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1. C8514100 Trigger Depth General settings CSinput Trace Total 512 Smo v Fine Timebase vert B CT 3 mE Jom 100 psid Ch 01 Connect Dots PreTrig 4998 4 Nore 10 0 ms ferea oen Post rig 6400000 2j Muec Al A e Max B C814100 YT1 Ao All Fo onot ES Ch 02 While computers may have a varying amount of RAM in GageScope the DM Buffer size must be between 1 and 64 megabytes so as to ensure smooth operation on the vast majority of PCs Because the DM Buffer implicitly controls the decimation factor used by GageScope care must be exercised in specifying a value for the DM Buffer size Decimation can be best understood as a way of creating a summary of the real data The smaller the amount of memory is given to creating the summary the DM Buffer the shorter and less representative the summary Conversely the maximum DM Buffer size 64 MB will also give the least decimation and a more accurate depiction of the captured data Note The physical RAM present in the PC limits the DM buffer size by a factor of 1 4 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 5 A Skip Sample decimation of the same signal would look like this ED Ele view Capture Tools Window Hep _ EN E dE m Junt s MM amp i Blas x f TE IQAHIAN A Ja bo Ba gt Su i A l S i4 bite B Inte View 71x Tes yes ITE ZE BII Ez RE T 7 7 7 T g Name Value 50 0 MSis ag
2. VISUALIZATION DYNAMIC DISPLAY Mixed signal display marker display edit Real time Data Display Deep Memory Zoom Numeric Display d Compression utility change clock rate or Zoom Scrolling features N Cursors with readings of amplitude and time Display waveforms in time and points Engineering Units Up to 30Hz display refresh rate Overlay Channels with independent vertical scale Simultaneous time and frequency domain display Multiple Displays of same signal Multiple channel capability Up to 60 Up to 60 Up to 60 Multiple Channel Display Windows Timed amp Infinite Persistence Display Mode DOCUMENT Print Hardcopy Full print options and print previewing menu ANALYSIS Dual cursor with tracking mode Math Channel Waveform Analysis Parameters Support for Period 29 Frequency Mean and RMS only FFT Analysis 4096 maximum record length Extended Math channel function Sub Channel DATA MANAGEMENT Save and Restore of Setup Save waveform files to different formats ASCII BIN SIG ASCII BIN SIG ASCII FMT EQU PRN FMT EQU PRN Split File Save Store AWG signal files to PC Output frequency filter NI Create and Save Math channels NI Signal File comment field Share files
3. Groupwise 5 HP CD writer H Internet Explorer Logitech Mouseware Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Tools z liste Shield lt Back Cancel 14 The installation process will commence You will see the installation progress indicators during this installation process C Gage GageScope CG1100Ctl dll a 7 24 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 15 Once the installation process is finished the Setup Complete screen will appear GageScope Setup 7 InstallShield Wizard Complete GageScope Setup is complete Choose the options you want below F View Readme File Launch GageScope Click Finish to complete the install lt Back Cancel Click Finish to complete the Setup process Installation is now complete IMPORTANT e Ifyou have not already done so you must now proceed to Install the Windows device drivers for your CompuScope and CompuGen card s e After installing the drivers use the Instrument Manager utility to configure these PC based cards Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 25 26 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Registering GageScope Please note that this is a new section that will be included in future editions of the GageScope User s Guide in the Getting Started chapter Trial of GageScope Professional Edition If you are installing GageScope Lite Edition or GageScope Standard Edition upon installation of GageScope you wil
4. NegD a f Poso a Nego amp T Peak iJ Trough T Top 4 Bottom mie TAAP mi TAAN TM TAA amp PL Pk P B A PKT a P TP Totat 512k Smp z Timebase Connect Dot Premia 100032 2 i 10 0 ms TL a s add Method Postino 424126 MuRec vvv e Min vax xf CSDemo C amp Demo Trigger Depth 55 08 pV 615 13 mV 175V 175V 24 70 u8 40 49 KHz 7 51 u8 7 52 8 1218 us 12 52 j 8 49 51 873 59 mV 872 25 873 59 mV 872 25 873 59 mV 872 25 175V 25 00 uS 1244 yS i2 amp ue i OneShot rine 50 0 E Sse srs E General Settings CS input Trace Vert Scale Trace Ej csDemo yT1 2c All fe Ch 01 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide For definitions of what each parameter measures see About the Parameters below GageScope now also features the ability to save Waveform Parameters to a binary file A Waveform Parameter file viewer is included in the GageScope package Using the Waveform Parameter viewer Waveform Parameter measurements can be re saved in ASCII format The direct save from GageScope to ASCII of the waveform parameters is not supported 78 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Adding Parameters to the InfoView 1 To display a parameter right click on the InfoView window and choose Edit Waveform Parameters You can also choose Waveform Parameters from the Tools menu or the button in the To
5. Setting Default Value Values Available if applicable if not all possible Timebase 20 tbs div Trigger Alignment Mid Window Persistence OFF Cursors OFF Engineer Units Volts Grid ON Grid Color ON X Y Axis X Y Axis Color Zero Lines ON Zero Lines Color Color of Window Window Position 0 0 Window Size Full Printing Colors 90 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Channel Settings Setting Default Value Values Available if applicable if not all possible Channels Shown All Visible Channel Name Channel Position Evenly distributed Default Trace Alignment Trace Connect Dots YES Trace Line Thickness Thinnest Trace Line Linetype Continuous Input Range 1V Vertical Scale biggest value smaller than 4 NumOfChan input range div Polarization Normal not inverted Probe xl Coupling DC Decimation Method Skip Sample Decimation Factor Min Card Display See DMB specs in section 5 2 Analysis Setting Setting Default Value Values Available if applicable if not all possible Waveform Parameters NONE FFT Parameters 1024 exact Blackman Harris Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 91 GaGe GAGE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES INC Tel 514 633 7447 Fax 514 633 0770 E mail prodinfo gage applied com Web www gage applied com
6. gt MIN MAX Fist sample 33733 fans ABS Last sample 48788 oss f Virtual TriggerPosiion 5753 owes eme Number of Samples Selected 9016 ps p o ce C814100 Trigger De Total 512M Empl X Fre Timebase PreTrig 4096 2 JEN KEK E cho PostTrig 54000000 MulRec Aw C814100 C814100 YT1 Deep E C Az Al Ch 01 This dialog works exactly the same way except that it only modifies the existing signals already displayed in the case of our example the CS14100 YT2 The DMZ has an important limitation to keep in mind when working in Decimation Mode GageScope can only support 4 zoom cursors at the same time Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 55 Saving Large Acquisitions Un decimated and Split File Saving 12 Once a large acquisition has been made and looked at in detail with the Deep Memory Zoom we typically want to save the data for later use either with another software application for analysis purposes or with GageScope for more processing GageScope provides a number of methods for saving data Saving a Channel for saving a portion of the data viewed with the DM Z Save Un decimated for saving the entire acquisition as a single SIG file and Save Split File about which this section will be mostly concerned Saving a channel displayed from a DMZ is exactly the same as saving a channel acquired with a normal acquisition Th
7. GageScope User s Guide 85 Calculating the Parameters All parameters are calculated based on the information displayed on the screen as opposed to the entire data acquisition buffer which is stored on the computer but not necessarily displayed all at once Hence you may notice that certain measurements change as the time base of the display is modified this is simply because more or less of the signal is displayed and some features of the signal can cause the waveform parameter values to change This feature of GageScope can sometimes lead to confusion but in fact it is a very powerful way of performing comparisons between various portions of a long acquisition especially for non repetitive signals As discussed previously some waveform parameters can be expanded by clicking on the sign to display the average and standard deviation values Such parameters are measured on a per cycle basis one value is calculated for each cycle The average and standard deviation values are therefore the average and standard deviation of the per cycle values over the cycles displayed on the screen Definitions The parameters are defined as follows Top Top is the average of the highest values recorded for all the cycles in the displayed signal Bottom Bottom is the average of the lowest values recorded for all the cycles in the displayed signal Mean Mean is the average of all the points in the displayed signal RMS RMS is the Root Mean
8. User s Guide ln n Rm TUE W F 83 SFS gu gee ass op o a LLI o 6 wW S3 L3 S o o o FEATURES FUNCTIONS USER INTERFACE amp CONTROL Search for waveform point or segment N N Graphical arbitrary waveform display window N NI InfoView Palette N V V Comprehensive Toolbars N NI Status Bar N Y Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bars N V V Channel System and Display Control Window N N Y ACQUISITION Export waveform file formats ASCII SIG ASCII EQU SIG ASCII EQU Import equation files and data values from other Microsoft Applications N Import DSO signal files from disk PC N Y Import AWG AFG files from disk PC N NI Internal or external Trigger Control N Scope Mode N NI Min Max Decimation N Y Skip Sample Decimation N Y Sample Rate Up to 5GS sec Up to 5GS sec Up to 5GS Sec External Clock support N Y 2 GB Acquisition memory N NI Advanced Triggering control N NI Left and Right Trigger Alignment N Y Multiple independent triggers N 2 trigger modes single and continuous N N Averaging Co Adding 8192 maximum Y averaging depth Decoupled Timebase and Sample Rate N NI Simultaneous input channel sampling N N Y 8 12 14 16 and 32 bit vertical resolution N SuperRes mode N Multiple Channel Input 32 32 32 Multiple Record Mode N Y Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 9
