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  • Page 1 Mixed-Domain Oscilloscope MDO-2000E Series USER MANUAL ISO-9001 CERTIFIED MANUFACTURER...
  • Page 2 Good Will company. The information in this manual was correct at the time of printing. However, Good Will continues to improve products and reserves the rights to change specification, equipment, and maintenance procedures at any time without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..........4 GETTING STARTED ............9 MDO-2000E Series Overview ........10 Appearance ..............14 Set Up ............... 28 Built-in Help .............. 37 MEASUREMENT ............38 Basic Measurement ........... 39 Automatic Measurement ..........46 Cursor Measurement ..........
  • Page 4 MDO-2000E series User Manual SPECTRUM ANALYZER ..........247 Spectrum Analyzer operation ........248 DMM ................265 DMM function ............266 POWER SUPPLY ............275 Power supply function ..........276 APPLICATIONS ............. 279 Introduction ............. 280 Go-NoGo application ..........282 DVM application ............287 Data Log application ..........
  • Page 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS MAINTENANCE ............350 FAQ ................356 APPENDIX ..............358 Updating the Firmware ..........359 MDO-2000E Series Specifications ......361 Probe Specifications ..........368 Dimensions ..............370 Declaration of Conformity .........371 INDEX ................372...

  • Page 6: Safety Instructions

    MDO-2000E series User Manual AFETY INSTRUCTIONS This chapter contains important safety instructions that you must follow during operation and storage. Read the following before any operation to insure your safety and to keep the instrument in the best possible condition.
  • Page 7 Do not place any heavy object on the MDO-  2000E series. Avoid severe impact or rough handling that  leads to damaging the MDO-2000E series. Do not discharge static electricity to the MDO-  2000E series. Use only mating connectors, not bare wires, for ...
  • Page 8  (Pollution Degree) EN 61010-1:2010 specifies the pollution degrees Note and their requirements as follows. The MDO-2000E series falls under degree 2. Pollution refers to “addition of foreign matter, solid, liquid, or gaseous (ionized gases), that may produce a reduction of dielectric strength or surface resistivity”.
  • Page 9 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Location: Indoor Storage  environment Temperature: -10°C to 60°C  Humidity: Up to 93% RH (non-condensing) /  ≤40ºC, up to 65% RH (non-condensing) / 41ºC ~ 60 ºC Do not dispose this instrument as unsorted Disposal municipal waste. Please use a separate collection facility or contact the supplier from which this instrument was purchased.
  • Page 10 MDO-2000E series User Manual Power cord for the United Kingdom When using the oscilloscope in the United Kingdom, make sure the power cord meets the following safety instructions. NOTE: This lead/appliance must only be wired by competent persons WARNING: THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED...

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED ETTING STARTED This chapter describes the MDO-2000E series in a nutshell, including its main features and front / rear panel. After going through the overview, follow the Set Up section to properly set up the device for first time use. The Set Up section also includes an introduction on how to use this manual effectively.

  • Page 12: Mdo-2000E Series Overview

    (5) Power Supply The MDO-2000E series consists of 24 models, divided into 2- channel and 4-channel versions. Note that throughout the user manual, the term “MDO-2000E series” refers to all models of the series, unless stated otherwise. Model name Frequency Input Max.

  • Page 13: Main Features

    GETTING STARTED Main Features 8 inch, 800 x 480, WVGA TFT display. Features  Available from 70MHz to 200MHz.  Real-time sampling rate of 1GSa/s (2 channel  models), 1GSa/s max. (4 channel models). Deep memory: 10M points record length. ...

  • Page 14: Accessories

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Digital filter, etc.. On-screen Help.  32 MB internal flash disk.  USB host port: front panel, for storage devices. Interface  USB device port: rear panel, for remote control  or printing. Ethernet port as standard.
  • Page 15 GETTING STARTED Test lead for DMM (for MDO- GTL-207 2000EX and MDO-2000ES series only). 16-channel Logic Analyzer GTL-16E probe (for MDO-2000EC and MDO-2000ES series only). Standard Apps Name Description Go-NoGo testing app. Go-NoGo Waveform or image data logging DataLog app. Digital Voltmeter app.

  • Page 16: Appearance

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Appearance MDO-2000EG/2000EX 4-channel models Front Panel Autoset, Run/Stop, Variable knob Single and Default Hardcopy key and Select key Function keys settings Horizontal Side controls menu keys Bottom Menu key menu keys Trigger controls Option key Vertical...

  • Page 17: Mdo-2000Ec/2000Es 4-Channel Models Front Panel

    GETTING STARTED MDO-2000EC/2000ES 4-channel models Front Panel Variable knob Function Autoset, Run/Stop, Single Hardcopy key and Select key keys and Default settings Side menu keys Horizontal Menu key controls Option key Trigger Bottom menu keys controls Vertical controls CH1~CH4 Math, Reference Power DMM ports Logic Analyzer...
  • Page 18 MDO-2000E series User Manual Use the Menu Off key to hide the Menu Off Key onscreen menu system. The Option key is used to access Option Key installed options. The side menu and bottom menu keys are used to Menu Keys make selections from the soft-menus on the LCD user interface.
  • Page 19 The Select key, when lit up, is used to make selections. Select The Function keys are used to enter and configure Function Keys different functions on the MDO-2000E series. Configures and runs automatic Measure Measure measurements. Configures and runs cursor...
  • Page 20 MDO-2000E series User Manual Configures the Hardcopy key, Utility Utility display time, language, probe compensation and calibration. It also accesses the file utilities menu. Press the Autoset key to Autoset Autoset automatically set the trigger, horizontal scale and vertical scale.
  • Page 21 GETTING STARTED Press Zoom in combination with Zoom Zoom the horizontal Position knob. The Play/Pause key allows you to Play/Pause view each search event in succession – to effectively “play” through each search event. It is also used to play through a waveform/trace in zoom mode.
  • Page 22 MDO-2000E series User Manual Sets the vertical position of the POSITION Vertical waveform/trace. Push the knob POSITION to reset the vertical position to zero. PUSH TO ZERO Press the CH1~4 key to set and Channel Menu configure the corresponding channel.
  • Page 23 GETTING STARTED Accepts input signals. Channel Inputs Input impedance: 1MΩ. Capacitance: 16pF CAT I Type A, 1.1/2.0 compatible. Used USB Host Port for data transfer. Accepts the DUT ground lead for Ground Terminal common ground. The probe compensation output is Probe Compensation used for probe compensation.
  • Page 24 MDO-2000E series User Manual Accepts up to 600mA. Fuse protection: 1A. Accepts up to 10A. Fuse protection: 10A Com port Voltage, Resistance and Diode port. Max voltage: 600V This probe connector is for MDO- Logic Analyzer Logic Analyzer probe connector...

  • Page 25: Mdo-2000Eg/Ec Rear Panel

    GETTING STARTED MDO-2000EG/EC Rear Panel AWG channels USB Device port LAN port output Calibration output Go/No Go output Key lock Power input socket MDO-2000EX/ES Rear Panel Power supply AWG channels USB Device port LAN port output output Calibration output Go/No Go output Key lock Power input socket...
  • Page 26 MDO-2000E series User Manual The USB Device port is used for USB Device Port remote control. The LAN port is used for remote LAN (Ethernet) control over a network or when Port combined with the Remote Disk app, allows the scope to be mounted to a share disk.

  • Page 27: Display

    GETTING STARTED Display Below is a general description of the main display. As the display changes while activating the different functions of the MDO- 2000EG/2000EX, please refer to each function sub-chapters of this user manual for more details. Channel Memory length Memory Trigger status Indicators...
  • Page 28 MDO-2000E series User Manual Bus indicator(B) Reference waveform indicator Math indicator Shows the position of the trigger. Trigger Position Horizontal Status Shows the horizontal scale and position. Date and Time Current date and time (page 194). Shows the trigger level on the graticule.
  • Page 29 GETTING STARTED Trigger source, slope, Trigger Configuration voltage and coupling. Horizontal scale, Horizontal Status horizontal position. For trigger details, see page 143. Channel 1, DC coupling, Channel Status 2V/Div. For channel details, see page 110.

  • Page 30: Set Up

    To stand the scope upright, push the legs back Stand under the casing as shown below. Power Up The MDO-2000E series accepts line voltages of 100 Requirements ~ 240V at 50 or 60Hz. 1. Connect the power cord to Step...

  • Page 31: First Time Use

    ~ 30 seconds. : ON POWER : OFF The MDO-2000E series recovers the state right before Note the power is turned OFF. The default settings can be recovered by pressing the Default key on the front panel. For details, see page 321.
  • Page 32 MDO-2000E series User Manual Press the Autoset key. A square 6. Capture Signal Autoset waveform appears on the center of (Autoset) the screen. For Autoset details, see page 40. Press the Display key, and set the 7. Select Vector Display display to Vector on the bottom menu.

