M Label Math Math Math 3 Push FFT Source on the side menu if FFT Source needed and turn multipurpose knob a to select the source to use Choices are channels 1 2 3 4 reference waveforms 1 2 3 and 4 4 Push Vertical Scale on the side menu repeatedly to select either Linear RMS or dBV RMS 5 Push Window on the side menu repeatedly to select the desired window Window choices are Rectangular Hamming Hanning and Blackman Harris 6 Push Horizontal on the side menu to Horizontal activate multipurpose knobs a and b to pan and zoom the FFT display i MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 141 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 7 The FFT will appear on the display Quick Tips m Use short record lengths for faster instrument response m Use long record lengths to lower the noise relative to the signal and increase the frequency resolution m If desired use the zoom feature along with the horizontal Position and Scale controls to magnify and position the FFT waveform m Use the default BV RMS scale to see a detailed view of multiple frequencies even if they have very different amplitudes Use the linear RMS scale to see an overall view of how all frequencies compare to each other E The math FFT feature provides four windows Each offers a trade off between frequency resolution and magnitude accuracy The choice of which window to use depends upon what you want
14. RF input to TekVPI probe TekVPI to TekProbe II BNC Adapter Tektronix part number 071 2136 XX 071 2631 XX 077 0235 XX 077 0236 XX 077 0237 XX 077 0238 XX 077 0239 XX 077 0240 XX 077 0241 XX 077 0242 XX 077 0243 XX 077 0244 XX 077 0858 00 TPA N VPI TPA BNC Installation Operating Considerations MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes si Operating Line Frequency and Voltage Range Volts Hz 100 240 50 60 115 400 mu mupcce Postion Mains input voltage range 100 V 240 V Maximum Power Consumption 250 W Weight SOOO 5 0 kg 11 0 lbs standalone instrument without front r i cover a Height feet folded in handle folded down MDO4000B Series 229 mm 9 0 in Width from handle hub to handle hub 439 mm 17 3 in Depth from back of feet to front of knobs 147 mm 5 8 in Depth from back of feet to front of front cover 155 mm 6 1 in Temperature Operating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Non operating 20 C to 60 C 4 F to 140 F Humidity Operating High 40 C to 50 C 104 F to 122 F 10 to 60 RH Operating Low 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F 10 to 90 RH Non operating High 40 C to 60 C 104 F to 140 F 5 to 60 RH Non operating Low 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F 5 to 90 RH Altitude Operating 3 000 m about 9 843 ft Non operating Altitude 12 000 m 39 370 ft
15. S a e MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Description The first cycle in a waveform or gated region Frequency is the reciprocal of the period it is measured in hertz Hz where one Hz is one cycle per second The time required to complete the first cycle in a waveform or gated region Period is the reciprocal of frequency and is measured in seconds The time required for the leading edge of the first pulse in the waveform or gated region to rise from the low reference value default 10 to the high reference value default 90 of the final value The time required for the falling edge of the first pulse in the waveform or gated region to fall from the high reference value default 90 to the low reference value default 10 of the final value The time between the mid reference default 50 amplitude point of two different waveforms See also Phase The amount of time that one waveform leads or lags another waveform expressed in degrees where 360 makes up one waveform cycle See also Delay The distance time between the mid reference default 50 amplitude points of a positive pulse The measurement is made on the first pulse in the waveform or gated region The distance time between the mid reference default 50 amplitude points of a negative pulse The measurement is made on the first pulse in the waveform or gated region The ratio of the positive pulse width to the signal period expressed as a pe
16. TS a 2913 039 2 Push Domain to select Frequency Domain Time ca men Frequency ae 3 Push Select Measurement 4 Choose the measurement of interest from ve M r lt the side menu eee Channel power The total power within the ne bandwidth defined by the Channel Width oes Adjacent channel power ratio The power in the Adjacent main channel and the ratio of channel power to Gennel main power for the upper and lower halves of Ratio each adjacent channel Occupied bandwidth The bandwidth that Occupied Bandwidth contains the specified of power within the analysis bandwidth As you select each frequency measurement on screen help will appear to explain the purpose of that measurement A Configure item will appear on the lower menu After you press Configure and set the measurement parameters in the resulting side menu the oscilloscope will automatically set the soan When the RF measurements are on the Auto detection method will set all frequency domain traces to the Average detection method This provides optimal measurement accuracy MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 123 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Taking Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain To take an automatic measurement in the time domain 1 Push Measure Measure Push Domain to select Time domain Domain Remove Indicators Waveform Time Measure His measurements t men tograms
17. The oscilloscope automatically loads the nominal propagation delay values of TekVPI and TekProbe II requires use of a TPA BNC adaptor probes For other common probes first push Select on the side menu and select the channel to which the probe is attached Then push Probe Model on the side menu and select the probe model If your probe is not in the list set probe model to Other and push Propagation Delay on the side menu and dial in its propagation delay with multipurpose knob a To display the recommended deskew values calculated by the oscilloscope set Show rec deskews on the side menu to Yes To set the deskew values of each channel to the recommended values push Set all deskews to recommended values on the side menu Quick Tips m Using Probes with the TekProbe II and TekVPI Interfaces When you attach a probe with the TekProbe II or the TekVPI interface the oscilloscope sets the channel sensitivity coupling and termination resistance automatically to match the probe requirements Tek Probe Il probes require use of the TPA BNC Adapter The Difference Between Vertical Position and Offset Adjust the vertical position to place the waveforms where you want to see them The waveform baseline indicators indicate the zero Volts or Amps level for each waveform If you adjust the channel s Vertical Scale the waveform expands or contracts around the waveform s baseline indicator When you use the Channel lt x gt gt More
18. mV 100 Solid 100 styles 99 Green lines 109 Grid graticule style 100 Ground 11 lead 16 strap 11 strap connector 48 Ground yourself to discharge Static 11 Group icon 46 Grouping channels 74 digital 107 H Hamming FFT window 80 142 Hanning FFT window 80 143 Hard copy 173 Hard copy button 41 HCTEK54 transit hard case 4 Height 6 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Hi Res acquisition mode 58 High measurement 126 High low indicators 46 Histogram waveform reset the count 138 setup 136 Histogram measurements 127 Hits in Box measurement 127 Holdoff trigger 82 Horizontal delay 82 Horizontal lines Green and blue 109 Horizontal position 40 57 82 83 102 142 and math waveforms 140 defined 52 readout 45 Horizontal scale 40 102 142 and math waveforms 140 defined 52 readout 45 Index How to calibrate a TPP0500 or TPP1000 voltage probe 13 compensate a non TPP0500 or non TPP1000 voltage probe 15 compensate the signal path 20 connect probes and adapters 9 connect to a computer 25 erase memory 179 label channels and buses 52 manage long record length waveforms 147 perform a functional check 12 power off the oscilloscope 12 power on the oscilloscope 11 print a hard copy 173 recall setups 169 recall waveforms 165 save screen images 165 save setups 169 save waveforms 165 search through and add marks to waveforms 149 select a tr
19. 039 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Enter Back Delete Clear Character Space 177 Save and Recall Information 10 Push the down arrow key to move the ep character cursor down a row to the Server se Name field 11 Turn multipurpose knob a and push Select T or Enter Character as often as needed to enter the name 12 If desired push the down arrow key to move L the character cursor down a row to the Server IP Address field ee 13 Turn multipurpose knob a and push Select or Enter Character as often as needed to enter the name 14 When done push OK Accept NOTE If you have multiple printers connected to the oscilloscope at the same time the oscilloscope will print to the printer listed in the Utility gt Utility Page gt Print Setup gt Select Printer menu item Printing with One Button Push Once you have connected a printer to your oscilloscope and set up print parameters you can print current screen images with a single push of a button Push the printer icon button in the lower left corner of the front panel 178 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Erasing Oscilloscope Memory You can erase all setup and waveform information saved in the nonvolatile oscilloscope memory with the TekSecure function If you have acquired confidential data on your oscilloscope you may want to execute the TekSecure function before you return the osc
20. 1 2 3 or 4 menus For analog channels the waveform baseline indicator shows the zero volt level of a waveform assuming you have not used any offset The icon colors correspond to the waveform colors For digital channels the baseline indicators point to the high and low levels The indicator colors follow the color code used on resistors The DO indicator is black the D1 indicator is brown the D2 indicator is red and so on The group icon indicates when digital channels are grouped Dy 20 0mV Qw 2121 243 1785 125 2121 216 ee 2121 253 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument 18 The bus display shows decoded packet level information for serial buses or for parallel buses The bus indicator shows the bus number and bus type Identifying Items in the Frequency Domain Display Activate the frequency domain display by pressing the front panel RF button 1 Vertical graticule labels 2 Start frequency 3 Reference level 4 Vertical scale 5 Center frequency 6 Span and resolution 7 RF Menu 8 Stop frequency MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 47 Get Acquainted with the Instrument Front Panel Connectors 1 2 Logic Probe Connector Channel 1 2 3 4 Channel inputs with TekVPI Versatile Probe Interface RF Input Connector PROBE COMP Square wave signal source to compensate or calibrate probes Ou
21. DO D15 D0 2913 033 2 Push MagniVu and select On D15 D0 Thresholds Label MagniVu Height On Off On i S ML Quick Tips m f you think you need more timing resolution turn on MagniVu to increase the resolution m MagniVu is always acquired If the oscilloscope is in a stopped state you can turn on MagniVu and still get the resolution without taking another acquisition m The serial bus features do not use data acquired in MagniVu mode MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 75 Acquire the Signal Setting Up the RF Inputs Frequency and Span Parameters 1 The center frequency is a precise frequency at the center of the display In many applications it is a carrier frequency c a c 2 The span is the range of frequencies you can observe around the center frequency To define the center frequency and the span 1 Push Freq Span on the front panel eee elo 2913 071 76 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Frequency amp Span 2 Push Center Frequency on the side menu Center and use either the multipurpose knob a or Teauency the oscilloscope keypad to enter the desired Pe Gii center frequency If you use the keypad you can also use the resulting side menu choices to enter units 3 Push Span and use either multipurpose Span knob b or the keypad to enter the desired a 3 00 GHz span If you use t
22. Frequency g Push Add Measurement Turn multipurpose knob b to select the specific measurement If needed then turn multipurpose knob a to select the channel to measure on Multipurpose 1785 160 To remove a measurement push Remove Measurement turn multipurpose knob a to select the specific measurement and push OK Remove Measurement on the side menu Quick Tips 124 To remove all measurements select Remove All Measurements Bring Cursors on Screen A Z symbol appears instead of the expected numerical measurement if a vertical clipping condition exists Part of the waveform is above or below the display To obtain a proper numerical measurement turn the vertical scale and position knobs to make all of the waveform appear in the display If the oscilloscope displays a Low Resolution message increase the record length of the acquisition so that the oscilloscope has more points from which to calculate the measurement MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data selecting Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain The following tables list each automatic measurement by category time or amplitude See page 124 Taking Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain Time measurements Measurement Frequency Period Rise Time Fall Time Delay Phase Positive Pulse Width Negative Pulse Width Positive Duty Cycle Negative Duty Cycle Burst Width elele algi
23. License Type on the side menu until Modules is selected The licenses contained in the oscilloscope will be listed in the side menu Push the button next to the appropriate license to transfer You may transfer up to four licenses at one time 3 After you turn off the power to the oscilloscope you can remove the physical application module from the oscilloscope Refer to the MSO4000B DPO4000B and MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Application Module Installation Manual that came with your application module for instructions on installing and testing an application module NOTE If you transfer a license from a module to an oscilloscope the module will not work on another oscilloscope until you transfer the license back from the oscilloscope to the module Consider putting the physical module in an envelope or other storage with a label recording the date module name model and serial number of the oscilloscope which holds the license This will help prevent contusion later if someone finds the module installs it in some other oscilloscope and wonders why it does not work Changing the Language of the User Interface or Keyboard To change the language of the oscilloscope user interface or keyboard and to change the front panel button labels through the use of an overlay 1 Push Utility C 2913 010 2 Push Utility Page Page 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Config MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manu
24. Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Saving and Recalling Setups Setup information includes acquisition information such as vertical horizontal trigger cursor and measurement information It does not include communications information such as GPIB addresses To save the setup information 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Save Setup or Recall Setup on the Recall Recall Assign File Waveform Setup Utilities lower menu SENG to Setup 3 From the resulting side menu select the location to save the setup to or to recall it from To File To save setup information to one of the ten internal setup memories in the oscilloscope Edit Label push the appropriate side menu button To save setup information to a USB or bia network drive push the To File button more 4 If you are saving information to a USB or network drive turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the file structure See Multipurpose page 163 External file structure m 1785 039 Push Select to open or close file folders b oO AnA i o0 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 169 Save and Recall Information Push the Menu Off button to cancel the save operation or push Save to Selected File on the side menu to complete the operation 2913 018 5 Save the file Save to Selected File Quick Tips m Recalling the Default Setup Push Default Setup on the front pa
25. Turn multipurpose knob a and select I O 5 Push Ethernet amp LXI 6 View the top item on the side menu to determine the condition of the LAN An indicator turns green for good status and red if the device detects a fault 7 Push LAN Settings to display the network parameters configured on your oscilloscope 8 Push LAN Reset to restore the LAN defaults to your oscilloscope 9 Push Test Connection to check if your oscilloscope can find an attached network 10 Push more to see another page of side menu items 11 Push Change Names to change the name of the oscilloscope the network domain or the service name 12 Push Change Ethernet amp LXI Password to change the name of the password 13 Push Change e Scope Password to use the LXI password to also protect your oscilloscope from changes made to LAN settings from a Web browser I O Utility Page 1O Ethernet amp LXI LAN Status LAN Settings LAN Reset Test Con nection Password a Enabled USB Ethernet amp LXI Network Socket GPIB Configura Server tion MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 14 15 Start your browser on your remote computer In the browser address line enter the host name a dot and the domain name together Alternatively just enter the IP address of the instrument Either way you should then see the LXI Welcome page on your Web browser on your computer screen Click Network Configurat
26. Up Mask on the lower menu 8 Push Copy Active Mask to Custom from the resulting side menu 9 Push Edit Custom Mask on the lower menu 10 Turn multipurpose knob a to adjust the custom mask Vertical Margin as shown in the resulting side menu A positive value will spread the upper and lower mask segments apart A negative value will bring the upper and lower segments together NOTE For more on editing capabilities see the Create a custom mask from a text file section or the Create a mask via a remote interface section Create a custom mask from a text file 1 Push the front panel Test button 2 Push Application on the lower menu Turn multipurpose knob a to select Limit Mask Test from the menu 3 Push Set Up Mask on the lower menu 4 From the resulting side menu push Recall Mask from File Your mask text file should have an msk file name extension and use the following format REM Initialize the custom mask gt MASK CUSTom INIT REM Mask Setup Information MASK USER LABEL Custom Mask of STS 1 MASK USER AMPLITUDE 1 0000 MASK USER VSCALE 200 Q0000E 3 MASK USER VPOS 2 5000 MASK USER VOFFSET 0 0E 0 MASK USER HSCALE 4 0000E 9 MASK USER HTRIGPOS 318 1000E 3 MASK USER WIDTH 29 5500E 9 MASK USER RECORDLENGTH 1000 MASK USER TRIGTOSAMP 7 2750E 9 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 159 Analyze Waveform or Trace
27. User marks are saved with the waveform when the waveform is saved and when the setup is saved m Automatic search marks are not saved with the waveform when the waveform is saved However you can easily recapture them by reusing the search function m The search criteria are saved in the saved setup The Wave Inspector includes the following search capabilities Search Edge Pulse Width Timeout Runt Logic Setup amp Hold Rise Fall Time Bus Description Searches for edges rising or falling with a user specified threshold level Searches for positive or negative pulse widths that are gt lt or a user specified pulse width or are inside or outside of a range searches for the lack of a pulse The signal stays above or below or either above or below a set value for a set amount of time Searches for positive or negative pulses that cross one amplitude threshold but fail to cross a second threshold before crossing the first again Search for all runt pulses or only those with a duration gt lt or a user specified time Search for a logic pattern AND OR NAND or NOR across multiple waveforms with each input set to either High Low or Don t Care Search for when the event goes true goes false or stays valid for gt lt or a user specified time Additionally you can define one of the inputs as a clock for synchronous state searches Search for violations of user specified Setup and Ho
28. Utility menu Cy See page 173 Printing a Hard Copy 25 Power switch Push to power on or off g I the instrument Se jel ven E Input range 42 Peak 2810 032 26 USB 2 0 host ports Insert a USB cable here to connect peripherals to the oscilloscope such as a keyboard a printer or a flash drive There are two more USB 2 0 host ports on the rear panel MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 41 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 27 Save Push to perform an immediate save operation The save operation uses the current save parameters as defined in the Save Recall menu 28 Default Setup Push to perform an immediate restore of the oscilloscope to the default settings 29 D15 DO Push to display or remove the digital channels from the display and to access the digital channel setup menu 30 Menu Off Push to clear a displayed menu from the screen Identifying Items in the Time Domain Display The items shown to the right may appear in the display Not all of these items are visible at any given time Some readouts move outside the graticule area when menus are turned off 42 TI 16 0us 22 4mV OO 8 00us 20 4mV A 24 0us A 1 60mV 995 us 1 004 kHz i i D15 D0 Magnivu 30 Aug 2007 IT Timing Resolusion 120 ps 09 37 15 2121 207 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument 1 The acquisition
29. a Push Display to On to start the spectrogram Display o Off 2 To review each spectrum captured in Slice Normal the spectrogram push Run Stop to stop acquiring RF acquisitions Rotate multipurpose knob a The timestamp readout appears when you Timestamp Stop acquisitions It indicates the time from oe the last most recent acquisition back to the individual spectrogram slice being reviewed Spectrogram Triggered and Free Run When the MDO40008B displays just the frequency domain and not the time domain you can choose whether the spectrum should be triggered using the trigger defined in the Trigger menu or should be in a free run mode When you select the free run mode the MDO4000B acquires spectrums as fast as possible To use the spectrogram triggered and free run feature push Spectrum from the RF Menu to toggle between Triggered and Free Run Remember that this only works when the MDO4000B displays just the frequency domain and not the time domain 1 When the oscilloscope displays both the time and frequency domains the spectrum shown is always triggered MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data 2 When only the frequency domain is displayed you can select either trigger or free run mode In free run mode the oscilloscope acquires spectrums as fast as possible To display only the frequency domain turn off all time domain waveforms including channe
30. and the oscilloscope detects a video signal the oscilloscope automatically sets the trigger type to video and makes other adjustments to display a stable video signal Acquisition Concepts Before a signal can be displayed it must pass through the input channel where it is scaled and digitized Each channel has a dedicated input amplifier and digitizer Each channel produces a stream of digital data from which the instrument extracts waveform records Sampling Process Acquisition is the process of sampling an analog signal converting it into digital data and assembling it into a waveform record which is then stored in acquisition memory 06 5 0V 50V gr N ov ov OV OV d yd ws Input signal Sampled points 50V 50V Digital values MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Real Time Sampling MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes use real time sampling In real time sampling the instrument digitizes all of the points it acquires using a single trigger event Waveform Record Acquire the Signal Record points ATN JU 2121 030 Sampling rate The instrument builds the waveform record through use of the following parameters Sample interval The time between recorded sample points Adjust this by turning the Horizontal Scale knob or pushing Acquire and changing the record length in the Acquire menu Record length The number of samples required to fil
31. are next to each other automatically form a group You can see the groups by pushing Select on the side menu and turning multipurpose knob a When a group is selected turn multipurpose knob b to move the whole group Viewing Digital Channels The various ways of displaying data from the digital channels help you analyze the signals Digital channels store a high or low state for each sample Logic high levels are displayed in green Logic low levels are displayed in blue When a single transition occurs during the time represented by one pixel column the transition edge is displayed in gray When multiple transitions occur during the time represented by one pixel column the transition edge is displayed in white When the display shows a white edge indicating multiple transitions you may be able to zoom in and see the individual edges 2121 214 When you are zoomed in so far that there is more than one pixel column per sample the uncertainty of the edge position is indicated by light gray shading NOTE When the light gray shading is displayed use MagniVu 2121 217 Annotating the Screen You can add your own text to the screen by doing the following 1 Push Utility CI 2913 010 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 109 Display Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push Utility Page Turn multipurpose knob a and select Display Push Screen Annotation on the resulting lower menu Pu
32. channel combination If you want to use the probe on another channel and desire to compensate the new probe channel pair you must run a new set of compensation steps for that new combination 1 Connect the oscilloscope power cable See page 11 Powering on the Oscilloscope 2 Power on the oscilloscope MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 13 Installation 3 Connect the probe connector to the oscilloscope channel and the probe tip and reference lead to the PROBE COMP terminals on the oscilloscope front panel SS SU mi o o poo oe o opoo O G 500 O dle 333 3E SE ee IOeO S Glo A NOTE Connect only one probe at a time to the probe comp terminals 4 Push a front panel button for an input channel connected to the probe you wish to compensate 1 2 3 or 4 5 Notice on the lower menu that the Coupling MEN a Bandwidth oscilloscope has automatically set the probe pe ac TPP41000 Full termination value 6 Push More repeatedly to select Probe Setup from the resulting pop up menu 14 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation TPP1000 Probe Setup SN 000001 7 Notice that the compensation status starts as Default 8 Push Compensate probe and follow the ell instructions that appear on the display ig n Measure Current Yesi When compensating TPP0500 TPP1000 probes on the MDO4000B Se
33. channels and digitizers 56 modes defined 58 readout 43 sampling 56 Adapter TEK USB 488 4 TPA BNC 5 9 TPA N VPI 5 9 Adding waveform 97 Adjacent channel power ratio measurement 123 Advanced math 143 Altitude 6 Ampl button 38 77 Amplitude measurement 126 Amplitude versus time trace 115 Analog time 153 spectrum time 154 Annotating the screen 109 Application modules 16 181 30 day free trial 16 DPO4AERO 2 61 DPO4AUDIO 2 61 DPO4AUTO 2 61 DPO4AUTOMAX 2 61 DPO4COMP 3 61 DPO4EMBD 3 61 DPO4ENET 3 61 DPO4LMT 3 DPO4PWR 3 61 DPO4USB 3 61 DPO4VID 3 87 license transfers 16 MDO4TRIG 3 95 Area measurement 127 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Audio bus trigger 89 Auto Level 78 Auto trigger mode 81 Auto magnify mode 152 Autoset 55 Video 56 Autoset button 13 36 41 52 55 Autoset disable 55 Autoset undo 55 Auxiliary Output AUX OUT 49 Auxiliary readout 45 Average acquisition mode 58 Average detection type 114 Average trace 113 B B trigger 93 B W button 38 B1 B2 B3 B4 61 62 87 Backlight intensity 101 Bandwidth xv 104 resolution 78 Baseline indicator 78 Frequency versus time 116 Baseline indicators 46 Before Installation 1 Blackman Harris FFT window 80 143 Blue lines 109 BNC interface 9 Burst Width measurement 125 Bus button 61 62 87 display 47 64 menu 3 7 62 positioning and labeling 107 setup 62 Bus and Waveforms
34. control to faster time division settings the MDO4000B Series automatically increases the sample rate to keep acquiring the same record length in the shorter period of time Eventually though the MDO4000B Series hits its maximum sample rate Once the instrument is at its fastest sample rate further changes to faster timebase settings cause the oscilloscope to operate in Auto magnify mode where the oscilloscope shows the faster desired time division setting and continues to acquire the desired record length The result is that the oscilloscope cannot show all of the acquired points within the desired time division setting Instead the oscilloscope shows you only a portion of the entire record in the time domain graticule This feature provides you with a way to magnify a portion of the record without having to use the smaller zoom screen display This feature gives you the maximum benefit of the sample rate record length combination in your oscilloscope With Auto magnify you have access to the full record length at the maximum sample rate NOTE Auto magnify only comes on when the zoom feature is turned off 1 The entire acquisition is indicated by the horizontal bar in the upper display 2 The portion of the acquisition shown in the time domain graticule is shown within the part of the upper display defined by the brackets Tkun ee oe 500mv 4 00us 5 000575 W gt 0 00000 1M points 2913 094 NOTE If you are us
35. current rating of the lowest rated individual component of a product probe or accessory Use caution when using 1 1 test leads because the probe tip voltage is directly transmitted to the product Do not apply a potential to any terminal including the common terminal that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal Do not float the common terminal above the rated voltage for that terminal Do not operate without covers Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed or with the case open Hazardous voltage exposure is possible Avoid exposed circuitry Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Do not operate with suspected failures If you suspect that there is damage to this product have it inspected by qualified service personnel Disable the product if it is damaged Do not use the product if it is damaged or operates incorrectly If in doubt about safety of the product turn it off and disconnect the power cord Clearly mark the product to prevent its further operation Before use inspect voltage probes test leads and accessories for mechanical damage and replace when damaged Do not use probes or test leads if they are damaged if there is exposed metal or if a wear indicator shows Examine the exterior of the product before you use it Look for cracks or missing pieces Use only specified replacement parts Use proper fuse Use only the fuse type and rating specified for this product
36. ee whether or not to include parity bits with Id On ii Audio Bus To acquire data from an Audio bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected Audio push Define Inputs and the desired side menu choices 70 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 Push Type and turn multipurpose knob E a to select the type of audio bus data configuration on which to trigger 3 Select 12S to trigger on the standard Inter IC Sound or Integrated Interchip Sound electrical serial bus interface standard stereo format 4 Select Left Justified to trigger on an I2S stream where there is no bit clock delay and the data starts right on the edge of the word select clock 5 Select Right Justified to trigger on an 12S Right stream where the data lines up with the right RU i edge of the word select clock 6 Select TDM to trigger on time division multiplexing 7 Push Configure and the appropriate buttons on the side menu to further set up I2S triggering USB Bus To acquire data from a USB bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected USB push Define Inputs to set the USB bus speed and probe type 2 The Thresholds Label Bus Display and Event Table menus operate similarly to the other serial buses Ethernet To acquire data from an Ethernet bus you need to also set up these items MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 71 Acquire the Signal 1 If
