Dialog Boxes; Alternate Access Methods; Mouse And Keyboard Operation; Tool Bar Buttons - LeCroy WaveMaster 8600A Operator's Manual

Dialog Boxes

The dialog area occupies the bottom one-third of the screen. To expand the signal display area,
you can minimize each dialog box by touching the Close tab at the right of the dialog box.

Alternate Access Methods

The instrument often gives you more than one way to access dialogs and menus.

Mouse and Keyboard Operation

In the procedures we focus on touch-screen operation, but if you have a mouse connected to the
instrument, you can also click on objects. Likewise, if you have a keyboard connected, you can use
it instead of the virtual keyboard provided by the instrument.
If you want to connect a mouse to the instrument, use only a USB mouse.

Tool Bar Buttons

The procedures also focus on the use of the menu bar at the top of the screen to access dialogs
and menus. However, on several dialogs common functions are accessible from a row of buttons
that save you a step or two in accessing their dialogs. For example, at the bottom of the Channel
Setup dialog, these buttons perform the following functions:
Calls up the Measure menu. You can then select a parameter from this menu
without leaving the Channel Setup dialog. The parameter automatically appears
below the grid.
Creates a zoom trace of the channel trace whose dialog is currently displayed.
Calls up the Math menu. You can then select a math function from this menu
without leaving the Channel Setup dialog. A math trace of the channel whose
dialog is currently open is automatically displayed.
Loads the channel trace into the next available memory location (M1 to M4).
Automatically performs a vertical scaling that fits the waveform into the grid.
Automatically moves the channel trace whose dialog is currently open onto the
next grid. If you have only one grid displayed, a new grid will be created
automatically, and the trace moved.
Another example is these buttons that appear at the bottom of the Measure Px dialogs. Each button
opens a menu from which to choose a math trace (F1 to Fx [The number of math traces available
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