Manually Setting The Probe Attenuation Factor; Digital Probes - Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 5000 Series User Manual

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Connecting to the Device Under Test

Manually Setting the Probe Attenuation Factor

Digital Probes

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The probe attenuation factor must be set properly for accurate measurement results.
If you connect a probe that is not automatically identified by the oscilloscope, you can
manually set the attenuation factor as follows:
1 Press the channel key.
2 Press the Probe softkey until you have selected how you want to specify the
attenuation factor, choosing either Ratio or Decibels.
3 Turn the Entry knob
When measuring voltage values, the attenuation factor can be set from 0.1:1 to 1000:1 in
a 1-2-5 sequence.
When measuring current values with a current probe, the attenuation factor can be set
from 10 V/A to 0.001 V/A.
When specifying the attenuation factor in decibels, you can select values from -20 dB to
60 dB.
If Amps is chosen as the units and a manual attenuation factor is chosen, then the units
as well as the attenuation factor are displayed above the Probe softkey.
Units and Attenuation Factor
Please see "To connect the digital probes to the device under test"
information about digital probing.
to set the attenuation factor for the connected probe.
InfiniiVision Oscilloscopes User's Guide
on page 372 for