Set Up The Channel Menu - Tektronix DAS NT Option 04 User Manual

Set Up the Channel Menu

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Besides selecting the software support, you can also use the Config menu to
define the memory depth of the acquisition. The Config menu also gives you a
visual indication of how the module input and output signals are defined.
After defining the contents of the Config menu, the next step is to set up the
Channel menu. The Channel menu lets you assign probe input channels to
desired groups for easier recognition and interpretation of the acquired data.
5. Point the mouse at the button labeled CHAN and press the left button. The
Channel menu displays.
If you selected one of the software support packages, the Channel menu will
be setup according to the software support package. You can still change the
Channel menu as necessary for your particular application.
The default Channel menu assigns 32 channels for the Address Group,
32 channels for the Data Group, and 32 Channels for the Control Group. For
the purposes of this tutorial, assume that you only need 16 channels for the
Data Group and four channels for the Control Group. You can change the
Channel menu using the mouse and the function keys.
6. Point the mouse at the Data Group Section D3 field and press the left mouse
to move the cursor.
7. Point the mouse at the legend for function key F7: DELETE and press the
left button.
8. Point the mouse at the selection "Delete Section From Group" and press the
right button to delete the Section. The pop-up window closes and the
Section D3 is deleted from the Channel menu.
9. Select function key F7: DELETE again and press the right button to delete
Section D2.
Assume that you were getting ready to delete Section D1 but you changed
your mind. If you still have the pop-up window open, you can abort the
delete operation by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard. Alternately, you
can go ahead and delete Section D1 and then add it back in by using function
key F8: ADD.
10. Delete Section D1. Then select function key F8: ADD. A pop-up window
appears.
11. Verify that the cursor in the pop-up window shows "Add Section To Group"
and press the right button. Section D3 will be added to the group.
Section D3 is not the section that you wanted and it may not have been
added in the position where you wanted. As long as the channels you need
are unused by the system, you can edit the necessary channels into the menu.
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