37. entire waveform or gated region This value is used as 0 whenever high reference mid reference or low reference values are needed such as in fall time or rise time measurements Calculate using either the min max or histogram method The min max method uses the minimum value found The histogram method uses the most common value found below the midpoint This value is measured over the entire waveform or gated region This is measured over the entire waveform or gated region and is expressed as Positive Overshoot Maximum High Amplitude x 100 This is measured over the entire waveform or gated region and is expressed as Negative Overshoot Low Minimum Amplitude x 100 The arithmetic mean over the entire waveform or gated region The arithmetic mean over the first cycle in the waveform or the first cycle in the gated region MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Amplitude measurements cont Measurement Description RMS rave The true Root Mean Square voltage over the entire waveform or gated region Cycle RMS he The true Root Mean Square voltage over the first cycle in the waveform or the first JV cycle in the gated region RMS voltage Voltage peak to peak Zero volts Miscellaneous measurements Measurement Description Positive Pulse The number of positive pulses that rise above the mid referen
38. gt Offset gt Vertical Offset control to move a waveform the baseline indicator no longer represents zero Instead it represents the level of the offset If you adjust the channel s Vertical Scale the waveform expands or contracts around the waveform s baseline indicator m 50 Q Protection If you select 50 Q termination the maximum vertical scale factor is limited to 1 V div except that with a 10X probe the scale factor is 10 V If you apply excessive input voltage the oscilloscope automatically switches to 1 MQ termination to protect the internal 50 termination For more details refer to the specifications in the MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Technical Reference 106 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Positioning and Labeling Bus Signals Positioning bus signals Push the appropriate front panel bus button and turn multipurpose knob a to adjust the vertical position of the selected bus See page 61 Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus 1 Push the appropriate front panel bus button to select that bus C 2913 036 2 Turn multipurpose knob a to adjust the vertical position of the selected bus Multipurpose 1785 039 Labeling bus signals To label a bus do the following steps 1 Push the appropriate front panel bus button CI 2913 036 2 Push Label Bus B1 ae Thresholds B1 Label ae Event nputs isplay See page 52 Labeling Channels and
39. multipurpose knobs a and b to adjust values 6 Push Fine to turn off or on the ability to make smaller adjustments O en ee ee ee ae 2913 019 Using the Menu Buttons Use the menu buttons to perform many functions in the oscilloscope 1 Measure Push to perform automated measurements on waveforms 2 Search Push to perform an automated search through an acquisition for OC user defined events criteria Multipurpose z Measure Search Test Postion 3 Autoset Push to perform an automatic T een Ein Eo setup of oscilloscope settings 4 Test Push to activate advanced or Scale application specific testing features Bksp Enter S amp S 5 Acquire Push to set the acquisition mode and adjust the record length Freq nan a Ampl vw w Scale 6 BO Oe D w amp bas 2913 020 6 Trigger Menu Push to specify trigger settings MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Y r Save Recall wD O O Input range 42V Peak 2810 024 7 Utility Push to activate the system utility functions such as selecting a language or setting the date time 8 Save Recall Menu Push to save and recall setups waveforms and screen P EOE ae nee images to internal memory a USB flash 2 drive or a mounted network drive eg B C se E
40. of the waveform that appears on the larger lower portion of the display The upper portion of the display will show the position and size of the zoomed portion in the waveform within the context of the overall record 1785 154 Panning a Waveform While the zoom feature is on you can use the pan feature to quickly scroll through the waveform To use pan 1 Rotate the pan outer knob of the pan zoom controls to pan the waveform a Turn the knob clockwise to pan forward Turn it counterclockwise to pan backwards The further you turn the knob the faster the zoom window pans D Playing and Pausing a Waveform 1785 073 Use the play pause feature to automatically pan through a waveform record To use it 1 Enable the play pause mode by pushing the play pause button 2 Adjust the play speed by turning the pan outer knob further The further Gn you turn it the faster it goes D 1785 074 148 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 3 Change the play direction by reversing the direction that you are turning the pan knob 4 During play up to a point the more you turn the ring the faster the waveform accelerates If you rotate the ring as far as it can go the play speed does not change but the zoom box quickly moves in that direction Use this maximum rotation feature to replay a portion of the waveform that you just saw and want to see again 5 Pause the play pause feature b
41. on your model oscilloscope and the application modules installed 3 Push Define Inputs The choices depend on the selected bus 62 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Use the side menu buttons to define wedi parameters for the inputs such as specific ve signals to an analog or digital channel lf you select Parallel push the side menu e button to enable or disable Clocked Data m Yes Push the side menu button to select the Clock Edge on which to clock data rising edge falling edge or both edges Turn multipurpose knob a to select the ie Number of Data Bits in the parallel bus Turn multipurpose knob a to select the Define Bits desired bit to define Turn multipurpose knob b to select the desired analog or digital channel as the source for the bit 4 Push Thresholds Bus B1 Define Thresholds B1 Label Bus Event alep Slee You can set the threshold for all channels in the parallel or serial bus from a list of preset O values The preset values vary depending on the bus type Alternatively you can set the threshold to a specific value for the signals that make up the a parallel or serial bus To do so push Select r Multipurpose a on the side menu and turn multipurpose knob a to select a Bit or a Channel number Signal name eS Then turn multipurpose knob b to define the voltage level above which the oscilloscope a S treats the signal as a logic hi
42. or Trace Data 2 Push Dual Wfm Math Dual Wfm FFT Advanced Spectrum M Label Math Math Math 3 On the side menu set the sources to either channel 1 2 3 4 or reference waveforms R1 2 3 or 4 Choose the x or operators 4 For example you might calculate power by multiplying a voltage waveform and a current waveform Voltage A A Lh A M i A ss cues cua wis ase r Quick Tips m Math waveforms can be created from channel or reference waveforms or a combination of them m Measurements can be taken on math waveforms in the same way as on channel waveforms m Math waveforms derive their horizontal scale and position from the sources in their math expressions Adjusting these controls for the source waveforms also adjusts the math waveform m You can zoom in on math waveforms using the inner knob of the Pan Zoom control Use the outer knob for positioning the zoomed area See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms Using FFT An FFT function breaks down signals into component frequencies which the oscilloscope uses to display a graph of the frequency domain of a signal as opposed to the oscilloscope s standard time domain graph You can match these frequencies with known system frequencies such as system clocks oscillators or power supplies 1 Push Math 2913 042 140 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push FFT
43. or personal injury Use proper power cord Use only the power cord specified for this product and certified for the country of use Do not use the provided power cord for other products Ground the product This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord To avoid electric shock the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product make sure that the product is properly grounded Do not disable the power cord grounding connection Power disconnect The power cord disconnects the product from the power source See instructions for the location Do not position the equipment so that it is difficult to operate the power cord it must remain accessible to the user at all times to allow for quick disconnection if needed Connect and disconnect properly Do not connect or disconnect probes or test leads while they are connected to a voltage source Use only insulated voltage probes test leads and adapters supplied with the product or indicated by Tektronix to be suitable for the product MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual V Important safety information yi Observe all terminal ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product Do not exceed the Measurement Category CAT rating and voltage or
44. readout shows when an acquisition is running stopped or when acquisition preview is in effect The readout may show m Run Acquisitions enabled Stop Acquisitions not enabled Roll In roll mode 40 ms div or slower m PreVu In this state the oscilloscope is stopped or between triggers You can change the horizontal or vertical position or scale to see approximately what the next acquisition will look like E A B When using average acquisition mode B shows the total number of acquisitions to be averaged you set this using the Acquisition Mode side menu and A shows the current progress towards this total number 2 The trigger position icon shows the i trigger position in the acquisition ee EEN ree CEET r reece 3 The expansion point icon an orange triangle shows the point that the horizontal scale expands and compresses around To make the expansion point the same as the trigger point push Acquire and set the lower menu Delay item to Off 2121 241 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 43 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 4 The waveform record view shows the trigger location relative to the waveform record The line color corresponds to the selected waveform color The brackets show the part of the record currently displayed on the screen 5 The trigger status readout shows trigger Status Status conditions are m PrTrig Acquiring pretrigger data Trig Waiting for tri
45. so now See page 61 Setting OSSE 288 Up a Serial or Parallel Bus es tJ 2913 036 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 87 Trigger Setup 88 2 Push Trigger Menu 3 Push Type Trigger On Address Direction Mode amp Holdoff 4 Turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the trigger type side menu until you select Bus 5 Push Source Bus and use the Source Bus side menu to select the bus that you want to trigger on 6 Push Trigger On and select the desired trigger on feature from the side menu Parallel Bus Trigger You can trigger on a binary or hex data value Push Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest with multipurpose knobs a and b I2C Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start Repeated Start Stop Missing Ack Address Data or Address Data If you are setting up an 12C trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Address or Address Data push Address on the lower menu to access the 12C Address side menu Push Addressing Mode on the side menu and select 7 bit or 10 bit Push Address on the side menu Enter the address parameters of interest with multipurpose knobs a and b Then push Direction on the lower menu and select the direction of interest Read Write or Read or Write If you have made a Trigger On selection of Data or Address Data push Data on the lower menu to access the 12C Data side menu Push Number of Bytes and enter the number of bytes with multi
46. the trigger system looks for the B Event before triggering and displaying the waveform A and B triggers can and typically do have separate sources Use the Edge trigger menu to set up the A trigger first Then to use the B trigger 1 Push Trigger Menu 2 Push Type 3 Turn multipurpose knob a to select a trigger type of Sequence B Trigger This brings up the Sequence B Trigger menu 4 PushB Trigger After A Type Source Coupling Slope B Trigger Mode Atera mE B Trigger amp Holdoff 92 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Select the method for sequencing the B trigger after the A by pushing a side menu button B Events 1 Set to Minimum 5 Set the other Sequence Trigger parameters in the related side and lower menus B Trigger After Delay Time The A trigger arms the instrument A trigger point Posttrigger acquisition starts on the first B edge after the trigger delay time l hS A trigger source B trigger source Seedy a coer eee gt B trigger point elay time Trigger on B Events The A trigger arms the instrument Pretrigger record Posttrigger record Posttrigger acquisition starts on the nth B event A trigger point Acquired H waveform record gt A tigger souree SUU UU UU UU B trigger source ANAK Waiting for the nth event B inggar point Where n 5 Quick Tips m B trigger delay time and horizontal pos
47. wire that carries voltages above the current probe voltage rating Inspect the probe and accessories Before each use inspect probe and accessories for damage cuts tears or defects in the probe body accessories or cable jacket Do not use if damaged Ground referenced oscilloscope use Do not float the reference lead of this probe when using with ground referenced oscilloscopes The reference lead must be connected to earth potential 0 V MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual vii Important safety information Service safety summary The Service safety summary section contains additional information required to safely perform service on the product Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures Read this Service safety summary and the General safety summary before performing any service procedures To avoid electric shock Do not touch exposed connections Do not service alone Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this product unless another person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present Disconnect power To avoid electric shock switch off the product power and disconnect the power cord from the mains power before removing any covers or panels or opening the case for servicing Use care when servicing with power on Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product Disconnect power remove battery if applicable and disconnect test leads before removing protective panel
48. xi Compliance information xii Equipment type Test and measuring equipment Safety class Class 1 grounded product Pollution degree descriptions A measure of the contaminants that could occur in the environment around and within a product Typically the internal environment inside a product is considered to be the same as the external Products should be used only in the environment for which they are rated m Pollution degree 1 No pollution or only dry nonconductive pollution occurs Products in this category are generally encapsulated hermetically sealed or located in clean rooms m Pollution degree 2 Normally only dry nonconductive pollution occurs Occasionally a temporary conductivity that is caused by condensation must be expected This location is a typical office home environment Temporary condensation occurs only when the product is out of service Pollution degree 3 Conductive pollution or dry nonconductive pollution that becomes conductive due to condensation These are sheltered locations where neither temperature nor humidity is controlled The area is protected from direct sunshine rain or direct wind Pollution degree 4 Pollution that generates persistent conductivity through conductive dust rain or snow Typical outdoor locations Pollution degree rating Pollution degree 2 as defined in IEC 61010 1 Rated for indoor dry location use only Measurement and overvoltage category descrip
49. you selected Ethernet push Define Bus B1 meat Thresholds IPv4 B1 Label ai Sell Inputs and the desired side menu choices udu ac m E isplay able ASE TX 2 The Thresholds Bus Display and Event Table menus operate similarly to the other serial buses 3 Push IPv4 to decide whether or not to decode and trigger on Internet Protocol version 4 signals MIL STD 1553 To acquire data from a MIL STD 1553 bus you need to also set up these items 1 Push Define Inputs and use multipurpose knob a to select the desired side menu choices Select the polarity desired to match the MIL STD 1553 bus being acquired 2 The Thresholds Label Bus Display and Event Table menu items operate similarly to how they work on other serial bus menus Define B1 Label Bus Event Inputs 1553 Display Table 3 Push RT if you wish to change the Response Time RT maximum and minimum default values Physical Layer Bus Activity Oscilloscope waveform traces from analog channels 1 to 4 digital channels D15 to DO Math waveforms and the traces you see when you choose to display a bus always show the physical layer bus activity In the physical layer display bits that were transmitted earlier are to the left and bits that were transmitted later are to the right m 1 2C and CAN buses transmit the MSB most significant bit first m SPI buses do not specify a bit order m RS 232 and LIN buses transmit the LSB least significant bit first NO
50. 00GHe 746 RBW 3 00MHz 29130 You can use the zoom controls to look more closely into analog time and the time correlated multi domain display MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 155 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data With zoom on the oscilloscope centers spectrum time in the center of the zoomed view of the time domain window The Orange spectrum time bar stays anchored to the middle of the zoom view of the time domain window Special Case When Spectrum Time is Outside the RF Acquisition Time When in zoom mode if you rotate the pan knob until the zoom box moves outside of the RF acquisition time the spectrum time bar turns gray and the spectrum trace in the frequency domain display disappears If you then rotate the pan control until the zoom box moves back into the RF acquisition time the spectrum time bar returns to orange 1 The zoomed in portion of the analog time is shown by brackets In the figure to the right this time is outside of the RF acquisition time 2 The RF acquisition time is shown by a pair of vertical brackets 3 The spectrum time indicator turns gray som ace ene when there is no RF data to display as n EA E in the figure to the right It will turn back to orange if you move the spectrum time so that it occurs inside the RF acquisition time 3 006Hz CF 1 50000000GHZ Span 3 00000GHZ D 0 00 V RBW _3 00MHz 2913 084 156 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze W
51. 0k points i CF 2 30000000GHz Span 300 000MHz RBW 300kHz eee eee T n A Le ULLS Ls Ee iis i ee I foal el core peed Jit LIMES Sear 1 Ee Ld Iie HE 153 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 154 Panning Spectrum Time Through Analog Time One of the most powerful features of the MDO4000B series is its ability to move spectrum time through analog time This allows you to see how the spectrum changes over time and how it changes relative to other analog signals digital signals or serial parallel bus commands Move spectrum time through analog time by rotating the Wave Inspector pan outer knob When the oscilloscope is acquiring data running and you are rotating the pan control you can move spectrum time and RF acquisition time simultaneously The operation works as if you were dragging the RF acquisition time along with the spectrum time When you rotate the pan knob clockwise you move the RF acquisition time and spectrum time to the right of the display When the right side of the RF acquisition time reaches the far right side of the screen you cannot move RF acquisition time any further to the right You can however keep moving the spectrum time further to the right until it reaches the right side of the RF acquisition time analog time 2913 095 O gt a fa 2913 100 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual If you then turn pan counter clockwis
52. 1 Insert the probe label side up into the connector on the oscilloscope 2 To remove the probe squeeze the buttons on the side and pull out the probe 2831 002 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 191 Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Connecting the Probe to Your Circuit Attach the probe to the circuit using the appropriate connectors and adapters Select the best method for your needs and then proceed to Setting up the Probe To set and view the digital channel parameters do the following Push the D15 D0 button The parameters listed below can be set on each digital channel m Threshold voltage and vertical position the default threshold setting is 1 4 V E Signal height and position set once for all 16 channels m Channel label To set and view bus characteristics do the following Push the B1 to B4 buttons The setup screens allow you to set and view various bus characteristics For buses such as SPI and 2C you must have the appropriate application module See page 61 Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus Functional Check Logic activity immediately displays on all connected active channels If you do not see an active signal 1 Push the Trigger button 2 Select Edge for trigger type 3 Select the channel that you are setting up as the source 4 Push the Autoset button If you do not see an active signal try another probe channel or analog probe to verify circuit acti
53. 10 Select button 39 Selecting a keyboard key layout style 33 Sequence B Trigger defined 85 Sequential triggering 92 Serial bus 61 trigger 87 Set Clear Mark button 40 149 Set to 50 button 41 83 Setup default 42 51 54 170 Setup and Hold trigger defined 86 Side panel connector 48 Sigma1 measurement 128 Sigma2 measurement 128 Sigma3 measurement 128 Signal path compensation 20 Frequency domain 21 Time and frequency domains 20 SignalVu file format 167 Single button 41 94 Single sequence 60 94 Slew rate 3 Slope trigger 83 Snapshot 130 socket server 30 Socket Server 26 Software drivers 25 27 Software optional 181 Solid graticule style 100 Span button 77 SPC 20 Specifications operating 6 power supply 11 Spectrogram display 117 triggered and free run 118 Spectrum Math 144 Spectrum time 153 analog time 154 outside the RF acquisition time 156 Spectrum traces 112 SPI 37 61 87 SPI bus trigger 88 Spreadsheet file format 167 Squelch 115 117 Standard Deviation measurement 128 Start an acquisition 94 Statistics 129 Stop an acquisition 94 Switch power 41 7 Table Event 64 TDM 37 61 87 TEK USB 488 Adapter 4 25 26 50 TekSecure 179 TekVPI 9 TekVPI Probes 5 Telnet 32 Temperature 6 Termination 103 Test button 36 Threshold 121 Time domain display 34 Time correlated multi domain display 153 Timeout trigger defined 85 Timing resolution
54. 162 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Save and Recall Information The oscilloscope provides permanent storage for setups waveforms and screen images Use the internal storage of the oscilloscope to save setup files and reference waveform data Use external storage such as USB drives or network drives to save setups waveforms and screen images Use the external storage to carry data to remote computers for further analysis and for archiving External file structure If you are saving information to external storage select the appropriate menu such as the To File side menu to save setups and waveforms and turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the external file structure E E isthe USB memory device plugged into the first left USB port on the front of the oscilloscope m F is the USB memory device plugged into the second right USB port on the front of the oscilloscope E G and H are the USB memory devices plugged into the USB ports on the rear of the oscilloscope m through Z are network storage locations Use multipurpose knob a to scroll through the list of files Push Select on the front panel to open and close folders Naming your file The oscilloscope gives all files it creates a default name in the following format m tekXXXXxX set for setup files where XXXXX is an integer from 00000 to 99999 m tekXXXXxX png tekXXXXX bmp or tekXXXXx tif for image files m tekXXXXYYY csv for sp
55. 20M 20M 20M 20M MDO4014 B 3 100 MHz 100 MH 20M 20M 20M XIV MDO4000B Series Oscilloscop es User Manual Preface Key Features MDO4000B Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes provide time correlated acquisition of analog digital and RF signals in a single instrument They can help you verify debug and characterize electronic designs by providing views and measurements in both the time and frequency domains simultaneously Key features include A dedicated RF input channel for frequency domain measurements 16 digital channels and four analog channels for time domain measurements Time correlated acquisition of analog digital and RF signals in a single instrument The ability to independently set acquisition parameters on the time and frequency domain channels Models are available with bandwidths from 100 MHz to 1 GHz Sample rates of either 2 5 or 5 GS s on all analog channels depending on the model 20 M points record length on all channels gt 50 000 waveforms second maximum waveform capture rate Advanced triggering and analysis 12C SPI USB 2 0 CAN LIN FlexRay RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 UART 12S Left Justified LJ Right Justified RJ TDM Ethernet MIL STD 1553 with the appropriate application module and Parallel Power analysis and limit and mask testing application modules optional Conventions Used in This Manual The following icons are used throughout this manual Sequence Step Front panel power Co
56. 3 Save and Recall Information 174 Set Up Print Parameters To set up the oscilloscope to print hard copies 1 Push Utility Push Utility Page Page Turn multipurpose knob a and select Print Print Setup Setup Push Select Printer if you are changing the default printer Turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the list of available printers Push Select to choose the desired printer To add a non PictBridge USB printer to the list plug the printer into a USB host port The oscilloscope will automatically recognize most printers To set up a PictBridge USB printer refer to the next topic To add an Ethernet printer to the list refer to that topic See page 176 Printing Over Ethernet Select the image orientation portrait or landscape 2121 237 Landscape 1785 116b Portrait MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 6 Choose Ink Saver On or Off The On selection will print out a copy with a clear white background 1785 1454 1785 145b Ink Saver on Ink Saver off Printing to a PictBridge Printer To set up the oscilloscope to print to a PictBridge printer 1 Push Utility 2913 010 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select I O lO 4 Push USB a USB Ethernet amp igh Socket GPIB age LXI onfigura Server Ta Printer tion Automatic MDO4000B Se
57. 485 and DPO4COMP application module UART USB 2 0 DPO4USB application module NOTE 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high speed HS USB See page 16 Application Module Free Trial Using Buses in Two Steps To quickly use serial bus triggering 1 Push B1 B2 B3 or B4 and enter parameters of the bus on which to trigger You can separately assign a different bus to each of the B1 B2 B3 and B4 buttons E 2913 036 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 61 Acquire the Signal 2 Push Trigger Menu and enter trigger parameters See page 84 Choosing a Trigger Type You can display bus information without triggering on the bus signal Setting Up Bus Parameters NOTE For most bus sources you may use any combination of channels 1 through 4 and D15 through DO With some buses you may also use Ref 1 through 4 and Math as sources for protocol decode To trigger on serial or parallel bus conditions refer to Triggering on Buses See page 87 Triggering on Buses To set up bus parameters 1 Push B1 B2 B3 or B4 to bring up the lower bus menu 2913 036 2 Push Bus Turn multipurpose knob a to Bus B1 Define Thresholds B1 Label Bus Event scroll through the list of bus types and select pA PATA A Rae the desired bus Parallel 12C SPI RS 232 CAN LIN FlexRay Audio USB Ethernet or MIL STD 1553 The actual menu items shown will depend
58. 6 335 2381 XX Simplified Chinese Option L7 335 2382 XX Traditional Chinese Option L8 335 2383 XX Korean Option L9 339 2384 XX Russian Option L10 335 2385 XX Probes For 100 350 and 500 MHz models one TPP0500 900 MHz 10X passive probe per channel For 1 GHz models one 1 GHz 10X passive TPP1000 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual probe per channel Installation Standard accessories cont Accessory Adapter Front Cover Power Cord Logic probe Probe and accessory pouch Optional accessories Accessory Aerospace serial triggering and analysis application module Audio serial triggering and analysis application module Automotive serial triggering and analysis application module FlexRay CAN and LIN serial triggering and analysis application module Description N Male to BNC Female Hard plastic cover to help protect the instrument North America Option A0 Universal Euro Option A1 United Kingdom Option A2 Australia Option A3 Switzerland Option A5 Japan Option A6 China Option A10 India Option A11 Brazil Option A12 No power cord or AC adapter Option A99 One 16 channel logic probe with accessories Bag to hold probes and related accessories Description This module enables triggering on MIL STD 1553 serial buses Also it provides digital views of the signal bus views bus decoding search tools and decode tables with time stamp information This module enable
59. 8 mode 148 Pollution Degree 6 Portrait 166 174 Position bus 107 digital channels 107 Horizontal 82 83 102 142 Vertical 102 Position and offset 106 Positive Duty Cycle measurement 125 Positive Overshoot measurement 126 Positive Pulse Count measurement 127 Positive Pulse Width measurement 125 Posttrigger 81 83 Pouch probe and accessory 2 Power cord 2 input 50 off 12 removing 12 supply 11 switch 41 Power consumption 6 Power level trigger 94 Predefined math expressions 139 Pretrigger 81 83 Previous button 40 Print 174 Ethernet 176 hard copy 173 Print button 41 Probe accessory 2 logic 2 Probe Comp 13 14 PROBE COMP connector 48 Probe compensation non TPP0500 or non TPP1000 15 TPP0500 or TPP1000 13 Probe connector analog 48 logic 48 Index Probes BNC 9 connecting 9 ground lead 16 logic 9 P6616 191 TEK USB 488 Adapter 4 TekVPI 5 9 TPA BNC Adapter 5 9 TPP0500 1 184 TPP1000 1 184 Pulse Width trigger defined 85 R Rackmount 4 RBW 78 Readout Acquisition 43 Auxiliary 45 Channel 46 Cursor 44 135 Horizontal position scale 45 MagniVu 45 Record length sampling rate 45 Timing resolution 45 Trigger 44 91 Trigger frequency 110 Trigger status 44 Real time sampling 57 Rear panel connectors 49 Recalling setups 169 waveforms 165 Record length xv 57 Record length sampling rate readout 45 Rectangular FFT window 80 142 Ref but
60. 89 Trigger Setup USB Bus Trigger You can trigger on Sync Reset Suspend Resume End of Packet Token Address Packet Data Packet Handshake Packet Special Packet or Error NOTE For triggering on a high speed USB bus 480 MB s use an oscilloscope with 350 MHz or higher bandwidth Ethernet Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start Frame Delimiter MAC Addresses MAC Length Type TCP IPv4 Client Data End of Packet Idle or an FCS CRC Error If you turn on Q VLAN Tagging you can also trigger on MAC Q Tag Control Information MIL STD 1553 Bus Trigger You can trigger on Sync Command Status Data Time RT IMG or Error If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Command push RT Address on the lower menu to enter specific values of RT Address to trigger on Push Command Word Details on the lower menu to enter the T R bit value Subaddress Mode value Word Count Mode Code value and Parity value If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Status push RT Address on the lower menu to enter specific values of RT Address to trigger on Push Status Word Bits on the lower menu to enter values for Message Error bit 9 Instr bit 10 Service Req bit 11 BCR bit 15 Busy bit 16 Subsystem Flag bit 17 DBCA bit 18 Terminal Flag bit 19 and Parity If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Data pus
61. 95 of the position within the bit period or the unit interval 5 Push Bit Rate and turn multipurpose knob a to select from the list of predefined bit rates Alternatively you can set the bit rate to a specific value To do so select Custom and then turn multipurpose knob b to set the bit rate from 10 000 to 1 000 000 LIN Bus To acquire data from a LIN bus you need to also set up these items 1 Ifyou selected LIN push Define Inputs and Bus B1 Define Thresholds Configure er a Event the appropriate side menu choices Inputs isplay able 2 Turn multipurpose knob a to select the channel connected to the LIN bus source 3 Turn multipurpose knob a to set the Sample Point from 5 to 95 of the position within the bit period or the unit interval 4 Select the Polarity to match the LIN bus Polarity being acquired Normal High 1 Polarity Inverted High 0 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 69 Acquire the Signal 5 Push Configure and the appropriate side menu choices 6 Push Bit Rate and turn multipurpose knob a Bit Rate to select from the list of predefined bit rates a 19 2K bps Alternatively you can set the bit rate to a specific value To do so select Custom and then turn multipurpose knob b to set the bit rate from 800 bps to 100 000 bps 7 Push LIN Standard and turn multipurpose knob a to select the appropriate standard 8 Push Include Parity Bits with Id to select
62. Buses Parallel Positioning Scaling and Grouping Digital Channels 1 Push the front panel D15 D0 button D15 D0 2913 033 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 107 Display Waveform or Trace Data 108 2 Pushl D15 D0 on the lower menu 3 Push Select on the side menu 4 Turn multipurpose knob a to select the channel to move 5 Turn multipurpose knob b to move the selected channel NOTE The display of the channel or group only moves after you stop rotating the knob 6 To change the scale height of the digital channels push Height on the lower menu NOTE The S Small selection will display each waveform at 0 2 divisions tall The M Medium selection will display each waveform at 0 5 divisions tall The L Large selection will display each waveform at 1 division tall L only works if there is enough room in the display to display the waveforms You can display up to 10 L waveforms at one time 7 You can label individual digital channels for easier identification See page 52 Labeling Channels and Buses Select b 1 04 div Display Off Turn on D7 D0 Turn on D15 D8 Multipurpose sa 1785 039 T p Multipurpose 1785 160 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data 8 To group some or all of the digital channels in 0B together move the channels right next to oD each other All the channels that
63. Data REM Mask Points are Defined in Volts and Seconds REM Points in a segment must be defined in counter clockwise order REM A single point at 0 0 indicates an empty segment MASK USER SEG1 POINTS 7 5000E 9 1 5000 7 5000E 9 100 0000E 3 5 1656E 9 100 0000E 3 1 3536E 9 500 0000E 3 1 3536E 9 1 2000 7 2750E 9 1 1000 15 9036E 9 1 2000 15 9036E 9 500 0000E 3 19 7156E 9 100 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 100 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 1 5000 MASK USER SEG2 POINTS 7 5000E 9 500 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 500 0000E 3 22 0500E 9 100 0000E 3 13 4214E 9 200 0000E 3 13 4214E 9 500 0000E 3 11 6780E 9 800 0000E 3 7 2750E 9 900 0000E 3 2 8720E 9 800 0000E 3 1 1286E 9 500 0000E 3 1 1286E 9 200 0000E 3 7 5000E 9 100 0000E 3 MASK USER SEG3 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG4 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG5 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG6 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG 7 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 MASK USER SEG8 POINTS 0 0E 0 0 0E 0 Create a custom mask via a remote interface To use remote interface commands to create and edit a mask see the MSO4000B DPO4000B and MDO4000B Series Oscilloscope Programmer Manual Set Up the Test To set up the limit or mask test connect the test source to the oscilloscope For a limit test set the test source horizontal and vertical settings to the same values that were used to create the limit test mask Push Set Up Test on the lower menu and set the following Setting Description Source Ch
64. E VOD Re a ey WE iii dir ana 1m OH MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Display Waveform or Trace Data This section contains concepts and procedures for displaying the acquired waveform or trace Adding and Removing a Waveform 1 To add or remove a waveform from the display push the corresponding front panel channel button or the D15 D0 button You can use the channel as a trigger source whether or not it is displayed 2810 051 D15 D0 Setting the Display Style and Persistence 1 To set the display style push Acquire 2 Push Waveform Display MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 97 Display Waveform or Trace Data 98 Push Dots Only On Off on the side menu Dots on will display the waveform record points as dots on the screen Dots off connects the dots with vectors Push Persistence to Off to display the display persistence Push Persist Time and turn multipurpose knob a to have waveform data remain on screen for a user specified amount of time Push Set to Auto to have the oscilloscope automatically determine a persistence time for you Push Clear Persistence to reset the persistence information Waveform Display Dots Only On ij Persis tence al of Persist Time a Auto Set to Auto Clear Per sistence MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Tr
65. EN 61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m EN 61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits U S nationally recognized testing laboratory listing m UL61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements UL61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits Canadian certification m CAN CSA C22 2 No 61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m CAN CSA C22 2 No 61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits Additional compliances m IEC 61010 1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 1 General Requirements m IEC 61010 2 030 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use Part 2 030 Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual
66. EXT REF IN on the resulting side menu 3 XGA Out Use the XGA Video port DB 15 female connector to show the oscilloscope display on an external monitor or projector 4 LAN Use the LAN Ethernet port RJ 45 connector to connect the oscilloscope to a 10 100 Base T local area network MDO4000B models are LXI Class C version 1 3 compliant MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 49 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 50 5 Device Use the USB 2 0 High speed device port to control the oscilloscope through USBTMC or GPIB with a TEK USB 488 Adapter The USBTMC protocol allows USB devices to communicate using IEEE488 style messages This lets you run your GPIB software applications on USB hardware Also use the USB port to connect a PictBridge compatible printer to the oscilloscope NOTE For high speed operation the cable connected from the USB 2 0 Device port to the host computer must meet the USB 2 0 specification for high speed operation when connected to a high speed host controller 6 Host Use the USB 2 0 high speed host ports two on the rear panel and two on the front to take advantage of USB flash drives and printers 7 Power input Attach to an AC power line with integral safety ground See page 6 Operating Considerations MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Acquire the Signal This section describes concepts of and procedures for setting up the oscilloscope to ac
67. MDO4000B Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes User Manual UNION INI QUH TOL AEN TAO IU ATA Tektronix 071 3191 00 S MDO4000B Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes User Manual www tektronix com Tektronix 071 3191 00 S Copyright Tektronix All rights reserved Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its subsidiaries or suppliers and are protected by national copyright laws and international treaty provisions Tektronix products are covered by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc e Scope iView OpenChoice TekSecure and TekVPI are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc MagniVu and Wave Inspector are trademarks of Tektronix Inc PictBridge is a registered trademark of the Standard of Camera amp Imaging Products Association CIPA DC 001 2003 Digital Photo Solutions for Imaging Devices Contacting Tektronix Tektronix Inc 14150 SW Karl Braun Drive P O Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 USA For product information sales service and technical support n North America call 1 800 833 9200 Worldwide visit www tektronix com to find contacts in your area MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Warranty Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period
68. Minimum 400 mV p p Maximum 30 V p p 200 MHz centered around the DC threshold voltage at the probe tip 10 V p p 2200 MHz centered around the DC threshold voltage at the probe tip Maximum nondest 42 V ructive input signal User defined threshold range 40 V Minimum detectable pulse width 1 ns Digital channel to 200 ps digital channel skew Probe length 1 3 m 4 27 ft Maximum input toggle rate 500 MHz Table 5 Environmental specifications Characteristic Description Temperature Operating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Non operating 55 C to 75 C 67 F to 167 F Humidity Operating 5 to 95 relative humidity Non operating 10 to 95 relative humidity Altitude Operating 4 6 km 15 092 ft maximum Non operating 15 km 50 000 ft maximum Equipment Recycling This product complies with the European Union s requirements according to Directive 2002 96 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE For more information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com 194 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Safety Summary To avoid potential hazards use this probe only as specified Connect and Disconnect Properly Connect the probe output to the measurement instrument before connecting the probe to the circuit under test Disconnect the probe input and the probe ground from
69. O4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 127 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Histogram measurements cont Measurement Description Peak to peak Displays the peak to peak value of the histogram Vertical histograms display the voltage of the highest nonzero bin minus the voltage of the lowest nonzero bin Horizontal histograms display the time of the rightmost nonzero bin minus the time of the leftmost nonzero bin Histogram Max Displays the voltage of the highest nonzero bin in vertical histograms or the time of the rightmost nonzero bin in horizontal histograms Histogram Min Displays the voltage of the lowest nonzero bin in vertical histograms or the time of the leftmost nonzero bin in horizontal histograms Histogram Measures the average of all histogram data points within or on the histogram box Mean Standard Measures the standard deviation Root Mean Square RMS deviation of all histogram Deviation data points within or on the histogram box Sigmat Displays the percentage of the hits in the histogram that are within one standard deviation of the histogram mean Sigma2 Displays the percentage of the hits in the histogram that are within two standard deviations of the histogram mean Sigma3 Displays the percentage of the hits in the histogram that are within three standard deviations of the histogram mean Customizing an Automatic Measurement in the Time Domain You can customize automatic measurements by using gating mod
70. Onley 9 Set Min Hold to On to display the min hold Min Hold trace Only 6 Push Reset Spectrum Traces to clear the Reset Spectrum trace history Traces 112 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual The figure to the right illustrates the different trace types 1 Normal trace Each acquisition is discarded as new data is acquired 2 Max hold trace The maximum data values are accumulated over multiple acquisitions of the Normal trace 3 Min hold trace The minimum data values are accumulated over multiple acquisitions of the Normal trace 4 Average trace Data from the Normal trace is averaged over multiple acquisitions This is true power averaging which occurs before the log conversion Each power of 2 averaging reduces the displayed noise by 3 dB The figure to the right shows the frequency domain window s trace indicator 1 An RF trace indicator is placed at the Reference Level 2 A capital M appears if the maximum trace is turned on 3 Acapital A appears if the average trace is turned on 4 A capital N appears if the normal trace is turned on 5 The small m appears if the minimum trace is turned on Orange highlighting indicates the currently selected trace In the figure to the right the small m which stands for the minimum trace is highlighted This indicates that the minimum trace is currently selected Detection Types The MDO4000B calculates FFTs with a 1 000 to 2 000 000 p
71. Pollution Degree 2 Indoor use only 6 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Acquisition System 1 MQ The maximum input voltage at the BNC 300 Vans Installation Category Il Derate at 20 dB decade between 4 5 MHz and 45 MHz Derate at 14 dB decade between 45 MHz and 450 MHz Above 450 MHz 5 Vous Acquisition System 50 Q The maximum input voltage at the BNC 5 Vans with peaks lt 20 V DF lt 6 25 P6616 Digital Probe Inputs The absolute maximum input voltage 42 Vpeak Dedicated RF Input The maximum operating voltage 40 Vpc CAUTION To ensure proper cooling keep the sides and rear of the instrument clear of obstructions Ventilation clearance should be at least 51 mm 2 in on the left side when looking at the front of the instrument and on the rear of the instrument MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 7 Installation Find more information on MDO4000B Series oscilloscope specifications in Appendix A See page 183 Appendix A MDO4000B Specifications Find information on TPP0500 TPP1000 probes in Appendix B See page 184 Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Find information on P6616 probes in Appendix C See page 191 Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Cleaning Inspect the oscilloscope and probes as often as operating conditions require To clean the exterior surface perform the following steps 1 Remov
72. RBW Mode is set to Auto The default is 1000 1 but you can set it to other values in a 1 2 5 sequence e g 1000 20000 50000 5 Push Window and turn multipurpose knob a Window to choose which FFT window type to use Kaiser The choices are Kaiser Rectangular Hamming Hanning Blackman Harris or Flat Top The RF bandwidth FFT feature provides six windows Each offers a trade off between frequency resolution and magnitude accuracy The choice of which window to use depends upon what you want to measure and your source s signal characteristics Use the following guidelines to select the best window Description Window Kaiser The frequency resolution when using the Kaiser window is fair the spectral leakage and SN amplitude accuracy are both good The Kaiser window is best used when frequencies are very close to the same value but have widely differing amplitudes the side lobe level and shape factor are closest to the traditional Gaussian RBW This window is also good for random signals MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 79 Acquire the Signal Description Window Rectangular The frequency resolution when using the Rectangular a k a boxcar or none window is very good the spectral leakage is high and amplitude accuracy is poor Use the Rectangular window for measuring transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are nearly equal Also use this window for equal amplitude sine wav
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74. TE The oscilloscope displays the decode traces and event tables for all buses with the MSB on the left and LSB on the right 72 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal For example an RS 232 signal after the start bit might be high high high low high low low and high Since the RS 232 protocol uses high for zero and low for one this value would be 0001 0110 Since the decode displays the MSB first the oscilloscope reverses the order of the bits and displays 0110 1000 If the bus display is set to hex the value displays as 68 If the bus display is set to ASCII the value displays as h Setting Up Digital Channels Use front panel buttons and knobs to set up your instrument to acquire signals using the digital channels 1 Connect the P6616 16 channel logic probe to the input signal source L Ni omh 2121 210 2 Connect the ground lead or leads to the circuit ground You can connect a separate lead for each channel or a common ground lead for each group of 8 wires 3 If needed connect the appropriate grabber for each probe to the probe tip 4 Connect each probe to the desired circuit test point 5 Push D15 DO on the front panel to display the menu D15 D0 2913 033 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 73 Acquire the Signal 6 Push D15 DO on the lower menu to access the D15 DO On or Off menu 7 Turn multipurpose knob
75. Wear eye protection Wear eye protection if exposure to high intensity rays or laser radiation exists Do not operate in wet damp conditions Be aware that condensation may occur if a unit is moved from a cold to a warm environment Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere Keep product surfaces clean and dry Remove the input signals before you clean the product Provide proper ventilation Refer to the installation instructions in the manual for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation Slots and openings are provided for ventilation and should never be covered or otherwise obstructed Do not push objects into any of the openings Provide a safe working environment Always place the product in a location convenient for viewing the display and indicators Avoid improper or prolonged use of keyboards pointers and button pads Improper or prolonged keyboard or pointer use may result in serious injury Be sure your work area meets applicable ergonomic standards Consult with an ergonomics professional to avoid stress injuries Use care when lifting and carrying the product Use only the Tektronix rackmount hardware specified for this product MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Important safety information Probes and test leads Before connecting probes or test leads connect the power cord from the power connector to a properly grounded power outlet Keep fingers behind the finger guards on the pro
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77. a and can be moved to any location you desire This enables easy measurement of any part of the spectrum as well as delta measurements to any part of the spectrum This also lets you measure non peak spectral content of interest The readouts for manual markers indicate frequency and amplitude just like automatic marker readouts As with automatic peak marker readouts the manual marker readouts can show either absolute or delta values 1 122 One manual marker is controlled by multipurpose knob a The other manual marker is controlled by multipurpose knob b Delta readouts for frequency and amplitude are shown at the top of the display The third line of the manual marker a always shows the noise density dBm Hz The third line of manual marker b always shows noise density when you choose absolute markers It shows phase noise when you choose delta markers dBc Hz 2 Span 20 0000MHz2 Free Run ROW 20 0kllz l D Ret 0 00dEm Scale 10 0 dB div CF 2 39999001GH2 gt GX 13 3 dBc 3 42 dBc 29 3 dBm r 2 5 dBmfHz2 2913 091 53 3 dBc 936 6 dBc H2 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Taking Automatic Measurements in the Frequency Domain To take an automatic measurement in the frequency domain 1 Push Measure Measure
78. a to scroll through the list of digital channels Turn multipurpose knob b to position the selected channel As you position channels close to each other on the display the oscilloscope groups the channels and adds the group to the pop up list You can select the group from the list to move all the channels in the group instead of individual channels 8 Push Thresholds on the lower menu You can assign a different threshold value to each channel 9 Push Edit Labels on the lower menu and create the label You can create labels through the front panel or with an optional USB keyboard See page 52 Labeling Channels and Buses 10 Push MagniVu on the lower menu to increase the timing resolution See page 75 When and Why to Turn On MagniVu 11 Push Height on the lower menu repeatedly to set the signal height You only need to do this once to set the height for all of the digital channels Quick Tip m Use the zoom feature to see multiple cycles of the signal in the upper part and a single cycle in the lower part of the display See page 147 Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms m When setting up the logic probe the first set of eight leads pins 7 to 0 on the logic probe are marked GROUP 1 on the lead box The second set pins 15 to 8 is marked GROUP 2 m The lead for the first channel in each group is colored blue for easy identification while you connect the logic probe to the device under te
79. aaa eit ae a a at auae 165 Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data c ccc cece cece cece teen eee senate sees escent eeeeteeneeeeaneeees 166 SAVING ANC Recalling SClUDS nni a a a 169 Saving With ONG BUNOM FUS Mesnevi a a a a a a a a a a aa a aa 170 Managing Drives Directories and Files nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnrrurrrnnrrrrrrrrrnsrrrsrrrrrrrresrrrrrrrrrerrr 171 Mounting a Network Drive nnnnunsennnnnsrrnnnnrrrrrrsrrrrrnsrrrrrsrrrrrrerrrrrresrrrrrerrrrrrerrrrrrerrrrresrrrree gt 172 PUning A RA GOD i225 sta ccmc ora henmnediaeas neaanann AAE E A E N 173 Erasing Oscilloscope Memo s x 22005 cnonsaxendocee a aa a AEE a EATA 179 Using AD PIIGAUOM MOdUIES sosirea e diana tu ra dats Spurn el tach AOA Manan A eaters E aa e a 181 Appendix A MDO4000B Specifications 0 0 cece ccc c eee cence eee nee eee n eee een E EE eR EEE EEE E EEE SDE E EEE SE EEE EEE EEE E ES 183 Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information c0ccceeeeeeeeeeeees 184 OSTATIC INOA Usnama a a a nk tenes at dete neha banan oman d oud ace TE AA a 184 Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope si 15 dessa thc tatlers coeiusteed Maik awaeees poeg doenaue ei catewaas tare 184 Compensating the Probe with the MDO4000B Series OscilloSCOpe ccc ccc cece ee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeennateeecns 184 OEIC ANC ACCES SONICS cain acer actcec cates a a a acted we ata RcU Cab ance rake oR aE TEN 184 CUCM ACCOS
80. ace Data 8 To display the amplitude from one waveform against the amplitude from another push XY Display Then push Triggered XY from the side menu A data point from the first waveform specifies the horizontal location while the corresponding data point from the second waveform specifies the vertical location for each displayed point Quick Tips m Variable persistence accumulates record points for a specified time interval Each record point decays independently according to the time interval Use variable persistence for displaying infrequently appearing signal anomalies such as glitches m Infinite persistence continuously accumulates record points until you change one of the acquisition display settings Use infinite persistence for displaying unique signal anomalies such as glitches m The XY Display mode graphs the data in fixed pairs of waveforms against one another m When the XY Display is on an upper window appears that displays data versus time Setting the Graticule Style 1 To set the graticule style push Utility CI 2913 010 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Display Display Utility Page 4 Push Graticule on the lower menu MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 99 Display Waveform or Trace Data 5 Select the desired style on the side menu Display The Frame graticule provides a clean screen Graticule on which you can most easily read automa
81. ach interval RF Time Domain Traces The time domain window can also display three RF time domain traces in addition to the usual analog and digital waveforms You may turn each of these traces on or off independently and display all or some of them simultaneously To use these traces MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 1 Push RF Versus Time Traces from the RF Menu to bring up the related side menu RF Versus Time Traces 2 Set Amplitude to On to display the Amplitude amplitude versus time trace On lofi 3 Set Frequency to On to display the Frequency frequency versus time trace onoi 4 Set Phase to On to display the phase versus Phase On time trace loft more 1 of 2 The second page offers more choices RF Versus Time Traces 1 Set Freq Phase Squelch to On to use the Freq Phase squelch feature Squelch aor 2 Push Squelch Threshold and rotate E multipurpose knob a to set the threshold for gt 22 3 uV the squelch feature 3 Set Phase Reference to set the phase value i at the trigger location The Phase versus Time trace will recalculate relative to the 7 l newly defined phase at the trigger location 4 Set Phase Wrap to control how the Phase o versus Time trace wraps By default phase ra wrapping is on and wrapping occurs at roughly 180 The wrap point can be oor adjusted in 180 increments up to 54 000 or turned off i
82. ad the VISA drivers on your computer Also load your application such as OpenChoice Desktop You will find the drivers and OpenChoice Desktop software on the appropriate CD that comes with your oscilloscope or at the Tektronix software finder Web page www tektronix com 2 Connect the oscilloscope to your computer with the appropriate USB or Ethernet cable OSO jo am ae a ce a B oO Bl o OOG o5 5O O 600 DOO O WORD 5 oF fof of efle OOo 2913 014 To communicate between the oscilloscope and a GPIB system connect the oscilloscope to the TEK USB 488 GPIB to USB Adapter with a USB cable Then connect the adapter to your GPIB system with a GPIB cable Cycle the power on the oscilloscope 2913 015 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 25 Installation 26 _ Push Utility Push Utility Page Turn multipurpose knob a and select I O I O _ Ifyou are using USB the system sets itself Utility ee A up automatically for you if USB is enabled ton a I O Check USB on the lower menu to be sure that USB is enabled If itis not enabled push USB Then push Connect to Computer on the side menu To use Ethernet push Ethernet amp LXI on the lower menu Use the side menu buttons to adjust your network settings as needed For more information see the e Scope s
83. air the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product Batteries are excluded from this warranty Parts modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance All replaced parts modules and products become the property of Tektronix In order to obtain service under this warranty Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix shipping charges prepaid and with a copy of customer proof of purchase Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or co
84. al bus views packet decoding search tools and event tables with timestamp information m The DPO4EMBD Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on packet level information in serial buses used in embedded designs 12C and SPI as well as analytical tools to help you efficiently analyze your serial bus These include digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and event tables with timestamp information m The DPO4ENET Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on 10BASE T and 100BASE TX bus signals NOTE 2350 MHz bandwidth models are recommended for 100BASE TX The DPO4LMT Limit and Mask Test Module adds testing acquired waveforms against a comparison waveform with user defined horizontal and vertical limits or against telecom standard masks or custom masks NOTE 2350 MHz bandwidth models are recommended for Telecomm standards gt 55 Mb s 1 GHz bandwidth models are recommended for high speed HS USB m The DPO4PWR Power Analysis Module adds measurements of power quality switching loss harmonics ripple modulation safe operating area and slew rate dV dt and dl dt MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 181 Using Application Modules m The DPO4USB USB 2 0 Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on USB low speed full soeed and high speed buses NOTE 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high speed HS USB
85. al 17 Installation 4 Push Language from the resulting lower Utility Language Set Date amp TekSecure About Manage menu Page Time Erase Modules amp Memory Options 5 Push Menus from the resulting side menu Menus and turn multipurpose knob a to select the desired language for the user interface 6 Push USB Keyboard from the resulting side USB Keyboard English menu and turn multipurpose knob a to select the desired language version of keyboard to use 7 f you choose to use an English user interface be sure that the plastic front panel overlay is removed If you choose a language other than English place the plastic overlay for the language that you desire over the front panel to display labels in that language 2913 065 Changing the Date and Time To set the internal clock with the current date and time 1 Push Utility 2913 010 18 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation ai Dal 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Config 4 Push Set Date amp Time Utility Language Sa pEie TekSecure About Manage Page Time Erase Modules amp Memory Options 5 Push the side menu buttons and turn both we multipurpose knobs a and b to set the time Time and date values Oh off 6 Push OK Set Date amp Time MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 19 Instal
86. allation Instructions that came with your application module for instructions on installing and testing an application module Some modules are described in the following list Additional modules may be available Contact your Tektronix representative or visit our Web site at www tektronix com for more information Also refer to Contacting Tektronix at the beginning of the manual m The DPO4AERO Aerospace Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on MIL STD 1553 buses m The DPO4AUDIO Audio Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on 12S Left Justified LJ Right Justified RJ and TDM buses m The DPO4AUTO Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on packet level information in serial buses used in automotive designs CAN and LIN as well as analytical tools to help you efficiently analyze your serial bus These include digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and event tables with timestamp information m The DPO4AUTOMAX FlexRay CAN and LIN Serial Triggering and Analysis Module offers the features of the DPO4AUTO Module plus FlexRay serial bus support m The DPO4COMP Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis Module adds triggering and analysis on byte or packet level information in RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART buses and analytical tools to help you efficiently analyze your serial bus These include digital views of the sign
87. and On to invert the polarity of the signal in the preamplifier MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 103 Display Waveform or Trace Data 5 Push Bandwidth and select the desired bandwidth on the side menu The set choices are Full 250 MHz and 20 MHz Additional choices may appear depending on the probe that you use Select Full to set the bandwidth to the full oscilloscope bandwidth Select 250 MHz to set the bandwidth to 250 MHz Select 20 MHz to set the bandwidth to 20 MHz NOTE 100 MHz model oscilloscopes do not include a 250 MHz option on the menu 6 Push Label to create a label for the channel See page 52 Labeling Channels and Buses 7 For some types of probes you can push this button to instruct the oscilloscope to perform an AC calibration on the entire signal path from the probe tip to the specific oscilloscope channel This can result in a flatter frequency response over the entire frequency range 8 Push More to access additional side menus 9 Select Fine Scale to enable multipurpose Fine Scale knob a to make fine vertical scale adjustments Offset Position Probe Setup Deskew 10 Select Offset to enable multipurpose knob a to make vertical offset adjustments Push Set to 0 V on the side menu to set the vertical offset to 0 V For more information on offset see Quick Tips See page 106 Quick Tips 104 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display W
88. annel Select the channel to be tested Violation Threshold Set the number of violations that can occur before a test status is considered failed Stop After Waveform Set the test to stop after a set number of waveforms Stop After Time Set the test to stop after a set amount of time elapses Select Action on Failure Set how the oscilloscope responds to test failure You can set multiple actions These are Stop acquisition Save waveform to file Save screen image to file Print screen image Aux out pulse Set a remote interface service request SRQ Select Action on Test Completion Set how the oscilloscope will respond to test completion You can set multiple actions They are Aux out pulse Set a remote interface service request SRQ Pre Test Delay Set a delay before starting a test 160 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Setting Description Repeat Test Set On for the test to repeat when it has run the minimum number of waveforms or the minimum amount of time Set Off tor the test to run a single time and not repeat Mask Polarity Set the mask polarity to use during the test When Both is selected the test will run with Normal polarity for about half of the expected number of waveforms or amount of time and then will run with Inverted polarity for the remained of the test Run the Test and View the Results 1 Push Run Test on the lower menu to start Era Set ies eo sonar i ri Run Test ye a a