  • Page 33: How To Use This Manual

    How to Use This Manual This section describes the conventions used in this Background manual to operate the MDO-2000E series. Throughout the manual any reference to pressing a menu key refers to the keys directly below or beside any menu icons or parameters.
  • Page 34 MDO-2000E series User Manual When the user manual says to “toggle” a value or parameter, press the corresponding menu item. Pressing the item will toggle the value or parameter. Active parameters are highlighted for each menu item. For example in the example below, Coupling is currently set to DC.
  • Page 35 GETTING STARTED 3. Press a bottom menu key to access the side menu. 4. Press a side menu key to either set a parameter or to access a sub menu. 5. If accessing a sub menu or setting VARIABLE a variable parameter, use the Variable knob to scroll through menu items or variables.
  • Page 36 MDO-2000E series User Manual 8. Use the Variable knob to edit the value. Toggling a Menu Parameter 9. Press the bottom menu key to toggle the parameter. Reduce Side Menu 10. To reduce the side menu, press the corresponding bottom menu that brought up the side menu.
  • Page 37 GETTING STARTED Reduce Lower Menu VARIABLE Measure Cursor Test Acquire Autoset Display Help Save/Recall Utility Run/Stop HORIZONTAL Single SCALE POSITION 11. Press the relevant function Search Zoom Select Default Set/Clear PUSH TO ZERO key again to reduce the VERTICAL TRIGGER POSITION POSITION POSITION...
  • Page 38 MDO-2000E series User Manual VARIABLE Measure Cursor Test Acquire Autoset Display Help Save/Recall Utility Run/Stop HORIZONTAL Single SCALE 13. The Menu Off key can also be POSITION Remove On- Select Search Zoom Default Set/Clear PUSH TO used to remove any on...

  • Page 39: Built-In Help

    GETTING STARTED Built-in Help The Help key accesses a context sensitive help menu. The help menu contains information on how to use the front panel keys. 1. Press the Help key. The display Panel Operation Help changes to Help mode. 2.

  • Page 40: Measurement

    MDO-2000E series User Manual EASUREMENT Basic Measurement ........... 39 Channel Activation ................. 39 Autoset ..................... 40 Run/Stop ....................42 Horizontal Position/Scale ..............43 Vertical Position/Scale ................44 Automatic Measurement ..........46 Measurement Items ................46 Add Measurement .................. 50 Remove Measurement ................52 Gated mode .....................

  • Page 41: Basic Measurement

    MEASUREMENT Basic Measurement This section describes the basic operations required in capturing, viewing and measuring the input signal. For more detailed or more specific operations, see the following chapters. Advanced Configuration → from page 77  Logic Analyzer (MDO-2000EC /ES only) → from page 197 ...

  • Page 42: Autoset

    321). Autoset The Autoset function automatically configures the Background panel settings to position the input signal(s) to the best viewing condition. The MDO-2000E Series automatically configures the following parameters: Horizontal scale  Vertical scale ...
  • Page 43 MEASUREMENT Before After 3. To undo Autoset, press Undo Autoset from the bottom menu. 4. Choose between Fit Screen Mode Change modes and AC Priority Mode from the bottom menu. 5. Press the Autoset key again to use Autoset Autoset in the new mode. Fit Screen Mode AC Priority Autoset does not work in the following situations:...

  • Page 44: Run/Stop

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Run/Stop By default, the waveform on the display is Background constantly updated (Run mode). Freezing the waveform by stopping signal acquisition (Stop mode) allows flexible observation and analysis. To enter Stop mode, two methods are available: pressing the Run/Stop key or using the Single Trigger mode.

  • Page 45: Horizontal Position/Scale

    MEASUREMENT Horizontal Position/Scale For more detailed configuration, see page 102. The horizontal position knob Set Horizontal POSITION moves the waveform left and Position right. PUSH TO ZERO Pressing the horizontal position Set Horizontal POSITION Position to 0 knob will reset the horizontal position to 0.

  • Page 46: Vertical Position/Scale

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Range 1ns/div ~ 100s/div, 1-2-5 increments The scale is displayed to the left of the H icon at the bottom of the screen. The display bar indicates how much Display bar of the waveform is displayed on the screen at any given time.
  • Page 47 MEASUREMENT Push the vertical position knob to POSITION reset the position to 0. As the waveform moves, the vertical position of the channel PUSH TO indicator appears on the display. ZERO The waveform can be moved Run/Stop vertically in both Run and Stop mode mode.

  • Page 48: Automatic Measurement

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Automatic Measurement The automatic measurement function measures and updates major items for Voltage/Current, Time, and Delay type measurements. Measurement Items V/I Measurements Time Meas. Delay Meas. Overview Frequency Pk-Pk Period RiseTime Amplitude FallTime High +Width -Width...
  • Page 49 MEASUREMENT Difference between the Amplitude global high value and the global low value, measured over the entire waveform or gated region. (=high − low) Global high voltage. See High page 54 for details. Global low voltage. See page 54 for details. The arithmetic mean value is Mean calculated for all data...
  • Page 50 MDO-2000E series User Manual Fall overshoot FOVShoot Rise preshoot RPREShoot Fall preshoot FPREShoot Frequency of the waveform. Time Frequency Measurement Waveform cycle time. Period (=1/Freq) The time required for the RiseTime leading edge of the first pulse to rise from the low reference value to the high reference value.
  • Page 51 MEASUREMENT Measures the number of -Edges negative edges. Ratio in percentage of the % Flicker (A-B) (A+B) peak-to-peak value to the sum of peak values. Ratio of the area above the Flicker Idx A1+A2 average to the total area during one cycle. Time between: Delay Source 1 first rising edge and...

  • Page 52: Add Measurement

    MDO-2000E series User Manual The phase difference of two Phase signals, calculated in degrees.  The in-built help system can be used to see detailed Note automatic measurement definitions. Add Measurement The Add Measurement function allows you to add up to eight automatic measurement items on the bottom of the screen from any channel source.
  • Page 53 MEASUREMENT FRR, FRF, FFR, FFF, LRR, LRF, LFR, Delay LFF, Phase 4. All of the chosen automatic measurements will be displayed in a window on the bottom of the screen. The channel number and channel color indicate the measurement source. For the analog inputs: yellow = CH1, blue = CH2, pink = CH3, green = CH4.

  • Page 54: Remove Measurement

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Remove Measurement Individual measurements can be removed at any time using the Remove Measurement function. 1. Press the Measure key. Remove Measure Measurement Item 2. Press Remove Measurement from the bottom menu. 3. Press Select Measurement and select the item that you want to remove from the measurement list.

  • Page 55: Display All Mode

    MEASUREMENT 3. Choose one of the gating modes from the side menu: Off (full record), Screen, Between Cursors. If Between Cursors is selected, the Page 60 Cursors On cursor positions can be edited by Screen using the cursor menu. Display All mode Display All mode shows and updates all items from Voltage and Time type measurements.

  • Page 56: High Low Function

    MDO-2000E series User Manual To remove the measurement results, Remove press OFF. Measurements Delay type measurements are not available in this Delay mode as only one channel is used as the source. Measurements Use the individual measurement mode (page 50) instead.
  • Page 57 MEASUREMENT Uses histograms to determine the Histogram high-low values. This mode ignores any pre-shoot or overshoot values. This mode is particularly useful for pulse-type waveforms high Sets the high-low values as the Min-max minimum or maximum measured values. high 1. Press the Measure key. Set High-Low Measure 2.

  • Page 58: Statistics

    MDO-2000E series User Manual To return to the default High-Low Restore Default settings, press Set to Defaults. High-Low Settings Statistics The Statistics function can be used to view a Background number of statistics for the selected automatic measurements. The following information is...
  • Page 59 MEASUREMENT The variance of the currently Standard measured value from the mean. Deviation The standard deviation equals the squared root of the variance value. Measuring the standard deviation can, for example, determine the severity of jitter in a signal. The number of samples used to determine the standard deviation can be user-defined.

  • Page 60: Reference Levels

    MDO-2000E series User Manual To reset the standard deviation Reset Statistics calculations, press Reset Statistics. Reference Levels The reference level settings determine the Background measurement threshold levels for some measurements like the Rise Time measurement. High Ref: Sets the high reference level.
  • Page 61 MEASUREMENT 3. Set the reference levels from the side menu. Ensure the reference levels do not cross over. 0.0% ~ 100% High Ref 0.0% ~ 100% Mid Ref 0.0% ~ 100% 0.0% ~ 100% Low Ref 4. Press Set to Defaults to set the Default Settings reference levels back to the default settings.