9. Works ssrin ct e te t n e e ER Hie ooa Hb EVA yr SERAV 67 GageScope for DOS Setup File Compatibility ees 68 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide iii FILE LOAD SETUP PAGE rrrerrrerree eee eee ken r setas tastes sensato sens enne ense tuse tn 69 How to Load a Setup Manually eese ener 69 Exceptions io usse gute tite tee t e pre Beet eite dde eee dde edere 69 Error Trapping When Loading Setups eese nennen 69 MULTIPLE RECORD MODE PAGES B 114 AND C 88 eese enne 71 Important NOte3 ds teer gen i clan kaya kih Set PEE A da daka yaya eodeavavesse seed ine 71 CHANNEL CONTROL CS INPUT TAB POLARIZATION PAGE C 148 73 Toggling the Polarization via the CS Input Tab eene 73 Changing the Polarization via the Channel Context Menu esee 74 INFOVIEW PAGE C 176 x s csssesesoseseseseseseee nene cene tasto setas sens ens en seen netu seen 75 WAVEFORM PARAMETERS PAGES C 205 TO C 210 eee 77 Adding Parameters to the InfoView eese eene 79 Expanding and Collapsing Parameters eese nennen 82 Method and Reference Settings esee eene rene V yaya i i 63 About the Parameters css eere a t i up qu 85 APPENDIX F SETUP PARAMETERS SAVED AND LOADED ett 89 System Settiligs us anc sedes in oni sede D
10. been successfully uninstalled from your machine Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 41 42 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Decimation Mode pages B 140 to B 154 This section on Decimation is intended to replace the one found in Tutorial 4 of the GageScope User s Guide Scientists and engineers working with Gage A D and Scope cards equipped with very large acquisition memories encounter a singular problem how to display a large amount of data using the much smaller memory typically found in personal computers In order to solve this problem GageScope uses a special mode of operation called Decimation Mode In essence Decimation Mode offers the user various ways of summarizing the acquired data This summary of the captured data can then be displayed in GageScope as a form of preview called decimated data For this reason and to simplify the task of working with large quantities of data Decimation Mode is comprised of a few key functionalities Decimation and display of decimated data Deep Memory Zoom DMZ Saving of un decimated data as large signal files Split File Saving and Replay Loading of large signal files Because of the characteristics described above Decimation Mode must be understood as a tool that works in conjunction with large acquisitions only GageScope has been designed to prevent normal users those equipped with boards of up to 16MS of acquisition memory from ever having to use
11. off If the Invert button is enabled polarization is inverted otherwise it is normal Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 73 Changing the Polarization via the Channel Context Menu 1 Position the mouse pointer on a channel s zero line The channel will turn white to indicate that it has the current focus and the mouse pointer will change to a drag pointer 2 Click on the right mouse button to bring up the channel context menu 3 Click on Invert to toggle this setting If Invert has a checkmark next to it polarization is inverted otherwise it is normal 74 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide InfoView page C 176 The InfoView window in GageScope 3 5 has been changed What follows is intended to replace page C 176 of the GageScope User s Guide The InfoView Window truly differentiates GageScope from all other oscilloscope programs on the market Using the advanced analysis tools GageScope can analyze the signal data and display the results in the InfoView window InfoView is what the marriage of instruments and computers is all about Any results calculated in GageScope are displayed in InfoView Below is a sample of what the Waveform Parameters tool displays For more information on advanced analysis tools see page C 177 of the GageScope User s Guide Info View E Name Value El CSDemo Ehe YT1 B A Ch 01 E Mean 11 62 uv d E RMS 615 23 mV PP OL hy Amplit
12. or Windows XP the DCOM95 will not be installed as these operating systems come with all DCOM components required by GageScope 5 If your system does not have Internet Explorer 5 0 or equivalent installed you will be asked to install Internet Explorer 5 0 from Microsoft s web site After Internet Explorer 5 0 has been installed you will then have to reboot your PC and run the GageScope installation program again 16 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 6 Theinstallation program will begin the setup procedure You should then see the following Welcome screen Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for GageScope The InstallShield Wizard will install GageScope on your computer To continue click Next Click Next Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 17 7 Inthe Customer Information screen enter your User and Company name GageScope Setup Customer Information GageS e Please enter your information gel za Gage Applied Inc Isele Now click Next 18 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 8 The following selection menu will then appear GageScope 3 5 is available in 3 different editions A detailed description of each Edition is listed within this Addendum and is also available on our website at WWW gagescope com Please select the Edition that is most appropriate to suit your needs GageScope Setup Edition Selection Please select the Edition you want to install iste st r
13. settings or to revert to the default GageScope settings Error Trapping When Loading Setups 1 Ifa setup parameter being read does not match the current hardware configuration the user is given a warning and details as to which condition and parameter do not match Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 69 2 Theuseris then given the following options 1 Continue loading all other parameters ignoring the current error 2 Ignore all errors while loading which causes only the settings that can be loaded to be extracted from the Setup file and the rest to be set to default values 3 Stop loading from the Setup file and return to the GageScope defaults 4 Choose another Setup file to be loaded instead 70 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Multiple Record Mode Pages B 114 and C 88 The introduction of Pre Trigger Multiple Record capabilities on some CompuScope cards has caused the description of User s Guide s description of Multiple Record Mode to become incomplete This section replaces pages C 88 the description of the feature as well as page B 114 the first page of the tutorial on Multiple Record found in Tutorial 4 Multiple Record Mode takes advantage of the CompuScope card s deep memory buffers by allowing the hardware to stack captures 1n on board memory so that many small acquisitions can occur in a very short amount of time with near zero re arm time This feature is invaluable in applications in which trigger
14. various products Gage has changed the default support for multiple instruments in GageScope This change will be reflected in future editions of the User s Guide By default GageScope now only operates analog CompuScope acquisition cards Because the SIG file format is hardware independent GageScope can still load SIG signal files created for analog output CompuGen cards as well as from digital output CompuGen and digital input CompuScope cards It is also still possible to use GageScope to control an analog CompuGen card so as to tightly integrate in a single application both CompuGen and CompuScope products To do this simply add generator to the GageScope command line within the Target field which appears in the Properties of the GageScope desktop shortcut This command line option may be used with any other command line option Everything in the manual concerning the CompuGen products remains valid although you may prefer to use the CGWin application instead of GageScope to set up and control the AFG and AWG functionalities Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 3 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Changes to Probe Support For regulatory and safety reasons Gage does not recommend the use of probes with its CompuScope cards This change will be reflected in the future editions of the User s Guide By default GageScope no longer allows you to specify the probe settings Therefore please note that th
15. 00 2 MuRec Al Min Max C814100 Ej cs14100 YT2 P 66 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide File Save Setup page C 7 Please note that the Save and Load functionalities have been changed and so the following two sections are intended to replace those found in the Reference chapter within the GageScope User s Guide Since so many settings can be changed and because users may wish to perform various complex tasks at different times GageScope provides a convenient way of preserving favorite settings The Save Setup command saves current GageScope settings in a Setup file with the extension INI This Setup file can later be restored manually see File Load Setup What is Saved in the Setup file In summary the Setup files record the following information e CompuScope card Display Settings Channel mode sample rate etc e Channel Settings input range coupling position vertical scale polarization channel name comments etc e Trigger Settings Trigger type trigger level timeout trigger slope depth units post trigger depth pre trigger depth etc e Display Settings Timebase channel visibility etc For a detailed list of parameters saved see Appendix F How it Works 1 Choose Save Setup from the File menu The Save Setup dialog appears 2 Inthe File name field type in a file name 3 Browse to or specify the folder where you would like to save your Setup file 4 Clic
16. 01 11 46 43 AA 52 11 06 2001 11 46 43 A453 l z 11 06 2001 11 46 43 4 54 Ed msdownld tmp E 11 06 2001 _11 46 43_AA 55 E 11 06 2001 _11 46 43_AA 56 z 11 06 2001 _11 46 43_AA 57 3 My Documents 11 06 2001 11 46 43 A4 58 E 11 06 2001_11 46 43_AA 59 4 11 06 2001_11 46 43_44 60 GI Program Files E 11 05 2001 114643 AA61 B 11 06 2001 114643 44 62 2 11 06 2001 11 4643 A4 63 gy Recycled E 11 06 2001 11 4643 AA B4 H Syed tmp E tmp01 06 1998_21 56 19 tmp 06 1998_22 26 21 VIADMATOOL 3 Vsipnp wings C3 Wins8 cd Ee D Config Msi C3 Gage S CompuScope SDK for Windows g Executable Sample Program s i dam hal I4 object s 122MB Disk free space 1 05GB E My Computer The Windows operating system has an intrinsic limitation of 64 000 files per folder When saving a large acquisition as a large number of very small files care must be taken to not exceed this limit This is why GageScope allows for the selection of both the number of samples to save per file as well as the number of files to put in each folder In the example above selecting 1 000 samples per file and 64 files per folder would result in 1 000 folders being created each with 64 files Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 59 15 Saving large acquisitions as Split Files would be of limited use if GageScope did not allow for opening and displaying the fi
