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- Page 1 VDS6000 Series 2CH PC Oscilloscopes User Manual www.owon.com...
- Page 2 LILLIPUT Company. Fujian LILLIPUT Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. No. 19, Heming Road Lantian Industrial Zone, Zhangzhou 363005 P.R. China Tel: +86-596-2130430 Fax: +86-596-2109272 Web: www.owon.com E-mail: info@owon.com.cn...
- Page 3 General Warranty We warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years from the date of purchase of the product by the original purchaser from the our Company. The warranty period for accessories such as probes, adapter is 12 months.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents I. General Safety Requirements ......................５ II. Safety Terms and Signs ........................６ III. PC Configuration Requirements ....................９ IV. Communication Interface Introduction ..................１０ V. How to Communicate the Device with PC ................. １１ i. software installation solution ....................１１ ii. -
Page 5: General Safety Requirements
I. General Safety Requirements ! Before using the device, Lilliput strongly recommend to browse “ ” carefully and completely, so as to Safety Warnings avoid any possible human body injury, or any damages to the device, or its accessories, or communicating facility. ! Safety Warnings i. -
Page 6: Safety Terms And Signs
Safety Terms and Signs Safety Terms Terms in this user manual. It covers, Warning which indicates the condition or the operation may cause body injury or permanent life loss. Caution which indicates the condition or the operation may cause device damage, or its accessory damage, or communicated facility damage. - Page 7 To avoid possible human body injury, and / or device damage, and / or its accessory or communicating facility damage, before working the device, Lilliput strongly recommend to read the following safety information, Warning To avoid any potential short circuit or electric shock, DO use the power adapter of original local standard, or recommended by Lilliput.
- Page 8 Warning When the device input is getting through the voltage larger than 42 Vp-p (30Vrms), or on circuit of 4800+VA, to avoid any potential short circuit or electric shock - i. DO use probes and adapter come along with the original device, or those ones recommended by Lilliput. ii.
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Page 9: Pc Configuration Requirements
III. PC Configuration Requirements Minimum System Requirement CPU: Pentium® 4/ 2.4 GHz Internal Memory: Effective Hard Disk Space: Recommended System Requirement CPU: Pentium® Dual-Core/ 2.4 GHz Internal Memory: Effective Hard Disk Space: Other Requirement Operating System: Windows 10, or Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP (32-bit, or 64-bit) Communication Interface: USB 2.0, or USB1.1;... -
Page 10: Communication Interface Introduction
IV. Communication Interface Introduction Figue IV-1. Communication Interface of the Device 1. power input: for AC-DC adapter 2. USB host: for Wi-Fi extension 3. USB device (type-C): for PC communication Note: when the device powered by PC through USB connection cable (via USB communication interface of PC, with PC powered by AC power source), without adapter connection, the input current should reach 1.5A or above 4. -
Page 11: How To Communicate The Device With Pc
V. How to Communicate the Device with PC to communicate the device with PC, it’s a must to install software firstly. i. software installation solution i). full installation Target user(s): general PC oscilloscope user(s), and programmer(s) gets secondary development need Installation process - ... - Page 12 click “Yes” to continue, and following window comes, dot-tick "I accept the above license agreement", then "Next", １２...
- Page 13 another “Next”, to enter into NI Package Manager processing window, then this window, later, when following window appears, １３...
- Page 14 to select additional items you may wish to install, via scroll bar, to select more necessary options, １４...
- Page 15 from here, dot-tick "I accept the above 2 license agreements", again "Next", until this window, dot-tick "I accept the above 2 license agreements" for another time, and another "Next", １５...
- Page 16 to welcome “Review” window, via “Next”, to get access to NI-VISA installation, one more “Next”, １６...
- Page 17 to make your decision at this window, then press “Ok” to finish the whole process, this window indicates the successful installation, to reboot the PC through mouse-clicking “Reboot Now” After PC restarts, the NI-VISA driver been installed onto target PC successfully. １７...