  • Page 62: Cursor Measurement

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Cursor Measurement Horizontal or vertical cursors are used to show the position and values of waveform measurements and math operation results. These results cover voltage, time, frequency and other math operations. When the cursors (horizontal, vertical or both) are activated, they will be shown on the main display unless turned off.
  • Page 63 MEASUREMENT 5. Use the Variable knob to move the VARIABLE movable cursor(s) left or right. The selected cursor(s) will move (Note) along the active waveform. To move along another waveform, select its corresponding channel and press the cursor key again to re-enter the cursor menu.
  • Page 64 MDO-2000E series User Manual FFT cursors can use different units. For FFT details, see page Hor. position, dB/Voltage Cursor Hor. Position, dB/Voltage Cursor Delta (difference between cursors) dV/dt or d/dt Example Horizontal cursors XY mode cursors measure a number of X by Y XY Mode measurements.

  • Page 65: Use Vertical Cursors

    MEASUREMENT Example Horizontal cursors Use Vertical Cursors 1. Press the Cursor key twice. Panel Operation/ Cursor Range 2. Press V Cursor from the bottom menu if it is not already selected. 3. When the V Cursor is selected, repeatedly pressing the V Cursor key or the Select key will toggle which vertical cursor is selected.
  • Page 66 MDO-2000E series User Manual Time: cursor 1, cursor 2 Voltage/Current: cursor1, cursor2 Delta (difference between cursors) dV/dt or dI/dt 5. Use the Variable knob to move the VARIABLE cursor(s) up or down. 6. To change the units of the vertical Select Units position, press V Unit.
  • Page 67 MEASUREMENT d/dt Example Horizontal Vertical cursors cursors XY mode cursors measure a number of X by Y XY Mode measurements. See page 81. Rectangular, polar co-ordinates, Cursor product, ratio. Rectangular, polar co-ordinates, Cursor product, ratio. Delta (difference between cursors)
  • Page 68 MDO-2000E series User Manual Example Horizontal cursors Vertical cursors...

  • Page 69: Math Operation

    MEASUREMENT Math Operation Basic Math Overview & Operators The Math function performs basic math functions Background (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) on the input signals or the reference waveforms. The resultant waveform will be shown on the screen in real-time. Adds the amplitude of two signals. Addition (+) CH1~4, Ref1~4 Source...
  • Page 70 MDO-2000E series User Manual 4. Press Operator to choose the math operation. +, -, ×, ÷ Range 5. Select Source 2 from the side menu. CH1~4, Ref1~4 Range 6. The math measurement result appears on the display. The vertical scale of the math waveform appears at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 71: Fft Overview & Window Functions

    MEASUREMENT To change the unit/div settings, press Unit/div, then use the Variable knob to change the unit/div. The units that are displayed depend on which operator has been selected, and whether the probe for the selected channel has been set to voltage or current.

  • Page 72: Fft Operation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Frequency measurement on Suitable for..periodic waveforms Frequency resolution Very good Rectangular Amplitude resolution Bad Single-shot phenomenon Suitable for..(this mode is the same as having no window at all) Frequency resolution Bad Blackman Amplitude resolution Very good Amplitude measurement on Suitable for..
  • Page 73 MEASUREMENT 5. Press the Window key from the side menu and select the window type. Hanning, Hamming, Rectangular, Range and Blackman. 6. The FFT result represents the frequency- domain representation of a signal. Hence, the horizontal scale changes from time to frequency, and the vertical scale from voltage/current to dB/RMS.

  • Page 74: Advanced Math Overview

    MDO-2000E series User Manual To move the FFT waveform Horizontal horizontally, press Horizontal until the Position and Scale Frequency parameter is highlighted and then use the Variable knob. 0Hz ~ half of the sampling Range frequency To select the horizontal scale of the...

  • Page 75: Advanced Math Operation

    MEASUREMENT Adds an operator or parenthesis to the function Operator expression. +, -, *, /, (, ), !(, <, >, <=, >=, ==, !=, Operator ||, && Adds a value to the expression. Figure Integers, floating point, or floating Figure point with exponent values.
  • Page 76 MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. Press Clear to clear the expression entry area. 6. Use the Variable knob and the Select VARIABLE key to create an expression. Use the Variable knob to highlight a source, function, variable, operator, figure or measurement in orange.
  • Page 77 MEASUREMENT Example: CH1 + CH2 Source1 Advanced Math Source2 9. Press VAR1 or VAR2 to set Set the VAR1 & VAR2 VAR1/VAR2 if they were used in the expression created previously. 10. Press Mantissa. Use the Left and Right arrow keys to select a digit and use the variable knob to set the value of the selected digit.
  • Page 78 MDO-2000E series User Manual To clear the advanced math result MATH Clear Advanced from the display, press the Math key Math again.

  • Page 79: Advanced Configuration

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION DVANCED CONFIGURATION Acquisition ..............80 Select Acquisition Mode ................ 80 Show Waveform in XY Mode ............. 81 Set the Record Length ................83 Segmented Memory Acquisition ........ 85 Segments Display ................... 86 Set the Number of Segments ............... 87 Run Segmented Memory ...............
  • Page 80 MDO-2000E series User Manual Limit Bandwidth ................... 113 Expand by Ground/Center ..............114 Select Probe Type ................. 115 Select Probe Attenuation Level ............116 Set the Deskew ..................116 Bus Key Configuration ..........118 Bus Display .................... 118 Serial Bus Overview ................119 UART Serial Bus Configuration ............
  • Page 81 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Copying Search Event To/From Trigger Events ......185 Search Event Navigation..............185 Save Search Marks ................186 Setting/Clearing Single Search Events ..........187 FFT Peak....................188 System Settings and Miscellaneous Settings ....192 Select Menu Language ................. 192 View System Information ..............192 Erase Memory ..................

  • Page 82: Acquisition

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Acquisition The Acquisition process samples the analog input signals and converts them into digital format for internal processing. Select Acquisition Mode The acquisition mode determines how the samples Background are used to reconstruct a waveform. This is the default acquisition Sample mode.

  • Page 83: Show Waveform In Xy Mode

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 3. Select an acquisition mode from the side menu. 4. If Average was chosen, set the number of samples to be used for the average function. Mode Sample, Peak Detect, Average Average 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, sample Example Sample...
  • Page 84 MDO-2000E series User Manual 1. Connect the signals to Connection Channel 1 (X-axis) and Channel 2 (Y-axis) or Channel 3 (X2-axis) and Channel 4 (Y2-axis). 2. Make sure a channel pair is active (CH1&CH2 or CH3&CH4). Press the Channel key if necessary. A channel is active if the channel key is lit.

  • Page 85: Set The Record Length

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION To move the XY waveform position, use the vertical position knob: Channel 1 knob moves the XY waveform horizontally and Channel 2 knob moves the XY waveform vertically. Similarly, the X2 and Y2 axis can be positioned using the channel 3 and channel 4 vertical position knobs.
  • Page 86 MDO-2000E series User Manual ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 100k ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ 1. Press the Acquire key. Panel Operation Acquire 2. Press the Record Length key on the bottom menu and choose the record length.

  • Page 87: Segmented Memory Acquisition

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Segmented Memory Acquisition The advanced segmented memory utility allows the scope memory to be divided into different segments. Each time the scope is triggered, it only acquires data for one segment of memory at a time. This allows you to optimize the scope memory to only perform signal acquisition during important signal events.

  • Page 88: Segments Display

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Segmented memory acquisition example: Segment Segment Segment Segment Segment Segment As shown above, the memory is divided into segments to increase the number of events that can be effectively captured with the same acquisition memory. Also notice that the scope doesn’t need to rearm the trigger between each segment, this makes the segmented memory function especially useful for high speed signals.

  • Page 89: Set The Number Of Segments

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Progress Indicator Indicates the number of segments that have to been captured relative to the set number of segments. Stop: The segments have finished Run/Stop Indicator acquiring or have been stopped. Run: The scope is ready to acquire segments.

  • Page 90: Run Segmented Memory

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Sets to the maximum number Set to Maximum Sets to 1 segment Set to Minimum The Select Segments icon is only available when Note Segments = OFF or when Segments is in the STOP mode (see the section below).
  • Page 91 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Progress Indicator Run Indicator Segment (Run )icon 4. When the scope has finished acquiring segments, press Segments Run to toggle the mode to the Segments Stop mode.  Alternatively, the Run/Stop key can Run/Stop be pressed. 5. The Stop Indicator will be shown when in the Stop mode.