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18. Detected The dynamic demo mode of GageScope allows you to evaluate GageScope software even if you do not own any Gage hardware Input signals are simulated using signal files supplied with GageScope There are two different Demo modes Basic and Advanced You can start the GageScope demo by going to the Help menu in GageScope This demo also starts if you do not have any Gage hardware and drivers installed in your computer e Ifyou do not have any instrument installed in your system you will see the following message at launch GageScope e Click on the Yes button e As you are not connected to a live instrument the software will launch the Demo Mode which simulates several signals allowing full analytical features of GageScope to be tried 34 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Both Demo modes demonstrate functionality that is available with CompuScope products only Furthermore the implementation simulates one CompuScope card similar to CS14100 1M with two or four channels and displays a predetermined signal on each of these channels The signals look and behave just like real inputs allowing you to perform operations and extract values from the signals This dynamic demonstration and evaluation mode is one of many unique features of GageScope Please note that Demo Mode is for CompuScope products only Dont Show This Again Click OK Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 35 The Basic Demo
19. Edition pages A 3 to A 8 Steps through 13 have been changed to the following steps Please note that the changes affect both the procedure and the graphics displayed Step by step Installation 1 Insert the GageScope CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The installation program should start automatically after a few seconds 2 Jn case the installation program does not start automatically follow these steps to start the setup process Click Start from your desktop and select Run You will see the Run dialog box as follows Run 21x resource and Windows will open it for you Open Cancel Browse m Type the name of a program folder document or Internet Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 15 3 Type CDROM drive letter GageScope Disk1 Setup exe in the Open text box The CDROM drive letter depends on the settings in your PC Run 2 x resource and Windows will open it for you Open DAGageScopelDiskhi Setup exe Cancel Browse Z Type the name of a program folder document or Internet Click OK 4 Ifyouare running a Windows 95 system that does not have the appropriate version of DCOM 9O5 installed you will be asked if you want to install DCOM95 You must select the installation of DCOM95 After DCOMO5 has been installed you will then have to reboot your PC and run the GageScope installation program again If you are installing GageScope under Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000
20. GaGe Advanced Instruments for the World GageScope World s Most Powerful Oscilloscope Software User s Guide ADDENDUM For Version 3 5 For the Eighth Edition of the Guide P N 0045145 A01 Reorder 7 MKT SWM GSW09 A04 0405 GageScope User s Guide O Copyright Gage Applied Technologies Inc 2001 Eighth Edition May 2001 GageScope GSWINST GageScope for DOS GagePCI CompuScope CompuGen Instrument Manager and Multi Card are registered trademarks of Gage Applied Technologies Inc MS DOS Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Incorporated IBM IBM PC IBM PC XT IBM PC AT and PC DOS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated into new editions of the publication Gage Applied Technologies may make improvements and or changes in the products and or programs described in this publication at any time Copyright 2000 Gage Applied Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved including those to reproduce this publication or parts thereof in any form without permission in writing from Gage Applied Technologies Inc The installation program used to install the GageScope InstallShield is licensed software provided by InstallShield Software Corp 900 National Parkway Ste 125 Schaumburg IL InstallShield is Copyright 1998 by InstallShield Software Corp which reserv
21. Kan L ss pam y Ej cs14100 YT2 C814100 Trigger Depth PostTrig 64000000 Mures cs14100 Trace Vert Scale Trace Invert Connect Dots Record Method 1 Min Max zl DES Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 63 Loading Large Files 17 Since GageScope allows the saving of a single data file from a large acquisition it must be possible to load such a file to verify its content and perform analysis Due to memory management issues under the Windows family of operating systems GageScope limits the amount of data that can be loaded from a single file To compensate for this limitation however GageScope offers added flexibility in selecting the portion of a file that is to be loaded Here is how this is done Go to File gt Load Channel and select a large file in this example we use the previously saved test file EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Ele View Capture Toole Window Help jc M amp g v6 3 amp zi amp m feo Ja fra 8s ne Dm AA l amp Spaws B Info View zl zi csi4i00 v11 HE Name value 50 0 MSis Load channel bun ame aaa Sewreven 11 06 2001 11 44 08 Frqsweep Sinnoisy 11 06 2001_11 46 43 amp Glitch Ei Sqr_wave 5 Am_sig B Half am jest 5 AmSweep amp Her bone E ToneBrst 5 Chopsine I amp Sawtoot
22. Mode emulates the following signals 1 Sine Wave of 870 mV amplitude 40 kHz frequency with 8 LSB RMS noise 2 Triangle wave of 900 mV amplitude 40 kHz frequency with 17 LSB RMS EJ GageScope Demo edition ver 3 50 CSDemo YT1 laj x E Ele View Capture Tools Window Help isi xj wa amp t 2 w A QA MIAN fe da fa feo Te P 5 ia I AE Ala 5 4 bits 1 Info View pd TENE Name Value Mikey ERI SC For Help press F1 NUM SERE c8Demo rrigger Depth Sample rate 50 MS s gt SuperRes ras Single Dual General ERE CSInput Trace Timebase me Eri Na Vert Scale Trace EWA n connect Dots Method E CSDemo vri f All nz ch 01 J2z Ch 02 Should you choose not to use these files you can however also load and save disk based GageScope files extension SIG To load a file click on File gt Load Channel Sample SIG files are located in the Signal Files folder inside the C Gage GageScope folder This ability to load SIG files means that the Demo Mode of GageScope can be used as a powerful viewing tool to share acquired data with your colleagues 36 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide The Advanced Demo Mode available from the Help menu emulates the following signals 1 Amplitude modulated sine wave of 2 13 MHz carrier frequency 800 mV carrier amplitude 44 73 MHz modulation frequen
23. S EDTTTEDITS EZE For Help press F1 C814100 Trigger Denth General Settings CS input Trace Total 512M Smo v Fine Timebase Vert Scale Trace CET Connect Dats Pretrial ape J ato 100 ms EUTZE EIN fy eom 1v Method PostTrig 64000000 2 MulRec Baz J Mn wax m Ch 04 cs14100 El TUNES ap gt The DMZ is used to query the CompuScope board for a segment of captured data without requiring decimation For this reason the segment to be fetched and displayed is limited in size to 16 MS and appears disconnected from the complete signal and particularly from the real trigger location Thus the importance of assigning a position to the Virtual Trigger 54 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 11 You can put more DMZ cursors in the decimated view or you can modify the existing cursor to select a different range or different options To modify an existing cursor double click on it A slightly different DMZ dialog window appears EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Ele View Capture Tools Window Help Ji4 gt 5 Wm re i 54 le 5 i4 bits es S M 5 e e x bTE 3 WE ANG fi woe r Name Value T T T kd T T T T ra T 50 0 MSis Zoom Deep Memory Channels x Zoom channels to be modified M ch 03 Zoom Subset of Ch 1 of CS14100 Iz Ch 04 Zoom Subset of Ch 2 of CS14100
24. Square voltage Amplitude When the MinMax method is chosen Amplitude is equal to the Peak to Peak value When the Histogram method is chosen the Amplitude is the difference between the High Flat and Low Flat values in Volts Peak To Peak Peak to Peak is the absolute difference between the Maximum and Minimum values in Volts Period Period is the time it takes for a signal to complete one cycle and is equal to the sum of the Positive and Negative Widths Frequency Frequency is the number of cycles per second in a signal measured in Hz with 1 Hz equaling 1 cycle per second and is equal to 1 Period 86 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Time Stamp Time Interval Fall Time Rise Time PosWidth NegWidth PosDuty NegDuty PosOvershoot Time Stamp displays the time stamp of the record This parameter is only active with the use of a Trigger Marker Board Time Interval displays the time difference between two successive records This parameter 1s only active with the use of a Trigger Marker Board Fall Time is the length of time for a signal s falling edge to go from the High Level to Low Level These two levels are specified in the Reference High and Reference Low settings in the Parameters dialog box Rise is the length of time for a signal s rising edge to go from Low Level to High Level These two levels are specified in the Reference High and Reference Low settings in the Parameters dialog box Pos
25. V ofl Amplitude 175V Click Plus Hy PeakToPeak 175V Click Minus Ely PeakToPeak 1 75V Sign to Ay Period 24 70 u8 Sign to Ay Period 24 70 pS Expand OY Frequency 40 49 KHz Collapse Average 24 86 uS W T FallTime 7 51 uS i Deviation 40 34 nS H A RiseTime 7 52 US HAF Frequency 40 49 KHz fel PosWidth 1218 u8 Eie FallTime 7 51 ys Eel NegWidth Gf RiseTime 7528 H k PosDuty ET PosWidth 12 18 uS E NegDuty fe Negwidth J PosOvershoot ff PosDuty H H NegOvershoot amp EH NegDuty T Peak 873 58 mv amp j 1 PosOvershoot fd Trough 872 25 amp J NegOvershoot TY Top 873 58 mV H 7 Peak 873 50 mV 4 Bottom 872 25 H A Trough 87225 M TAAPos 873 58 mV T Top 873 58 mV Tai TAANeg 872 25 AJ Bottom a7226 82 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Method and Reference Settings When calculating certain parameters the Waveform Parameters tool relies on the Reference and Method settings located in the Parameters dialog Method Settings Reference Settings For information on how particular parameters are affected by these settings see About the Parameters below Not all parameters make use of these settings The Method Setting The options for Method are MinMax and Histogram To change the Method setting select a value from the drop down menu The default is MinMax The Histogram Method is preferred for pulse based signals such as digital logic CMOS TTL ECL etc The MinMax Met