89. ath The spectrum math feature lets you create a math waveform by adding or subtracting frequency traces 1 Push Math a 2913 042 144 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2 Push Spectrum Math Dual Wfm FFT Advanced M Label Math Math Use the side menu choices to construct your desired math trace 3 Push 1st Source and select the RF normal trace RF N RF average trace RF A RF maximum trace RF M the RF minimum trace RF m or any of the reference memories with frequency domain information 4 Choose or as the operator 5 Choose the second source from the provided options The math waveform will appear on the display as a red trace 6 Push Label from the lower menu and use the resulting side menu choices to give your math trace an appropriate label NOTE The oscilloscope will only complete the calculation if the units of measure of the source waveforms when combined make logical sense Using Reference Waveforms and Traces Create and store a reference waveform or trace For example you might do this to set up a standard against which to compare other waveforms To use the reference waveforms or traces NOTE 10 M and 20 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage 1 Push Ref R This brings up the lower I reference menu
90. aveform or Trace Data 11 Select Probe Setup to define probe parameters On the side menu m Select Voltage or Current to set the probe type for probes that do not have a TekProbe Level 1 TekProbe Il requires a TPA BNC adapter or TekVPI interface m For probes that do not have a Tek interface when Probe Type is set to Voltage use multipurpose knob a to set Attenuation to match the probe m For probes that do not have a Tek interface when Probe Type is set to Current use multipurpose knob a to set the Amps Volts ratio Attenuation to match the probe m lf you are measuring current by probing the voltage drop across a resistor set Measure Current to Yes Push A V ratio on the side menu and turn multipurpose knob a to set the Amps Volts or Volts Amp ratio of your setup For example if you are measuring the drop across a 2 Q resistor set the V A ratio to 2 12 Select Deskew to make display and measurement adjustments for probes that have differing propagation delays This is especially important when using a current probe in conjunction with a voltage probe For best results use a deskew fixture such as the Tektronix 067 1686 xx MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 105 Display Waveform or Trace Data If you do not have a deskew fixture you can use the controls in the Deskew menu to set the oscilloscope s deskew parameters to recommended values based on the nominal propagation delay of each probe
91. aveform or Trace Data Limit and Mask Testing Monitor an active input signal against a mask and output pass or fail results by judging whether the input signal is within the bounds of the mask To set up and run a limit or mask test do the following 1 Select or create the mask 2 Set up the test 3 Run the test and view the results NOTE 2350 MHz bandwidth models are recommended for Telecomm standards gt 55 Mb s 1 GHz bandwidth models are recommended for high speed HS USB Create or Select the Mask The three mask types you can create or select are limit test standard and custom Create a limit test mask 1 Push the front panel Default Setup button Default Setup 2 Connect your probe from your oscilloscope to the mask source 3 Push the front panel Autoset button Aust 2913 009 4 Push the front panel Test button 5 Push Application on the lower menu Turn multipurpose knob a to select Limit Mask Test from the menu 6 Push Select Mask on the lower menu and from the resulting side menu select Limit Test MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 157 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 7 Push Create Limit Mask on the lower menu 8 On the resulting side menu push Source e Channel and turn multipurpose knob a to choose the waveform to use as the template for the limit test 9 Push Horizontal Limit to set the mask el 200mdiv horizontal limit
92. ay Using Spectral Analysis Controls These buttons configure the acquisition and display of the RF input 1 RF Push to bring up the frequency domain display and menu ma ae 5 2 Freq Span Push to specify the portion of the spectrum to view on the display Set the center frequency and the span or set the start and stop frequency Frege pan Ampl 3 Ampl Push to set the reference level 4 B W Push to define the resolution bandwidth B 5 Markers Push to set automatic or manual markers MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Using Other Controls Get Acquainted with the Instrument These buttons and knobs control waveforms cursors and other data input 1 Waveform Intensity Push to enable multipurpose knob a to control waveform display intensity and knob b to control graticule intensity 2 Cursors Push once to turn the cursors on When the cursors are on you can turn the multipurpose knobs to control their position Push again to turn them off Push and hold to show the cursor menu and configure the cursors Push Menu Off when done to return control of the cursors to the multipurpose knobs 3 Fine Push to toggle between making coarse and fine adjustments with the vertical and horizontal position knobs the trigger level knob and many operations of multipurpose knobs a and b 4 Turn the lower multipurpose knob b when activated to move a cursor or set a numer
93. be check the instruction manual for your probe to see if it qualifies Otherwise to properly compensate your passive probe 1 Follow the steps for the functional check See page 12 Functional Check MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 15 Installation 2 Check the shape of the displayed FTLAPL waveform to determine if your probe is properly compensated Properly compensated Under compensated Over compensated 3 If necessary adjust your probe Repeat as needed 1785 140 Quick Tips Use the shortest possible ground lead and signal path to minimize probe induced ringing and distortion on the measured signal Signal with a short ground lead Signal with a long ground lead Application Module Free Trial A 30 day free trial is available for all application module licenses not installed in your oscilloscope The trial period begins when you power on the oscilloscope for the first time After 30 days you must purchase the module if you want to continue using the application To see the date when your free trial period expires push Utility on the front panel pushUtility Page on the lower menu use multipurpose knob a to select Config and push About on the lower menu Installing an Application Module CAUTION To avoid damage to the oscilloscope or application module observe ESD electrostatic discharge precautions See page 11 Powering on the Oscilloscope Turn off the oscilloscope power while remov
94. bes Remove all probes test leads and accessories that are not in use Use only correct Measurement Category CAT voltage temperature altitude and amperage rated probes test leads and adapters for any measurement Beware of high voltages Understand the voltage ratings for the probe you are using and do not exceed those ratings Two ratings are important to know and understand m The maximum measurement voltage from the probe tip to the probe reference lead m The maximum floating voltage from the probe reference lead to earth ground These two voltage ratings depend on the probe and your application Refer to the Specifications section of the manual for more information WARNING To prevent electrical shock do not exceed the maximum measurement or maximum floating voltage for the oscilloscope input BNC connector probe tip or probe reference lead Connect and disconnect properly Connect the probe output to the measurement product before connecting the probe to the circuit under test Connect the probe reference lead to the circuit under test before connecting the probe input Disconnect the probe input and the probe reference lead from the circuit under test before disconnecting the probe from the measurement product Connect and disconnect properly De energize the circuit under test before connecting or disconnecting the current probe Connect the probe reference lead to earth ground only Do not connect a current probe to any
95. ble describes these side menu items for saving data to a mass storage file Side menu button Description Instrument Specific File Sets the oscilloscope to save data from analog digital or RF channels and math and Format ISF reference waveforms derived where possible from those channels in Instrument Specific Format isf format This format is the fastest to write It also creates the smallest sized file Use this format if you intend to recall an analog waveform or RF trace to reference memory for viewing or measuring Spreadsheet file format Sets the oscilloscope to save data as a comma separated data file that is compatible with cSv popular spreadsheet programs Analog and RF data stored in this file format can also be recalled to reference memory Saving RF Baseband amp Q data to file If you select RF Baseband I amp Q as Source the oscilloscope automatically enables File as the destination When you push File Details on the side menu the oscilloscope changes the side menu contents The following table describes these side menu items for saving data to a mass storage file Side menu button Description MATLAB file format mat Sets the oscilloscope to save amp Q data in a file that is compatible with MATLAB software Use this format to save baseband amp Q data SignalVu File Format Sets the oscilloscope to save amp Q data in a file that is compatible with Tektronix SignalVu tiq Vector Signal Analysis sof
96. ccurs the last waveform record acquired remains on the display If no last waveform exists no waveform is displayed m Auto trigger mode enables the instrument to acquire a waveform even if a trigger does not occur Auto mode uses a timer that starts when the acquisition is started and the pretrigger information is obtained If a trigger event is not detected before the timer times out the instrument forces a trigger The length of time it waits for a trigger event depends on the time base setting Auto mode when forcing triggers in the absence of valid triggering events does not synchronize the waveform on the display The waveform will appear to roll across the screen If valid triggers occur the display will become stable You can also force the instrument to trigger by pushing the front panel Force Trig button MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 81 Trigger Setup Trigger Holdoff Adjust holdoff to obtain stable triggering when the instrument is triggering on undesired trigger events Trigger holdoff can help stabilize triggering since the oscilloscope does not recognize new triggers during the holdoff time When the instrument recognizes a trigger event it disables the trigger system until acquisition is complete In addition the trigger system remains disabled during the holdoff period that follows each acquisition Trigger Coupling Trigger coupling determines what part of the signal is passed to the trigger
97. ce crossing in the waveform Count or gated region Negative Pulse f f The number of negative pulses that fall below the mid reference crossing in the waveform Count or gated region Rising Edge f f The number of positive transitions from the low reference value to the high reference Count value in the waveform or gated region Falling Edge i i The number of negative transitions from the high reference value to the low reference Count value in the waveform or gated region Area Area measurement is a voltage over time measurement It returns the area over the g g entire waveform or gated region in volt seconds Area measured above ground is positive area measured below ground is negative Cycle Area e A voltage over time measurement The measurement is the area over the first cycle a i in the waveform or the first cycle in the gated region expressed in volt seconds The area above the common reference point is positive and the area below the common reference point is negative Histogram measurements Measurement Description Waveform Displays the number of waveforms that contributed to the histogram Count Hits in Box Displays the number of samples within the histogram box or on its boundaries Peak Hits Displays the number of samples in the bin that contains the most hits Median Displays the middle histogram data value where half of all histogram data points are less than this value and half are greater than this value MD
98. ce memories The oscilloscope cannot recall digital waveforms NOTE The oscilloscope can save but not recall RF acquisitions as TIQ files You can use TIQ files with Tektronix SignalVu Vector Signal Analysis software 166 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 3 Rotate multipurpose knob a and on the side menu select one of the displayed waveforms or traces Alternatively select All Displayed Waveforms When saving RF trace data you can select to save it as either the standard display data or as baseband and Q data TIQ files Use the and Q data with Tektronix SignalVu Vector Signal Analysis software 4 Rotate multipurpose knob b and select the location to save the waveform or trace data to or to recall it from Save the information externally to a file on a USB drive or mounted network drive Alternatively save the information internally to one of the four reference files 5 Push File Details to save to a USB or File Details network drive This brings up the file manager screen Use it to navigate to the desired drive and folder and optionally to specify the file name Skip this step to use the default name and location Saving a waveform to file If you select a channel as Source and File as the destination the File Details option will appear on the side menu When you push File Details on the side menu the oscilloscope changes the side menu contents The following ta
99. circuit Edge and Sequence triggering can use all available coupling types DC AC Low Frequency Rejection High Frequency Rejection and Noise Rejection All other trigger types use DC coupling only Horizontal Position When Delay Mode is on use horizontal position to acquire waveform detail in a region that is separated from the trigger location by a significant interval of time 82 rim __ ___J U a 1785 127 Holdoffs o Acquired l eo JUUUUUUMUULUL l me Horizontal ____ position Expansion point 1785 159 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup 1 Adjust the position delay time by rotating the Horizontal Position knob 2 Turn horizontal SCALE to acquire the detail that you need around the position Pcie delay expansion point 2810 049 The part of the record that occurs before the trigger is the pretrigger portion The part that occurs after the trigger is the posttrigger portion Pretrigger data can help you troubleshoot For example to find the cause of an unwanted glitch in your test circuit you can trigger on the glitch and make the pretrigger period large enough to capture data before the glitch By analyzing what happens before the glitch you may uncover information that helps you find the source of the glitch Alternatively to see what is happening in your system as a result of the trigger event make the posttrigger period large e
100. condition goes true You can also select triggering when the condition goes false or time qualified triggering You can use up to 21 channels for a Logic trigger 4 analog 16 digital and 1 RF NOTE To use the RF input in a Logic trigger you must first install the MDO4TRIG application module NOTE Optimum Logic trigger performance is achieved by using only analog channels or only digital channels Trigger when a logic data input changes state inside of the setup or hold time relative to a clock edge Setup is the amount of time that data should be stable and not change before a clock edge occurs Hold is the time that data should be stable and not change after a clock edge occurs MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes are capable of multiple channel Setup and Hold triggering and can monitor the State of an entire bus for setup and hold violations You can use up to 20 channels for a Setup and Hold trigger 4 analog and 16 digital Push Clock on the side menu to select the clock channel Push the Select control Data and Not used buttons to select one or more channels you want to monitor for setup and hold violations NOTE Optimum Setup and Hold trigger performance is achieved by using only analog channels or only digital channels Trigger on rise and fall times Trigger on pulse edges that traverse between two thresholds at faster or slower rates than the specified time Specify pulse edges as positive or negative or either
101. copes User Manual 65 Acquire the Signal SPI Bus To acquire data from an SPI bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected SPI push Define Inputs and the appropriate side menu choices You can set the Framing to SS Slave Select or to Idle Time You can assign the predefined SCLK SS MOSI or MISO signals to any channel 2 Push Configure and the desired side menu choices 3 Push SCLK to set the edge of the signal to match the SPI bus being acquired 4 Set the level of the SS MOSI and MISO signals to match the SPI bus Active High means that a signal is considered active when the signal is greater than the threshold value Active Low means that the signal is considered active when the signal is lower than the threshold value 66 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 Use multipurpose knob a to set the number of bits of the SPI Word Size 6 Push either side menu button to set the bit order of the SPI bus RS 232 Bus To acquire data from a RS 232 bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you selected RS 232 push Configure and the desired side menu choices Use the side menu to configure the bus Use Normal polarity for RS 232 signals and Inverted polarity for RS 422 RS 485 and UART buses MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Word Size a 8 bits Bit Order MS First Bit Order LS First Acquire the Signal 67 Acquire the Signal 2 P
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103. display show physical layer bus activity 72 Bus trigger defined 87 Buses 61 87 cursor readout 135 Index Button Acquire 36 58 97 Ampl 38 77 Autoset 13 36 41 52 55 B W 38 B1 B2 B3 B4 37 61 62 87 bus 61 62 87 BW 79 Channel 37 Cursors 39 132 D15 D0 42 75 Default Setup 42 51 54 Fine 36 39 40 41 Force Trig 41 81 Freq Span 38 76 hard copy 41 178 Intensity 39 101 M 38 139 140 Markers 38 Math 38 139 140 Measure 36 124 129 130 Menu Off 42 Next 40 Play pause 40 148 Previous 40 Print 41 printer 178 Ref 38 145 168 RF 21 38 47 111 Run Stop 41 60 94 Save Recall 37 42 165 Search 36 150 Select 39 Set Clear Mark 40 149 Set to 50 41 83 Single 41 94 Span 77 Test 36 Trigger 36 Trigger level 41 Trigger menu 84 Utility 17 18 20 37 99 100 109 110 174 Vertical 37 Zoom 40 BW button 79 byte matching 91 197 Index C Calibration 20 21 Calibration certificate 1 CAN 37 61 87 bus trigger 89 Case hard transit 4 soft transit 4 Center frequency 77 Channel button 37 readout 46 vertical menu 103 Channel power measurement 123 Cleaning 8 Clearance 7 Communications 25 27 30 Compensate non TPP500 or non TPP1000 probe 15 signal path 20 TPP500 or TPP1000 probe 13 Confidential data 179 Connecting a USB keyboard 33 toaPC 25 Your oscilloscope 25 Connec
104. e the spectrum time goes back to the middle of the RF acquisition time Keep rotating the pan control counter clockwise and move the RF acquisition time and spectrum time together toward the left of the display When the right side of the RF acquisition time reaches the trigger indicator shown at the top of the display you cannot move the RF acquisition time any further to the left even if you keep rotating the pan knob The RF acquisition time must stay attached to the trigger If you keep rotating the pan control counter clockwise the spectrum time will keep moving left within the RF acquisition time until it reaches the left end of the RF acquisition time When the oscilloscope is not acquiring data stopped the RF acquisition time is fixed on the display Turning the pan control clockwise or counter clockwise will not move the RF acquisition time Turning the pan control will however move the spectrum time within the RF acquisition time Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 2913 104 6 2913 102 5 ED EA E 2913 108 D 2913 104 Zooming in on Spectrum Time and Analog Time 1 Rotate the zoom inner knob of the pan zoom control or push the front panel zoom button to turn on the zoom control 2 Rotate the zoom control to enlarge or shrink the displayed time domain data k m Reger OC Hiz 1 00644 O fet 000 chm sale 10 ama E Lah Somn 3 000
105. e instrument Grounding the oscilloscope is necessary for safety and to take accurate measurements The oscilloscope needs to share the same ground as any circuits that you are testing If you are working with static sensitive components ground yourself Static electricity that builds up on your body can damage static sensitive components Wearing a grounding strap safely sends Static charges on your body to earth ground 1785 002 To connect the power cord and power on the oscilloscope Q Q OOO a earel LO lle O 012600 onnm SS 2913 004 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 11 Installation Powering off the Oscilloscope To power off the oscilloscope and remove the power cord CEs eet O SOE CICO 8888 al O Functional Check Perform this quick functional check to verify that your oscilloscope is operating correctly 1 Connect the oscilloscope power cable as described in Powering On the Oscilloscope See page 11 2 Power on the oscilloscope c a 5 5 f J 2913 006 12 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 3 Connect the probe connector to o
106. e loose dust on the outside of the oscilloscope and probes with a lint free cloth Use care to avoid scratching the display 2 Use a soft cloth dampened with water to clean the oscilloscope Use an aqueous solution of 75 isopropyl alcohol for more efficient cleaning CAUTION Avoid getting moisture inside the unit during external cleaning Use only enough cleaning solution to dampen the cloth or swab CAUTION To avoid damage to the surface of the oscilloscope or probes do not use any abrasive or chemical cleaning agents Operating Positions Use the handle and front flip feet to place the oscilloscope in a convenient operating position When the feet are extended always have the handle in a down position Call 2810 078 8 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Connecting Probes The oscilloscope supports probes with the following 1 Tektronix Versatile Probe Interface TekVPI These probes support two way communication with the oscilloscope through on screen menus and remotely through programmable support The remote control is useful in applications like ATE where you want the system to preset probe parameters 2 Tektronix Versatile Probe Interface TekVPI for Passive Probes These probes build upon the functionality of the TekVPI interface Each probe is matched with its corresponding oscilloscope channel allowing the oscilloscope to optimize the signal input path This provides AC compensation acro
107. ectory named C Example enter C Example The dollar sign enables sharing No colon is needed User Name If necessary use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the user name User Password lf necessary use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the user password The oscilloscope only displays s as you type the password They are erased from the screen after OK Accept is pushed NOTE Ensure that file sharing is enabled for the network location 4 Push OK Accept NOTE To unmount a network drive push Save Recall Menu on the front panel push File Utilities on the lower menu push more 1 of 2 on the side menu and Unmount items NOTE Any network locations that were mounted when the oscilloscope was powered down will be automatically remounted when the oscilloscope is powered up Unmount any network location that you do not want to automatically remount on power up Printing a Hard Copy To print an image of what appears on the oscilloscope screen do the following procedure Connect a Printer to Your Oscilloscope Connect a non PictBridge printer to a USB port on the rear or front panel of the oscilloscope Alternatively connect a PictBridge printer to the USB device port on the rear panel or hook up a networked printer through the Ethernet port NOTE Refer to the www tektronix com printer_setup Web page for a list of compatible printers MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 17
108. eference waveform independently from all other displayed waveforms Select the reference waveform and then adjust it with a multipurpose knob You can do this whether acquisition is running or not lf a reference waveform is selected scaling and repositioning of the reference waveform operates the same way whether zoom is turned on or off Saving 10 M and 20 M Reference Waveforms 10 M and 20 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when 146 the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms The Wave Inspector controls zoom pan play pause marks search help you to efficiently work with long record length waveforms To magnify a waveform horizontally turn the Zoom knob To scroll through a zoomed waveform turn the Pan knob The Pan Zoom Control consists of ee ee af 1 An outer pan knob 2 An inner zoom knob 1785 053 Zooming a Waveform To use zoom 1 Rotate the inner knob on the Pan Zoom control clockwise to zoom in on a selected portion of the waveform Rotate the knob counterclockwise to zoom back out 1785 069 2 Alternatively enable or disable the zoom mode by pushing the zoom button D 1785 070 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 147 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Examine the zoomed view
109. eform Create a new folder Delete a highlighted directory or file Copy a highlighted drive directory or file Paste a previously copied drive directory or file Mount or unmount a networked drive Rename a highlighted drive directory or file Format a highlighted drive Mounting a Network Drive Mount a network storage device such as a PC or a file server to save setups waveforms and screen images directly to the drive or to recall waveforms or setups from the drive Recall Assign File Waveform Save Utilities to Setup To save to or recall files from a network drive you must first connect your oscilloscope to the network See page 25 Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer NOTE Consult your network administrator for information related to your network After the network connection has been established do the following 1 Push Save Recall Menu on the front panel 2 Push File Utilities on the lower menu and from the resulting side menu select more 1 of 2 Then select Mount 172 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 3 From the resulting side menu set the following Setting Description Drive Letter Select from to Z Server Name or IP Address Use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the server name or IP address Path Use a USB keyboard or the on screen interface to enter the shared file path For example to mount an MS Windows PC dir
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111. elect Config 10 Push About The oscilloscope displays the Utility Language Set Date amp TekSecure Manage firmware version number die ute Options Irmware versl u i Options 11 Confirm that the version number matches that of the new firmware 24 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer Connect your oscilloscope directly to a computer to let the PC analyze your data collect screen images or to control your oscilloscope See page 165 Saving a Screen Image See page 166 Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data Three ways to connect your oscilloscope to a computer are through the VISA drivers the e Scope Web enabled tools and a socket server Use VISA to communicate with your oscilloscope from your computer through a software application such as Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop Use e Scope to communicate with your oscilloscope through a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer Using VISA VISA lets you use your MS Windows computer to acquire data from your oscilloscope for use in an analysis package that runs on your PC such as Microsoft Excel National Instruments LabVIEW Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop software or a program of your own creation You can use a common communications connection such as USB Ethernet or GPIB to connect the computer to the oscilloscope To set up VISA communications between your oscilloscope and a computer 1 Lo
112. ency domain menu Push Spectrum Traces to bring up the side Spectrum RF Versus Spectro Spectrum Detection Edit Labels lm f four diff Traces Time gram Triggered Method menu of four different spectrum trace types Traces af i is that the MDO4000B can display Push RF Versus Time Traces to bring up the side menu of three different RF versus time traces that the MDO4000B can display Push Spectrogram to bring up a side menu to enable and configure the spectrogram display Push Detection Method to bring up a side menu of ways to reduce the FFT output to the 1 000 pixel wide display MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 111 Display Waveform or Trace Data 6 Push Edit Label to label the RF and RF versus time traces 7 Push More to choose between side menus to compensate the RF signal path or to configure the RF input probe Trace Types The frequency domain window supports four spectrum traces You may turn each of these traces on and off independently You can display all or some of them simultaneously Spectrum Traces 2 Set Normal to On to display the normal Normal trace One 3 Set Average to On to display the average Average 1 Push Spectrum Traces from the RF Menu to bring up the related side menu trace Turn multipurpose knob a to set the 16 number of waveforms to include in each Oni average 4 Set Max Hold to On to display the max hold Max Hold trace
113. ength Performance Graphs 10G soL T T T T mi w o Wty S 10M ya l Sos ee As E A 8 10k a 60 8B ee MNN O zoll ISL L la 400 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 100M 1G Frequency Hz VAC rms 1 10 100 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 100M 1G Frequency Hz MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 2809 004 TPP0500 TPP1000 500 MHz 1 GHz lt 350 ps lt 00 ps Rigid tip 3 9 pF 0 3 pf Pogo pin tip 5 1 pf 0 5 pf 10 1 42 2 9 75 MQ 0 5 10 MQ 2 9 6 7 ns 300 Vrms CAT II 1 3m 3 cm 187 Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Refer to the reference lead derating curve above when making floating measurements Table 2 Environmental specifications Characteristics Description Temperature Operating 15 C to 65 C 5 F to 149 F Nonoperating 62 C to 85 C 80 F to 185 F Humidity Operating 5 to 95 relative humidity up to 30 C Nonoperating 5 to 45 relative humidity 30 C up to 50 C Altitude Operating 4 6 km 15 000 ft maximum Nonoperating 12 2 km 40 000 ft maximum Table 3 Certifications and compliances Characteristics Description EC Declaration of Compliance was demonstrated to the following specification as listed in the Official Journal Conformity of the European Communities Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC EN61010 031 2002 Measurement Category Ca
114. ense transfers for application modules 16 Limit testing 157 LIN 37 61 87 bus trigger 89 Linked cursors 133 Lock standard laptop 10 Logic probe 2 Logic probe interface 9 Logic trigger defined 86 Long record length management 147 Low measurement 126 Low resolution message 124 LXI 28 LXI Class C 49 M button 38 139 140 MagniVu 75 MagniVu readout 45 Main trigger 92 Mark 149 Markers 120 121 threshold and excursion 121 Markers button 38 Mask testing 157 Math Advanced 143 button 38 139 140 Dual waveform 139 FFT 140 menu 38 spectrum 144 waveforms 139 MATLAB file format 167 Max hold trace 113 Max measurement 126 128 MDO4TRIG 3 95 182 Mean measurement 126 128 Measure button 36 124 129 130 Measurement adjacent channel power ratio 123 channel power 123 occupied bandwidth 123 Measurement menu 36 Measurements automatic 124 cursor 132 defined 125 frequency domain 123 histogram 127 reference levels 131 snapshot 130 Statistics 129 Mediam measurement 127 Memory erasure of 179 Menu 34 Bus 37 62 buttons 36 Cursors 132 Default Setup 42 Frequency Domain 38 111 Math 38 Measurement 36 Reference 38 146 Save Recall 37 42 165 Trigger 36 84 92 Utility 17 19 37 41 99 110 111 174 Vertical 37 103 Menu Off button 42 Menus Frequency Domain 21 Microsoft Excel 27 Word 27 MIL STD 1553 37 61 87 bus trigger 90 data val