  • Page 92: Navigate Segmented Memory

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 6. To rerun the segments, press the Segments Stop Rerun Segmented key to toggle the mode back to the Segments Acquisition Run mode.  Alternatively, press the Run/Stop Run/Stop key again. 7. Repeat steps 3 and 4 in the section above when the segmented acquisition has completed.

  • Page 93: Play Through Each Segment

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 3. The position in time of the selected segment relative to the time of the first segment is shown in the Segments Time key. Play Through Each Segment When all the segments have been acquired, the Background play/pause key can be used to play back through each segment.
  • Page 94 MDO-2000E series User Manual Modes Segments This function will either perform Measure statistics calculations on the segments or tabulate a list of the measurement results for all the segments. Segments Provides configuration information Info common for all the acquired memory segments.
  • Page 95 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION To use automatic measurements with the Note segmented memory, automatic measurements must first be selected from the Measure menu before the segmented memory function is run. Note that Digital channels cannot use this function. Press the Measure key and select Setup Measure any single source measurement...
  • Page 96 MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. For statistic measurements, press Plot Source to choose which automatic measurement to use for the statistics calculations. The statistics for only one automatic measurement can be viewed at a time. 6. For the measurement list, press Source and select the source channel for measurement.

  • Page 97: Segment Info

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Example: Statistics Bin count Cursor/selected bin Statistics of currently selected bin Puts all the measurement results for a segment in a Measurement list. List 9. Press Select and use the variable Setup knob to scroll through each segment. Example: Measurement Measurement types...
  • Page 98 MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. Press Segments Info. 3. A table showing all general setting information for the segmented memory acquisitions is shown on the display. Info: Sample rate, Record length, Horizontal, Vertical...

  • Page 99: Display

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Display The Display menu defines how the waveforms and parameters appear on the main LCD display. Display Waveform as Dots or Vectors When the waveform is displayed on the screen, it Background can be displayed as dots or vectors. Panel Operation 1.

  • Page 100: Set The Intensity Level

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. To set the persistence time, press the Persistence menu button on the bottom bezel. 3. Use the Variable knob to select a persistence time. 16ms, 30ms, 60ms, 120ms, 240ms, Time 0.5s, 1s, 2s,~4s, Infinite, Off...

  • Page 101: Select Display Graticule

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 4. To set the graticule intensity, press Graticule Graticule Intensity from the side menu and edit the Intensity intensity value. 10~100% Range Example Graticule Intensity 100% Graticule Intensity 10% 5. To set the LCD backlight intensity, press Backlight Backlight Intensity from the side menu and edit Intensity the intensity value.

  • Page 102: Freeze The Waveform (Run/Stop)

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. From the side menu choose the graticule display type. Full : Shows the full grid; X and Y axis for each division. Grid : Show the full grid without the X and Y axis. Cross Hair : Shows only the center X and Y frame.

  • Page 103: Turn Off Menu

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION POSITION Turn Off Menu PUSH TO ZERO 1. Press the Menu Off key Panel Operation below the side menu keys to reduce a menu. The menu key needs to be pressed SCALE each time to reduce one menu. See page 31 for more information.

  • Page 104: Horizontal View

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Horizontal View This section describes how to set the horizontal scale, position, and waveform display mode. Move Waveform Position Horizontally POSITION The horizontal position knob moves Panel Operation the waveform left/right. PUSH TO ZERO As the waveform moves, a position indicator on the top of the display indicates the horizontal position of the waveform in memory.

  • Page 105: Select Horizontal Scale

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Select Horizontal Scale SCALE To select the timebase (time/div), turn Select Horizontal the horizontal Scale knob; left (slow) Scale or right (fast). Range 1ns/div ~ 100s/div, 1-2-5 increment The timebase indicator updates as the horizontal scale is adjusted. Horizontal Timebase position...

  • Page 106: Select Waveform Update Mode

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Select Waveform Update Mode The display update mode is switched Background automatically or manually according to the timebase and trigger. Updates the whole displayed waveform at Normal once. Automatically selected when the timebase (sampling rate) is fast.

  • Page 107: Zoom Waveform Horizontally

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 2. Press Mode Auto/Normal key from the bottom menu to let the equipment choose between Auto (Untriggered Roll) and Normal mode. The auto (Untriggered Roll) trigger mode enables free-running and roll mode (timebase >=100ms/div) acquisitions. The normal trigger mode enables the equipment which trigger only on valid trigger events.
  • Page 108 MDO-2000E series User Manual Trigger Horizontal position position Zoom window Zoom position Zoom timebase To scroll the waveform left or right, Horizontal press Horizontal Position and use the Navigation Variable Position knob. VARIABLE The horizontal position will be shown on the Horizontal Position icon.

  • Page 109: Play/Pause

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Use the Horizontal Position knob to pan Move the Zoom POSITION the zoom window horizontally. Window To reset the zoom position, press the PUSH TO Horizontal Position knob. ZERO The position of the zoom window, relative to the horizontal position is shown at the bottom of the screen next to the Zoom timebase.
  • Page 110 MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. The scope will go into the Zoom Play mode and begin to scroll through the acquisition (from left to right). The full-record length waveform will be shown at the top and the zoomed section will be shown at the bottom.
  • Page 111 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Speed Speed POSITION Right Left PUSH TO ZERO To reset both the zoom position and Reset the Zoom horizontal position, press Reset Zoom Position & H POS to 0s. Press the Play/Pause key to pause or Pause resume playing the waveform. Reverse Direction Press the Play/Pause key when at the end of the record length to play back through the waveform in reverse.

  • Page 112: Vertical View (Channel)

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Vertical View (Channel) This section describes how to set the vertical scale, position, and coupling mode. Move Waveform Position Vertically POSITION 1. To move the waveform up or Panel Operation down, turn the vertical position knob for each channel.

  • Page 113: Select Vertical Scale

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Select Vertical Scale SCALE To change the vertical scale, turn the Panel Operation vertical SCALE knob; left (down) or right (up). The vertical scale indicator on the bottom left of the display changes accordingly for the specific channel. 1mV/div ~ 10V/div.

  • Page 114: Input Impedance

    Observing the AC portion of the waveform using AC coupling DC coupling AC coupling Input Impedance The input impedance of the MDO-2000E Series is Background fixed at 1MΩ. The impedance is displayed in the channel menu. View Impedance 1. Press the Channel key.

  • Page 115: Limit Bandwidth

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Limit Bandwidth Bandwidth limitation puts the input signal into a Background selected bandwidth filter. This function is useful for cutting out high frequency noise to see a clear waveform shape. The bandwidth filters available are dependent on the bandwidth of the oscilloscope model. Also refer to the digital filter application, page 291.

  • Page 116: Expand By Ground/Center

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Expand by Ground/Center When the voltage scale is changed, the Expand Background function designates whether the signal expands from the center of the screen or from the signal ground level. Expand by center can be used to easily see if a signal has a voltage bias.

  • Page 117: Select Probe Type

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Expand by Ground Expand by Ground Expand by Center Expand by Center Select Probe Type A signal probe can be set to voltage or current. Background 1. Press the Channel key. Panel Operation 2. Press Probe from the bottom menu. 3.

  • Page 118: Select Probe Attenuation Level

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Select Probe Attenuation Level An oscilloscope probe has an attenuation switch to Background lower the original DUT signal level to the oscilloscope input range, if necessary. The probe attenuation selection adjusts the vertical scale so that the voltage level on the display reflects the real value on a DUT.
  • Page 119 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 3. Press Deskew on the side menu and use the Variable knob to set the deskew time. Alternatively, press Set to 0s to reset the deskew time. -50ns~50ns, 10ps increments Range 4. Repeat the procedure for another channel if necessary.

  • Page 120: Bus Key Configuration

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Bus Key Configuration The Bus key is used to configure the Serial bus inputs and parallel bus inputs. The bus inputs can be either analog or digital. The Bus menu also features event tables to track and save your bus data.

  • Page 121: Serial Bus Overview

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Purple = Error frame, Data length control CAN: (DLC), Overload. Yellow = Identifier. Cyan = Data. Orange = CRC. Red = Bit stuffing error Parallel All read words are shown in purple (no clock) or white (a clock is defined among the channels).
  • Page 122 MDO-2000E series User Manual Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter. UART The UART bus is able to accommodate a wide range of various common UART serial communications. The UART serial bus software is suitable for a number of RS-232 protocol variants. Tx, Rx...
  • Page 123 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION SS Active, MOSI, MISO, Trigger On MOSI&MISO The CAN (Controller Area Network) bus is a 2- wire, message-based protocol. CAN Input Inputs CAN Input Threshold Configuration Signal Type, Bit Rate Start of Frame, Type of Frame, Trigger On Identifier, Data, Id &...