26. ad signals from Signal Files mn Save signals to Swares ess Equation files Equation fies E Autosave configuration wwe sd User configuration se TT TT TT l Miscellaneous z IV Smart tabs IV Restore last configuration on start up IV Show tool tips Restore last configuration when leaving Decimation mode Default Trace Alignment Default action on stop acquisition Do not display Abort dialo C by Start C by Trigger Smart aei a Always wait Alwaysakort m MulRec Player speed r Decimation DM Buffer Max Size MB 16 n j Fast Siow Defautdecimationmethod MnMex C814100 Trigger Del Apply Cancel Totak 512M Smo v prera 4096 2 Normal fe ms PostTrig 64000000 MulRec C814100 C814100 YT1 Deep All Po Cho 3 Ch 02 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 47 Set the DM Buffer to 64 MB then select the decimation method MinMax or Skip Sample and click Apply The result of the capture and MinMax decimation of a sine wave captured by a CompuScope 14100 card on two simultaneous channels will look like this EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 C514100 JE File View Capture Tools Window Help See eae Pile t 3 amp xr Jm E feo fat foo Qa ll Do ie n A 4 Ies 2 aus 7 268 WS WINE il Name Value 7 50 0 MS s Se aT CSE For Help press F1
27. are entering Decimation Mode GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 JI File View Capture Tools Window Help e M e eie vts infa View GageScope C This settings will switch GageScope to the decimation mode Do you want to proceed Stop For Help press F1 mNUM General Settings Timebase C814100 Trigger Depth CS Input Trace Total 512 M Smp Fine p Vert Scale Trace Invert 5 zd R 3 usid nu j connect Dots Pretria 4036 2j ries j 1 ms OMM Postrig 64000000 2 Multec Ada Min vex El cs14100 v11 Ac All The Decimation Mode is enabled as soon as the size of acquisition per channel is more than 1 4 of the size of the DM Buffer For instance let us assume that you have allocated 8 MB for the DM Buffer In this case the Decimation Mode will be automatically activated whenever you specify more than 2 MB of total acquisition length in GageScope The total acquisition length is the sum of the pre and post trigger data sizes Click on the YES button You can now acquire a signal Click on the CAPTURE icon to begin capturing data 44 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 2 You will see the Decimation in Progress dialog box pop up indicating that GageScope has captured the data and is now in the process of decimating it before displaying in the display window The status and time remaining to complete the requ
28. cking on any of the features that are normally not available for that particular Edition For instance click on the Extended Math button on the toolbar third button from the left The Unavailable feature dialog box will appear Unavailable feature Simply click on the Upgrade button Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 31 2 The GageScope Software Key dialog box will appear prompting you to enter a GageScope Standard or Professional software key GageScope Software Key x Enter your Software Key A valid key will enable the OK button Key REM OK Cancel You will need to purchase a GageScope Standard or Professional key in order to upgrade your current edition of GageScope For upgrade information you may contact Gage at 1 800 567 4243 or 1 514 633 7447 if outside North America You may also visit www gagescope com for more information on the Standard and Professional editions of GageScope The following dialog box will then appear confirming that the software key has been accepted GageScope x 1 Registration code was approved ou need to restart the application to enable all the new functionnality You will need to restart the application for the upgrade to take effect 32 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Launching GageScope for the First Time page A 15 Please note that the procedure section describing No Instruments Detected has been changed to inclu
29. cope Software Keys 2 The GageScope Software Key dialog box will appear and will prompt you to enter your software key If you have purchased a Standard or Professional Edition software key you were provided a key with your order Enter your software key here See Upgrading GageScope section in this addenda for more information To obtain a free GageScope Lite software key you must register on line at WWW gagescope com registration Once you have registered the Lite Edition software key will be e mailed directly to you A GageScope Lite Edition software key cannot be obtained by contacting Gage or its representatives by telephone fax or e mail GageScope Software Key x Enter your Software Key A valid key will enable the OK button Key OK Cancel Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 29 30 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Upgrading GageScope This section explains how to go about upgrading your software to either a Standard or a Professional Edition This is a new section that will also be included in future editions of the GageScope User s Guide The upgrade options are as follows 1 From the Lite Edition you have the choice to upgrade to either the Standard or the Professional Edition 2 From the Standard Edition you may upgrade to the Professional Edition 1 If you are using either the Lite or Standard Edition of GageScope you may upgrade your software at anytime by cli
30. cy 110 mV modulation amplitude and 17 LSB RMS noise 2 Pulse with ring down Frequency of 1 16 MHz duty cycle 50 20 and amplitude of 1 7V Ring Amplitude is 120mV 3 Frequency modulated sine wave of 3 54 MHz carrier frequency 900 mV carrier amplitude modulation amplitude of 370 KHz with 3 LSB RMS noise 4 Ultrasound signal consisting of a stimulus followed by two echoes Stimulus three pulses of a clipped 100 V signal First echo Amplitude 300mV fixed 11uS Second echo Amplitude 160 mV 19 3 uS Noise 7 LSB RMS E Eie View Capture Tools Window Help Info View cdd Name Value o S i e m z 6 lr 3 amp ERA feas Ji fo 25 ll S m A ie 5 ras z amp El 50 0 MSis I For Help press F1 NUM SCRL General Settings esDemo 2 Trigger Depth CSinput Trace Samplerate 50 MSis EE ee PS ets Invert p SuperRes 5 usid ENT ji n Connect Dots Bre Single Dual EH Method mE Zw z ll wwe z f CSDemo 2 Asen cuc imo E nw sra sae cuc wy eE ea e gt BamZ OR new Kj CSDemo 2 YT1 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 37 Switching from Basic to Advanced Demo Mode You may at any time switch to the Advanced Demo Mode by clicking on the Help menu gt Launch Advanced demo option EJ GageScope Demo edition ver 3 50 CSDemo YT1 E Fie view Capture Tool
31. de and reflect the use of the new Demo modes It also includes the description of the sample signal data files that are incorporated in the new Advanced Demo mode Before you run the program connect a signal from a signal generator or other source to the Channel A input of your CompuScope card Launching GageScope 1 A Windows shortcut icon was placed on the desktop during installation GaGa Double click this icon to run GageScope ta You can also access GageScope through the Start menu Click on Start gt GageScope Programs Gage GageScope GageScope If your CompuScope card is configured properly GageScope will start EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Ele View Cape Tools Window Hep Ma 18 o ES o x E lr 3 amp Q mr Info View zd m Name Value E A m Ke fa fo Qs 4 P Hoi wt KK gt S 4 bits z El Eny ICTTTCETUM ETTI For Help press F1 General settings CS Input trace Da aw LA K A Range FERE 04 ad Ed Probe fa pets nere d Ej cs14100 YT1 AN Rz Cho a Ch02 814100 Trigger Depth E IF x Pattern xf cs14100 In the above example two signals are being acquired using a CompuScope 14100 Your screen may differ If you are not feeding any signals into the input channel s you will Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 33 see a flat line Demo Mode No Instruments
32. decimation This is achieved chiefly by limiting the range of Deep Memory DM Buffer that can be used with each board For deep acquisition memory boards users control the decimation through the value given to the DM Buffer and the type of decimation performed MinMax or Mean GageScope therefore offers a relatively simple decimated view of the data but more than makes up for this previewing technique by offering a powerful way to zoom in and display specific portions of the data acquired After capture decimation previewing the data and zooming in on some of the data users can elect to save the entire acquisition in one large file or to literally chop the large acquisition into any number of smaller files that are then easier to analyze and or share with other The rest of this section will describe in details how each of the Decimation Mode operations function and provide more information on the particulars of working with large acquisitions Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 43 How Decimation Works Prior to setting up a capture requiring decimation it is recommended that you go to Stop Mode This ensures that no lengthy acquisition is launched before all the parameters are set to the desired values In the System Control combine PreTrig and PostTrig depths so as to set the total acquisition depth to any value greater than 16 MS up to the full depth of the board GageScope will give you a warning to let you know that you
33. e RE e ede d eere ed 69 Card Settings assi aste oie iie ene indu eite tere dee RE 89 Trigger Settings iae iode eene dh ote ere ed 90 Display Settings siia edo age rrr adve ande uem iie ad 90 Channel Settings autein ne iode haee dede ete HE 91 Analysis SUING Dler 91 iv Addendum to GageScope User s Guide How to use this Addendum This document is an addendum to the GageScope User s Guide Eighth Edition and is intended to provide supplementary information specific to installing and using GageScope It also provides a list of errata that documents changes to certain features and functionalities When applicable section headings include a page number that refers to the page to which the changes belong in the manual At Gage we strive to always supply the best possible software Users should keep in mind that software functionality is continually evolving Considering the size of the User s Guide it is possible that some images screen grabs do not exactly match the software as you will experience it Such situations when they occur will not materially affect your use of the software or the instructions on how to use certain features Please read the ReadMe txt file on the accompanying CD for the most up to date information on Enhancements Bug Fixes and Known Bugs Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Changes to Multi Instrument Support In order to improve the inter operability of its
