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RIGOL Quick Guide MSO2000A/DS2000A Series Digital Oscilloscope Aug. 2016 RIGOL Technologies, Inc.
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Notices RIGOL products are protected by patent law in and outside of P.R.C. RIGOL reserves the right to modify or change parts of or all the specifications and pricing policies at company’s sole decision. Information in this publication replaces all previously corresponding material.
RIGOL Safety Requirement General Safety Summary Please review the following safety precautions carefully before putting the instrument into operation so as to avoid any personal injury or damage to the instrument and any product connected to it. To prevent potential hazards, please use the instrument only specified by this manual.
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RIGOL accessories must be performed by RIGOL authorized personnel. Keep Well Ventilation. Inadequate ventilation may cause increasing of temperature or damages to the device. So please keep well ventilated and inspect the intake and fan regularly. Do Not Operate in Wet Conditions.
RIGOL Safety Terms and Symbols Terms Used in this Manual. These terms may appear in this manual: WARNING Warning statements indicate the conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. CAUTION Caution statements indicate the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.
RIGOL Allgemeine Sicherheits Informationen Überprüfen Sie diefolgenden Sicherheitshinweise sorgfältigumPersonenschädenoderSchäden am Gerätundan damit verbundenen weiteren Gerätenzu vermeiden.Zur Vermeidung vonGefahren, nutzen Sie bitte das Gerät nur so, wiein diesem Handbuchangegeben. Um Feuer oder Verletzungen zu vermeiden, verwenden Sie ein ordnungsgemäßes Netzkabel. Verwenden Sie für dieses Gerät nur das für ihr Land zugelassene und genehmigte Netzkabel.
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RIGOL RIGOL autorisiertem Personal durchgeführt werden. Belüftung sicherstellen. Unzureichende Belüftung kann zu Temperaturanstiegen und somit zu thermischen Schäden am Gerät führen. Stellen Sie deswegen die Belüftung sicher und kontrollieren regelmäßig Lüfter und Belüftungsöffnungen. Nicht in feuchter Umgebung betreiben. Zur Vermeidung von Kurzschluß im Geräteinneren und Stromschlag betreiben Sie das Gerät bitte niemals in feuchter Umgebung.
RIGOL Sicherheits Begriffe und Symbole Begriffe in diesem Guide. Diese Begriffe können in diesem Handbuch auftauchen: WARNING Die Kennzeichnung WARNING beschreibt Gefahrenquellen die leibliche Schäden oder den Tod von Personen zur Folge haben können. CAUTION Die Kennzeichnung Caution (Vorsicht) beschreibt Gefahrenquellen die Schäden am Gerät hervorrufen können.
RIGOL Measurement Category Measurement Category MSO2000A/DS2000A series digital oscilloscopes can make measurements in Measurement Category I. WARNING This oscilloscope can only be used for measurements within its specified measurement categories. Measurement Category Definitions Measurement category I is for measurements performed on circuits not directly connected to MAINS.
RIGOL Ventilation Requirement This oscilloscope uses fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench-top or rack setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind the instrument for adequate ventilation.
RIGOL Installation (overvoltage) Category This product is powered by mains conforming to installation (overvoltage) category II. WARNING Make sure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by thunderbolt) can reach the product, or else the operator might expose to danger of electric shock.
RIGOL General Care and Cleaning General Care: Do not store or leave the instrument in where the instrument will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time. Cleaning: Clean the instrument regularly according to its operating conditions. To clean the exterior surface, perform the following steps: Disconnect the instrument from all power sources.
This manual is used to guide users to quickly get familiar with the front panel, rear panel, user interface and basic operation method of MSO2000A/DS2000A series digital oscilloscope. You can download the newest version of the manual from www.rigol.com. Format Conventions in this Manual: Button The front panel keys are denoted by the format of “Button Name (Bold) + Text Box”.
RIGOL Contents Guaranty and Declaration ................. I Safety Requirement ................II General Safety Summary ....................II Safety Terms and Symbols ................... IV Allgemeine Sicherheits Informationen ................V Sicherheits Begriffe und Symbole ................VII Measurement Category ..................... VIII Ventilation Requirement ....................IX Working Environment ....................
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RIGOL To Use the Built-in Help System ................... 25 Troubleshooting ..................26 MSO2000A/DS2000A Quick Guide...
RIGOL would not be responsible for free maintenance/rework or replacement of the unit. 2. Inspect the instrument. In case of any damage, or defect, or failure, notify your RIGOL sales representative. 3. Check the Accessories Please check the accessories according to the packing lists. If the accessories are incomplete or damaged, please contact your RIGOL sales representative.
RIGOL To Prepare for Operation To Adjust the Supporting Legs Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt the oscilloscope upwards for stable placement of the instrument as well as easier operation and observation of the instrument.
To Connect the Probe RIGOL provides passive probes for DS2000A as well as passive probes and logic probes for MSO2000A. For detailed technical information of the probes, please refer to corresponding Probe User’s Guide. The following are the probes recommended for use with the oscilloscope.
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RIGOL Connect the Logic Probe: Connect the single-wire terminal of the logic probe to the [LOGIC D0-D15] digital channel interface at the front panel of MSO2000A in the correct direction. Connect the other terminal of the logic probe to the signal under test.
RIGOL Function Inspection 1. Press Storage Default to restore the oscilloscope to its default configuration. 2. Connect the earth alligator clip of the probe to the “Ground Terminal” as shown in the figure below. 3. Use the probe to connect the input terminal of CH1 and the “Compensation Signal Output Terminal”...