  • Page 124: Uart Serial Bus Configuration

    MDO-2000E series User Manual UART Serial Bus Configuration The UART bus menu is designed to decode RS-232 and other common RS-232 variants such as RS-422, RS-485. The software configuration is also flexible enough to decode the many proprietary protocols based on RS-232.
  • Page 125 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 2. Press the BUS key. 3. Press Bus from the bottom menu and choose the UART serial bus on the side menu. 4. Press either Analog Source or Digital Source to choose whether the sources for the UART bus are analog or digital.

  • Page 126: I 2 C Serial Bus Interface

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Baud Rate 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 14400, 15200, 19200, 28800, 31250, 38400, 56000, 57600, 76800, 115200, 128000, 230400, 460800, 921600, 1382400, 1843200, 2764800 8 (fixed)
  • Page 127 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Analog SCLK Digital 2. Press the Bus key. 3. Press Bus from the bottom menu and choose I C from the side menu. 4. Press either Analog Source or Digital Source to choose whether the sources for the I C bus are analog or digital.

  • Page 128: Spi Serial Bus Interface

    MDO-2000E series User Manual SPI Serial Bus Interface The serial peripheral interface (SPI) is a full duplex 4 wire synchronous serial interface. The 4 signals lines: Serial clock line (SCLK), slave select (SS), Master output/slave input (MOSI, or SIMO) and the Master input/slave output (MISO, or SOMI). The word size is configurable from 4 to 32 bits.
  • Page 129 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 5. Press Define Inputs from the lower Define Inputs menu. 6. From the side menu choose the SCLK, SS, MOSI and MISO inputs. CH1~CH4 or D0~D15 * SCLK CH1~CH4 or D0~D15 * OFF, CH1~CH4 or OFF, D0~D15 * MOSI OFF, CH1~CH4 or OFF, D0~D15 * MISO...

  • Page 130: Can Serial Bus Interface

    The MDO-2000E series supports both CAN 2.0A and 2.0B. The CAN bus uses two wires, CAN-High and CAN-Low. These wires are voltage inverted, and as such, the MDO-2000E Series only needs one wire, CAN-High or CAN-Low for decoding. 1. Connect the bus signal (CAN Input) to one of Panel operation the oscilloscope’s analog or digital channels.

  • Page 131: Lin Serial Bus Interface

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 5. Press Define Inputs from the lower Define Inputs menu. 6. From the side menu choose the CAN Input inputs and the signal type. CAN Input CH1~CH4 or D0~D15 * Signal Type CAN_H, CAN_L, Tx, Rx. *Depending on your choice at step 4 above. The Sample Point soft-key indicates the sampling Note position of each bit.
  • Page 132 MDO-2000E series User Manual Analog LIN input Digital 2. Press the Bus key. 3. Press Bus from the bottom menu and choose the LIN serial bus. 4. Press either Analog Source or Digital Source to choose whether the source for the LIN bus is analog or digital.

  • Page 133: Parallel Bus

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 7. Press Configure from the bottom menu. 8. From the side menu select configuration items. 1.2kbps, 2.4kbps, 4.8kbps, Bit Rate 9.6kbps, 10.417kbps, 19.2kbps V1.x, V2.x, Both LIN Standard On, Off Include Parity Bits with Id Parallel Bus The digital channels can be configured as a parallel bus. The number of bits that defines the bus as well as which bit is used as the bus clock can also be configured.
  • Page 134 MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. Press the Bus soft-key and select Parallel from the side menu. 4. Press Define Inputs from the bottom menu. 5. Press Number of Bits from the side menu and select the number of bits for the data bus.

  • Page 135: Bus Encoding

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for any remaining bits and for the clock, if enabled. Bus Encoding The bus that is displayed on the screen or in the Background event tables can be set to either hex or binary formats.
  • Page 136 MDO-2000E series User Manual 1.4V 2.5V 5.0V CMOS 1.65V 3.3V CMOS 1.25V 2.5V CMOS -1.3V 3.7V PECL 4. Press Threshold to set a user defined threshold for the currently selected input. For the analog channels, the threshold level depends on the...

  • Page 137: Serial Bus Event Tables

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Serial Bus Event Tables The serial bus event tables list when each data Background event on the bus occurred. The data is displayed as either hex or binary, depending on the bus display settings. Event tables can be saved to disk in a CSV format. The files will be named “Event_TableXXXX.CSV”, where XXXX is a number from 0000 to 9999.
  • Page 138 MDO-2000E series User Manual Use the variable knob to scroll through the event table. Example: Errors Time of trigger UART Event table Select cursor Example: Repeat Start Data at address Time of trigger Address Missing Ack C Event table Select cursor...
  • Page 139 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Example: MOSI MISO Time of trigger SPI Event table Select cursor Example: Identifier CRC Missing ACK Time of trigger Data CAN Event table Select cursor Example: Identifier Data Errors Time of trigger Parity Checksum LIN Event table Select cursor...

  • Page 140: Event Tables Format

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Example: Time of event Parallel Bus Event table Event data Event Tables Format Each bus type (UART, I C, SPI, CAN and LIN) can have an event table saved containing each bus event as a .CSV file. An event is...

  • Page 141: Adding A Label To A Bus

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Time, Repeat Start, Address, Data, Missing Ack. Time, MISO frame data, MOSI frame data. Time, Identifier, DLC, Data, CRC, Missing Ack. Time, Data. Parallel Time, Identifier, Parity, Data, Checksum, Errors. Example Below shows the data associated with an SPI event table in a spreadsheet.
  • Page 142 MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. Press Edit Character to edit the Edit Label current label. 4. The Edit Label window appears. 5. Use the Variable knob to highlight a character. VARIABLE Press Enter Character to select a number or letter.

  • Page 143: Using Cursors With The Serial Bus Or Parallel Bus

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Press Cancel to cancel the editing and return to the Edit Label menu. 6. The label will appear next to the bus indicator. Below, the label “ACK” was created for the bus. The bus is labeled as ACK Press Label Display to toggle the label Remove Label on or off.
  • Page 144 MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. The cursor position information appears on the top left hand side of the screen. Example: I C cursors. Hor. position, Bus value(s) Cursor Hor. position, Bus value(s) Cursor 4. Use the Variable knob to move the VARIABLE movable cursor(s) left or right.

  • Page 145: Trigger

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Trigger The trigger configures the conditions for when the MDO-2000E SERIES captures a waveform. Trigger Type Overview The edge trigger is the simplest trigger type. An Edge edge trigger triggers when the signal crosses an amplitude threshold with either a positive or negative slope.
  • Page 146 MDO-2000E series User Manual Delay trigger example (by time) Edge trigger Delay Source Delay time length First triggering point Triggers when the pulse width of the signal is less Pulse Width than, equal, not equal or greater than a specified pulse width.

  • Page 147: Trigger: Types And Sources

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Triggers when the signal stays high, low or either Timeout for a designated amount of time. The trigger level determines when a signal is high or low. Trigger level threshold Timer Triggering point Triggers on SPI, UART, I2C, CAN or LIN bus events.

  • Page 148: Trigger Parameter Overview

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Trigger Parameter Overview All the following parameters are common for all the trigger types unless stated otherwise. Channel 1 ~ 4 input signals Trigger Source CH1 ~ 4 Except for: Logic External trigger input EXT *...
  • Page 149 The Source Bus is not configurable from the Trigger Note menu. The field is automatically filled according to the Bus menu configuration (see page 118). The MDO-2000E SERIES generates an Trigger Mode Auto (un- internal trigger if there is no trigger...
  • Page 150 MDO-2000E series User Manual *Parameter not applicable to digital channels. Trigger on a rising edge. Slope (Edge, Delay, Rise Trigger on a falling edge. & Fall) Either (either rising or falling edge). Adjusts the trigger level LEVEL Trigger Level Level...
  • Page 151 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 3.7V PECL Setting the trigger levels for the digital sources Note will also change the threshold levels set in the Logic Analyzer menu (page 207). Sets the holdoff time. Holdoff Holdoff Set the holdoff time to the minimum. Set to Minimum Sets the delay time (4ns ~ 10s)
  • Page 152 MDO-2000E series User Manual Adjusts the amplitude Threshold threshold for the pulse width trigger when the source is digital. Range -5V ~ +5V Press Choose Preset to Choose select a pre-set logic Preset threshold. Threshold Logic Type 1.4V 2.5V 5.0V CMOS 1.65V...
  • Page 153 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Either (either negative or positive runt) Selects the trigger point in the video signal. Trigger On (Video) NTSC: 1 ~ 263 Odd Field PAL/SECAM: 1 ~ 313 EDTV: 1~525(480P), 1~625(576P) HDTV: 1~750(720P), 1~563(1080i), 1~1125(1080P) NTSC: 1 ~ 262, PAL/SECAM: 1 ~ 312 Even Field HDTV: 1~562(1080i) Triggers on all fields.
  • Page 154 MDO-2000E series User Manual (Rise & Fall) Sets the Low threshold. Stays High Triggers when the input signal stays Trigger When high for a designated amount of time. (Timeout) Triggers when the input signal stays Stays Low low for a designated amount of time.