34. e below for more details Click OK The selected range of data is fetched from the CompuScope and displayed in a normal display window E GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 S14100 Eie View Capture Tools Window Help s u amp 4 BE z t 3 a e m amp j J Ji f98 I SH i A A es fas 4 __ For Help press F1 NUM General Settings Timebase ANS Ej cs14100 YT1 Deep CSinput Trace Vert Scale Trace a Ch 01 Connect Dol a 814100 Trigger Depth Totat Siam smo Fre PostTrigl 64000000 2 uec C814100 Invert pi 2e Ar Pe ener z eno Note the presence of the cursor in the decimated view with the name YT2 displayed in the gray range bar at the bottom This allows you to quickly identify which position and range of the decimated signal has been zoomed into Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 53 10 Maximizing the CS14100 YT2 display and expanding the Timebase we can see that it is as if the data was obtained from a normal short acquisition Note also that all the usual operations can be performed on the displayed signals 514100 YT2 EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 B Eie View Capture Tools Window Help e M amp i4 eg x GE AQQHIAN feas Ja fo Sg n 5 n i 4 le S avis 7 1 Name Value W
35. e only difference consists in the reference to the Trigger location from the DMZ channel the Virtual Trigger value is saved as an absolute trigger and all references to the real trigger of the large acquisition are lost To learn how to save a channel see File Save Channel also in this manual Partially because of this loss of trigger information it is often better to simply save all of the data as a single signal file To save the data as un decimated go to File gt Save Channel The following dialog appears 56 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 514100 Eie View Capture Tools Window Help o m gt Bip xt 3 zz eo Ji fi Be Jinu Sw A n JA S ranis e a Info View x Name Value T d Save Channel to File L2 xi H Save in 5 Signal Files e Es E E Hall am E ToneBrst E AmSweep En Her_bone s Triangle El Chopsine En Sawtooth Dim sine E Sine i Frqsweep amp Sinnoisy amp Glitch E Sar wave femme jeg Save as lype BageScope signal file sig Cancel Channel ch 01 Save visible portion of the channel w Save undecimated data c814100 Trigger Comment Saved from GageScope for Windows qoe p m amp T spitMutzec peme aras Post rio 2000000 Split File Save zi C814100 CS14100 YT1 Deep og Al j gt Ch01 amp z Ch 02 As already indicated on
36. e probe box on the CS Input Tab of the Channel Control has been removed This change affects the User s Guide in the following manners e Page C 137 is no longer valid e The images on pages B 46 B 47 B 62 B 63 B 65 B 67 B 70 B 71 B 72 B 118 B 132 B 133 B 134 B 136 B 137 B 138 B 139 B 142 B 143 B 144 B 145 B 148 B 150 B 151 B 153 B 154 B 156 C 137 C 138 C 139 C 140 C 141 are no longer identical to how they should appear on your screen Please note that this in no way affects the functionality described on those pages only the images are inaccurate Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 5 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Introduction page viii Please note that a Lite Edition of GageScope now exists A table of features will follow GageScope is a powerful software package which finally bridges the gap between oscilloscopes and computers helping scientists and engineers get the most out of their measurements All this performance is available without writing a single line of code or drawing any diagrams GageScope starts being productive right out of the box GageScope takes full advantage of the Windows operating system making the user interface for CompuScope and CompuGen cards very easy to learn and use On screen controls and toolbars give you complete control of all capture and display features allowing you to change settings while data capture is in progress As many as 60 cha
37. eScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Stop __For Help press F1 PU RUP 6814100 Trigger Depth General Settings CSInput Trace Totat 512M Smp v Fine p Timebase Channel Na Vert Scale Trace Invert PreTrig 4098 H Aut s _ Method PostTrig 6400000 MulRec Iv MinMex Ej cs14100 YT1 Ao All The decimated view is useful to identify the location of peaks in the signal particularly when using the MinMax method or large scale patterns in the data From this summary view GageScope provides a powerful way of zooming in on the areas of the captured data that may be of particular interest On the other hand the decimated view cannot be used to calculate Waveform Parameters or to perform mathematical operations on the signal The Skip Sample method reads the captured data and extracts 1 value for each group of x digitized samples The MinMax method calculates the minimum and maximum values of an entire group of x 2 samples and then displays both values at the same time value Hence the MinMax method stores 2 values for each group of x 2 digitized samples The x quantity of the previous paragraph is given by the equation x Total Samples 8 DM Buffer Note The factor that is used will be rounded to the next integer value i e if x 2 5 the result will be rounded to 3 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 49 How the Deep Memory Zoom Wo
38. ed from GageScope for Windows Directory prefix 11 06 2001 11 47 39 Channel Ch 01 E For Help press F1 814100 Trigger Depth General Settings Total a2 M snot x Fine Timebase TN YS m Ch 0 PostTrigl 64000000 Marec cle C814100 Ej cs14100 YT1 Deep This dialog allows you to separate the acquired signal into any number of files and even to group the files in series to be saved in separate folders 58 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 14 The example displayed above will save the content of Channel 01 as 64 files of 1 000 000 samples each The files will be named using the Directory Prefix File Prefix and a Sequential File Number Clicking OK will save these 64 files In Windows Explorer the saved files would look like this N Exploring 11 06 2001_ 11 46 43 1 File Edt View Go Favorites Tools Help i ee Gi Back Forwverd Up x Cut la X E EBI Copy El Undo eee 0B eee ee Delete Properties Views Addtess KI C GAGE GageScope Signal Files 11 08 2001_11 46 3 11 082001_114843 1 TT Tell CI CAGAGE GageScope Signal Files 11 06 2001_11 46 43 11 06 2001_11 46 43_1 z Folders E TI 6 2001_11 46 43_AA 01 TE T1 06 2001_11 46 43_AA 02 E 11 06 2001_11 46 43_AA03 Z Desktop E 11 06 2001 114643 AA04 amp 1 062001 114643 AA 05 amp 11 05 2001 11 4643 AA 06 E E My Computer E 11 06 2001 11 46 43
39. ela Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 19 9 Ifyou select either the Lite or Standard Editions you will be given the choice to evaluate GageScope Professional Edition for a limited time In this example it is assumed that you have chosen to install the Lite Edition However the steps are similar when installing the Standard Edition GageScope Setup GageScope Lite Edition IH SLa l Sare di If you choose to install the Lite Edition then proceed with the following steps If you choose to try the GageScope Professional Edition for 21 days or 50 sessions then skip to step 12 20 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 10 In order to proceed with the installation of GageScope Lite edition you will need a Lite Edition Software key You must register on line at www gagescope com registration to obtain the GageScope Lite Edition software key Once you have registered the Lite Edition Software Key will be e mailed directly to you A GageScope Lite Edition software key cannot be obtained by contacting Gage or its representatives by telephone fax or e mail GageScope Setup x GageScope Lite Edition GageScope 3 5 In order to install your FREE GageScope Lite Edition you must first register on the Gage web Page to obtain a Software Key Once you have completed registering your GageScope you will receive a Software Key by e mail which you will require to complete the installation Regis
40. es all copyright protection worldwide InstallShield is provided to you for the exclusive purpose of installing the GageScope In no event will InstallShield Software Corp be able to provide any technical support for GageScope How to reach Gage Applied Technologies Inc for Product Support Toll free phone 1 800 567 4243 Toll free fax 1 800 780 8411 Outside North America Tel 514 633 7447 Fax 514 633 0770 Web Form www gage applied com support asp il Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Table of Contents HOW TO USE THIS ADDENDUM e eeeeee eee eee we nee we neee ee wec setas ets He HKH HE HHH HHHH HE HHHH AK 1 CHANGES TO MULTI INSTRUMENT SUPPORT eese eese eee tn ene ke neee ke stanno 3 CHANGES TO PROBE SUPPORT rrerrerre re eeee nece nenere keke e He Hec e He KNK HE HKH HK seta sna 5 INTRODUCTION PAGE VIII e en hereee Here eee reee xene eee ken Heke e He HHHH KHK HK KHK HK WKKR 7 SPECIFICATIONS PAGE XIII e eeeeeee eene hereee ee nen ee reee ee neee kec He He KH HKH HK HK KHK HHHH AK 13 System Requirements rr a xana a RESO HEU GI We VO WAR HE HA K RA HE e RRA 13 Supported Instruments rote ni erg a ere VE RO ei HE ka gU R RE 14 Supported Driver Versions easier terit Wak a VE EN na HA Ra SE guA 14 INSTALLING GAGESCOPE PAGE A 3 cssssscssssssssscsssssnecscsssssnsccesssssnscce
41. events are happening rapidly or unpredictably and A D down time must be minimized When Multiple Record Mode is enabled the CompuScope card looks for a trigger event acquires data then automatically re arms itself to look for another trigger event Data collected from each successive acquisition is stacked on top of the previous acquisition until the on board buffer fills up For example if an acquisition depth of 1024 points is specified the first acquisition stores data in addresses between 0 and 1023 the next acquisition from 1024 to 2047 and so on until the buffer is full Important Notes e With most currently available CompuScope cards you can only capture post trigger data in Multiple Record mode When you click on the MulRec button pre trigger capture is disabled For those CompuScope cards with Pre Trigger Multiple Record acquisition the pre trigger is not disabled when clicking on the MulRec button For the sake of brevity we will only describe post trigger data acquisition The case with pre trigger data is completely analogous e The number of records you can capture will depend on the amount of on board memory your CompuScope card has as well as other settings such as the post trigger depth and channel mode e Multiple Record Mode comes as a standard feature or as an option on most CompuScope cards but is not available on the CompuScope LITE If your CompuScope card does not have this capability the MulRec button w
42. h E Triangle 5 Dim sine amp Sine Sample Format Bytes per Sample 2 as Number of Samples 58999981 File name best Number of Records 1 Files of type GageScope signal file sig hd Cancel Eme Saved from GageScope for Windows For Help press F1 814100 Trigger Depth Total 512M smo v Fine PostTrig e018 zd wuec C814100 General Settings Ly Ch 01 C8input Trace Vert Scale Trace ERI conned Dats Min Max Bi A s f Ej C814100 YT1 64 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 18 Select the large file and click Open A new dialog appears EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 8 xj Ele View Capture Tools Window Help e i gt eg x zz s A 4 le S avus 7 E E C infe View Name 7 50 0 MSis Partial file load _ j ae The size of the selected file exeeds the allowed limit Please select a portion of the file to load If you press Cancel the operation will be aborted Relative to Trigger Original Original Start sample 5000 a fo First record i 3 4 End sample 10000 2 59999981 Number of records fi a Currently selected size Maximum allowed size 4 kSamples 8 MSamples EZ ee k MPos 00s For Help press F1 C8514100 Trigger Depth General CSinput Trace Tot 512M sme Fine rone Pe Na Vert Sca
43. hod is preferred for other signals such as sine waves Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 83 The Reference Settings The reference settings High Middle and Low are used to determine the High Level Middle Level and Low Level when calculating certain time parameters For example the Rise Time is the length of time for a signal s rising edge to go from the low level to the high level To change the Reference settings click on the Increment buttons next to High Middle and Low The definitions for High Level Middle Level and Low Level are shown below Reference High Reference Middle 6 Reference Low refer to the values in the Reference settings in the Parameters dialog box High Level LowFlatValue HighFlatValue LowFlatValue x Reference High Middle Level LowFlatValue HighFlatValue LowFlatValue x Reference Middle Low Level LowFlatValue HighFlatValue LowFlatValue x Reference Low 84 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide About the Parameters Use the diagrams below to get an idea of what each parameter measures More detailed explanations are offered on the pages following the diagram Voltage Parameters Maximum Value Positive Overshoot High Flat Value LL jMean JO Volts J Amplitude m z Peak a to Peak TLow Flat Value 7 Negative Overshoot j Minimum Value Time Parameters Rise Negatlve Width Low Level Positive Width Addendum to
44. ill not be available Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 71 The Multiple Record setting is located in the Depth tab of the System Control Multiple Records Currently Disabled 72 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Channel Control CS Input Tab Polarization Page C 148 The Polarization settings and controls have been modified This page replaces page C 148 of the Reference section of the User s Guide The Polarization setting is labeled Invert and is located in the CS Input tab of the Channel Control CS Input Trace Drawing A Coupling zz a Range 1 E Polarization 2 Emi EGS 50 Ohm Setto p Invert Impedance TMONT Normal Al Ch 01 This setting is available whether All Channels or an individual channel is current Polarization refers to how the trace is displayed relative to the X axis When polarization is normal the channel is displayed exactly as captured Inverting the polarization inverts the signal about the X axis modifying the digital values of the captured data If a channel is inverted the color of the channel identifier at the far left of the signal will be reversed as well For example if channel 1 is inverted and its color is yellow then the channel identifier will be black text in a yellow box Toggling the Polarization via the CS Input Tab Click on the CS Input tab in the Channel Control 2 Click on the Invert button to toggle this option on and
45. ired decimation task will be shown You may choose to continue or abort the decimation at any time during this operation by simply clicking on the buttons located in the Decimation in Progress dialog box Decimation in progress CS Alvays Wart e action Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 45 The decimated channels in the Y T1 Deep display will appear EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 C514100 8 Tx jl File View Capture Tools Window Help Ne as 4 8g AIETE 3 amp amp x AE fi fds S in 3 II S fiais 0 Info View zlz E c514100 YT1 Deep Bes Name Value T T T T T 7 T T 50 0 MS s y a l Stop M Pos 00s For Help press F1 General Settings p Timebase 814100 Trigger Depth CSinput Trace Tota 512M sme fee Vert Scale Trace Invert Prema xe memes od a SAYA PostTrig 64000000 2 Muec J move 2 cs14100 C814100 YT1 Deep Al Po Ch 01 az Ch 02 46 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide You can now open the Preferences dialog box by clicking on Tools Preferences The Preferences dialog box will appear as follows BageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Ete View Capture Tools Window Help e S 1 gt gg xE TE AQQM ANSE fan fix Ge me 5N iM m 4 l S preis in Info Vie Name Default directories Lo
46. itive Width is the length of time between the rising and falling edge of the portion of the signal above the Middle Level This level is specified in the Reference Middle setting in the Parameters dialog box Negative Width is the length of time between the falling and rising edge of the portion of the signal below the Middle Level This level is specified in the Reference Middle setting in the Parameters dialog box Positive Duty is a percentage of the time it takes for the positive portion of a signal to complete compared to one whole cycle It is defined as Positive Width Period x 100 Negative Duty is a percentage of the time it takes for the negative portion of a signal to complete compared to one whole cycle It is defined as Negative Width Period x 100 Positive Overshoot is measured in Volts and is defined as Maximum Value High Flat Value When the method is set to MinMax Positive Overshoot is 0 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 87 NegOvershoot Negative Overshoot is measured in Volts and is defined as Minimum Value Low Flat Value When the method is set to MinMax Negative Overshoot is 0 Peak Peak is the highest voltage value recorded for each cycle Trough Trough is the lowest voltage value recorded for each cycle NumCycles Number of cycles is the total number of complete cycles in the displayed signal 88 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Appendix F Setup Parameters Saved and L
47. k Save to save the Setup file Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 67 GageScope for DOS Setup File Compatibility The GageScope setup file format INI is not compatible with the GageScope for DOS setup file format SET 68 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide File Load Setup page C 8 When launching GageScope the last setup parameters that were being used are automatically restored The Load Setup command allows the user to manually load a previously saved Setup file A Setup file contains the GageScope settings which were current at time of saving see File Save Setup The Setup file has the extension INI How to Load a Setup Manually l1 fnotalready in Stop Mode click Stop in the Toolbar to stop the current acquisition 2 Choose Load Setup from the File menu The Load Setup dialog appears 3 Goto the folder where you saved your Setup files and choose a file from the list Exceptions Upon starting up for the first time GageScope chooses several default settings These default settings are saved in the Key Registry of the Windows operating system and cannot be modified by the user They remain available as a way to restore GageScope from a situation that may cause problems Should the hardware configuration of the system be changed between sessions GageScope will fail to restore the previously used settings In such cases the user is prompted to provide an alternative Setup file from which to load
48. l be asked if you would like to run a free 21 day 50 session Trial which will allow you access to all features of the Professional Edition for a limited time You do not need to enter any software key to run the Trial Once the trial period has expired GageScope will no longer run unless you Purchase the Standard or Professional Edition Software Key from Gage Please refer to the Upgrading GageScope section of this Addenda 2 Register to obtain a FREE GageScope Lite Edition Software Key to convert the software to a Free GageScope Lite Edition The GageScope Lite Edition provides basic functionality The steps below illustrate how GageScope will prompt you to register to obtain your GageScope Lite Edition key Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 27 Launching GageScope Trial 1 Upon launching the Trial of GageScope Professional Edition a menu will prompt you to either register the current version of the software or to purchase the Standard or Professional Edition upgrade GageScope Trial x Try the Professional Edition of GageScope available for a limited time Usage Usage left 49 Ordering info Days left 21 Select Continue to launch the Free 21 day 50 session trial of GageScope Professional Edition If you have a software key and do not want to run the trial of GageScope Professional Edition select Enter Software Key 28 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide GageS
49. le m m ZHN Dots Pretrial Saf sas 10 0 ms 5 P Ch 01 PostTrigl 6016 MulRec EIN d xuma CS14100 Ej cs14100 YT1 A Al E Al Po cnor Jac choz From this Partial file load dialog GageScope allows for the selection of the Start Sample and End Sample of the portion to load GageScope automatically calculates the size selected and indicates if the file can be loaded as specified by enabling the OK button The Partial file load dialog seen earlier also includes options for loading MulRec files The right hand side of the dialog allows the selection of the First record as well as the Number of records to be loaded Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 65 19 Inour continuing example we are attempting to load 4 000 samples starting with sample 6 000 and ending with sample 10 000 The result is what appears like any other signal file loaded in GageScope channel 05 in the CS14100 YT2 display below EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Eile View Capture Tools Window Help 9 me 4 Be x i ARARA f J J fra 8s _ _ m KAI S 5 4bis 2 El Infa View zl zi ETSTITTIN ITE E ____ For Help press F1 C814100 Trigger Depth etat 512i Smet General Settings Timebase Fine Vert Scale Trace Invert TITZA HD omea Dats Premio ase Z Auto 100 ns zi Method Postrig 640000
50. lected 15016 5 qne Cancel Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 51 8 The DMZ dialog box options are as follows Channels First and Last Sample Virtual Trigger Position of Samples Selected Shows the channels being decimated and the name of the CompuScope card These are the channels from which captured not decimated data can be fetched from the CompuScope memory by the DMZ The starting and ending samples of the data to be displayed in the Zoom window First sample is the starting point from which captured data will be fetched from the CompuScope memory Last sample is the end point of the range of captured data that will be fetched from the CompuScope memory The Virtual Trigger Position is a feature GageScope uses to co ordinate a small segment of captured data with other signals or math channels It consists of assigning a specific sample the role of Trigger Sample but solely for the purpose of displaying and performing operations on the signal The total number of samples to be displayed The minimum default value is 256 samples cursor width and the maximum 1s 16 777 216 samples 52 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 9 Select the channel s from which to fetch captured not decimated data then adjust the First Sample and Last Sample values to fine tune the range of data to display Finally select a value for the Virtual Trigger sample number se
51. les again You can access the Split Files through Tools gt SplitFile play back E GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 B View Capture Tools Window Help Ir TA fi Math ji j SubChannel NES late Averaged char nel fat Extended Math Gi AutoSave play back Fy Spliile play back foa Waveform Parameters Preferences 50 0 MS S A Create a new SplitFile playback channel 6814100 Trigger Depth General Settings CS Input Trace mol B ine Timebase inni Ez Vert Scale Trace GET Nowe Postrig 64000000 MuRec vel J M n wax m cs14100 Ej cs14100 v12 60 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide and then selecting the appropriate files starting with the first folder of the Split File structure EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 S14100 lej x Ele View Capture Tools Window Help s M amp 4 Bos tE Ia l amp 2 f u Sa fa 8s ll 5 4 4 A 2 paos 518 hho View zlz ETITEITE rj x Name Value T T T T T T T Fa 50 0 MS s Browse for Folder Select any folder from SplitFile set mL Ati Cg Gage C CSCommon o GageScope E temp E Autosave zy Equation files 5 Signal Files 11 06 2001_11 44 03 a 11 06 2001 11 46 43 x 1 1 0 01_ 11 46 814100 Trigger Depth PostTrig 64000000 J MuiRec cs14100 Ej cs14100 YT2 CSInp
52. ly S WRA aly al a R a a a ay al ly ay ala Signal Calculator performs waveform math and user defined functions xL Create and edit waveform by equation entry Ra 26 Math Transfer functions 8 basic functions 6 Math Operations 2 2b Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 11 12 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Specifications page xiii This section provides you with an updated list of System Requirements and Currently Supported Instruments The list of Currently Supported Driver Versions has been added to this section and will be included in future editions of the GageScope User s Guide System Requirements e PC with a Pentium 200 MHz processor 266 MHz Pentium II or higher strongly recommended e Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 or Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows ME operating system e 32 MB RAM with Windows 95 98 48 MB RAM with Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows ME 128 MB RAM or more recommended on all systems e Hard disk free space 20 MB to install the GageScope application 40 MB for full install includes Online Help facility and PDF version of User Manual 128 MB minimum free space necessary for operation of the GageScope program e Virtual memory under Windows NT 2000 XP and ME it is recommended that you increase the Swap File Size by 128 MB to operate GageScope e CD ROM drive e 15 inch
53. monitor 800 x 600 Super VGA 17 inch 1024 x 768 Ultra VGA recommended Note that your system must be set to 256 color display in order for the FFT capability to display results properly e PC keyboard and 2 button mouse 3rd button if present is not used Internet Explorer 4 1 or higher version 5 0 required for full functionality e The drivers for the PC based cards must be installed The PC based cards are the CompuScope and CompuGen card s You must run the Instrument Manager utility to configure the PC based cards Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 13 Supported Instruments CompuScope Cards CS85GC CS85G CS82GC CS82G CS8500 CS14100C CS14100 CS1450 CS12100 CS1250 CS1610C CS1610 CS1602 CS3200 CompuGen Cards CG1100 CG3250 Supported Driver Versions CompuScope drivers for Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME and Windows XP 3 60 02 3 60 00 3 50 02 3 50 00 3 48 00 3 46 02 3 46 00 3 44 00 3 42 04 3 42 02 3 42 00 3 40 00 3 32 00 3 30 06 3 30 04 3 30 02 3 30 00 3 24 02 3 24 00 3 22 07 3 22 06 3 22 05 3 22 03 3 22 02 3 22 00 3 20 13 3 20 12 3 20 09 3 20 08 3 20 07 3 20 06 3 20 05 CompuGen drivers for Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME and Windows XP 1 28 02 1 28 00 14 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Installing GageScope page A 3 The installation procedures outlined in the GageScope User s Guide Eighth
54. nnels can be viewed together on the screen and signals can be saved to disk for future use Optional software advanced analysis tools allow the power of GageScope to be further enhanced by allowing deep FFTs unattended transient capture averaging waveform parameter calculations and correlation Many more analysis tools will become available in the future making GageScope even more powerful Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 7 GageScope is now available in the Lite Standard and Professional Editions GageS cope Lite Edition Free Edition of GageScope that provides basic functionality See table of features on the next page GageScope Standard Edition GageScope Edition for Intermediate Users All advanced analysis tools with the exception of the Extended Math tool are included in the Standard Edition but with limited functionality The limitations are listed as follows AutoSave can only save a maximum of 4 files While Averaging running average is not available and the maximum averaging depth is 8192 Waveform Parameters tool supports only the following parameters e Period e Frequency e Mean e RMS The maximum length of FFT is 4096 points Extended Math tool is not available GageScope Professional Edition GageScope Edition for Expert Users This edition contains the following advanced analysis tools AutoSave Averaging Waveform Parameters FFT Extended Math Addendum to GageScope
55. oaded System Settings Setting Default Value Values Available if applicable if not all possible Path for user defined INI files Directory for loading SIG files Directory for saving SIG files Directory for saving and restoring EGG files Use Smart Tabs YES Show ToolTips YES Ask user to abort long captures YES Yes or Take Default Action Default action on stopping long Abort Abort or Wait captures Deep memory buffer size per 64 MB 32 or 64 MB channel Card Settings Setting Default Value Values Available if applicable if not all possible Capture Mode Continuous Mode Continuous or Stopped Channel Mode Dual if 2 ch avail Sample Rate Highest Available SuperRes Mode OFF Scope Mode NO Window Count 1 External Clock NO Clock Rate 10 MHz MulRec Mode NO MulRec Record Count Pre Trigger Depth 4kS Max 1 MS Post Trigger Depth 4kS Max 1 MS Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 89 Trigger Settings Setting Default Value Values Available if applicable if not all possible Trigger Source Channel 1 Trigger Level 0 Trigger slope Positive Timeout 10 ms Number of Trigger Sources 1 Sources of Triggers Channel 1 Levels of Triggers 0 Slopes of Triggers Positive Timeouts of Triggers 10 ms Display Settings
56. olbar A z ime POH im lS Edit Waveform Parameters The Parameters dialog box appears cif vri Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 79 2 Click on the channel number you want to measure Click on Channel 80 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 3 Click on the checkbox of each parameter you want to display in the InfoView window You may have to scroll down the list to find the parameter you want A checkmark indicates the parameter will be shown the lack of a checkmark indicates the parameter will not appear Check Parameters To enable all parameters click on the Select All button To disable all parameters click on the Deselect All button 4 Click OK when finished or Cancel to abort the changes Once you click OK the parameters appear in the InfoView window Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 81 Expanding and Collapsing Parameters Many of the parameters can display the average value and standard deviation Such parameters have a plus sign to the left of their name in the list To expand a parameter and see the average values and standard deviations click on the plus sign to the left of a parameter To collapse the parameter back to its original state click on the minus sign 55 08 pV 55 08 pV 615 13 mV i 615 13 mV lu Amplitude 175
57. rks Continuing our work with a large acquisition now that we have a decimated view we wish to zoom in on an area of interest We call up the Deep Memory Zoom DMZ by Diz clicking on the DMZ button Jit This action brings up a special cursor in the decimated view EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 Eie View Capture Tools Son Help zr s m ej gt BDS E 3 amp iz X A S amp Ji f 2 n 5 m rna AIS info View xi Name Value E3 CS14100 YT1 Deep EXP _ For Help press F1 C814100 Trigger Depth General settings CSinput Trace Total 512M Smp Fine Timebase p Vert Scale Trace 100 psid conne PreTrig 4i Nerm ooms PostTrig 64000000 MulRec cs14100 Ej CS514100 YT1 Deep The DMZ cursor behaves mostly like a normal cursor you can move it to the desired position by moving the mouse You can scroll through the decimated data while the cursor is active by using the window s scroll arrows as usual 50 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 7 Once the DMZ cursor is in the desired location left click to bring up the DMZ dialog Zoom Deep Memory Channels Ea DMB channels to be zoomed Ch 01 Hardware Ch 1 of C514100 Ch 02 Hardware Ch 2 of C514100 n MIN MAX First sample pum 5 we Last sample 42042 4 pee pam Virtual Trigger Position poz 4 27027 o2 7 Number of Samples Se