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Page 18: To Install Pc Software
To run “VDS6000Series_PC_Software.exe” from accompanying CD which comes along with device directly, to install PC software accordingly. iv. to work PC Software Via short-cut to PC software from the desktop of target PC, double-click “VDS6000 Series PC DSO” to start the software. v. to communicate the device with PC The user(s) gets 2 options to communicate the device with PC: through USB communication port, or through LAN port. -
Page 19: Operation Interface Of Pc Software
VI. Operation Interface of PC Software 1. Status Indicating Area: please refer to “Status Details List” 2. Main Display Area 3. Red Pointer: to indicate the horizontal position of one conditioned trigger 4. Violet Pointer: to indicate the trigger position in the recorded data 5. -
Page 20: How To Set The Vertical System From Pc Software
Shortcut to back to default factory settings, please refer to "Default" ; Shortcut to export signal data, please refer to "Pause & Export" ; Shortcut to switch between 3-window / 1-window VIEW. When working in 3-window VIEW, the upper-left window is for XY mode. Shortcut to hide/show Function Menu Trigger extension window, please refer to iv. - Page 21 iii. following status indicates the working of the device Auto automatic trigger mode Ready ready for receiving trigger Trig'd signal triggered Scan slow scan mode Stop the device stops acquiring signal data Error error occurred ReSyncing re-synchronize with the device AutoSet in process of auto setting Keyboard Shortcuts...
- Page 22 VII. Device Operation i. how to set the probe compensation Before working the probe with either of input channels (Channel 1 / Channel 2), better to adjust its compensation, so as to assure ideal measurement effect. Following operation steps to adjust probe compensation - i) From PC software operation interface, mouse-click to get access to device function menu,...
- Page 23 choose the ideal option. Or through rotating the mouse wheel, to choose the ideal option. Through zero point position control bar, Click the area above the slider to increase slightly Drag it to change Zero Reset Zero point position to 0 point in variable-speed Proportion position of the screen Click the area below the...
- Page 24 Frequency Counter The device gets built-in 6-digit frequency counter, with frequency measurement range starts from 2Hz till full bandwidth. iii. how to set the horizontal system from PC software Via “Sample and Period extension window” (as item 16 described under VII.
- Page 25 Note: For first operation, after mouse-clicking , the Home of Function Menu comes, to choose "Trigger" option (or mouse-click from right-bottom extension window to show this option). The Trigger option here indicate single trigger, it is the one to use one trigger signal to capture data from two channels, simultaneously, the operation steps - i).
- Page 26 Video Trigger: field / line trigger on standard video signal Slope Trigger: triggers on signal’s rising / falling rate Pulse Trigger: to capture certain pulse width at given trigger condition 1) Edge Trigger i). choose "Edge" from “Mode”, to trigger on the threshold value of input signal; ii).
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Page 27: How To Set Channel From Pc Software
iii) pick up one trigger synchronization method from Line / Field / Odd Field / Even Field / Line Number. The concrete line number could be set when "Line Number" is picked up. iv) Hold Off setting, please refer to point v) under 1) Edge Trigger. 3) Slope Trigger i) choose "Slope"... - Page 28 to turn on/ turn off Channel 1 / Channel 2 Press "CH1" or "CH2" to choose target channel, check "On" to turn on the target channel, uncheck “On” to turn off the target channel. As alternative method goes, from “Channel extension window for Channel 1 / Channel 2”, click right-upper icon as marked below.
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Page 29: How To Use Automatic Measurement
Giving one example: when the attenuation of the physical probe for target channel set in x1, the built-in probe compensation setting from Function menu should be set in x1 as well. to measure current It’s possible to measure current via certain unit conversion, the detailed operation is, to use probe to measure the voltage drop across certain resistor. - Page 30 automatic measurement options towards voltage value 10 options involved: Vpp, Vmax, Vmin, Vavg, Vamp, Vrms, Vtop, Vbase, Overshoot and Preshoot. Following illustration to assist better understanding different measurement options, Definitions about these options - voltage between upper peak and lower peak from measured signal Vmax voltage between upper peak and ground (GND) Vmin...
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Page 31: How To Set Sampling Mode
Vbase voltage between flat base and ground (GND) Overshoot equals (Vmax - Vtop) / Vamp Preshoot equals (Vmin - Vbase) / Vamp the arithmetic average voltage value of complete measured signal, Vavg or chosen part of measured signal true RMS voltage value over complete measured signal, or chosen Vrms part of measured signal automatic measurement options towards time measurement... - Page 32 To know more about different sampling mode - Sampling indicates normal sampling mode Peak Detect this sampling mode always been used to capture interrupting signal noise this sampling mode is to reduce random / irrelevant signal noise, with set range from 1 to Average 128 (1≤...
- Page 33 Following illustration is signal output under Average mode, with average number set in 16, from here, the interrupting signal noise been reduced to certain degree, vertical resolution option this option is available only in VDS6102A / VDS6102P Via “Precision Mode”, to know more about this option - ３３...