115. ers a 5 hl of Y To Center Threshold 50 0 dBm Excursion 30 0 dB Manual Markers On ii Readout Delta After having properly set up the acquisition triggering and display of your desired waveform or trace you can analyze the results Select from features such as cursors automatic measurements statistics waveform histograms math and FFT MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Automatic Peak Markers Automatic peak markers are on by default and assist with quickly identifying the frequency and amplitude of peaks in the spectrum 1 The Reference Marker is placed on the highest amplitude peak Itis marked with Vige sasae G62 dBc 180 dBc a red R in a triangle 2 39615GH2 2 39307GH2 i 42 8 dBm 32 5 dBm 2 40192GH2 2 The automatic markers indicate 327 dBm frequency and amplitude 3 Absolute readouts show the actual frequency and amplitude of the automatic markers 2913 090 4 Delta readouts show the frequency and amplitude of the automatic markers relative to the reference marker In the screen shot shown below a marker has been placed on each of the obvious peaks in the display The Reference Marker is the highest peak It is marked with the red R in a triangle and its readout is shown in red text 1 Reference marker 2 Automatic markers 2a ee a i id aia te NS cale 10 0 iv
116. es oscilloscopes The reference lead must be connected to earth potential 0 V Connect and Disconnect Properly Connect the probe output to the measurement instrument before connecting the probe to the circuit under test Disconnect the probe input and the probe reference lead from the circuit under test before disconnecting the probe from the measurement instrument Avoid Electric Shock To avoid injury or loss of life do not connect or disconnect probes or test leads while they are connected to a voltage source Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product Avoid Electric Shock When using probe accessories never exceed the lowest rating of the probe or its accessory whichever is less including the measurement category and voltage rating Avoid Electric Overload To avoid injury or fire hazard do not apply potential to any input including the reference inputs that varies from ground by more than the maximum rating for that input Avoid Exposed Circuitry and Do not Operate Without Covers Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Inspect The Probe And Accessories Before each use inspect probe and accessories for damage cuts tears defects in the probe body accessories cable jacket etc Do not use if damaged Do Not Operate in Wet Dam
117. es with frequencies that are very close together and for broadband random noise with a relatively slow varying spectrum This window is the best type for measuring the frequency spectrum of non repetitive signals and measuring frequency components near DC Hamming The frequency resolution when using the Hamming window is good slightly better than Hanning the spectral leakage is moderate and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hamming window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Hanning The frequency resolution when using the Hanning a k a Hann window is good the spectral leakage is low and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hanning window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Blackman Harris The frequency resolution when using the Blackman Harris window is poor the spectral leakage is very low and amplitude accuracy is good Use the Blackman Harris window for measuring predominantly single frequency waveforms to look for higher order harmonics or several moderately or widely spaced sinusoidal signals Flat Top The frequency resolution when using a Flat Top window is poor the spectral leakage is low and amplitude accuracy is very good U
118. et 26 27 28 37 61 87 bus trigger 90 port 49 printing 176 Event Table 64 Excel 25 27 Excursion 121 Expansion point 57 Expansion point icon 43 EXT REF IN 49 F Factory calibration 21 Fall Time measurement 125 Falling Edge Count measurement 127 FFT Blackman Harris 80 143 controls 140 Flat Top 80 Hamming 80 142 Hanning 80 143 Kaiser 79 Rectangular 80 142 File format 166 Instrument Specific File Format ISF 167 MATLAB 167 SignalVu 167 Spreadsheet 167 TIQ 166 File names 163 File system 163 167 Fine 39 Fine button 36 39 40 41 Firmware upgrade 22 version 24 firmware img file 22 Flash drive 27 Flat Top FFT window 80 FlexRay 37 61 87 bus trigger 89 Force Trig button 41 81 Format a drive 172 Frame graticule style 100 Free run spectrogram 118 Freq Span button 38 76 Frequency Domain menu 38 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Frequency domain display 34 47 Frequency domain markers 120 automatic 121 manual 122 Frequency Domain menu 21 111 Frequency measurement 125 Frequency versus time baseline indicator 116 Frequency versus time trace 115 Frequency center 77 Front cover 2 Front panel 34 front panel connectors 48 front panel overlay 18 Full graticule style 100 Functional check 12 Fuzzy edges 109 G Gating 128 GPIB 25 50 GPIB address 26 Graticule Cross Hair 100 Frame 100 Full 100 Grid 100 intensity 101 IRE 100
119. etup information below If you want to change socket server parameters push Socket Server and enter new values through the resulting side menu If you are using GPIB push GPIB Enter eee the GPIB address on the side menu using bi multipurpose knob a a 1 This will set the GPIB address on an attached TEK USB 488 Adapter MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual GPIB Installation 10 Run your application software on your computer Quick Tips m Your oscilloscope shipped with a CD that contains a variety of Windows based software tools for efficient connectivity between your oscilloscope and your computer m The rear panel USB 2 0 device port is the correct USB port for computer connectivity Use the rear and front panel USB 2 0 host ports to connect your oscilloscope to USB flash drives Use the USB Device port to connect your oscilloscope to a PC or a PictBridge printer USB Host port USB Device port Using the LXI Web Page and e Scope With e Scope you can access any Internet connected MDO4000B Series oscilloscope from a web browser on your computer To set up e Scope communications between your oscilloscope and a Web browser running on a remote computer 1 Connect the oscilloscope to your computer network with an appropriate Ethernet cable 2 Push Utility a 2913 010 ili Utilit 3 Push Utility Page MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 27 Installation 28 4
120. ev Push to jump to the previous waveform mark Set Clear Mark Push to establish or delete a waveform mark Next Push to jump to the next waveform mark Horizontal Position Turn to adjust the trigger point location relative to the acquired waveforms Push Fine to make smaller adjustments Horizontal Scale Turn to adjust the horizontal scale time division a so o Postion Scale 0 2810 029 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument 16 Run Stop Push to start or stop acquisitions 17 Single Push to make a single CAutoset C singe Run stop acquisition 18 Autoset Push to automatically set the vertical horizontal and trigger controls for a usable stable display cD 19 Trigger Level Turn to adjust the trigger D D level Push to set the trigger level to the midpoint of the waveform aw 20 Force Trig Push to force an immediate trigger event 21 Vertical Position Turn to adjust the vertical position of the corresponding waveform Push Fine to make smaller R adjustments B2 22 1 2 3 4 Push to display or remove the corresponding waveform from the display and access the vertical menu 23 Vertical Scale Turn to adjust the vertical scale factor of the corresponding waveform volts division 24 Print Push to print a screen image using the printer selected in the
121. f wrapping isn t desired The trace options are MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data 115 Display Waveform or Trace Data 116 The trace options are 1 The Amplitude versus Time trace The instantaneous amplitude of the input after band pass filtering to the current frequency range as defined by the center frequency and span settings 2 The Frequency versus Time trace The instantaneous frequency of the input relative to the center frequency The vertical axis displays frequency relative to the center frequency 3 The Phase versus Time trace The instantaneous phase of the input relative to the center frequency The vertical axis is phase with wrapping at roughly 180 All of these traces are derived from the time domain IQ data acquired for the RF channel They are time correlated with other analog and digital channels and represent a continuous time domain data stream The frequency versus time waveform handle baseline indicator indicates the center frequency When the trace is above the waveform handle it is above the center frequency When the trace is below the waveform handle it is below the center frequency 2 4S5CH2 24 Feb 2011 14 34 04 2913 088 CF 2 44532504GHz Span 10 0000MHz RBW 10 0KH2 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data Use squelch to suppress not display the phase and f
122. gger m Trig d Triggered Auto Acquiring untriggered data 6 The cursor readout shows time amplitude and delta A values for each cursor For FFT measurements it shows frequency and magnitude For serial and parallel buses the readout shows the decoded values See page 132 Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors 7 The trigger level icon shows the trigger level on the waveform The icon color corresponds to the trigger source color 8 The trigger readout shows the trigger source slope and level The trigger readouts for other trigger types show other parameters 44 Run a 16 0ms Cb 8 00ms 24 0ms z Auto 2121 242 22 4mV 20 4mV 2 00mV 1 0 00 V 1785 135 1785 134 1785 143 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 9 The top line of the record length sampling 250MS s rate readout shows the sampling rate You can adjust it with the Horizontal Scale knob The bottom line shows the record length You can adjust it by pushing Acquire and Record Length on the lower menu 1785 137 10 The horizontal position scale readout 4 00us shows on the top line the horizontal scale ry 0 adjust with the Horizontal Scale knob aw With Delay Mode on the bottom line shows the time from the T symbol to the expansion point icon adjust with the Horizontal Position knob Use horizontal position to insert added delay between when the trigger occurs and when
123. gger type Trigger Type Sequence B Trigger Pulse Width Setup amp Hold Rise Fall Time Mode Auto amp Holdoff MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Selecting Triggers Trigger Type Edge 1785 092 Sequence B Trigger A 1 Dav aes Pulse Width l l l l l l i T l 1785 093 Timeout l aan lt T gt 2810 076 Runt MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Trigger Conditions Trigger on a rising or falling edge as defined by the slope control Coupling choices are DC LF Reject HF Reject and Noise Reject Edge triggers are the simplest and most commonly used trigger type with both analog and digital signals An edge trigger event occurs when the trigger source passes through a specified voltage level in the specified direction Combine an edge A Event Main trigger with the B Event Delayed trigger to capture more complex signals See page 92 Using Sequence Trigger A Main and B Delayed Time After the A Event occurs the trigger system waits the specified amount of time and then looks for the B Event before triggering and displaying the waveform Events After the A Event occurs the trigger system looks for a specified number of B Events before triggering and displaying the waveform Trigger on pulses that are less than greater than equal to or not equal to a specified time Additionally y
124. gh and below Multipurpose which as a logic low NOTE Some buses use two thresholds per channel 2319 046 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 63 Acquire the Signal 5 Optionally push B1 Label to edit the label for Bus B1 Define Thresholds B1 Label Bus Event the bus See page 52 Labeling Channels Mpu Parallel Display Table and Buses 6 Push Bus Display and use the side menu to define how to display the parallel or serial bus Depending on the bus use the side menu or the knobs to set the number format 7 Push Event Table and select On to displaya Event uh g Table list of bus packets with timestamps off For a clocked parallel bus the table lists the value of the bus at each clock edge For an unclocked parallel bus the table lists the value of the bus whenever any one of its bits changes The Event Table lists bytes words or packets depending on the bus type 8 Push Save Event Table to save the event table data in a csv spreadsheet format on the currently selected storage device 64 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal This example of an Event Table is from an Tektronix version v1 24 RS 232 bus Bus Definition R5232 Time Tx RS 232 event tables display one line foreach 4 77E 02 7 or 8 bit byte when Packets are set to Off ru RS 232 event tables display one line foreach 3 75E 02 packet when Packets are set to On ae Other buses displa
125. h Data on the lower menu to enter specific Data values and the Parity value lf you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Time RT IMG push Trigger When on the lower menu to set the trigger condition Push Times on the lower menu to set the Maximum and Minimum times If you are setting up a MIL STD 1553 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Error push Error Type on the lower menu to select the type of error to trigger on I2C SPI USB Ethernet CAN LIN and FlexRay Bus Trigger Data Matching Rolling window byte matching for 12C SPI USB and FlexRay To use a rolling window to trigger on data you define the number of bytes to match Then the oscilloscope uses a rolling window to find any match within a packet with the window rolling one byte at a time For example if the number of bytes is one the oscilloscope will attempt to match the first byte second byte third and so on within the packet lf the number of bytes is two the oscilloscope will try to match any two consecutive bytes such as one and two two and three three and four and so on If the oscilloscope finds a match it will trigger With FlexRay USB or Ethernet obtain a rolling window match by setting the Byte Offset in the Data menu to Don t care 90 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Specific byte matching non rolling window matching for a specific position in the packet for 12C SPI
126. hat most of the materials are reused or recycled appropriately This symbol indicates that this product complies with the applicable European Union requirements according to Directives 2002 96 EC and 2006 66 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE and batteries For information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com Perchlorate materials This product contains one or more type CR lithium batteries According to the state of California CR lithium batteries are classified as perchlorate materials and require special handling See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate for additional information Restriction of hazardous substances This product is classified as an industrial monitoring and control instrument and is not required to comply with the substance restrictions of the recast RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU until July 22 2017 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual xiii Preface Preface This manual describes the installation and operation of the following oscilloscopes Sample Rate 1 ch Sample Rate 2 ch Sample Rate 4 ch Record Length 1 ch Record Length 2 ch Record Length 4 ch MDO4104B 6 MDO4104B 3 MDO4054B 6 MDO4054B 3 MDO4034B 3 5 GS s 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 9 GS s 2 5 GS s 5 GS s 5 GS s 2 9 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 2 5 GS s 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M 20M
127. he keypad you can also use the resulting side menu choices to enter units 4 Push Start to set the lowest frequency to Start capture 7 36 MHz 5 Push Stop to set the highest frequency to Stop capture 3 74 GHz To Center 6 Push Y to Center to move the frequency identified by the reference marker to the center frequency Reference Level 1 Push Ampl to bring up the side menu for adjusting RF amplitude settings Ampl BERRE CI 2913 072 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 77 Acquire the Signal 78 2 Push Ref Level and rotate multipurpose knob a to set the approximate maximum power level as shown by the baseline indicator at the top of the frequency graticule 3 Push Vertical and rotate multipurpose knob a to adjust the vertical position You will move the baseline indicator up or down This is useful if you want to move signals onto the visible display Rotate multipurpose knob b to adjust the vertical scale 4 Push Vertical Units and rotate multipurpose knob a to define the vertical units of measure for the frequency domain Choices are dBm dBuW dBmV dBuV dBmA and dBuA This is useful if your application requires a different unit of measurement than that being currently displayed 5 Push Auto Level to direct the oscilloscope to automatically calculate and set the reference level for you Resolution Bandwidth Amplitude Ref Level a
128. ical parameter value for a menu item Push Fine to make adjustments more slowly 5 Select Push to activate special functions For example when using the two vertical cursors and no horizontal ones are visible you can push this button to link or unlink the cursors When the two vertical and two horizontal cursors are both visible you can push this button to make either the vertical cursors or the horizontal cursors active You also can use the Select button with the file system operations MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Intensity Cursors KN ra Select 6 J ultiourpose Z nurnose Gemper 2913023 39 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 10 11 12 13 14 15 40 Turn the upper multipurpose knob a when activated to move a cursor to set a numerical parameter value for a menu item or to select from a pop out list of choices Push the Fine button to toggle between coarse and fine adjustment screen icons tell you when a or b are active Zoom button Push to activate zoom mode Pan outer knob Turn to scroll the zoom window through the acquired waveform Zoom inner knob Turn to control the zoom factor Turning it clockwise zooms in further Turning it counterclockwise zooms out Play pause button Push to start or stop the automatic panning of a waveform Control the speed and direction with the pan knob lt Pr
129. ication module MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Description This module enables triggering on RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 and UART serial buses Also it provides digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information This module enables triggering on packet level information on 12C and SPI serial buses Also it provides digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information This module enables triggering on 10BASE T and 100BASE TX buses Also it provides search tools bus views and decode tables with time stamp information NOTE 2350 MHz bandwidth models are recommended for 100BASE TX This module supports limit testing and testing on telecom standard masks or custom masks NOTE 2350 MHz bandwidth models are recommended for Telecomm standards gt 55 Mb s 1 GHz bandwidth models are recommended for high speed HS USB This module supports measurements of power quality switching loss harmonics ripple modulation safe operating area and slew rate dV dt and dl dt This module enables triggering on packet level information on USB 2 0 serial buses Also it provides digital views of the signal bus views bus decoding data in hex binary and ASCII search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information NOTE 1 GHz bandwidth models are required for high s
130. ifying measurement statistics adjusting the measurement reference levels or taking a snapshot Gating Gating confines the measurement to a certain portion of a waveform To use 1 Push Measure Measure Coy 2913 039 2 Push More as many times as needed to Add Mea Remove Indicators Waveform ae l t M select Gating from the resulting pop up ome ee His ursors menu On Screen tograms 128 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Position the gates using the side menu options Between Cursors Statistics Statistics characterize the stability of measurements To adjust statistics 1 Push Measure 2 Push More as many times as needed to A Naas Waveform aus select Statistics from the resulting pop up rent His open tograms menu MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 129 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Push the side menu options These include sa whether to turn statistics on or off and how tistics many samples to use for mean and standard deviation calculations a of Mean amp Std Dev Samples a A Reset Statistics Snapshot To see all the single sourced measurements at one moment in time 1 Push Measure Measure 2913 039 2 Push Add Measurement Remove Indicators Waveform Bring surement Measu
131. igger 85 select automatic measurements 125 setup a waveform histogram 136 setup analog channels 51 setup bus parameters 62 setup digital channels 73 setup input parameters 103 setup VISA communica tions 25 take an automatic measurement in the frequency domain 123 take an automatic measurement in the time domain 124 take manual measurements with cursors 132 trigger on buses 87 upgrade the firmware 22 use a sequential trigger 92 use a socket server 30 use e Scope 27 use MagniVu 75 use Wave Inspector 147 Humidity 6 199 Index I2C 37 61 87 2S 37 61 87 Icon Expansion point 43 Trigger level 44 Trigger position 43 Image orientation 166 174 Impedance 103 Indicator baseline 78 trace 113 Indicator waveform baseline 46 Infinite persistence 99 Ink Saver 166 175 Inner knob 40 140 Instrument Specific File format ISF 167 Intensity button 39 Intensity button 101 Invert 103 IRE graticule 100 ISF format 167 K Kaiser FFT window 79 Keyboard Connection 33 Key layout style 33 language 17 Keypad 34 Knob inner 40 140 Multipurpose 19 36 39 40 59 167 outer 40 pan 40 148 149 Trigger level 83 Vertical menu 41 Vertical position 41 52 Vertical scale 41 52 zoom 40 140 147 L Label bus 107 LAN port 49 Landscape 166 174 Language change 17 overlay 18 200 Left Justified LJ 37 61 87 Level trigger 83 Lic
132. ile into the root folder of a USB flash drive or USB hard drive 2 Power off your oscilloscope 2913 011 22 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 3 Insert the USB flash or hard drive into the USB port on the front panel of your oscilloscope SRE gt C 2913 012 4 Power on the oscilloscope The instrument automatically recognizes the replacement firmware and installs it If the instrument does not install the firmware rerun the procedure If the problem continues try a different model of USB flash or hard drive Finally if needed contact qualified service personnel NOTE Do not power off the oscilloscope or remove the USB drive until the oscilloscope finishes installing the firmware 2913 006 5 Power off the oscilloscope and remove the USB flash or hard drive OOJ O AJIA L OSS O LLD ot I xy E P I MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 23 Installation 6 Power on the oscilloscope AO O QO Q 2913 006 7 Push Utility 2913 010 ili Utilit 8 Push Utility Page 9 Turn multipurpose knob a and s
133. illoscope to general use The TekSecure function m Replaces all waveforms in all reference memories with null values m Replaces the current front panel setup and all stored setups with the default setup m Displays a confirmation or warning message depending on whether the verification is successful or unsuccessful To use TekSecure 1 Push Utility 2913 010 2 Push Utility Page 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Config Config Utility Page 4 Push TekSecure Erase Memory Utility Language Set Date amp TekSecure Manage Page Time Modules amp Options 5 Push OK Erase Setup and Ref Memory on the side menu To cancel the procedure push Menu Off 2913 018 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 179 Save and Recall Information 6 Power off the oscilloscope and then power it back on to complete the process O 38 oj LJ 2913 050 SO G 5O WO A SO mM JEK OOL a A OCJ JILL JL CO Oo cl mo 180 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Using Application Modules Using Application Modules Optional application module packages extend the capability of your oscilloscope See page 16 Application Module Free Trial See page 16 Installing an Application Module Refer to the MSO4000B DPO4000B and MDO4000B Series Application Module Inst
134. ing or adding an application module See page 12 Powering off the Oscilloscope 16 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Optional application module packages extend the capability of your oscilloscope You can physically install up to four application modules at one time Application modules go into the two slots with windows in the upper right corner of the front panel Two additional slots are directly behind the two that you can see To use these slots install the module with the label facing away from you some of the modules have licenses which allow you to transfer the license between your application modules and the oscilloscope You can keep each license in the module which will allow you to move the module from one instrument to another Alternatively you can move the license from the module to the oscilloscope This approach will allow you to store the module separately from the oscilloscope for safe keeping This approach will also allow you to use more than four applications on your oscilloscope simultaneously To transfer a license from a module to your oscilloscope or from your oscilloscope to a module 1 Turn off the power to the oscilloscope Insert the application modules into the oscilloscope Turn on the power 2 Push Utility on the front panel If needed push Utility Page on the lower menu and turn multipurpose knob a to select Config Push Manage Modules and Options on the lower menu and then push
135. ing the frequency domain and auto magnify features at the same time and if you move the spectrum time outside of the portion of the acquisition shown in the graticule then the orange bar in the time domain display showing the spectrum time will disappear as will any activity in the frequency domain display 152 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Time Correlated Multi Domain Display A single trigger event coordinates acquisition across all analog digital and RF channels This enables a time correlated view of both the time and frequency domain signals in a single instrument 1 Spectrum Time This is the position in time used to calculate the spectrum shown in the frequency domain graticule An orange bar at the bottom of the time domain display indicates the Spectrum Time The orange bar is also shown in the acquisition overview at the top of the display Analog Time This is the amount of time acquired in the time domain graticule It is controlled by the Horizontal Scale knob RF Acquisition time This is the amount of time acquired by the RF system At mid to fast time base settings it equals analog time At slower time base settings it can be less than analog time In the figure to the right it is shown by a pair of brackets around the spectrum time MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 1 1 00V 200mv 70 05 W2s 0Ms s 20 20 1
136. ion to view and edit the network configuration settings If you are using a password and changing your settings you need to know that the default user name is Ixiuser MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 29 Installation 16 For e Scope click the Instrument Control e Scope link on the left side of the LXI Welcome page You should then see a new tab or window open in your browser with e Scope running Using a Socket Server A socket server provides two way communication over an Internet Protocol based computer network You can use your oscilloscope s socket server feature to let your oscilloscope communicate with a remote terminal device or computer To set up and use a socket server between your oscilloscope and a remote terminal or computer 1 Connect the oscilloscope to your computer network using an appropriate Ethernet cable E P 2913 016 30 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 2 Push Utility OCALA O c og jjococes 3 Push Utility Page Page 4 Turn multipurpose knob a and select I O I O 5 Push Socket Server oy USB Ethernet amp Be age LXI onfigura Hf Manual Socket Server 6 On the resulting Socket Server side menu SEYE push the top entry to highlight Enabled Disabled 7 Choose whether the protocol should be Protocol None or Terminal Neat bo aji Terminal A communication session
137. ition are independent functions When you establish a trigger condition using either the A trigger alone or the A and B triggers together you can also use the horizontal position control to delay the acquisition by an additional amount m When using the B trigger the A and B trigger types can only be Edge MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 93 Trigger Setup Starting and Stopping an Acquisition After you have defined the acquisition and trigger parameters start the acquisition with Run Stop or Single Push Run Stop to start acquisitions onse Rms The oscilloscope acquires repeatedly until you push the button again to stop the acquisition m Push Single to take a single acquisition Single sets the trigger mode to Normal for the single acquisition m lf any RF trace and any other analog or digital waveform are active then pressing Run Stop to stop acquisitions will cause the oscilloscope to wait for one more trigger event before stopping While waiting for the trigger event the Run Stop button will turn yellow and the Single button will turn green Once the acquisition occurs the Run Stop button will turn red and the Single button will become unlit lf the Trigger Mode is set to Auto and another trigger event does not occur within the Auto trigger timeout period then an acquisition will be made and the instrument will stop lf the Trigger mode is set to Normal the oscilloscope will continue waiti
138. l C3 2913 041 Push and hold Cursors to display the cursor menu Push Cursors on the lower menu to set the Cursors Source Bars Linked Bring Cursor cursors to Screen Waveform pelectedh Horizontal On ete Units In screen mode two horizontal bars and two Vertical vertical bars span the graticule Turn multipurpose knobs a and b to move mes ran the pair of horizontal cursors Multipurpose m bos Multipurpose 2913 068 Push Select This makes the vertical cursors active and the horizontal cursors inactive Now as you turn the multipurpose knobs the vertical cursors will move Push Select to make the horizontal cursors active again MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 133 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 8 View the cursor and the cursor readout 258us 3 48mV 330us 1 42mvV NOTE On digital channels you can take timing F5 tiy i ASBsus A206mV measurements with cursors but not amplitude Ti measurements 10 11 12 13 14 134 1785 147 Display multiple waveforms on the screen by pushing one or more of the channel 1 through 4 buttons or by pushing the D15 DO button Push and hold Cursors to display the cursor Cursors menu again O Push Source on the lower menu A pop up menu will appear The default menu selection of Selected Waveform will cause the cursors to take measuremen
139. l a waveform record Set this by pushing the Acquire button and using the lower and side menus Trigger point The zero time reference in a waveform record It is shown on the screen by an orange T Horizontal position When Delay Mode is on this is the time from the trigger point to the expansion point Adjust this by turning the Horizontal Position knob Use a positive time to acquire the record after the trigger point Use a negative time to acquire it before the trigger point Expansion point The point that the horizontal scale expands and contracts around It is shown by an orange triangle MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Sample interval First sampled and digitized point in record Th Trigger point Expansion point J Horizontal Horizontal acquisition position window 1785 109 57 Acquire the Signal How the Analog Acquisition Modes Work Sample mode retains the first sampled point from each acquisition interval Sample is the default mode 1785 128 Peak Detect mode uses the highest and lowest of all the samples contained in two consecutive acquisition intervals This mode only works with real time noninterpolated sampling and is useful for catching high 1785129 frequency glitches Hi Res mode calculates the average of all the samples for each acquisition interval This mode also only works with real time noninterpolated sampling Hi Res p