58. s Window Help te mc 2 EN Help Topics RAJ fe Ms fat foo Bg fm S n ir XS le LER Wr eos E cdit About GageScope Info View 1 3 Name Value Bunch Wena TK Launch advanced demo Ready M Pos 0 0 s 5 4 bits cB Le ob ip NOM SEFIL csDema trigger Depth General Settings CS Input Trace Sample rate 50 MS s js Vert Scale Trace Invert 5 usid mer Connect Dots vlMinMax AN Po Ch 01 J Ch 02 Brel Single Dual Zt Ej CSDemo YTi 38 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Uninstalling GageScope page A 19 Note that this section in the Getting Started chapter has been modified to reflect a new procedure in uninstalling GageScope GageScope is equipped with a special uninstall program allowing you to uninstall all components at once To uninstall simply follow these steps Note Depending on the OS installed on your system the process of removing GageScope may be different and will not necessarily appear the same as the following 1 In your Windows Start menu select Settings gt Control Panel 2 Double click on Add Remove Programs zi Control Panel Ele Edi View Go Favorites Help I AIX m Gj o x alm Back Foard Up Cut Copy Paste Undo Delete Properties Views Address E Control Panel UOTA WE a Control Panel i UO e uu 6 s 5 Add Remove Console Date Time De
59. sssssneccesssssees 15 Step bysstep Installation secre cesses i sub yina ye Wa baka ax ye ete i e et d Peel 15 REGISTERING GAGESCOPE cssssscsssssssnscssscscnssssssasesessnscasscseensssnscaseescenseasseseensesncenses 27 Trial of GageScope Professional Edition ce here terrere 27 Launching GageScope Trial e endorse p erui eae 28 GageScope Software Keys riri irite eain AE E EW e teen nenne 29 UPGRADING GAGESCOPBE doetonutinaindon di omi d in md an GR I ON ME 31 LAUNCHING GAGESCOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME PAGE A 15 33 Launching GageScope quotaxiedbe bestehen ulasurtiatufe duet boi adusta ufi 33 Demo Mode No Instruments Detected U L L L L eene 34 Switching from Basic to Advanced Demo Mode seen 38 UNINSTALLING GAGESCOPE PAGE A 19 sc cerersseseseseseeseexesesesesecen 39 DECIMATION MODE PAGES B 140 TO B 154 eheereeeereeexeeeeeeeeke 43 How Decimation Works R tette ett P te P iet 44 How the Deep Memory Zoom Works essent 50 Saving Large Acquisitions Un decimated and Split File Saving 56 Loading Large Files dao dti teat beet 64 FILE SAVE SETUP PAGE C 7 s sr srerersereee esere sene eeoe we sistens bekere ee peke suse He KNK He KNK Me 67 What is Saved in the Setup file eee tie tete reet eibi 67 How It
60. ter GageScope www gagescope com registration Install GageS cope Lite Edition software key required lrstallshreld Click on the NEXT button or simply click on the Install GageScope Lite Edition software key required dialog box If you are installing GageScope Standard or Professional Edition you will be asked to enter your software key which has been provided to you with your GageScope order Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 21 11 You will then be prompted to enter your GageScope Software key GageScope Setup GageScope Software Key Sta SAEC Click NEXT 22 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 12 Select the components that you wish to install and their destination location GageScope Setup Select Components Choose the components Setup will install i Program Files v Help Files Example Files Installshield Click NEXT Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 23 13 Then select a Program Folder It is recommended that you accept the Gage program folder and click Next otherwise type in another name and click Next GageScope Setup X Select Program Folder Please select a program folder N Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders Gage Existing Folders CD Labeler II DSO 28264v2
61. the dialog click the Save undecimated data checkbox choose which channel to save Ch 01 in this case enter a name for the file test in the case of the example select a location for the file and then click on Save This operation results in a single large file being save for later use Some analysis software tools find it difficult to use such a large file and perform operations on it GageScope offers a very practical alternative to saving a single large file Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 57 13 Instead of selecting the Save undecimated data option in the Save Channel dialog we Ld could have pressed the Split File Save button El Alternatively we could get directly to the Split File Save dialog by selecting File gt Split File Save Either way we get to the following dialog E GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 BOE Ele View Capture Tools Window Help te S 4 Blow t t 3 amp u amp o I fa J5 2s 5 A A le 5 asz info View EA ES14100 YT1 Deep Name Yy 50 0 MSis Split File Save x Save files in folder Signal Files M Comment max 255 chars 3 Custom SS i File size in samples 1000000 2 Include Sequential File Number Number of files per folder 54 include Directory Prefix Files to be created 54 T Include File Prefix Semple File Pretix AA Sav
62. ude 1 74V BL PeakToPeak 1 74V B A Ch 02 Hg RiseTime 9 97 uS HL PosWidth 12 49 pS YT2 ES Ch 01 cga Frequency 40 00 KHz H P FallTime 7 4945 BL RiseTime 7 53 uS B A Ch 02 Hs PosDuty 50 E E NegDuty 50 gt Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 75 76 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide Waveform Parameters pages C 205 to C 210 The Waveform Parameters dialogue has been changed in GageScope 3 5 The following pages are intended to replace pages C 205 to C 214 of the GageScope User s Guide The Waveform Parameters tool automatically calculates various voltage and time parameters of a signal such as mean amplitude and rise time In all 21 parameters are available e Top Value Frequency e Positive Duty e Bottom Value e Time Stamp e Negative Duty e Mean e Time Interval e Positive Overshoot e RMS e Fall Time e Negative Overshoot e Amplitude e Rise Time e Peak e Peak to Peak e Positive Width e Trough e Period e Negative Width e Num Cycles Parameters are displayed in the Info View window at the far left of the GageScope screen EJ GageScope Demo edition ver 3 50 _ CSDemo YT1 BEE E Fie View Capture Toole Window Help lel xi 9 m e j8 o x rE amp A amp A 7 f hominy 5 mo nA A Ie 5 rasis El lt B vm ES Ch 01 Mean m5 RMS Ny Ampli amp 7l Peak Sy Period aA Frequ T FalrTi S A Riset aay PosW amp ef Neg amp 3 PosD E
63. ut Trace Vert Scale Trace Invert a omean nates 7e Min Max pls a Fe ene fe ons Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 61 16 GageScope confirms the Split File structure and asks for confirmation EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 0914100 8 xl Elle View Capture Tools Window Help B S gt Blow x tE 3 QE amp fene fanda ro au mA A e 5 rae 2 Bl Info View zlz csiaio0 v12 3 50 0 MSis This set of SplitFiles contains 54 Files 1000000 Samples per file Proceed with load Dua C814100 Trigger Depth Total s 2 M snot Fine Pretrial apos Auta 10 0 ms PostTrig 64000000 2 MulRec C814100 General Settings Timebase Vert Scale Trace NINH uj Eoo Method J u J Min Max CSInput Trace Invert 62 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide As can readily be observed the replay of Split Files is exactly like the playback of AutoSave files EJ GageScope Trial edition ver 3 50 CS14100 YT2 3 ile View Capture Tools Window Hep ET s MM amp i4 Blas x GE o3 amp QE EA fos Ja fo gg 1 Sf i p X i 3 rasis 7 E1 El a Info View lt l xl r r r a Name Value Esen For Help press F1 NM General Settings Iinebase Seven lt
64. via WWW email LAN WAN AutoSave Playback NI AutoSave Unattended transient Capture Maximum 4 Files 10 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide SCALABILITY From 1 to 32 channel acquisition capability Windows 95 98 NT4 0 Win2000 WinXP WinME compatible HARDWARE SUPPORT Support multiple CompuGen boards in same system Support for CompuScope Cards Automatic Hardware Detection and Configuration Single and Multi card support 2 2 e jejeje wa 4E E A ARA ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR Autoline function autodraw Stretch waveform by dragging points or segments Multiple paste segment every x points 2 2 2 Graphical Waveform Editor Generate user defined waveforms Up to 2 048 points Up to 2 048 points Multi channel waveform editor up to 10 simultaneous channels Edit entire waveform Create waveform masks envelopes Create jitter on waveform signal Variable clock rate Create waveform by selecting pre defined waveform style Frequency range adjustment control Offset control Amplitude control Adjustable duty cycle Define waveform offset Define delay times Supply list of 30 standard waveforms predefined signals Sine square triangle ramp and user defined waveforms 2 a a ay ay aly aly a
65. vices Display Fonts nternet Keyboard Modems Add Remove Programs Pisos Options Sets up programs and creates shortcuts t O gt Technical Support Mouse Multimedia Network ODBC Data PC Card Ports Printers Regional SCSI Adapters Sources PCMCIA Settings 2 E E zm g Server Services Sounds System Tape Devices Telephony UPS Gets up programs and creates shortcuts EJ My Computer Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 39 3 The Add Remove Program Properties dialog box will appear Add Remove Programs Properties Adobe Acrobat 5 0 ATI Display Driver CompuScope Win NT D laage5cope Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools Microsoft Music Control Microsoft Outlook Express 5 Microsoft Wallet Microsoft Windows Media Player 6 1 In the list of programs select GageScope Click Add Remove Note This screen may differ depending on which OS you are running 4 TheSelect Components dialog will appear GageScope Click Yes 40 Addendum to GageScope User s Guide 5 The Uninstall process will begin You will see the uninstall progress indicators during this uninstall process InstallShield Wizard E xi Setup Status GageScope Setup is performing the requested operations Uninstalling n r v 2 _ InstallShield Cancel 6 All components will be uninstalled as soon as you confirm by clicking OK GageScope x GageScope has

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