  • Page 155: Setup Holdoff Level

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Setup Holdoff Level The holdoff function defines the waiting period Background before the MDO-2000E starts triggering again after a trigger point. The holdoff function ensures a stable display if there are a number of points in a periodic waveform that can be triggered. Holdoff applies to all the triggering types except the trigger by bus.

  • Page 156: Setup Trigger Mode

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Setup Trigger Mode The trigger mode can be set to Normal or Auto Background (untriggered roll). The triggering mode applies to all the trigger types. 1. Press the Trigger menu key. Panel Operation Menu 2. Press Mode from the bottom menu to change the triggering mode.
  • Page 157 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Channel 1 ~ 4 (Alternate On/Off), Range EXT (Ext Probe: Volt/Current, Attenuation: 1mX~1kX, CH2 models only), AC Line and D0~D15. 6. Press Coupling from the bottom bezel menu to select the trigger coupling or frequency filter settings. Choose the coupling from the side menu. DC, AC, HF Reject, LF Reject Range 7.

  • Page 158: Using Advanced Delay Trigger

    MDO-2000E series User Manual -5.00V~ +5.00V Digital channel 1.4V Range 5.0V CMOS 2.5V 3.3V CMOS 1.65V 2.5V CMOS 1.25V -1.3V PECL 3.7V Setting the trigger level for a digital source will Note also change the threshold levels set in the Logic Analyzer menu (page 207).

  • Page 159: Using Pulse Width Trigger

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 5. To set the delay source, press Source and select a source from the side menu. CH1 ~ CH4, AC Line, EXT* Source *2 channel models only. 6. Press Coupling from the bottom bezel menu to select the trigger coupling or frequency filter settings.
  • Page 160 MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. Press the Type key from the lower bezel menu. 3. Select Pulse Width from the side menu. The pulse width trigger indicator appears at the bottom of the display. From left: source, polarity, when, coupling 4.

  • Page 161: Using Video Trigger

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 8. Press Threshold from the lower bezel to edit the pulse width threshold. 9. Set the threshold level using the side menu. 00.0V~ 5 screen divisions Analog channel Set to TTL 1.4V Range Set to ECL -1.3V Set to 50% -5.00V~ +5.00V Digital channel...
  • Page 162 MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. Select Video from the side menu. The video trigger indicator appears at the bottom of the display. From left: source, video standard, field, line, coupling 4. Press Source from the lower bezel. 5. Use the side menu to select the video trigger source.

  • Page 163: Pulse Runt Trigger

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Even Field NTSC: 1 ~ 262 PAL/SECAM: 1 ~ 312 HDTV: 1~563(1080i) Triggers on all fields. All Fields Triggers on all lines. All Lines 8. Press Polarity to toggle the polarity type. positive, negative Range Pulse Runt trigger 1.

  • Page 164: Using Rise And Fall Trigger

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. Press Polarity to toggle the polarity. Rising edge, falling edge, either. Range 6. Press When from the lower menu. Then use the side menu to select the condition and width. > , < , = , ≠...
  • Page 165 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION  3. Select Others Rise and Fall from the side menu. The Rise and Fall indicator appears at the bottom of the display. From left: slope, source, high/low threshold, threshold level, coupling 4. Press Source from the lower menu. Use the side menu to select a source.

  • Page 166: Using The Timeout Trigger

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Using the Timeout Trigger 1. Press the trigger Menu key. Panel Operation Menu 2. Press the Type key from the lower bezel menu. 3. Select Others  Timeout from the side menu. The Timeout indicator appears at the bottom of the display.
  • Page 167 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 6. Toggle Noise Rejection On or Off from the Coupling side menu. On, Off Range 7. Press Trigger When from the lower menu. Then use the side menu to select trigger conditions. Stays High, Stays Low, Either Condition 8.

  • Page 168: Using The Bus Trigger

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Setting the trigger threshold for a digital source Note will also change the threshold levels set in the Logic Analyzer menu (page 207). 10. Press Timer from the lower bezel to set the timer time. 4ns~10.0S...
  • Page 169 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 5. Press Trigger On and select the triggering condition for the UART bus. Trigger On Tx Start Bit, Rx Start Bit, Tx End of Packet, Rx End of Packet, Tx Data, Rx Data, Tx Parity Error, Rx Parity Error If Tx Data or Rx Data was configured for the Trigger On –...

  • Page 170: I 2 C Bus Trigger Settings

    MDO-2000E series User Manual C Bus Trigger Settings The I C bus trigger conditions can be set at any time after the bus settings has been set to I Panel Operation 1. Set the Bus to I C in the bus menu. Page 124 2.
  • Page 171 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 7. Press Number of Bytes from the side menu and choose the number of bytes for the data. 1~5 Bytes 8. Press Addressing Mode to toggle between 7 and 10 bit addressing modes. 9. Press Data from the side menu to edit the triggering data.
  • Page 172 MDO-2000E series User Manual Description Address General Call 0000 000 0 START Byte 0000 000 1 Hs-mode 0000 1XX X EEPROM 1010 XXX X CBUS 0000 001 X Press Apply Preset to set the default address to the preset. Presets are not available for Trigger On Note ...

  • Page 173: Spi Bus Trigger Settings

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION SPI Bus Trigger Settings The SPI bus trigger conditions can be set at any time after the bus setting has been set to SPI. 1. Set the Bus to SPI in the bus menu. Page 126 Panel Operation 2.

  • Page 174: Can Bus Trigger

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 7. Press Number of Words from the side menu and choose the number of words for the data. 1~32 Words 8. Press MOSI or MISO from the side menu to edit the triggering data. To edit the data, use the Variable...
  • Page 175 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION The Trigger on settings will be reflected on the Trigger Configuration icon. From left: Bus trigger, Trigger source 5. Press Trigger On and select the triggering condition for the selected bus. Trigger On Start of Frame, Type of Frame, Identifier, Data, Id &...
  • Page 176 MDO-2000E series User Manual 9. Press Direction on the bottom menu and select the CAN Direction from the side menu. CAN Direction Write, Read, Read or Write If Data/Id and Data was configured for the Trigger On - Data Trigger On setting, then the triggering data must be configured.

  • Page 177: Lin Bus Trigger

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 14. The oscilloscope will now trigger when the specified bus data matches the Trigger When conditions. LIN Bus Trigger The LIN bus trigger conditions can be set at any time after the bus setting has been set to LIN. Panel Operation 1.
  • Page 178 MDO-2000E series User Manual 7. Press Identifier from the side menu to set the identifier data. To edit the identifier, use the VARIABLE Variable knob to highlight a binary or hex digit and press Select. Use the Variable knob to choose a value for the digit and press Select to confirm.

  • Page 179: Parallel Bus Trigger

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 11. Press Trigger When from the side menu to choose the triggering condition for the data. =, ≠, <, >, ≤, ≥ When 12. The oscilloscope will now trigger when the specified bus data matches the Trigger When conditions.

  • Page 180: Using The Logic Trigger

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 6. Press Data from the side menu to edit the triggering data. To edit the data, use the Variable VARIABLE knob to highlight a binary or hex digit and press Select. Use the Variable knob to choose a value for the digit and press Select to confirm.
  • Page 181 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION From left: Bits D15~D0 4. Press Define inputs from the bottom menu. 5. Press Select on the side menu and select a channel. 6. Next, select a logic level for the selected channel, or set the selected channel as the clock signal.
  • Page 182 MDO-2000E series User Manual If a channel was selected as a clock signal, then the Logic Trigger clock edge determines when the logic comparison Timing is made. If a clock was not defined then the When menu determines the triggering timing conditions.
  • Page 183 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 10.0ns ~ 9.99s. Triggers when ≠ Is True the defined logic is not true for the defined amount of time ±5% (falling edge). 11. The oscilloscope will now trigger when the specified logic appears among the digital channels. The trigger threshold levels for the digital channels Trigger Threshold can be assigned from a selected number of preset...
  • Page 184 MDO-2000E series User Manual 15. Press Threshold to set a user defined threshold. ± 5.00V Range...