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Page 34: How To Set Built-In Function Generator
8 Bits indicates the device works in 8-bit vertical resolution from ADC 12 Bits indicates the device works in 12-bit vertical resolution from ADC 14 Bits Indicates the device works in 14-bit vertical resolution from ADC viii. how to set built-in function generator The built-in function generator of 5MHz frequency output available from the device, with 4 basic waves output - sine, square, ramp and pulse, through MULTI communication interface. - Page 35 i) check / uncheck measurement type, available in Time and Voltage option, cursor measurement works for either Time, or Voltage measurement, or both measurement at the same time; ii) when in Voltage measurement type, the target channel could be chosen from “CH1” and “CH2” option; time cursor measurement: Check "Time"...
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Page 36: How To Set The Display System
When moving mouse pointer through Cursor 1 or Cursor 2, it shapes , drag upwards, or downwards to adjust the measurement range between Cursor 1 and Cursor 2. The cursor measurement extension window (located at the bottom-left of main display area) tells the current position of Cursor 1 / Cursor 2, the absolute value of the voltage amplitude difference between Cursor 1 and Cursor 2, as the illustration goes, x. - Page 37 Available in 2 display type, “Vector” and “Dots”. Vector to fill the room between the two adjacent sampling points, in dots of vector Dots to display sampling points only The signal displayed in Vector, In contrast with the same signal displayed in Dots, XY Mode Check "XY Mode", the main display area switches to 3-window VIEW mode.
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Page 38: How To Change Utility Setting
Note: When any changes introduced towards time base, voltage division, or record length, or channel been turned on/off again, the current persistence will be cleared automatically, then to record the signal data after the aforementioned operation, again. Grid Brightness Drag the slider to adjust the grid brightness from main display area. xi. -
Page 39: How To Use Main Action Button
Show Wave BackgroundCheck the option to display the background color of main display area; uncheck the option to display the background color of previewed page. Set Preview Page Background Via this option, to change the background color of previewed page. Save Image To save the current page from main display area into .png, .bmp or .gif format image, excluding function menu page. - Page 40 To set function items in certain value automatically, so as to generate more-suitable-for-observing waveform. Mouse-click , the device capture the signal automatically, and promptly. The involved function items is as follows - Trigger Trigger Type Edge, or Video, as per the input signal Trigger Mode Auto Trigger Coupling...
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Page 41: How To Use Socket Connection
xiii. how to use socket connection when the device communicates with PC by direct network cable For the device, its default IP address / port goes in 192.168.1.172 / 8866. When the device communicates with PC by direct network cable, the first 3 segments from the default IP address of PC should read the same as those from the device, giving an example, both of 2 parties read 192.168.1.xxx (the last segment “xxx”... - Page 42 e. to activate “Socket Connect”, so as to work the device with PC software when the device communicates with PC by router connection For device, its default IP address / port goes in 192.168.1.172 / 8866. When device communicates with PC by direct LAN cable, the first 3 segments from the default IP address of PC should read the same as those from the device, giving an example, both of 2 parties reads 192.168.1.xxx (the last segment “xxx”...
- Page 43 ii) to communicate device with PC a. to power the device through adapter, or through USB connection cable via suitable USB communication interface; b. to communicate the device with PC via same router, with respective network cable connects from LAN port to same router; c.
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Page 44: How To Use Lan Communication Interface
xiv. how to use LAN communication interface Through LAN communication interface, the device may communicate with PC directly, or via router connection the device communicates with PC by direct LAN i) to check target PC’s network setting giving an example, here we set IP address in 192.168.1.71 ii) to set device’s network via “Network”... - Page 45 c. press “OK” to finish the “MachineNetSetting” to add NI network device iii) a. device powering. Either through AC adapter, or through USB connection cable, the device been powered, with indicator lights red for seconds. b. LAN connection. To communicate device with target PC through LAN connection, via respective LAN communication interface.
- Page 46 via “Devices and Interfaces”, then “Network Devices”, enter into “Add Network Device” press dot-tick “Auto-detect of LAN Instrument”, then “Next” ４６...
- Page 47 to following window, to choose “TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection dot-tick “Select instrument(s) detected on local subnet”, mouse-click “Finish”. just added)::inst0::INSTR”, then back to PC software, to press TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection just added)::inst0::INSTR to communicate with PC software, ４７...
- Page 48 the device communicates with PC by router connection i) to check target PC’s network setting, the Netmask and Gateway setting should read the same as the one for router, giving an example, provided the router / PC’s network setting goes in - IP Address: 192.168.1.71 Netmask:...
- Page 49 c. press “OK” to finish the “MachineNetSetting” iii) to add NI network device a. device powering. Either through AC adapter, or through USB connection cable, the device been powered, with indicator lights red for seconds. b. LAN connection. To communicate device with target PC through LAN connection, via respective LAN communication interface.
- Page 50 via “Devices and Interfaces”, then “Network Devices”, enter into “Add Network Device” press dot-tick “Auto-detect of LAN Instrument”, then “Next” ５０...
- Page 51 to following window, to choose “TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection dot-tick “Select instrument(s) detected on local subnet”, mouse-click “Finish”. just added)::inst0::INSTR”, then back to PC software, to press TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection just added)::inst0::INSTR to communicate with PC software, ５１...
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Page 52: How To Work Wifi With Pc Software
xv. how to work WiFi with PC software Note: Only the device equipped with optional WiFi module gets this function. to work WiFi with PC software through device hotspot The target PC should support WiFi communication, and the optional WiFi module should be inserted into USB host communication interface. - Page 53 d. following page comes, via “Devices and Interfaces”, then “Network Devices”, enter into “Add Network Device” e. press dot-tick “Auto-detect of LAN Instrument”, then “Next” ５３...
- Page 54 f. to following window, to choose “TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection dot-tick “Select instrument(s) detected on local subnet”, mouse-click “Finish”. just added)::inst0::INSTR”, then g. back to PC software, to press TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection just added)::inst0::INSTR to communicate with PC software, ５４...
- Page 55 to work WiFi with PC software through device station The target PC should support WiFi communication, and the optional WiFi module should be inserted into USB host communication interface. i) to set device’s network via “Network” button under “Utility” option a.
- Page 56 ii) to add NI network device a. device powering. To disconnect the USB communication between the device and target PC, with AC adapter get through power source, then power the device, with indicator lights red for seconds. b. WiFi communication. To communicate the device with target PC through WiFi hotspot set onto device, as per correct SSID and Password.
- Page 57 e. press dot-tick “Auto-detect of LAN Instrument”, then “Next” f. to following window, to choose “TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection dot-tick “Select instrument(s) detected on local subnet”, ５７...
- Page 58 mouse-click “Finish”. just added)::inst0::INSTR”, then g. back to PC software, to press TCPIP0::(the previous IP connection just added)::inst0::INSTR to communicate with PC software, ５８...
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Page 59: Technical Specifications
VIII. Technical Specifications i. Set the probe compensation at x10 for physical probe; ii. Under suitable operation temperature, work the device for 30+ minutes without interval; iii. Provided the environment temperature gets 5 degrees more, or less, to self-calibrate the device through Utility menu, via “Self Cal”... - Page 60 System working 1-CH 0.5 Sa/s - 1 GSa/s working 8-bit mode 0.5 Sa/s - 500 MSa/s 2-CH 12-bit mode 0.5 Sa/s - 250 MSa/s working 14-bit mode 0.5 Sa/s - 125 MSa/s VDS6102A 8-bit mode 0.5 Sa/s - 1 GSa/s 1-CH 12-bit mode 0.5 Sa/s - 500 MSa/s working...
- Page 61 USB device (type-C), USB host (Wi-Fi extension supported), LAN Communication Interface Wi-Fi module available in option Frequency supported Counter Trigger Trigger Level Internal ± 5 divisions from the screen center Range Trigger Level Internal ± 0.3 division Accuracy (typical) Trigger on the basis of record length and time base Displacement Trigger Hold-off...
- Page 62 1 Hz - 10 kHz, with rising or falling time ≥ 5 μ Ramp 1 Hz - 10 kHz, with pulse width ≥ 5 μ Pulse Amplitude (default load at 50Ω unless otherwise noted) 10mVpp - 5Vpp (≤5MHz) @ High Z Output Amplitude ±...
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Page 63: Appendix
IX. Appendix Appendix A. Device Accessory List Accessories - 2 x passive probe 1 x USB connection cable (type-C) 1 x hard copy quick guide 1 x AC-DC adapter 1 x BNC/Q9 cable 1 x PC software / user manual CD Optional Accessories - ... -
Page 64: Appendix B. Device Maintenance
Appendix B. Device Maintenance Storage To avoid any possible damage to the device, and probe, keep these items FAR AWAY from sprays, liquids, or solvents. Surface Cleaning As per the operation condition requirements, DO check the device and probe surface from time to time.