RIGOL The signal output from the probe compensation connector can only be used for probe compensation adjustment and can not be used for calibration. Probe Compensation When the probes are used for the first time, you should compensate the probes to match the input channels of the oscilloscope.
RIGOL Front Panel Overview 14 15 Figure 10 Front Panel Overview Table 1 Front Panel Description Description Description Measurement Menu Softkeys Power Key USB HOST Interface Logic Analysis Control Key Digital Channel Input Interface Multifunction Knob HORIZONTAL Control Area Function Menu Keys...
RIGOL Rear Panel Overview Figure 11 Rear Panel Overview 1. Handle Pull up the handle vertically for easy carrying of the instrument. When you do not need the handle, press it down. 2. LAN Connect the instrument to the network via this interface for remote control. This oscilloscope conforms to the LXI-C class instrument standards and can quickly build test system with other instruments.
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RIGOL (1) Turn off the instrument and remove the power cord. (2) Insert a small straight screwdriver into the slot at the power socket and pry out the fuse seat gently. (3) Take out the fuse and replace it with a fuse of the specified specification.
RIGOL Front Panel Function Overview VERTICAL CH1, CH2: analog input channels. The 2 channels are marked by different colors which are also used to mark both the corresponding waveforms on the screen and the channel input connectors. Press any key to open the corresponding channel menu and press again to turn off the channel.
RIGOL HORIZONTAL MENU: press this key to open the horizontal control menu under which to turn on or off the delayed sweep function, switch between different time base modes, switch between “Coarse” and “Fine” adjustment of scale as well as modify the horizontal reference setting.
RIGOL TRIGGER MODE: press this key to switch the trigger mode to Auto, Normal or Single and the corresponding state backlight of the current trigger mode would be illuminated. TRIGGER LEVEL: modify the trigger level. Turn clockwise to increase the level and turn counterclockwise to reduce the level.
RIGOL CLEAR Press this key to clear all the waveforms on the screen. If the oscilloscope is in the “RUN” state (the key is illuminated in yellow), new waveforms will still be displayed. RUN/STOP Press this key to set the state of the oscilloscope to “RUN”...
RIGOL Knob Adjust waveform brightness: In non-menu-operation mode (menu is hidden), turn this knob to adjust the brightness of waveform display. The adjustable range is from 0% to 100%. Turn clockwise to increase the brightness and counterclockwise to reduce. Press down this knob to reset the brightness to 50%.
RIGOL MENU Measure: press this key to open the measurement setting menu. You can set the measurement setting, all measure, statistic function etc. Press MENU at the left of the screen to open the measurement menus of 24 waveform parameters. Then, press down the corresponding menu softkey to quickly realize one-key measurement and the measurement result will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
RIGOL Record Stop Play/Pause Record Record: press this key to start recording the waveform. At this moment, the red backlight of the key will start flashing. Besides, when the record constant on (Open) is enabled, the backlight will also keep flashing.
RIGOL Logic Analyzer Press this key to open the logic analyzer control menu. You can turn on or off any channel or channel group, modify the display size of the digital channel, modify the logic threshold of the digital channel as well as group the 16 digital channels and display them as a bus.
RIGOL User Interface MSO2000A/DS2000A provides 8.0 inch, WVGA (800*480) 160,000 color TFT LCD. What is worth mentioning is that the 14-grid ultra-wide screen enables you to view “longer” waveform. 10 11 19 20 Figure 12 User Interface 1. Auto Measurement Items Provide 16 horizontal (HORIZONTAL) and 13 vertical (VERTICAL) measurement parameters.
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RIGOL 2. Digital Channel Label/Waveform The logic high level of the digital waveform is displayed in blue and the logic low level in green (correspond to the color of the channel label). Its edge is displayed in white. The label and waveform of the digital channel currently Note: selected are displayed in red.
RIGOL 9. Trigger Type Display the currently selected trigger type and trigger condition setting. Different labels are displayed when different trigger types are selected. For example: represents triggering on the rising edge in “Edge” trigger. 10. Trigger Source Display the trigger source currently selected (CH1, CH2, EXT, EXT/5, AC Line or D0-D15).
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RIGOL 13. Analog Channel Label/Waveform Different channels are marked with different colors and the colors of the channel label and waveform are the same. 14. CH2 Vertical Scale Display the voltage value per grid of CH2 waveform vertically. Use VIRTICAL SCALE of CH2 to modify this parameter.
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RIGOL 19. Notification Area Display the system time, sound icon and USB storage device icon. System Time: displayed in “hh:mm (hour:minute)” format. When printing or storing the waveform, the output file will contain this time message. Press Utility System System Time System Time...
RIGOL To Use the Security Lock If needed, you can use the security lock (please buy it yourself) to lock the oscilloscope to a fixed location. The method is as follows, align the lock with the lock hole and plug it into the lock hole vertically, turn the key clockwise to lock the oscilloscope and then pull the key out.
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RIGOL To Use the Built-in Help System The help system of this oscilloscope provides instructions for all the function keys (including the menu keys) at the front panel. Press Help to open the help interface and press again to close the interface. The help interface mainly consists of two parts.
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The commonly encountered failures and their solutions are listed below. When you encounter those failures, please solve them following the corresponding steps. If the problem remains still, please contact RIGOL and provide your device information (acquisition method: Utility System System Info).
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RIGOL 5. No display after pressing RUN/STOP: Check the TRIGGER Control Area of the front panel to confirm whether the trigger mode is “Normal” or “Single” and whether the trigger level exceeds the waveform range. If yes, set the trigger level to the middle or press the MODE to set the trigger mode to “Auto”.