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Using the Oscilloscope
Starting and Stopping Waveform Acquisitions
Use the acquisition run controls to run and stop acquisitions or make a single
acquisition. The boxed area of the memory bar above the waveform display area
shows which portion of the channel's acquisition memory you are viewing.
Figure 12 Acquisition run control keys and buttons
• To start waveform acquisition, press [Run/Stop] or click Run.
• To stop waveform acquisition, press [Run/Stop] or click Stop. Data that was last
• To make a single acquisition, press [Single] or click Single.
• You can also choose the Run, Stop, and Single commands from the Control
• To set up how you want the signals to be sampled, such as sampling rate and
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The oscilloscope begins acquiring data. When it receives a trigger signal, it
finishes acquiring data, updates the display, and then starts another acquisition
cycle if it is in Trig'd or Auto trigger mode.
acquired remains on the screen.
menu.
mode, choose Setup > Acquisition....
Keysight Infiniium S-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide