Measurement Selection - HP 54501A Operation Reference

Measurement
Selection
Define Measure Menu
1 1-2
The first menu allows you to set the dynamic controls for your
measurement. The second allows you to set user-defined parameters for
your measurements. And the third allows you to set up the measurement
comparison test.
It is very simple to make measurements from the keyboard. Each key in
the numeric keypad section has a secondary function, Above each key
measurement selection printed in blue. To make an immediate
measurement of the displayed waveform perform the following keystrokes:
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Press the blue (Shift) key on the numeric keypad to access the
secondary keys.
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Press the key that corresponds to the measurement you wish to make.
•
Rotate the knob to select the measurement source (channel number,
c#, memory number, m#; or function number, f#). Your choice is
displayed below the waveform' display area.
•
Press the appropriate number to select the source, channels 1-4,
memories 1-4, or functions 1-2.
To make a selected measurement on a waveform source, it must be turned
on. Upon selection <If the measurement the time and voltage markers will
be placed on the waveform to show you where the
if continuous measurements are off.
To clear measurements, press Shift
For complete details of the measurement definitions and algorithms, see
Appendix A, 'Algorithms.'
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