  • Page 185: Search

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Search The search feature can be used to search for events on the analog and digital input channels. The events that can be searched for are similar to the events that are used for the trigger system. The only difference is that the search feature uses the measurement threshold levels rather than the trigger level to determine events.
  • Page 186 MDO-2000E series User Manual 1. Press the Search menu key. Panel Operation Search 2. Press Search from the bottom menu and turn the Search function on. 3. Press Search Type from the bottom menu and select the type of search.

  • Page 187: Copying Search Event To/From Trigger Events

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Copying Search Event To/From Trigger Events As the trigger system and search feature have Background similar settings, their settings can be used interchangeably by using the Copy functions. Interchangeable Edge, Pulse Width, Pulse Runt, Rise and Fall Times, Settings Logic and Bus (FFT Peak has no trigger equivalent) 1.

  • Page 188: Save Search Marks

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. Use the search arrow keys to move between each search event. Search events can be navigated in both stop and run mode. When using the arrow keys to navigate to each event, the “current event” will always be centered on the display.

  • Page 189: Setting/Clearing Single Search Events

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Each time the Save All Marks function is used, the Note previously saved marks will also be retained, unless cleared. Setting/Clearing Single Search Events In addition to searching for search events based on Background Search Type settings, custom search marks can be created with the Set/Clear key.

  • Page 190: Fft Peak

    MDO-2000E series User Manual FFT Peak The FFT Peak search type can be used to mark all Background FFT peaks that are above a certain threshold. Search events Threshold level Number of events or peak amplitude The search function can support up to 10,000 events,...
  • Page 191 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 6. Next, select the event search method by pressing Method from the bottom menu. Select Max Peak to search by a selected number of “max” peaks. Select Level to set the threshold level for the search events. Any peaks above the threshold level will be seen as a search event.
  • Page 192 MDO-2000E series User Manual Peak Event Table The Event Table function tabulates the amplitude and frequency of each peak event in real time. The event table can also be saved to a USB disk drive. File names are saved as a PeakEventTbXXXX.csv, where XXXX is a number starting from 0001 and is incremented each time the event table is saved.
  • Page 193 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION The format for the CSV file is the same as the event Event Table CSV table displayed on the MDO-2000E SERIES screen; Format No., Frequency, and Value. For example: Frequency Value 1.0000MHz -29.6dB 2.0000MHz -30.4dB 3.0000MHz -32.0dB To shift the peak events to the...

  • Page 194: System Settings And Miscellaneous Settings

    This section describes how to set the interface, language, time/date, probe compensation signal, erase the internal memory and access useful QR codes. Select Menu Language The MDO-2000E SERIES has a number of different Description languages to choose from. 1. Press the Utility key.

  • Page 195: Erase Memory

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Erase Memory The Erase Memory function will erase all internal Background waveforms, setup files and labels from internal memory. Waveform 1~20, Setting memory 1~20, Reference Erased Items 1~4, Labels 1. Press the Utility key. Panel Operation Utility 2. Press System from the lower menu. 3.

  • Page 196: Set Date And Time

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Set Date and Time 1. Press the Utility key. Panel Operation/ Utility Parameter 2. Press Date & Time on the lower menu. 3. Set the Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute from the side menu. 2000 ~ 2037...

  • Page 197: Qr Code Reader Function

    ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 1. Press the Utility key. Panel Operation/ Utility Parameter 2. Press Probe Comp. on the lower menu. 3. Press Frequency and change the frequency of the probe compensation signal. Default Frequency 4. Press Default to set the frequency of the probe compensation signal to 1kHz default.
  • Page 198 MDO-2000E series User Manual 4. Press QR Code from the side menu. There will be two pages of QR codes to choose from. Press Page 1 or Page 2 to navigate to each page. 5. Use a QR code reader app on your smart phone...

  • Page 199: Logic Analyzer

    LOGIC ANALYZER OGIC ANALYZER Logic Analyzer Operation ..........198 Overview ....................198 Using the Logic Analyzer Probes ............198 Digital Display Overview ..............199 Activating Digital Channels ..............200 Activate Digital Channels as a Group ........200 Activate Individual Channels ............ 201 Moving the Digital Channels or Creating Digital Channel Groups ............

  • Page 200: Logic Analyzer Operation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Logic Analyzer Operation Overview The logic analyzer inputs can be used to measure Background discrete inputs or can be used to measure values on a parallel or serial bus. The logic analyzer has a sample rate of 1GSa/s with a bandwidth of 200MHz.

  • Page 201: Digital Display Overview

    LOGIC ANALYZER 3. Connect the ground lead from the logic analyzer probe (marked G) to the circuit ground on the DUT. 4. Connect another probe lead to a point of interest on the circuit. Make note of which probe lead is connected to which point. 5.

  • Page 202: Activating Digital Channels

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Used to show the position and grouping of the Digital Channel Indicators digital channels. Currently active Activated digital digital channel (solid channel (transparent indicator) indicator) When digital channels are grouped together, Digital Channel Group (Pinned) they are shown as being pinned together.

  • Page 203: Activate Individual Channels

    LOGIC ANALYZER 4. Select which group of digital inputs you want turned on or off from the side menu. D0~D7 Group1 D8~D15 Group2 5. The digital channels will appear on the graticule. When all the digital channels are turned on, they Note will appear as a single group.
  • Page 204 MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. A 'tick' next to a particular channel or group indicates that the channel or group is currently Channel 0~7 is on Channel 8~15 is off 4. Press the Display soft-key or the Select key to toggle the selected channel or group on or off.

  • Page 205: Moving The Digital Channels Or Creating Digital Channel Groups

    LOGIC ANALYZER Moving the Digital Channels or Creating Digital Channel Groups The digital channels must first be activated. See Note page 200. The logic analyzer has two basic modes of Background operation for selecting or moving digital channels. LA Select mode: This mode is used to select digital channels that have already been activated.
  • Page 206 MDO-2000E series User Manual Below, channel 4 is selected. Channel 4 is selected If the Variable knob cannot select a channel, press Note the Select key to toggle the scope into “LA Select mode”. 3. Press the Select key. The mode Select toggles from “LA Select mode”...
  • Page 207 LOGIC ANALYZER 4. Use the variable knob to position VARIABLE the selected channel/group: If you position the channel indicator over the next/previous channel, it will split the group into 2. Split the group above the selected channel: Split the group below the selected channel: If you continue to move the channel indicator past the next/previous channel, it will move the indicator anywhere within that group.
  • Page 208 MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. If you move the indicator outside of the group, it will remove the selected channel from the group. 6. Press the Select key again. This will Select return you to the LA Select mode. You can tell when it is in the Select mode as no channel will be grayed out.

  • Page 209: Digital Channel Vertical Scale

    LOGIC ANALYZER Digital Channel Vertical Scale The digital channels have 3 preset scales, S, M, L. Background 1. From the bottom menu, press Panel Operation Height to toggle the vertical scale of the digital channels. S, M, L Height If more than 8 digital channels are active, the large (L) Note option will be disabled.

  • Page 210: Analog Waveform

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Threshold Logic Type 1.4V 2.5V 5.0V CMOS 1.65V 3.3V CMOS 1.25V 2.5V CMOS -1.3V 3.7V PECL 4. Press Threshold to set a user defined threshold for the currently selected group. ±5V Range Analog Waveform The analog waveform function combines the...

  • Page 211: Adding Labels To Digital Channels Or The Analog Waveform

    LOGIC ANALYZER 2. Press the Analog Waveform key. 3. Press Select and choose between Wave_A1 (D7~D0) or Wave_A2 (D15~D8). Display on Screen 4. Press Display to display the selected waveforms on the screen. 5. Press Vertical until the div Set Vertical parameter is highlighted.
  • Page 212 MDO-2000E series User Manual 1. To edit labels for the digital Panel Operation channels, press the Edit Labels soft- key from the D15~D0 On/Off menu. To edit labels for the analog waveforms, press the Edit Labels soft-key from the Analog Waveform menu.
  • Page 213 LOGIC ANALYZER 5. The Edit Label window appears. 6. Use the Variable knob to highlight a character. VARIABLE Press Enter Character to select a number or letter. Press Back Space to delete a character. Press Editing Completed to create the new label and return to the previous menu.
  • Page 214 MDO-2000E series User Manual Below, the label “LABEL_7” was created for the D7 channel. D7 is labeled as LABEL_7 Press Label Display to toggle the Remove Label selected label on or off.

  • Page 215: Arbitrary Wave Generator

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR RBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Arbitrary Wave Generator Operation ......214 Overview ....................214 Rear Panel ....................214 AWG Display Overview ..............215 Generator Connection ................. 215 Output Setup ..................216 Select the Active Channel ............216 Turn the Output On for the Selected Channel ..... 217 Setting the Load Impedance .............

