Selecting A Limit Test Input; Selecting Limit Test Responses - Tektronix TDS3LIM User Manual

Selecting a Limit Test Input

To select the channel source for comparing with a
template, do the following steps (the Limit Test Quick-
Menu must still be displayed):
1 Connect the test waveform to any one of the
oscilloscope inputs.
2 Set the source waveform horizontal and vertical
settings to the same values that were used to create the
template.
3 Push the Waveform Comparisons bottom button for
the test waveform channel to select the limit test
template (Ref1 - Ref4).
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Selecting Limit Test Responses

When the active waveform exceeds the template wave-
form's envelope, the oscilloscope can do one or more of
the following actions:
H Send a hard copy of the screen to a printer or file
H Save the failing test waveform to a file on the floppy
disk
H Emit a beep each time the test waveform fails
H Stop waveform acquisition and display the failing
waveform(s)
In the QuickMenu, the On Violation side menu uses two
buttons, as shown in the following figure.
Select a response
Enable/disable a response
Use the upper menu button to select a response, and then
use the lower menu button to enable or disable the
selected response. You can select and enable any com-
bination of responses.
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