140. lation Signal Path Compensation Signal Path Compensation SPC corrects for DC inaccuracies caused by temperature variations and or long term drift Run the compensation whenever the ambient temperature has changed by more than 10 C 18 F or once a week if you use vertical settings of 5 mV division or less Failure to do so may result in the instrument not meeting warranted performance levels at those volts div settings Signal Path Compensation for Time and Frequency Domains To compensate the signal path 1 Warm up the oscilloscope for at least 20 minutes Remove all input signals probes and cables from channel inputs Input signals with AC components adversely affect SPC 2913 006 2 Push Utility 2913 010 3 Push Utility Page 4 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Calibration Calibration 20 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 5 Push Signal Path on the lower menu Utility Signal Factory Page oe Pass Calibration 6 Push OK Compensate Signal Paths on OK on the resulting side menu Signal Paths The calibration will take approximately 10 minutes to complete 7 After calibration verify that the status ae ta indicator on the lower menu displays Pass ZEAN Pass If it does not then recalibrate the instrument or have the instrument serviced by qualified service personnel Service person
141. ld times Search for rising and or falling edges that are gt lt or a user specified time Parallel Search for a binary or hex value I2C Search for Start Repeated Start Stop Missing Ack Address Data or Address and Data SPI Search for SS Active MOSI MISO or MOSI amp MISO RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 UART Search for Tx Start Bit Rx Start Bit Tx End of Packet Rx End of Packet Tx Data Rx Data Tx Parity Error Rx Parity Error CAN Search for Start of Frame Type of Frame Data Remote Error Overload Identifier standard or extended Data Identifier and Data End of Frame or Missing Ack Bit Stuffing Error LIN Search for Synch Identifier Data ID amp Data Wakeup Frame Sleep Frame Error FlexRay Search for Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Cycle Count Header Fields Data ID amp Data End of Frame Error Audio Search for Word Select or Data USB Search for Sync Reset Suspend Resume End of Packet Token Address Packet Data Packet Handshake Packet Special Packet or Error Ethernet Search for Start of Frame MAC Addresses MAC Length Type MAC Client Data End of Packet Idle FCS CRC Error If Q VLAN Tagging is turned on you can also search for Q Tag Control Information MIL STD 1553 Search for Sync Command Status Data Time RT IMG Error MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 151 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Auto magnify As you adjust the horizontal scale
142. ls 2 4 digital channels 0 15 buses time domain math waveforms time domain reference waveforms and any RF versus time traces MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 119 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Using Markers in the Frequency Domain 120 1 Push Markers This brings up the Markers side menu 2 Push Peak Markers and turn multipurpose knob a to select how many peaks to label on the display NOTE This ts the maximum number of peaks that will be marked If there are more peaks that meet the threshold and excursion criteria than the specified number of Peak Markers identified in this control then only the specified number of highest amplitude peaks will be marked 3 Push Y To Centerto set the center frequency to the frequency indicated by the Reference Marker The Reference Marker is automatically placed on the highest amplitude peak 4 Push Threshold and turn multipurpose knob a to define the threshold of the peak markers Turn multipurpose knob b to define their excursion value 5 Push Manual Markers to activate manual markers Use manual markers to measure non peak areas of interest in the spectrum 6 Push Readout to choose between Absolute and Delta readouts Delta readouts are relative to the Reference Marker oa ae a oa a a oo Q 00d loo 0900 Soo O 5 QoQ CECCO CI 2913 074 Mark
143. mber of waveforms to average over Multipurpose 1785 039 5 Push Record Length 6 Scroll through the available choices Choose among 1000 10 k 100 k 1 M 10 M and 20 M points MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 59 Acquire the Signal 7 Push Delay on the lower menu to select Acquired waveform On when you want to delay the acquisition E relative to the trigger event Ti ALLIS Delay time gt Expansion point With Delay set to On turn the Horizontal Position knob counterclockwise to increase the delay The trigger point will move to the left and ultimately outside of the acquired waveform Then you can adjust the Horizontal Scale knob to acquire more detail around the area of interest at the center of the screen When this delay is on the trigger point separates from the horizontal expansion point The horizontal expansion point Stays at the center of the screen The trigger point can move off the screen When this happens the trigger marker turns to point in the direction of the trigger point Use the delay feature when you want to acquire waveform detail that is separated from the trigger event by a significant interval of time For example you can trigger on a sync pulse that occurs once every 10 ms and then look at high speed signal characteristics that occur 6 ms after the sync pulse When the delay feature is set to Off the expansion point is tied to the trigger point
144. menu For example if the oscilloscope IP address was 123 45 67 89 and the post was the default of 4000 you could open a session by writing into the MS Windows Telnet screen o 123 45 67 89 4000 eee computer when it has finished connecting Tektronix ADO4L64 6 Instrument Control Terminal Session Control commands tt lt timeout gt set the response timeout in milliseconds td send device clear to the instrument tr i read response from instrument th print this usage info oo containing a 7 are treated as queries and responses Wy i A CAWNDOWSeystem 3 Velnet exe Algom to Aicrosoft Telnet Client Tineout is 16668 nilliseconds 32 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation 12 You can now type in a standard query such as idn The Telnet session window will respond by displaying a character string describing your instrument You can type in more queries and view more results using this Telnet session window You can find the syntax for relevant commands queries and related status codes in the MSO4000B DPO4000B and MDO4000B Series Programmer Manual NOTE Do not use the computer s backspace key during an MS Windows Telnet session with the oscilloscope Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope You can connect a USB keyboard to a USB Host port on the rear or front panel of the oscilloscope The oscilloscope will detec
145. menu oe evels Set Levels in Use High and Low reference to calculate High Ref rise and fall times a 90 0 Use Mid reference primarily for measurements between edges such as pulse widths 0 0 Set to Defaults Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors Cursors are on screen markers that you position in the waveform display to take manual measurements on acquired data They appear as horizontal and or as vertical lines To use cursors on analog or digital channels 1 Push Cursors to turn cursors on NOTE A second push turns cursors off You iE can also push and hold Cursors to display the I Cursors O cursor menu oOo 45 o o ooon OC In this example two vertical cursors appear l Beau 34am i i S 1 42mV on the selected waveform As you turn 3 Asegus A2 06mV multipurpose knob a you move one cursor to the right or left As you turn knob b you move the other cursor 1785 146 132 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data With cursors on push Select This turns the cursor linking on and off If linking is on turning multipurpose knob a moves the two cursors together Turning multipurpose knob b adjusts the time between the cursors Push Fine to toggle between a coarse and a fine adjustment for multipurpose knobs a and b Pushing Fine also changes the sensitivity of other knobs as wel
146. n a safe condition To safely perform service on this product additional information is provided at the end of this section See page viii Service safety summary General safety summary Use the product only as specified Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it Carefully read all instructions Retain these instructions for future reference Comply with local and national safety codes For correct and safe operation of the product it is essential that you follow generally accepted safety procedures in addition to the safety precautions specified in this manual The product is designed to be used by trained personnel only Only qualified personnel who are aware of the hazards involved should remove the cover for repair maintenance or adjustment Before use always check the product with a known source to be sure it is operating correctly This product is not intended for detection of hazardous voltages Use personal protective equipment to prevent shock and arc blast injury where hazardous live conductors are exposed While using this product you may need to access other parts of a larger system Read the safety sections of the other component manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system When incorporating this equipment into a system the safety of that system is the responsibility of the assembler of the system To avoid fire
147. ndard Accessories The standard accessories included with the probe are shown below WARNING To avoid electric shock when using the probe or accessories keep fingers behind the finger guard of probe body and accessories To reduce risk of shock when using the probe on floating measurements ensure the reference lead accessories are fully mated before connecting the probe to the circuit under test 184 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Item A g 2786 002 2809 006 2809 002 2809 001 2786 008 S 7 Do not use on circuits that exceed 30 Vams 2710 011 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Description Hook tip Press the hook tip onto the probe tip and then clamp the hook onto the circuit Reorder Tektronix part number 013 0362 XX Micro Hook tip Use this tip to access test points in tight spaces Press the hook tip onto the probe tip and then clamp the hook onto the circuit Reorder Tektronix part number 013 0363 XX Rigid tip This tip is pre installed on the probe Reorder Tektronix part number 206 0610 XX Pogo tip This spring loaded tip allows compliant testing of circuit boards The probe tip retracts slightly when pressure is applied to it and then springs back into place Reorder Tektronix part number 206 0611 XX Ground lead with alligator clip Secure the lead to the probe head gro
148. nel to initialize the oscilloscope to a known setup See page 54 Using the Default Setup Saving with One Button Push After you have defined the save recall parameters with the Save Recall Menu button and menu you can save files with a single push of the Save button For example if you have defined the save operation to save waveform data to a USB flash drive then each push of the Save button will save current waveform data to the defined USB flash drive 1 To define the Save button behavior push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Assign Save to Save Recall Assign File Screen Waveform Utilities SE to Image Setup 170 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 3 Push the side menu button corresponding to eae the items or items you wish to save when ii you push the Save button Screen Image Image Waveform and Setup 4 From now on when you push Save the oscilloscope will perform the action that you just specified rather than requiring you to navigate through the menus each time Save CI 2913 048 Managing Drives Directories and Files You can manage drives directories and files from the oscilloscope user interface 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2913 047 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 171 Save and Recall Information 2 Select the desired file operation from the side menus You can Push File Utilities Save Wav
149. nel use the factory calibration functions to calibrate the internal voltage references of the oscilloscope using external sources Contact your Tektronix field office or representative for assistance with factory calibration NOTE Signal Path Compensation does not include calibration to the probe tip See page 15 Compensating a non TPP0500 or non TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe Signal Path Compensation for Frequency Domain Only The signal path compensation SPC described above runs on both the time and the frequency domain inputs If you only want to compensate the RF input you can save time by running SPC only on the RF input and skipping the time domain part You can do this as follows 1 As with the time and frequency calibration warm up the oscilloscope for at least 20 minutes Remove all input signals probes and cables from the RF input 2 Push RF to bring up the Frequency Domain menu MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 21 Installation 3 Push More to select Compensate Signal Path 4 On the resulting side menu push OK Compensate RF Signal Path Upgrading Firmware To upgrade the firmware of the oscilloscope 1 Open up a Web browser and go to www tektronix com software downloads J Proceed to the software finder Download the latest firmware for your oscilloscope on your PC NNI un ah i 1785 157 Unzip the files and copy the firmware img f
150. ng for a trigger event to occur as long as necessary Triggering on the RF Input Overview With the MDO4000B a single event triggers all of the analog digital and RF acquisitions regardless of whether that event came from an analog digital or RF input The MDO4000B allows you to trigger at the precise time that a frequency domain event of interest occurs This is because the triggered acquisition system is fully integrated with both the RF and the time domain channels A single trigger event coordinates the acquisitions from both the time and frequency domains What s more the MDO4000B allows you to trigger on a change in the power envelope of the RF input The RF power being triggered on is the total power acquired within the band not just the current span 94 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup NOTE The MDO4000B acquisition system uses one of three frequency bands to acquire RF data depending on where you set Center Frequency and Span The bands are 9 kHz to 3 75 GHz 2 75 GHz to 4 5 GHz and 3 5 GHz to 6 0 GHz The power level trigger detects power across the entire band being acquired not just the span set by the user When RF Power Level is used as the trigger source the trigger readout indicates the bandwidth seen by the power detector The MDO4000B Series provides RF Power as a source for Edge triggering This enables your oscilloscope to trigger as the RF power envelope passes through a s
151. ng from search mark to search mark Use the next or previous lt arrow button to jump from one marked location to another without adjusting any other controls 4 Delete a mark Push the next or previous lt arrow button to jump to the mark you want to clear To remove the current center positioned mark push Set Clear It works on both manually and automatically created marks To automatically set and clear delete search marks 1 Push Search 50000 OCI O NGA S NS SNS AUSUS OL oO a Sood ad ai oy oOo gaino CH 2 Select the search type desired from the lower menu The search menu is similar to the trigger menu 3 From the side menu turn on the search 4 On the screen hollow triangles show the location of automatic marks and solid triangles show the custom user defined locations These appear on both normal and zoomed waveform views 5 You can quickly investigate your waveform by moving from search mark to search mark with the next and previous lt arrow buttons No other adjustments are needed Quick tips 2121 240 m You can copy trigger settings to search for other locations in your acquired waveform that meet the trigger conditions m You can also copy search settings to your trigger MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data m Custom
152. nges in the RF power level In the plot at the right the RF channel is driven with a 100 MHz sine wave with a 500 cycle burst for a burst duration of 5 us As a result the RF power threshold will impact the amount of trigger delay and the apparent width of the pulse For example when the trigger level is at 10 dBm the amount of delay will be approximately 500 ns The pulse width will also appear to be only 4 5 us even though the input burst length is 5 us MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 95 Trigger Setup 96 In the figure to the right with a 35 dBm trigger level there is minimal delay between the start of the burst and the trigger The RF amplitude versus time trace shown in the time domain graticule illustrates the profile of this RF burst In the figure to the right the edge trigger power level is now raised to 10 dBm The trigger indication is now delayed approximately 500 ns from the start of the burst This is due to the power detector response discussed previously a SEE e jj BUGRE ii TD LPEE pihali T Ht iF ETI z Jirin PL i et a ee Oe i ER EEEN iy i T H VUE UN ESE ALAM TTT iT LE BE HT H a AEA A ER A E SE o aa A Feet TORE Sb E bed ey JEST TON AHF gps TE DIPHA EE Ilzi said 1h cog HE fur _ IM Trig LEI T arte Ni os regan ia TOD iter k pihe a 7 wian HEH Hi me irr a i fF aa JR
153. nnect power Network USB D D q X aS MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual XV Preface Xvi MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Installation Before Installation Unpack the oscilloscope and check that you received all items listed as standard accessories The following pages list recommended accessories and probes instrument options and upgrades Check the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com for the most current information Standard accessories Tektronix part Accessory Description number MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User English Option LO 071 3191 XX Manual French Option L1 071 3192 XX Italian Option L2 071 3193 XX German Option L3 071 3194 XX Spanish Option L4 071 3195 XX Japanese Option L5 071 3196 XX Portuguese Option L6 071 3197 XX Simplified Chinese Option L7 071 3198 XX Traditional Chinese Option L8 071 3199 XX Korean Option L9 071 3200 XX Russian Option L10 071 3201 XX MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Electronic versions of documents including 063 4508 XX Documentation Browser CD the Programmer Manual and the Technical Reference Calibration certificate documenting traceability to national metrology institute s and IS09001 quality system registration Front Panel Overlay French Option L1 335 2376 XX Italian Option L2 335 2377 XX German Option L3 335 2378 XX Spanish Option L4 339 2379 XX Japanese Option L5 335 2380 XX Portuguese Option L
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155. nough to capture data after the trigger Slope and Level The slope control determines whether the Positive going edge Negative going edge instrument finds the trigger point on the rising or the falling edge of a signal The level control determines where on that edge the trigger point occurs Trigger level can be adjusted vertically Trigger slope can be positive or negative 2121 244 The oscilloscope provides a long horizontal bar or bars across the graticule to temporarily show the trigger level 1785 152 1 Turn the front panel Trigger Level knob to adjust the trigger level without going to a menu 2 Push the front panel Trigger Level knob to quickly set the trigger level to the Push to midpoint of the waveform paras 2810 050 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 83 Trigger Setup Choosing a Trigger Type 84 To select a trigger 1 Push Trigger Menu 2 Push Type to bring up the Trigger Type side menu NOTE The bus trigger in the MDO4000B Series works on parallel buses even without an application module Using the bus trigger on other buses requires use of a DPO4AERO DPO4AUDIO DPO4AUTO DPO4AUTOMAX DPO4COMP DPO4EMBD DPO4ENET or DPO4USB application module 3 Turn multipurpose knob a to select the desired trigger type 4 Complete the trigger setup using the lower menu controls displayed for the trigger type The controls to set up the trigger vary depending on the tri
156. of three 3 years from the date of original purchase from an authorized Tektronix distributor If the product proves defective during this warranty period Tektronix at its option either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product Batteries are excluded from this warranty Parts modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance All replaced parts modules and products become the property of Tektronix In order to obtain service under this warranty Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix shipping charges prepaid and with a copy of customer proof of purchase Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this
157. oint output depending on the acquisition settings It then reduces that FFT output into a 1 000 pixel wide display This means that approximately 1 to 2 000 FFT points get compressed into each pixel column The MDO4000B gives you several choices as to how this compression is done The choices are peak sample average and peak The figure below illustrates how these detection methods work in a 5 1 Tek Run 4 15 0 dBm A Display Waveform or Trace Data ww amp 2 3 3 gt S iS z S la elo zje i T a 85 0 Nested H soy ly Ha otk Ha Wn Diy A ii i ni i NN y j j T TAN 2 395GH2 t UWA dB div J CF Ref 15 0 dBm Scale 10 0 Spectrum RF versus Spectrogram anara Traces Time Traces off ra one gK HE x a ell lh h Wi ANKI 2 405GHz Span 1 3 Free Run F 2 40000000GHz Span 10 0000MHz BW Detection z Edit Method RB 10 0kKH2 3191 001 2913 097 compression where five points are reduced to each pixel column MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 113 Display Waveform or Trace Data 114 1 FFT points 2 Decimation 3 Peak Uses the highest amplitude point in each interval 4 Sample Uses the first point in each interval 5 Average Averages all points in each interval 6 Peak Uses the lowest amplitude point in e
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160. ou can trigger when a pulse width is within or outside a range of two different specified times You can trigger on positive or negative pulses Pulse width triggers are primarily used on digital signals Trigger when no pulse is detected within a specified time The signal stays above or below or either above or below a set value for a set amount of time Trigger on a pulse amplitude that crosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before recrossing the first You can detect positive or negative or either runts or only those wider than less than greater than equal to or not equal to a specified width Runt triggers are primarily used on digital signals 85 Trigger Setup Trigger Type Logic Setup and Hold Rise Fall Time 86 x lt lt r I 1785 097 Trigger Conditions Trigger when all channels transition to the specified state Use multipurpose knob a to select a channel Push the appropriate button on the side menu to set that channel s state to High H Low L or Don t Care X Push Clock on the side menu to enable clocked state triggering You can have at most a single clock channel Push Clock Edge on the lower menu to change the polarity of the clock edge Turn off clocked triggering and return to unclocked pattern triggering by selecting the clock channel and setting it to high low or don t care For unclocked triggering by default triggering occurs when the selected
161. ow works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Blackman Harris The frequency resolution when using the Blackman Harris window is poor the spectral leakage is very low and amplitude accuracy is good Use the Blackman Harris window for measuring predominantly single frequency waveforms to look for higher order harmonics or several moderately or widely spaced sinusoidal signals Using Advanced Math The advanced math feature lets you create a custom math waveform expression that can incorporate active and reference waveforms measurements and or numeric constants To use this feature 1 Push Math am Gee ellos 2913 042 2 Push Advanced Math Dual Wfm FFT EWE Spectrum M Label Math Math Math 3 Use the side menu buttons to create custom expressions MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 143 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 4 Push Edit Expression and use the multipurpose knobs and the resulting lower menu buttons to create an expression When done push OK Accept For example to use Edit Expression to take the integral of a square wave Push Clear on the lower menu 2 Turn multipurpose knob a to select Intg 3 Push Enter Selection 4 Turn multipurpose knob a to select channel 1 5 Push Enter Selection 6 Turn multipurpose knob a to select 7 Push OK Accept Using Spectrum M
162. p Conditions Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry Safety Terms and Symbols Terms in This Manual These terms may appear in this manual N WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life N CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 189 Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Symbols on the Product These symbols may appear on the product A CAUTION Refer to Manual 190 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Product Description The P6616 general purpose logic probe connects the Tektronix MDO4000B Series of mixed signal oscilloscopes to digital buses and signals on your target system The probe contains 16 data channels split between two lead sets GROUP 1 and GROUP 2 The first lead in each set is identified by blue insulation and the remaining seven leads are gray All leads include a ground connection at the tip You can connect the probe leads separately to the target system or group the leads together using the probe tip holders 2831 001 Connecting the Probe to the Oscilloscope Connect the probe as shown in the illustration below
163. pecific power level To do this set the oscilloscope to trigger on a rising edge in order to trigger on events where the RF turns on Conversely set it to trigger on a falling edge in order to trigger on events where the RF turns off With the MDO4TRIG application module installed the MD4000B also provides RF Power as a source for Pulse Width Timeout Runt Logic and Sequence triggers Limitations By understanding how the RF Power trigger works and its limitations you can use it appropriately The RF Power trigger drives one input of a comparator with an RF logarithmic power detector The trigger level provides the reference to the other comparator input in dBm Since neither the output of the power detector nor of the comparator can be directly observed it is important to recognize how this trigger works For example a continuous or swept sine wave will cause the power detector to output a DC voltage proportional to the sine wave power Since there is no change in the power level the RF Power trigger does not provide a trigger To get a trigger there must be a change in the detected power level A signal such as a burst or amplitude modulated sine wave will cause the power detector to produce a varying output that can be edge triggered The RF power detector is relatively slow RF Power Detector Response to 100 MHz 500 Cycle Sine Wave Burst compared to an analog channel trigger The power detector can take up to 2 us to dBm respond to cha
164. peed HS USB This module enables triggering on a variety of standard HDTV signals as well as on custom non standard bilevel and trilevel video signals with 3 to 4 000 lines This module enables triggering with RF power as the source for Pulse Width Timeout Runt Logic and Sequence triggers Installation Tektronix part number DPO4COMP DPO4EMBD DPO4ENET DPO4LMT DPO4PWR DPO4USB DPO4VID MDO4TRIG Installation Optional accessories cont Accessory NEX HD2HEADER TEK USB 488 Adapter Rackmount kit Soft transit case Hard transit case MSO4000B DPO4000B and MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Programmer Manual MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Technical Reference Manual MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Service Manual Description Adapter that routes the channels from a Mictor connector to 0 1 inch header pins GPIB to USB Adapter Adds rackmount brackets Case for carrying instrument Traveling case which requires use of the soft transit case ACD4000B Describes commands for remote control of the oscilloscope Available electronically on the Documentation Browser CD or for download from www tektronix com manuals Describes the oscilloscope specifications and performance verification procedure Available electronically on the Documentation Browser CD or for download from www tektronix com manuals Service information on MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Man
165. purpose knob a Push Addressing Mode on the side menu and select 7 bit or 10 bit Push Data on the side menu Enter the data parameters of interest with multipurpose knobs a and b For more information on the 12C address formats refer to item 2 under Setting Up Bus Parameters SPI Bus Trigger You can trigger on SS Active MOSI MISO or MOSI amp MISO MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup If you are setting up an SPI trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of MOSI or MISO push Data on the lower menu push MOSI or MISO on the side menu and enter the data parameters of interest using multipurpose knobs a and b Then push Number of Bytes and enter the number of bytes with multipurpose knob a If you select MOSI amp MISO push Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest in the side menus RS 232 Bus Trigger You can trigger on Tx Start Bit Rx Start Bit Tx End of Packet Rx End of Packet Tx Data or Rx Data If you are setting up an RS 232 trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Tx Data or Rx Data push Data on the lower menu Push Number of Bytes and enter the number of bytes with multipurpose knob a Push Data on the side menu and enter the parameters of interest with multipurpose knobs a and b CAN Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Data ld amp Data End of Frame and Missing Ack If you are setting up a CAN trigger and have made a T
166. quire the signal as you want it to Setting Up Analog Channels Use front panel buttons and knobs to set up your instrument to acquire signals using the analog channels 1 Connect the TPP0500 TPP1000 or VPI probe to the input signal source 2 Select the input channel by pushing the front panel buttons NOTE Ifyou are using a probe that does not supply probe encoding set the attenuation probe factor on the oscilloscope vertical menu for the channel to match the probe 3 por main Ao ey PIMA 13 5pF 2300 VRMS CAT Il 50A VRMS Stl 2913 027 3 Push Default Setup F E O00 OOO afz 2n Default Setup MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 51 Acquire the Signal 4 Push Autoset 5 Push the desired channel button Then Adjust the horizontal position and scale adjust the vertical position and scale The horizontal position determines the number of pretrigger and posttrigger samples The horizontal scale determines the size of the acquisition window relative to the waveform You can scale the window to contain a waveform edge a cycle several cycles or thousands of cycles Quick Tip m Use the zoom feature to see multiple cycles of your signal in the upper part and a single cycle in the lower part of the Labeling Channels and Buses Wj Cc wo
167. r Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 4 Push the top button on the side menu to Off select the waveform axis for which you want WGC to show the histogram values Vertical or Horizontal Horizontal 5 Push Source on the side menu and use multipurpose knob a to select the channel for which to display histogram measurements 6 Push Horiz Limits on the side menu and use the multipurpose knobs a and b to set the L left and R right boundaries of the histogram box 7 Push Vert Limits on the side menu and use the multipurpose knobs a and b to set the T top and B bottom boundaries of the histogram box 8 Push more 1 of 2 9 Push Display on the side menu and select Display Linear or Log Linear Log To Add Measurements on Histogram Data 1 Push Add Measurement on the lower menu to add measurements on the histogram data 2 Push Source on the side menu and turn Source multipurpose knob a to select H for histogram Gis measurements 3 Push Measurement Type on the side menu eee and turn multipurpose knob b to select a a histogram measurement Type b Peak Hits MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 137 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 4 Push OK Add Measurement on the side menu to add the measurement to the Add Mea surement measurement readout list To Reset Histogram Measurements and Statistics To reset the histogram measurements and statistics follow these steps
168. r on B events 93 USB bus 89 Video defined 87 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger menu 36 84 92 button 84 Trigger modes Auto 81 Normal 81 Trigger types defined 85 Triggered spectrogram 118 Triggering on Buses 87 U UART 37 61 Undo Autoset 55 Default Setup 55 Upgrading firmware 22 USB 61 87 163 173 bus trigger 89 device port 50 flash drive 27 host ports 41 50 USBTMC 50 User interface language 17 User marks 149 Utility button 17 18 20 37 99 100 109 110 174 Utility menu 17 19 37 41 99 110 111 V Variable persistence 99 Ventilation 7 Versatile Probe Interface 9 Version firmware 24 Vertical button 37 menu 37 103 Menu knob 41 offset 106 Offset 104 position 102 position and autoset 56 position and offset 106 Position knob 41 52 scale 102 Scale knob 41 52 Video Autoset 56 port 49 Video trigger defined 87 Index View digital channels 109 waveform record 44 VISA 25 W Wave Inspector 147 Waveform adding 97 display style 97 histogram measurements 127 intensity 101 pan 147 148 pause 148 play 148 play pause 148 record defined 57 removing 97 search and mark 149 user marks 149 zoom 147 Waveform baseline indicator 46 Waveform Count measurement 127 Waveform record 57 Waveform record view 44 Weight 6 White edges 109 Width 6 Word 27 X XY cursors 136 display 99 Z Zo
169. r the next trigger the oscilloscope rescales and repositions the relevant waveforms in response to the new control settings It simulates what you will see when you next push the RUN button The oscilloscope uses the new settings for the next acquisition You may see a Clipped waveform if the original acquisition went off the screen The math waveform cursors and automatic measurements remain active and valid when using preview Setting Input Parameters Use the vertical controls to select waveforms adjust the waveform vertical position and scale and set input parameters 1 Push a channel menu button 1 2 3 or4to oJ Yo of Ko oy Qoy bring up the vertical menu for the designated waveform The vertical menu only affects TE the selected waveform a Pushing a channel button will also select or cancel that waveform selection Push Coupling repeatedly to select the Coupling ma Invert Bandwidth coupling to use Bey Ac On gi Full Use DC coupling to pass both AC and DC ie 500 components Use AC coupling to block the DC component and show only the AC signal Push Termination repeatedly to select the input impedance to use Set the input impedance termination to 50 Q or 1 MQ if using DC coupling Input impedance is automatically set to 1 MQ when using AC coupling For more information on input impedance see Quick Tips See page 106 Quick Tips Push Invert to invert the signal Select Off for normal operation
170. rcentage The duty cycle is measured on the first cycle in the waveform or gated region The ratio of the negative pulse width to the signal period expressed as a percentage The duty cycle is measured on the first cycle in the waveform or gated region The duration of a burst a series of transient events and is measured over the entire waveform or gated region 125 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 126 100 Fall time 90 50 Voltage 10 Pulse width 0 Amplitude measurements Measurement Peak to Peak Amplitude Max Min High Low Positive Overshoot Negative Overshoot Mean Cycle Mean LL L 1785 084 Description The absolute difference between the maximum and minimum amplitude in the entire waveform or gated region The high value less the low value measured over the entire waveform or gated region The most positive peak voltage Max is measured over the entire waveform or gated region The most negative peak voltage Min is measured over the entire waveform or gated region This value is used as 100 whenever high reference mid reference or low reference values are needed such as in fall time or rise time measurements Calculate using either the min max or histogram method The min max method uses the maximum value found The histogram method uses the most common value found above the midpoint This value is measured over the
171. re His Cursors ment tograms On Screen 3 Turn multipurpose knob a to select the desired Source channel Multipurpose Sa 1785 039 4 Turn multipurpose knob b to select the Measurement Type of Snapshot Multipurpose 1785 160 130 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 5 Push OK Snapshot All Measurements OK 6 View results Snapshot on 1 Snapshot All Mea surements Period 312 2us Width 103 7us Burst W 936 5us Rise 1 452us Duty 33 23 Over 7 143 High 9 200 V Max 10 40 V Ampl 16 80 V Mean 5 396 V RMS 7 169 V Area 21 58 mVs Edges 1 Pulses 2 Reference Levels Reference levels determine how time related measurements are taken For example they are used in calculating rise and fall times 1 Push Measure 2 Push More as many times as needed to select Reference Levels from the resulting pop up menu MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Freq Width Fall Duty Over Low Min Pk Pk CycleMean CycleRMS CycleArea Edges Pulses 3 203 kHz 208 5us 1 144us 66 77 7 143 7 600 V 8 800 V 19 20 V 5 396 V 8 206 V 654 6uVs 0 2 Measure Add Mea surement Remove Measure ment Indicators Bring form His Cursors tograms On Screen 131 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Set the levels using the side
172. readout 45 TIQ files 166 TPA BNC Adapter 5 9 TPA N VPI Adapter 5 9 TPP0500 or TPP1000 compensation 13 TPP0500 probe 1 TPP0500 TPP1000 8 TPP1000 probe 1 Trace amplitude versus time 115 average 113 frequency versus time 115 indicator 113 max hold 113 min hold 113 normal 113 phase versus time 115 RF time domain 114 RF versus time 115 Transit case hard 4 soft 4 Transition trigger defined 86 Trigger Audio bus 89 B trigger after delay time 93 Bus defined 87 buses 87 byte matching 91 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Can bus 89 concepts 81 coupling 82 data matching on a rolling window 90 delayed 92 Edge defined 85 Ethernet bus 90 event defined 81 FlexRay bus 89 forcing 81 Frequency readout 110 holdoff 82 level 83 level button 41 level icon 44 level knob 83 LIN bus 89 Logic defined 86 MIL STD 1553 bus 90 MIL STD 1553 data value matching 91 modes 81 84 Parallel bus 88 parallel bus data matching 91 parallel buses 61 point 57 position icon 43 posttrigger 81 83 Power level 94 pretrigger 81 83 Pulse Width defined 85 readout 44 91 RF power 94 Rise Fall defined 86 RS 232 bus 89 RS 232 data value matching 91 Runt defined 85 Sequence B Trigger defined 85 sequential 92 serial buses 61 Setup and Hold defined 86 slope 83 SPI bus 88 status readout 44 Timeout defined 85 Trigge
173. readsheet files or tekXXXXYYY isf for internal format files For waveforms the XXXX is an integer from 0000 to 9999 The YYY is the channel of the waveform and can be one of the following m CH1 CH2 CH3 or CH4 for the analog channels m D00 D01 D02 D03 and so on through D15 for the digital channels m MTH for a math waveform m RF1 RF2 RF3 or RF4 for reference memory waveforms ALL for a single spreadsheet file containing multiple channels when you select Save All Waveforms For RF traces XXXX is an integer from 0000 to 9999 The YYY defines the trace and can be one of the following m NRM for a normal trace m AVG for an average trace m MAX for a maximum hold trace m MIN for a minimum hold trace m AVT for an amplitude versus time trace m FVT for a frequency versus time trace MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 163 Save and Recall Information m PVT for a phase versus time trace TIQ for a baseband amp Q file NOTE Analog digital and RF waveforms and traces and those waveforms and traces derived from them such as math and reference can be saved to an ISF file When saving all channels in ISF format a group of files will be saved Each will have the same value for XXXX but the YYY values will be set to the different channels that were turned on when the Save All Waveforms operation was performed The XXXX value will automatically increment each time you save a file of the same type For example the firs
174. requency information when the amplitude of the RF input is below a user specified value This keeps both the frequency versus time and the phase versus time traces from displaying broad bands of noise when there is no signal present on the RF input Squelch off Squelch on Spectrogram Display The spectrogram display is particularly useful for monitoring slowly changing RF phenomena The x axis represents frequency just like the typical spectrum display The y axis represents time Color indicates amplitude Spectrogram slices are generated by taking each spectrum and flipping it on its edge so that it is one pixel row tall and then assigning colors to each pixel based on the amplitude at that frequency with the cold colors of blue and green representing low amplitude and the hotter colors of yellow and red indicating higher amplitude Each new acquisition adds another slice at the bottom of the spectrogram and the history moves up one row When acquisitions are stopped you can navigate through the history of the spectrogram by pressing the side menu slice control and turning multipurpose knob a When acquisitions are stopped and the spectrogram is displayed the spectrogram slice trace is displayed as the Normal spectrum trace MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 117 Display Waveform or Trace Data 118 To use the spectrogram feature push Spectrogram from the RF Menu to bring up the related side menu 1
175. ries Oscilloscopes User Manual 175 Save and Recall Information USB Device Port Connect to Computer 5 Push Connect to PictBridge Printer Connect to ractbridge rinter Disabled Off bus Printing Over Ethernet To set up the oscilloscope to print over Ethernet 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to the rear panel SEE 2 Push Utility CI 2913 010 3 Push Utility Page 4 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Print a Setup aes 176 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 5 Push Select Printer 6 Push Add Network Printer 7 Turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to find the first character in the printer name that you want to enter If you are using a USB keyboard use the arrow keys to position the insertion point and type in the printer name See page 33 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope 8 Push Select or Enter Character to let the oscilloscope know that you have picked the proper character to use You can use the lower menu buttons to edit the name as needed 9 Continue scrolling and pushing Select until you have entered all the desired characters MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information Utility Select Orientation Ink Saver Page Printer Prin Setup Add Network Printer Rename Printer Delete Network Printer Multipurpose Ea 1785
176. ries oscilloscopes m Each compensation generates values for a specific probe and channel combination If you want to use the probe on another channel and desire to compensate the new probe channel pair you must run a new set of compensation steps Each channel can store compensation values for 10 individual probes If you try to compensate an 11th probe ona channel the oscilloscope will delete the values for the least recently used probe and add the values for the new probe m The oscilloscope will assign default compensation values to a TPP0500 or TPP1000 probe connected to the Aux In channel NOTE A factory calibration will delete all stored compensation values NOTE A probe compensation failure is most likely due to intermittent connection of the probe tip or ground connection during the probe compensation operation If a failure occurs the oscilloscope will re use the old probe compensation values if they existed prior to the failed probe compensation operation Compensating a non TPP0500 or non TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe Whenever you attach a passive voltage probe for the first time to any input channel compensate the probe to match it to the corresponding oscilloscope input channel If you are interested in using the automatic probe compensation procedure described above for the TPP0500 and TPP1000 probes See page 13 Compensating a TPP0500 or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe on a non TPP0500 TPP1000 Tektronix passive pro
177. rigger On selection of Type of Frame push Frame Type on the lower menu and select Data Frame Remote Frame Error Frame or Overload Frame lf you have made a Trigger On selection of Identifier push Identifier on the lower menu and select a Format Then push Identifier on the side menu and enter a binary or hex value with multipurpose knobs a and b Push Direction on the lower menu and select the direction of interest Read Write or Read or Write lf you have made a Trigger On selection of Data push Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest LIN Bus Trigger You can trigger on Sync Identifier Data Id amp Data Wakeup Frame Sleep Frame or Error If you are setting up an LIN trigger and have made a Trigger On selection of Identifier Data or Identifier amp Data push Identifier or Data on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest on the resulting side menu lf you have made a Trigger On selection of Error push Error Type on the lower menu and enter the parameters of interest on the side menu FlexRay Bus Trigger You can trigger on Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Cycle Count Header Fields Data Id amp Data End of Frame or Error Audio Bus Trigger lf you are using an 12C Left Justified LJ or Right Justified RJ audio bus you can trigger on Word Select or Data If you are using an TDM audio bus you can trigger on Frame Sync or Data MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual
178. rovides a higher resolution lower bandwidth 1786 130 waveform Envelope mode finds the highest and lowest record points over all acquisitions Envelope vA hw vA lw N LA L cc WN lev Ue uses Peak Detect for each individual ee acquisition Average mode calculates the average value for each record point over a user specified A hw e vA ka ke A lw O gt number of acquisitions Average uses Sample mode for each individual acquisition Use average mode to reduce random noise 1785 132 Changing the Acquisition Mode Record Length and Delay Time Use this procedure to change the acquisition mode 1 Push Acquire 58 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 Push Mode 3 Then choose the acquisition mode from the ee side menu You can chose from Sample Peak Detect Hi Res Envelope or Average Es Peak Detect av Us Envelope Sl Average 16 NOTE Peak Detect and Hi Res modes take advantage of sample points that the oscilloscope would have discarded at lower sweep speeds Therefore these modes only work when the current sample rate is less than the maximum possible sample rate As soon as the oscilloscope starts to acquire at the maximum sample rate then the Peak Detect Hi Res and Sample modes all look the same You can control the sample rate by setting the Horizontal scale and the Record Length 4 lf you chose Average turn multipurpose knob a to set the nu
179. run by a human at a keyboard typically uses a terminal protocol An automated session might handle its own communications without such protocol from the oscilloscope Current Port 4000 8 If required change the port number by Select Port rotating multipurpose knob a a 4000 9 If required press OK to set the new port OK number Set Port MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 31 Installation 10 After you have set up the socket server parameters the computer is now ready to communicate with the oscilloscope If you are running an MS Windows PC you could run its default client Telnet which has a Microsoft Telnet command interface One way to do this is by typing Telnet in the Run window The Telnet window will open on the PC NOTE On MS Windows 7 you must first enable Telnet in order for Telnet to work LA C WIMDOWS system32 telnet exe Weleone to Nicrosoft Telnet Client is GIRL 11 Start a terminal session between your computer and your oscilloscope by typing in an open command with the oscilloscope s LAN address and port H Escape Character is CTRL You can obtain the LAN address by pushing icrosoft Telnet o 123 45 67 87 ABBR the Ethernet amp LXI lower menu button and the resulting LAN Settings side menu button to view the resulting Ethernet and LXI Settings screen You can obtain the port by pushing Socket Server on the lower menu and viewing Current Port on the side
180. s The units are referenced to graticule divisions where one major division 10 Push Vertical Limit to set the mask vai vertical limits The units are referenced to ear graticule divisions where one major division contains 1 000 millidivisions mdov 11 Push OK Create Limit Mask to make the OK mask in the oscilloscope Create Limit Mask Select a standard mask 1 Push Test on the front panel 2 Push Application on the lower menu Turn multipurpose knob a to select Limit Mask Test from the menu 3 Push Select Mask on the lower menu and from the resulting side menu select Standard 4 Push Select Standard on the lower menu 5 Use the resulting side menu buttons to select the desired standard to use 6 Push OK Apply Standard on the side menu Create a custom mask There are three ways to create a custom mask You can edit a standard mask load a mask from a text file or create a mask via a remote interface Create a custom mask by editing a standard mask 1 Push Test on the front panel 2 Push Application on the lower menu Turn multipurpose knob a to select Limit Mask Test from the menu 3 Push Select Mask on the lower menu and from the resulting side menu select Standard 158 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 4 Push Select Standard on the lower menu 5 Use the resulting side menu to select the desired standard to use 6 Push OK Apply Standard on the side menu 7 Push Set
181. s soldering or replacing components Verify safety after repair Always recheck ground continuity and mains dielectric strength after performing a repair viii MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Important safety information Terms in this manual These terms may appear in this manual A WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols and terms on the product These terms may appear on the product m DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking m WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product When this symbol is marked on the product be sure to consult the manual to find out the nature of the potential hazards and any actions which have to be taken to avoid them This symbol may also be used to refer the user to ratings in the manual The following symbol s may appear on the product A CAUTION Protective Ground Refer to Manual Earth Terminal Chassis Ground D Standby MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual IX Compliance information Compliance information This section lists the EMC electromagnetic compliance safety and environmental standards with which the ins
182. s such that it displays four or five waveform cycles for analog channels with the trigger near the midlevel and ten cycles for digital channels Autoset works with both the analog and digital channels 1 To autoset an analog channel connect the analog probe and then select the input channel See page 51 Setting Up Analog Channels QD To autoset a digital channel connect the logic probe and select the input channel See page 73 Setting Up Digital Channels D15 D0 2913 033 2 Push Autoset to execute an Autoset eyo WS PECAR 3 If desired push Undo Autoset to undo Pee the last Autoset utose You can also disable the Autoset function To disable or enable the Autoset function 1 Push and hold Autoset I af f of D 2913 028 A MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 55 Acquire the Signal 2 Push and hold Menu Off 3 Release Menu Off and then release Autoset 4 Select the desired setting using the side menu Quick Tips 2913 018 Autoset Enabled Autoset Disabled E To position the waveform appropriately Autoset may change the vertical position Autoset always sets vertical offset to 0 V m f you use Autoset when no channels are displayed the instrument turns on channel 1 and scales it m f you use Autoset
183. s anqar 7 h S and stop the test sam EE Onley 2 Push Show Results on the lower menu and use the resulting side menu to select whether to show basic or more detailed results You can also reset the results Quick Tips m Use Average acquisition mode to create a smoother cleaner limit test mask m f you want to re use the mask later save it to a file by selecting Set Up Mask from the lower menu and Save Mask to File from the resulting side menu To simplify the setup of the test source save the oscilloscope setup so that later you can quickly reload the settings to correctly display the test source for limit testing Have the mask automatically re scale with the source channel setting changes by selecting Set Up Mask on the lower menu and Lock to Source as On on the resulting side menu The math waveform is not available when using mask testing Analyzing Power Acquire measure and analyze power signals with the DPO4PWR Power Analysis Module To use this application 1 Push Test 2 Turn multipurpose knob a to select Power Analysis MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 161 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Push Analysis 4 Use the side menu buttons to select the desired analysis function Choose among power quality switching loss harmonics ripple modulation and safe operating area and deskew See the DPO3PWR and DPO4PWR Power Analysis Modules User Manual for more information
184. s triggering on 12S Left Justified LJ Right Justified RJ and TDM audio buses Also it provides digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools and packet decode tables with time stamp information This module enables triggering on packet level information on CAN and LIN serial buses Also it provides a digital view of the signal bus view packet decoding search tools and a packet decode table with time stamp information This module enables triggering on packet level information in FlexRay CAN and LIN buses Also it provides digital views of the signal bus views packet decoding search tools packet decode tables with time stamp information and eye diagram analysis software MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Tektronix part number 103 0045 00 200 5130 00 161 0348 00 161 0343 00 161 0344 00 161 0346 00 161 0347 00 161 0342 00 161 0341 00 161 0349 00 161 0356 00 P6616 016 2030 XX Tektronix part number DPO4AERO DPO4AUDIO DPO4AUTO DPO4AUTOMAX Optional accessories cont Accessory Computer triggering and analysis application module Embedded serial triggering and analysis application module Ethernet serial triggering and analysis application module Limit and mask test application module Power analysis application module Universal Serial Bus triggering and analysis application module Extended video application module Advanced RF triggering appl
185. scilloscope channel 1 and the probe tip and reference lead to the PROBE COMP terminals on the oscilloscope front panel SS a2 CO O O00 OOO O ID lela FO poet a 2913 007 Push Default Setup Cc TCC C S eral B siete O O D00 JO o o bes Defaul eases Bp T e at T pe a C JE Cc f oT re Paaa L Push Autoset The screen should now display a square wave approximately 2 5 V at 1 kHz lf the signal appears but is misshapen perform the procedures for compensating the probe See page 15 Compensating a non TPP0500 or non TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe oD OeO CL _ et O Gee eld ee N p He 2913 008 QO O00 O00 C000 D m 7 2913 009 unosi Installation If no signal appears rerun the procedure If this does not remedy the situation have the instrument serviced by qualified service personnel Compensating a TPP0500 or TPP1000 Passive Voltage Probe The MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes can automatically compensate TPP0500 and TPP1000 probes This eliminates the need for manual probe compensation as is typically performed with other probes Each compensation generates values for a specific probe and
186. se the Flat Top window for making accurate amplitude measurements of moderately or widely spaced sinusoidal signals POD 80 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Trigger Setup Trigger Setup This section contains concepts and procedures for setting up the oscilloscope to trigger on your signal Triggering Concepts Trigger Event The trigger event establishes the time reference point in the waveform record All waveform record data is located in time with respect to that point The instrument continuously acquires and retains enough sample points to fill the pretrigger portion of the waveform record That is the part of the waveform that is displayed before or to the left of the triggering event on screen When a trigger event occurs the instrument starts acquiring samples to build the posttrigger portion of the waveform record that is the part displayed after or to the right of the trigger event After a trigger is recognized the instrument will not accept another trigger until the acquisition is complete and the holdoff time has expired pt tT tT eT ANA TE TA A PY yy ye yy yy A A A A A T ose seeps soon ete ye ad yy A A NG age AE VY PEAVEY et ee 1785 087a 1785 087b Untriggered display Triggered display Trigger Modes The trigger mode determines how the instrument behaves in the absence of a trigger event m Normal trigger mode enables the instrument to acquire a waveform only when it is triggered If no trigger o
187. sh Display Annotation to select On on the side menu The annotation window now appears Position it by turning multipurpose knobs a and b Push Edit Annotation on the side menu Turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to select each desired character Alternatively use a USB keyboard to type in characters See page 33 Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope To reposition the annotated text push Position on the side menu and turn multipurpose knobs a and b as desired Viewing the Trigger Frequency You can display a readout of trigger frequency It counts all of the triggerable events whether the oscilloscope triggered on them or not and displays the number of times per second that they occur To display this readout do the following 1 110 Push Utility Utility Page Display a 2913 010 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data ili Utilit Push Utility Page Turn multipurpose knob a and select Display Display Push Trigger Frequency Readout from the Utility Backlight a Screen enn Itina Page T Annotation enn resulting lower menu Display Readout Push On on the side menu The trigger frequency now appears in the ae Fa 1 68 H readout toward the lower right of the 1 27497MHz Displaying the Frequency Domain Menu 1 Push RF to bring up the requ
188. sidual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to 65 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000 4 3 test for frequencies up to 1 GHz and to 55 dBm for frequencies above 1 GHz Oscilloscope lt 1 0 division waveform displacement and lt 2 0 division increase in peak to peak noise RF Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to 85 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000 4 6 test Performance Criterion C applied at the 70 25 cycle Voltage Dip and the 0 250 cycle Voltage Interruption test levels IEC 61000 4 11 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Compliance information Australia New Zealand Declaration of Conformity EMC Complies with the EMC provision of the Radiocommunications Act per the following standard in accordance with ACMA m CISPR 11 2003 Radiated and Conducted Emissions Group 1 Class A in accordance with EN 61326 1 2006 Australia New Zealand contact Baker amp McKenzie Level 27 AMP Centre 50 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Safety compliance This section lists the safety standards with which the product complies and other safety compliance information EU declaration of conformity low voltage Compliance was demonstrated to the following specification as listed in the Official Journal of the European Union Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC m
189. so that scale changes are centered around the trigger point Using Roll Mode 60 Roll mode gives a display similar to a strip chart recorder for low frequency signals Roll mode lets you see acquired data points without waiting for the acquisition of a complete waveform record Roll mode is enabled when the trigger mode is auto and the horizontal scale is set to 40 ms div or slower Quick Tips Switching to Envelope or Average acquisition mode using digital channels using math waveforms turning on a bus or switching to Normal trigger will disable Roll mode Roll mode is disabled when you set the horizontal scale to 20 ms per division or faster Push Run Stop to halt Roll mode Run Stop SOOO0E 9 of af of ef la 2913 035 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus Your oscilloscope can decode and trigger on signal events or conditions that occur on Bus type With this hardware Audio 12S Left Justified LJ Right DPO4AUDIO application module Justified RJ and TDM CAN and LIN DPO4AUTO or DPO4AUTOMAX application module Ethernet DPO4ENET application module NOTE 2350 MHz bandwidth models are recommended for 100BASE TX FlexRay DPO4AUTOMAX application module I2C and SPI DPO4EMBD application module MIL STD 1553 DPO4AERO application module Parallel MDO4000B Series oscilloscope RS 232 RS 422 RS
190. ss the frequency band 3 TPA BNC Adapter The TPA BNC Adapter allows you to use TEKPROBE II probe capabilities such as providing probe power and passing scaling and unit information to the oscilloscope 4 BNC Interfaces some of these use TEKPROBE Capabilities to pass the waveform signal and scaling to the oscilloscope Some only pass the signal and there is no other communication 5 Logic Probe Interface The P6616 probe provides 16 channels of digital on or off state information 6 The TPA N VPI Adapter allows you to use TekVPI probes in the RF input Installation 2913 008 For more information on the many probes available for use with MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix website at www tektronix com MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Securing the Oscilloscope 1 Use a standard laptop computer style security lock to secure your oscilloscope to your location MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Installation Powering on the Oscilloscope Ground the Oscilloscope and Yourself To power on the instrument connect the power cord that was provided with the instrument to the power connector on the rear panel Connect the power cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet To power off the instrument remove the power cord from th
191. st The other leads are gray m Digital channels store a high or low state for each sample The threshold that separates high from low can be set separately for each channel 74 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal When and Why to Turn On MagniVu Tektronix MagniVu acquisition technology allows you to have higher timing resolution so that you can more accurately determine edge placement and make more precise timing measurements on digital edges Using MagniVu you can see up to 32 times more detail than you can using normal digital channel sampling The MagniVu record is acquired in parallel to the main digital acquisition and is available at any time running or stopped MagniVu provides an ultra high resolution view of your data sampled at a maximum resolution of 60 6 ps for 10 000 points centered around the trigger NOTE MagniVu centers itself around the trigger point If you turn MagniVu on while using a large record length and you are looking somewhere other than the trigger point then the digital signal may be off screen In most of these cases you can find the digital record by looking for the digital signal in the upper overview and panning accordingly NOTE You should turn on MagniVu when light gray shading is displayed to indicate the uncertainty of the edge position If the shading is not displayed you do not need to use MagniVu See page 109 Viewing Digital Channels Using MagniVu 1 Push D15
192. t push the Save button 2 Push Save Screen Image on the lower Recall Assign File Waveform Utilities menu A to Setup MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 165 Save and Recall Information Save Screen Image 3 Push File Format on the side menu to File select among tif omp and png formats 4 Push Orientation to select between saving Orientation the image in a landscape horizontal and a portrait vertical orientation 5 Push Ink Saver to turn the Ink Saver mode Ink Saver on or off When on this mode provides a On G white background 6 Push Edit File Name to create a custom nw File name for the screen image file Skip this on Step to use a default name 7 Push OK Save Screen Image to write the image to the selected media For information on printing screen images of waveforms go to Printing a Hard Copy See page 173 Printing a Hard Copy Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data Waveform and trace data consists of the numeric values for each point in the waveform or trace It copies the data as opposed to a graphical image of the screen To save the current waveform or trace data or to recall previously stored waveform or trace data 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Save Waveform or Recall Waveform Recall Recall Assign File Waveform Setup Utilities on the lower menu SENG to NOTE The oscilloscope can save digital waveforms to csv files not referen
193. t the keyboard even if it is plugged in while the oscilloscope is powered on You can use the keyboard to quickly create names or labels You can bring up the Label button on the lower menu by pushing a Channel or Bus button Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the insertion point and then type in a name or label Labeling channels and buses makes the information on the screen easier to identify To choose whether to use a keyboard with a United States US key layout or one with an alternative layout 1 Push Utility 2 Push Utility Page Utility Language Set Date amp TekSecure Manage Page Time Modules amp Config Options 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Config 4 Push Language on the lower menu 5 Push USB Keyboard on the side menu 6 Turn multipurpose knob a and select the desired keyboard layout style from the resulting menu MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 33 Get Acquainted with the Instrument Get Acquainted with the Instrument Front Panel Menus and Controls 34 The front panel has buttons and controls for the functions that you use most often Use the menu buttons to access more specialized functions Overview 1 2 Frequency domain display Time domain display Traditional oscilloscope front panel controls 10 digit keypad Dedicated spectral analysis controls Dedicated RF input with N connector
194. t time you save a file that file is named tekO0000 The next time you save the same type of file the file will be named tek00001 Editing file directory reference waveform or instrument setup names Give files descriptive names that you can recognize at a later date To edit file names directory names reference waveform and instrument setup labels 1 Push Save Recall Menu 2 Push Save Screen Image Save Waveform Recall Assign File Waveform Utilities or Save Setup SENG to Setup 3 For waveform or setup files enter the file To File manager by pushing the appropriate side menu button 4 Turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the file structure See page 163 External file structure Multipurpose 1785 039 5 Push Select to open or close file folders 164 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Save and Recall Information 6 Push Edit File Name Edit the file name the same way you edit labels for channels See page 52 Labeling Channels and Buses 7 Push the Menu Off button to cancel the Save operation or push OK Save on the side menu to complete the operation Lo 2913 018 ks Saving a Screen Image A screen image consists of a graphical image of the oscilloscope screen This is different from waveform data which consists of numeric values for each point in the waveform To save a screen image 1 Push Save Recall Menu Do not ye
195. te offset Set the number of bytes to match the number of bytes of interest Use the data qualifier to perform lt gt gt and lt operations Triggering on identifier and data always matches the identifier and data selected by the user with the data starting at the first byte No rolling window is used Data Value Matching You can trigger on a specific data value for RS 232 bytes If you defined an end of packet character to use for RS 232 bus decoding you can use the same end of packet character as a data value for trigger data matching To do so choose the Tx End of Packet or the Rx End of Packet character as the Trigger On selection You can also trigger on a specific data value for other buses Parallel Bus Trigger Data Matching Optimum parallel bus trigger performance is achieved by using only analog channels or only digital channels Checking Trigger Settings To quickly determine the settings of some key trigger parameters check the Trigger readout at the bottom of the display The readouts differ for edge and the advanced triggers CD 0 00 V 1 Trigger source channel 1 1786 118 Edge trigger readout 2 Trigger slope rising 3 Trigger level 0 00 V MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 91 Trigger Setup Using Sequence Trigger A Main and B Delayed Combine an edge A Event Main trigger with the B Event Delayed trigger to capture more complex signals After the A Event occurs
196. tegory Examples of Products in this Category Descriptions CAT III Distribution level mains fixed installation CAT Il Local level mains appliances portable equipment CAT Circuits not directly connected to mains Pollution Degree 2 Do not operate in environments where conductive pollutants may be present as defined in IEC 61010 1 Rated for indoor use only Additional Safety Standards UL61010B 1 First Edition amp UL61010B 2 031 First Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 1010 1 92 amp CAN CSA C22 2 No 1010 2 031 94 IEC61010 031 2002 Equipment Recycling This product complies with the European Union s requirements according to Directive 2002 96 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE For more information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com 188 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it To avoid potential hazards use this product only as specified Using the probe or accessories in a manner not specified could result in a shock or fire hazard To Avoid Fire or Personal Injury Ground Referenced Oscilloscope Use Do not float the reference lead of this probe when using with ground referenced oscilloscopes for example DPO MSO and TDS seri
197. the circuit under test before disconnecting the probe from the measurement instrument Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product Do not Operate Without Covers Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Avoid Exposed Circuitry Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures If you suspect there is damage to this product have it inspected by qualified service personnel Do Not Operate in Wet Damp Conditions Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry Safety Terms and Symbols in This Manual These terms may appear in this manual A WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life A CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols on the Product This symbol may appear on the product A CAUTION Refer to Manual MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 195 Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information 196 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Index Symbols and Numbers 50 Q protection 106 A About 24 Accessories 1 ACD4000B 4 Acquire button 36 58 97 Acquisition input
198. tiannuddwieeadsaceemnd neninntiond 34 FOIE Ee OM NON aoran a E EEE E E E eat oc EA E A ETE E 48 Side Panel Connector essssnnnnnnueesrrrrrrrrrrrsrrrrrrrrrrrtrrrrrrrrrtt orr rrrrrrrrr rrr rrrrrrrrr rr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrne 48 Rear Panel COMO CON Staci guises cteayetrociens ete eiii ine sonata i idani eaaa i ieaiaia ni i 49 BUS MNT MEN ON raian e EE E E E E E EEE E EEE A EE 51 Seng UPANG CHANG S mosies ainan E E E TE EE 51 Using the Default Setup uunnnnnnnnnnuunnnsrrrrrrnnnrrrrrrrrrrrrsrrrrrrrrrrressrrrrrrrrrsrsrrrrrrrrressrrrrrrrressrri 54 RISING PUNO SON eeii A E E E E E EEA O E E EE 55 PCC SHON OCI iit irat cease E are E A E E A E E E E EE E TEA 56 How the Analog Acguisition Modes WOK sunsnsudsnaimenecuieeuanedinmao e ai e EAEE EE E 58 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Table of Contents Changing the Acquisition Mode Record Length and Delay Time ccccecceceeeeee tees eeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeee enna 58 Ueno ROLMOd eee ee ene ne eee Rene eee eee ee ee ee eee eee ee ee eee eee ee ae 60 Setting Up aSetial oF Parallel BUS Scucrs sc 2cc enact wed teased ances A E Geass aneisasteione 61 Seting Up Dotai Channels er sm apera e Sates a Dien ENEE E shaves aetna nes Salient Joie steele vale a 73 When and Why to Turn On MaGhiIVls2 once nninen absax acento meleranarneraddenmeceenqavencoaregnctderosuotarnesdsagermenates 75 Using MagMIN U sonein iana ato ga cesta E O iba Masia a cease aaeeenns E 15 Sening Uo Tile Fe NPU ans
199. tic EEE measurement results and other screen text Full The Full graticule can help you make cursor measurements on hard copies The Grid Solid and Cross Hair graticules provide compromises between Frame and Ea Full Ref Bus a KU OS Quick Tips m You can display IRE and mV graticules To do this set the trigger type to video and set the vertical scale to 114 mV division The 114 mV division selection is available in the fine vertical scale settings for the channel when you set the trigger type to video The oscilloscope will automatically display the IRE graticule for NTSC signals and the mV graticule for other video signals PAL SECAM HDTV and custom Setting the LCD Backlight 1 Push Utility 2913 010 2 Push Utility Page Page 3 Turn multipurpose knob a and select Display Display 100 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Display Waveform or Trace Data 4 Push Backlight Intensity Utility Backlight a Screen Page H Annotation Display 5 Select the intensity level on the side menu Backlight Choices are High Medium and Low ment High Setting Waveform Intensity 1 Push Intensity on the front panel Intensity 338 Caga CI 2913 088 This will bring up the intensity readout on a Waveform Intensity 35 the display b Graticule Intensity 75 2 Rotate multipurpose knob a to select the desired waveform intensity Multipurpose
200. tions Measurement terminals on this product may be rated for measuring mains voltages from one or more of the following categories see specific ratings marked on the product and in the manual Category Il Circuits directly connected to the building wiring at utilization points socket outlets and similar points m Category Ill In the building wiring and distribution system m Category IV At the source of the electrical supply to the building NOTE Only mains power supply circuits have an overvoltage category rating Only measurement circuits have a measurement category rating Other circuits within the product do not have either rating Mains overvoltage category rating Overvoltage category II as defined in IEC 61010 1 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Compliance information Environmental considerations This section provides information about the environmental impact of the product Product end of life handling Observe the following guidelines when recycling an instrument or component Equipment recycling Production of this equipment required the extraction and use of natural resources The equipment may contain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health if improperly handled at the product s end of life To avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure t
201. tivity 25 27 30 Connectors front panel 48 rear panel 49 side panel 48 Controls 34 Copy a drive directory or file 172 Coupling 103 Coupling trigger 82 Cover front 2 Create new folder 172 Cross Hair graticule style 100 Cursor readout 44 135 Cursors 132 button 39 132 linking 133 measurements 132 menu 132 XY 136 Cycle Area measurement 127 Cycle Mean measurement 126 Cycle RMS measurement 127 D D15 DO button 42 75 198 Date and time changing 18 Default Setup 54 170 button 42 51 54 menu 42 Undo 55 Delay measurement 125 Delay time 60 Delayed trigger 92 Delete directory or file 172 Depth 6 Deskew 105 Detection types 113 di dt 3 Digital channels 109 Baseline indicators 46 Group icon 46 scaling positioning grouping and labeling 107 setup 73 Disable Autoset 55 Display frequency domain 34 47 information 42 persistence 97 style 97 time domain 34 time correlated multi domain 153 XY 99 Displaying reference waveforms 168 DPO4AERO 2 61 181 DPO4AUDIO 2 61 181 DPO4AUTO 2 61 181 DPO4AUTOMAX 2 61 181 DPO4COMP 3 61 181 DPO4EMBD 3 61 181 DPO4ENET 3 61 181 DPO4LMT 3 157 181 DPO4PWR 3 61 181 DPO4USB 3 61 182 DPO4VID 3 87 182 Drivers 25 27 Dual waveform math 139 dV dt 3 E e Scope 27 Edge trigger defined 85 Edges Fuzzy 109 White 109 Envelope acquisition mode 58 Erase setup and ref memory 179 Ethern
202. to measure and your source s signal characteristics Use the following guidelines to select the best window Description Rectangular The frequency resolution when using the Rectangular a k a boxcar or none window is very good the spectral leakage is high and amplitude accuracy is poor Use the Rectangular window for measuring transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are nearly equal Also use this window for equal amplitude sine waves with frequencies that are very close together and for broadband random noise with a relatively slow varying spectrum This window is the best type for measuring the frequency spectrum of non repetitive signals and measuring frequency components near DC Hamming The frequency resolution when using the Hamming window is good slightly better than Hanning the spectral leakage is moderate and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hamming window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This window works well on transients or bursts where the signal levels before and after the event are significantly different Window MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data Description Window Hanning The frequency resolution when using the Hanning a k a Hann window is good the spectral leakage is low and amplitude accuracy is fair Use the Hanning window for measuring sine periodic and narrow band random noise This wind
203. ton 38 145 168 Ref R 168 Reference level 113 Reference levels 131 Reference menu 38 146 Reference waveforms 145 displaying 168 removing 146 168 saving 168 saving 10 M and 20 M waveforms 146 Removing reference waveforms 146 168 Removing waveform 97 201 Index Rename a drive directory or file 172 Resolution bandwidth 78 RF Acquisition time 153 RF button 21 38 47 111 RF input connector 34 48 RF power trigger 94 RF time domain traces 114 RF versus time trace 115 RF Versus Time Traces 111 Right Justified RJ 37 61 87 Rise Time measurement 125 Rise Fall trigger defined 86 Rising Edge Count measurement 127 RMS measurement 127 Roll mode 60 Rolling window data matching 90 RS 232 37 61 87 bus trigger 89 cursor readout 135 data value matching 91 decoding 68 RS 422 37 61 RS 485 37 61 Run Stop button 41 60 94 Runt trigger defined 85 S Sample acquisition mode 58 Sample detection type 114 Sample interval 57 Sample rates xv Sampling process defined 56 Sampling real time 57 Save Recall menu 37 42 165 Save Recall Menu button 37 Save Recall Save button 42 165 Saving reference waveforms 168 screen images 165 setups 169 waveforms 165 Saving and recalling Information 163 Scale digital channels 107 Horizontal 40 102 142 Vertical 102 Screen annotations 109 Search 149 Search button 36 150 202 Securing memory 179 Security lock
204. tput voltage 0 2 5 V amplitude 1 behind 1 KQ 2 Frequency 1 kHz Ground Application Module Slots Side Panel Connector 48 1 Ground strap connector This is a receptacle for a grounding strap 2913 059 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument Rear Panel Connectors 1 Auxiliary Output Use this output to generate a signal on a main trigger mit pulse as a 10 MHz reference signal or to output a signal when other events happen such as mask limit test events To use this to synchronize other test equipment with your oscilloscope push Utility on the front panel push Utility Page on the lower menu and select External Signals with multipurpose knob a Push AUX OUT on the lower menu and Main Trigger on the resulting side menu 2810 034 A LOW to HIGH transition indicates that the trigger occurred The logic level for Vout HI is 22 5 V open circuit 21 0 V into a 50Q load to ground The logic level for Vout LO is 0 7 V into a load of lt 4 mA 0 25 V into a 500 load to ground 2 EXT REF IN You can connect an external clock to this connector To enable this connector push Utility on the front panel push Utility Page on the lower menu and select External Signals with multipurpose knob a Push Reference Source on the lower menu and
205. trument complies EMC compliance EC Declaration of Conformity EMC Meets intent of Directive 2004 108 EC for Electromagnetic Compatibility Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the Official Journal of the European Communities EN 61326 1 2006 EMC requirements for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use 123 CISPR 11 2003 Radiated and conducted emissions Group 1 Class A IEC 61000 4 2 2001 Electrostatic discharge immunity IEC 61000 4 3 2002 RF electromagnetic field immunity 4 IEC 61000 4 4 2004 Electrical fast transient burst immunity IEC 61000 4 5 2001 Power line surge immunity IEC 61000 4 6 2003 Conducted RF immunity 5 IEC 61000 4 11 2004 Voltage dips and interruptions immunity EN 61000 3 2 2006 AC power line harmonic emissions EN 61000 3 3 1995 Voltage changes fluctuations and flicker European contact Tektronix UK Ltd Western Peninsula Western Road Bracknell RG12 1RF United Kingdom This product is intended for use in nonresidential areas only Use in residential areas may cause electromagnetic interference Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when this equipment is connected to a test object For compliance with EMC standards listed here high quality shielded interface cables should be used Oscilloscope lt 4 0 division waveform displacement and lt 8 0 division increase in peak to peak noise RF Re
206. ts on the selected last used waveform Turn multipurpose knob a to choose a channel to measure other than the one pointed to by Selected Waveform Push Menu Off to remove the pop up menu Turn multipurpose knob a and take cursor measurements on the alternate waveform 2913 018 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 15 Push Cursors again This turns off the Cursors cursors The screen no longer displays the X cursors and the cursor readout Cy 2913 040 Using Cursor Readouts Cursor readouts supply textual and numeric information relating to the current cursor positions The oscilloscope always shows the readouts when the cursors are turned on Readouts appear in the upper right corner of the graticule If Zoom is on the readout appears in the upper right corner of the zoom window When a bus is selected the readout shows the decoded bus data in the format you have selected from the choices in the bus menu When a digital channel is selected the cursors show the values of all displayed digital channels NOTE When serial or parallel buses are selected the data value at that point is displayed in the cursor readout A Readout The A readouts indicate the difference between the cursor positions a Readout Indicates that the value is controlled by multipurpose knob a 1785 134 b Readout Indicates that the
207. tware MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 167 Save and Recall Information Saving a waveform or trace to reference memory To save a waveform or trace to nonvolatile memory inside the oscilloscope push the Save Waveform screen button select the waveform that you want to save and then select one of the four reference waveform locations Saved waveforms contain only the most recent acquisition Gray scale information if any is not saved NOTE 10 M and 20 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage Displaying a reference waveform To display a waveform stored in nonvolatile memory 1 Push Ref R 2 Push R1 R2 R3 or R4 If you push the side menu Ref Details you can read whether the reference holds analog waveform or RF trace information Removing a reference waveform from the display To remove a reference waveform from the display 1 Push Ref R Lo 2913 043 2 Push R1 R2 R3 or R4 on the lower menu R1 I R2 O R3 ei R4 O to remove the reference waveform or trace from the display The reference waveform is still in nonvolatile memory and can be displayed again with another push of the button NOTE 10M and 20 M reference waveforms are volatile and not saved when the oscilloscope power is turned off To keep these waveforms save them to external storage 168 MDO4000B Series
208. ual Tektronix part number NEX HD2HEADER TEK USB 488 RMD5000 ACD4000B HCTEK5S4 077 0510 XX 077 0857 XX 077 0859 XX Optional accessories cont Accessory MSO4000B DPO4000B and MDO4000B Series Application Module Installation Instructions DPO3PWR and DPO4PWR Power Measurement Module User Manual MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Declassification and Security Instructions TekVPI Probes TPA N VPI adapter TPA BNC adapter The MDO4000B Series oscilloscopes support a multitude of optional probes See page 9 Connecting Probes Visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com for the most up to date information MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Description Describes how to install application modules on your oscilloscope English Option LO French Option L1 Italian Option L2 German Option L3 Spanish Option L4 Japanese Option L5 Portuguese Option L6 Simplified Chinese Option L7 Traditional Chinese Option L8 Korean Option L9 Russian Option L10 Describes how to sanitize or remove memory devices from the Tektronix MD4000Series oscilloscopes Visit the Oscilloscope Probe and Accessory Selector Tool on the Tektronix website at www tektronix com NOTE A subset of TekVPI probes can be used on the RF input as well These probes require the use of the TPA N VPI adapter listed below Adapter from N connection
209. udaddadaudaddauc OOD OOO CODOOOOOOOOOOO WINN OAO OOL CODOOOOOOO o OOH 0 Aaa aa A 2121 220 E ee Ee ee eee ee 53 Acquire the Signal 7 Turn multipurpose knob a to scroll through the list of letters numbers and other characters to find the character in the name that you want to enter 8 Push Select or Enter Character to let the oscilloscope know that you have picked the proper character to use You can use the lower menu buttons to edit the label as needed 9 Continue scrolling and pushing Select until you have entered all the desired characters For another label push the side and lower menu arrow keys to reposition the insertion point 10 Push Display Labels and select On to see the label Using the Default Setup 54 To return the oscilloscope to its default settings 1 Push Default Setup Multipurpose 1785 039 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789_ amp lt gt Enter Back Delete Clear Character Space Display Labels E of C oo CoC 6 o ap O O p00 o lo bss JDS es fou 000084 th i MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 If you change your mind push Undo Default Setup to undo the last default setup Using Autoset Autoset adjusts the instrument acquisition horizontal trigger and vertical control
210. ue matching 91 Min hold trace 113 Min measurement 126 128 Mode roll 60 Mount or unmount a networked drive 172 Multiple transition detection 109 Multipurpose knob 36 39 40 59 167 mV graticule 100 N N connector RF input 34 Negative Duty Cycle measurement 125 Negative Overshoot measurement 126 Negative Pulse Count measurement 127 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Negative Pulse Width measurement 125 Network printing 176 Networked drives mounting and unmounting 172 NEX HD2HEADER 4 Next button 40 Normal trace 113 Normal trigger mode 81 O Occupied bandwidth measurement 123 Offset and position 106 Offset vertical 104 OpenChoice Desktop 25 27 Operating specifications 6 Orientation of the image 166 174 Outer knob 40 Overlay 18 P P6616 8 74 probe ground leads 73 P6616 logic probe 2 Pan 147 148 knob 40 148 149 Panning spectrum time through analog time 154 Parallel bus 61 87 trigger 87 88 Pause 148 Peak detect acquisition mode 58 Peak detection type 114 Peak detection type 114 Peak Hits measurement 127 Peak to peak measurement 128 Peak to Peak measurement 126 Period measurement 125 Persistence display 97 infinite 99 variable 99 Phase measurement 125 Phase versus time trace 115 Physical layer bus activity 72 PictBridge 27 50 173 Play 148 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Play pause button 40 14
211. und and then to your circuit ground Reorder Tektronix part number 196 3521 XX Ground springs Attach the spring to the ground band on the probe tip to take measurements on test points that have ground connections nearby lt 0 75 in std 0 375 in short Reorder Tektronix part numbers 016 2028 XX long 2 ea 016 2034 XX short 2 ea 185 Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Optional Accessories The following accessories can be ordered for your probe Accessory Tektronix part number Ground Lead Clip on 6 in 196 3198 xx Ground Lead Alligator 12 in 196 3512 xx MicroCKT Test Tip 206 0569 xx Circuit Board Test Point PCB Adapter 016 2016 xx Compact Probe Tip Ckt Board Test Point 131 4210 xx Wire spool 32 AWG 020 3045 xx Replacing the Probe Tip Order Tektronix part number 206 0610 xx for rigid tip replacement or order part number 206 0611 xx for pogo pin replacement 2710 009 Securely tighten the insulator and new tip before using the probe 186 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix B TPP0500 and TPP1000 500 MHz and 1 GHz 10X Passive Probes Information Specifications Table 1 Electrical and mechanical specifications Characteristic Bandwidth 3 dB System rise time typical System input capacitance System attenuation accuracy Probe series resistance DC System input resistance DC Propagation delay Maximum input voltage Cable l
212. ush Bit Rate and turn multipurpose knob a Bit Rate to select the appropriate bit rate 3 Push Data Bits and select the number to Data Bits match the bus 7 g 4 Push Parity and turn multipurpose knob a to match the polarity used by the bus as None Odd or Even 5 Push Packets and select On or Off Packets On ii 6 Turn multipurpose knob a to select an End of Packet 0A Linefeed end of packet character RS 232 decoding displays a stream of bytes You can organize the stream into packets with an end of packet character If you defined an end of packet character BD RS 232 Tx Quickstart to use for RS 232 decoding the stream of bytes will be displayed as packets When decoding an RS 232 bus in ASCII mode a large dot indicates that the value represents a character outside the printable ASCII range CAN Bus To acquire data from a CAN bus you need to also set up these items 2121 233 2121 232 1 If you selected CAN push Define Inputs Bus B1 Define Thresholds Bit Rate a a Event and the appropriate side menu choices opui 500 Kbps isplay able 68 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Acquire the Signal 2 Turn multipurpose knob a to select the CAN Input channel connected to the CAN bus source 3 Turn multipurpose knob a to select the type of CAN signal CAN_H CAN_L Rx Tx or Differential 4 Turn multipurpose knob a to set the Sample Point from 5 to
213. value is controlled by multipurpose knob b The horizontal cursor lines on the display measure the vertical parameters typically voltage MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 135 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data The vertical cursor lines on the display measure horizontal parameters typically time The square and circle shapes in the readout map to the multipurpose knobs when both vertical and horizontal cursors are present Using XY Cursors When the XY Display mode is on the cursor readouts will appear to the right of the lower graticule XY They will include rectangular polar product and ratio readouts The oscilloscope will display vertical bar waveform cursors in the upper graticule YT setting Up a Histogram You can display a vertical voltage or horizontal time histogram Use histogram measurements to get statistical measurement data for a section of a waveform along one axis The sources for a histogram can be any of the four analog channels a math waveform or any of the four reference waveforms To Display a Histogram 1 Set up the oscilloscope to show the waveform on which to measure the histogram Use Autoset if appropriate B co 2913 028 C II KIIS Uo OONO zoca OAC eJ ja 7 2 Push Measure Measure 3 Push Waveform Histograms on the lower menu 136 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes Use
214. vity at the test point 192 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Typical Application 1 Use the P6616 probe to view digital signals on a system bus 2 Use an analog probe such as the TPP0500 or TPP1000 passive probe to view analog waveform information 2913 080 Accessories The following standard accessories ship with the probe and are shown in the illustration on the following page Item Description Quantity Part number Logic probe accessory kit Item 1 6 020 2662 XX 1 Extension ground tip 1 set of 20 020 2711 XX 2 Probe tip 1 set of 10 131 5638 11 3 IC grabber 1 set of 20 020 2733 XX 4 Probe tip holder 2 ea 352 1115 XX 5 8 Ground lead 1 set of 2 020 2713 XX 6 3 Ground lead 1 set of 8 020 2712 XX Instructions 1 1 ea 071 2831 XX 1 Instructions are included with the probe but not in the accessory kit The instructions can be downloaded at www tektronix com manuals These optional accessories can be ordered for your probe Description Part number P6960 Probe D MAX Footprint to Square Pin Header Adapter NEX P6960PIN MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual 193 Appendix C P6616 General Purpose Logic Probe Information Specifications Table 4 Electrical and mechanical specifications Characteristic Description Input channels 16 digital Input resistance 100 kQ 1 0 Input capacitance 3 0 pF Input signal swing
215. warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Tektronix supplies or d to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TEKTRONIX RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES W16 15AUG04 P6616 TPP0500 and TPP1000 Probes Warranty Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of original purchase from an authorized Tektronix distributor If the product proves defective during this warranty period Tektronix at its option either will rep
216. y pushing the play pause button again Searching and Marking Waveforms D Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 1785 074 You can mark locations of interest in the acquired waveform These marks help you limit your analysis to particular regions of the waveform You can mark areas of the waveform automatically if they meet some special criteria or you can manually mark each item of interest You can use arrow keys to jump from mark to mark area of interest to area of interest You can automatically search and mark many of the same parameters that you can trigger on Search marks provide a way to mark a waveform region for reference You can set marks automatically with search criteria You can search for and mark regions with particular edges pulse widths runts logic states rise fall times setup and hold and bus search types To manually set and clear delete marks 1 Move the zoom box to the area on the waveform where you want to set or clear a search mark by turning the pan outer knob Push the next or previous lt arrow button to jump to an existing mark 2 Push Set Clear If no search mark is at the screen center the oscilloscope will add one MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual ODD n0000 p CODD ol fae ab ae bork Oo oo oo eo CH 149 Analyze Waveform or Trace Data 3 Investigate your waveform by movi
217. y one word frame or 2 73E 02 packet per row depending on the bus type Zon 14 71E 02 14 37E 02 1 03E 02 6 92E 03 3 49E 03 5 38E 05 3 28E 03 6 71E 03 1 69E 02 2 02E 02 2 43E 02 2 82E 02 246F 09 2519 069 m O 3 0 0 3 a 9 Push B1 B2 B3 or B4 and turn multipurpose knob a to move the bus display up or down on the screen I2C Bus To acquire data from an 2C bus you need to also set up these items 1 If you select I2C push Define Inputs and Bus B1 Define Thresholds Include B1 Label Bus Event Input R W i I2 Displ Tabl the appropriate side menu choices ae h i va C isplay able You can assign the predefined SCLK Input or SDA Input to the channel connected to the signal 2 Push Include R W in Address and then push the desired side button This control determines how the oscilloscope shows the 12C addresses in bus decode traces cursor readouts Event Table listings and trigger settings If you select Yes the oscilloscope displays 7 bit addresses as eight bits where the eighth bit LSB is the R W bit It displays 10 bit addresses as 11 bits where the third bit is the R W bit If you select No the oscilloscope displays 7 bit addresses as seven bits and 10 bit addresses as ten bits In the physical layer of the 12C protocol 10 bit 2C addresses are preceded by the five bit code 11110 The oscilloscope does not include these five bits in address readouts MDO4000B Series Oscillos
218. you actually capture the data Insert a negative time to capture more pretrigger information With Delay Mode off the bottom line shows the time location of the trigger within the acquisition as a percentage 1785 136 11 The Timing Resolution readout shows the timing resolution of the digital D15 D0 MagniVu channels gt i Timing Resolution 121 ps Timing resolution is the time between 2121 208 samples It is the reciprocal of the digital sample rate When the MagniVu control is on MagniVu appears in the readout 12 Measurement readouts show the CD Period 995 us selected measurements You can select CD Freq 1 004 kHz up to eight measurements to display at ai one time A A symbol appears instead of the expected numerical measurement if a vertical clipping condition exists Part of the waveform is above or below the display To obtain a proper numerical measurement turn the vertical scale and position knobs to make all of the waveform appear in the display 13 The auxiliary waveform readouts show CM the vertical and horizontal scale factors of the math and reference waveforms 1785 138 MDO4000B Series Oscilloscopes User Manual Get Acquainted with the Instrument 45 Get Acquainted with the Instrument 46 14 15 16 17 The channel readout shows the channel scale factor per division coupling invert and bandwidth status Adjust with the Vertical Scale knob and in the channel

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