  • Page 216: Arbitrary Wave Generator Operation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Arbitrary Wave Generator Operation Overview The AWG is a full-function dual channel arbitrary Background waveform generator. Arbitrary, Sine, Square, Pulse, Ramp, DC, Noise, Waveforms Sinc, Gaussian, Lorentz, Exp. Rise, Exp. Fall, Haversine, Cardiac AM, FM, FSK, Sweep...

  • Page 217: Awg Display Overview

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR AWG Display Overview State Display generator status The state display is used to visually show the State Display major channel settings when you are in the AWG menu. AWG Generator The AWG channel status indicators show the Status Indicators active channels, output waveforms and function.

  • Page 218: Output Setup

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 1. Connect the BNC output (GEN1 or GEN2) to Connection the DUT using the GTL-101 BNC-Alligator clip cables. GEN1 GEN2 Output Setup The Output Setup menu allows you to select a channel, to turn the output on or off for the selected channel, configure the load impedance and the phase of the output.

  • Page 219: Turn The Output On For The Selected Channel

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR 4. Press Select from the side menu and choose GEN1 or GEN2. Turn the Output On for the Selected Channel The output for each generator channel can be Background turned on or off independently. 1. Press Output to toggle the selected Panel Operation channel on or off.

  • Page 220: Gen1 And Gen2 Setup

    MDO-2000E series User Manual GEN1 and GEN2 Setup The GEN1 Setup and GEN2 Setup selects the output waveform, waveform settings (amplitude, frequency, offset), modulation mode or allows you to create arbitrary waveforms. Selecting a Waveform The AWG option has 14 selectable waveforms, Background including a user-created arbitrary waveform.

  • Page 221: Waveform Settings

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Arbitrary, sine, square, pulse, Selectable waveforms ramp, DC, Noise, Sinc, Gaussian, Lorentz, Exp. Rise, Exp. Fall, Haversine, Cardiac. Waveform Settings The Waveform Settings sub menu selects the Background Frequency, amplitude and offset settings for currently selected waveform in the GEN1 or GEN2 Setup menu.
  • Page 222 MDO-2000E series User Manual 4. Use the Left and Right arrow keys to select a base unit and use the variable knob to increase the amplitude by that base unit, as shown in the Amplitude window. 5. Default can be pressed to set the amplitude to 1.00Vpp.
  • Page 223 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR 8. Use the Left and Right arrow keys to select a base unit and use the variable knob to increase the offset by that base unit, as shown in the Offset window. 9. Default can be pressed to set the Offset to 0.00Vdc.

  • Page 224: Am Modulation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual AM Modulation Amplitude modulation can be used for either Background channel. All waveforms except Noise and DC can be used as the carrier wave. Sine, square, pulse, ramp and noise can be selected as the modulating waveform.
  • Page 225 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR 3. From the side menu, turn Modulation on. 4. Press AM to select AM modulation and to enter the AM modulation setup menu. 5. Press Depth to set the modulation Set the depth. Modulation Depth 0.0% ~ 120.0% Depth 6.

  • Page 226: Fm Modulation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 11. Press Rate to set the rate (noise Rate wave). (Noise wave only) 1kHz ~ 10MHz Noise Exit AM Settings 12. Press Go Back to exit the AM settings. FM Modulation Frequency modulation can be used for either Background channel.
  • Page 227 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Select the waveform from the side menu. This will be the carrier wave. Sine, square, ramp Carrier Waves 2. Press the Modulation from the bottom menu. 3. From the side menu, turn Modulation on. 4. Press FM to select FM modulation and to enter the FM modulation setup menu.

  • Page 228: Fsk Modulation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 1% ~ 99% Dutycycle 10. Press Symmetry to set the Symmetry (Ramp wave only) symmetry (ramp wave). 0% ~ 100% Symmetry 11. Press Rate to set the rate (noise Rate wave). (Noise wave only) 1kHz ~ 10MHz Rate 12.
  • Page 229 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Press GEN1 Setup or GEN2 Setup for generator 1 or generator 2, respectively. Press Waveform from the bottom menu. Select the waveform from the side menu. This will be the carrier wave. Sine, square, ramp Carrier Waves 2.

  • Page 230: Sweep

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Sweep The Sweep function can be used with sine, square Background and ramp waveforms for either channel. The function supports linear or logarithmic sweeping as well as up or down sweeping. Example 1. Select the waveform from the GEN1...
  • Page 231 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR 4. Press Type to set the sweep to Type of Sweep linear or logarithmic. Linear, Log Type 5. Press the Start or Stop soft-keys to Start and Stop Frequency set the start and stop frequency, respectively. 25MHz ~ 0.1Hz Start/Stop To configure a up sweeping, set the start frequency at a Note...

  • Page 232: Manage Arbitrary Waveforms

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 9. Press SWP Time to set how long Sweep Time the sweep takes to go from the start to the stop frequency. 5.0us ~ 10s Sweep time Manage Arbitrary Waveforms The Arbitrary Waveform menus allow you to create, edit, recall and save arbitrary waveforms.

  • Page 233: Edit An Existing Arb Waveform

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Press Waveform from the bottom menu. Select Arbitrary from the side menu. 2. Press the Waveform Edit from the bottom menu. 3. From the bottom menu select Create New. 4. Press Initial Points to set the number of points for the waveform length.
  • Page 234 MDO-2000E series User Manual Normal Edit: Editing Methods The Normal Edit function allows you to insert or delete points at any position on a waveform. Function Edit: The Function Edit function allows you to edit the waveforms in a number of different ways: Point/Line: Insert a point or horizontal line ...
  • Page 235 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Press Waveform from the bottom menu. Select Arbitrary from the side menu. 2. Press the Waveform Edit from the bottom menu. 3. From the bottom menu select Edit Edit Existing Existing. This will allow you to edit the ARB waveform that is currently loaded in memory.
  • Page 236 MDO-2000E series User Manual c. Press Insert Point. The inserted point will increase the length of the waveform by one point. Delete Point: d. Press Delete Point to delete the point set with the “Point” soft-key. The overall length of the waveform will be shortened by one point.
  • Page 237 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Press Point/Level again to select the amplitude (Level) 1 ~ user-defined point position Point ±1.25Vdc (Load: 50Ω) Level ±2.5Vdc (Load: High Z) b. Press Length to set the length of the line. 0 ~ user-defined point length Length c.
  • Page 238 MDO-2000E series User Manual Press Point1/Level1 again to select the amplitude (Level) of the start point. 1 ~ user-defined point position Point1 ±1.25Vdc (Load: 50Ω) Level1 ±2.5Vdc (Load: High Z) b. Press Point2/Level2 once to select the point’s X axis end point.
  • Page 239 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR a. Press Scale and use the variable knob to set the scale of the waveform vertically. Note: If the waveform exceeds the maximum amplitude it will be clipped. 0.1x ~ 10X Scale b. Press Go Back to go back to the previous menu.
  • Page 240 MDO-2000E series User Manual d. Press Preview. The desired edit will then be previewed on the screen. The pasted section will be shown as a yellow box on the screen. e. Press Done to confirm the edit, or press Undo to cancel.

  • Page 241: Load Arb Waveform

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Load ARB Waveform ARB waveforms can be loaded from internal Background memory or from an external USB storage. 1. Select a waveform from the GEN1 Setup/GEN2 Panel Operation Setup menu: Press GEN1 Setup or GEN2 Setup for generator 1 or generator 2, respectively.

  • Page 242: Save Arb Waveform

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. To load a file from an external USB or from the internal flash memory, press From File. The last file that was saved to USB or the internal flash memory will be displayed in the icon.
  • Page 243 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Press Waveform from the bottom menu. Select Arbitrary from the side menu. 2. Press Waveform Edit from the bottom menu. 3. From the bottom menu select Save Waveform. 4. To save to one of the internal memory slots, press To to choose the ARB waveform to save: Arb1, Arb2, Arb3, Arb4...
  • Page 244 MDO-2000E series User Manual VARIABLE Press Enter Character or the Select key to select a number or letter. Press Back Space to delete a character. 9. Press Save Now to save the file. Note: Pressing Cancel will cancel the save operation and return you to the Save Waveform menu.

  • Page 245: Coupling And Tracking Waveforms Settings

    ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR Coupling and tracking waveforms settings GEN1 and GEN2 waveforms can be coupled in Background terms of frequency and/or amplitude. Similarly, waveform settings can also be tracked and be duplicated from one waveform to the other. 1. From the bottom menu of the AWG menu: Panel Operation Press UTIL to enter the Utility menu.
  • Page 246 MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. Press Freq Cpl Type to set the type of frequency coupling. OFF, Offset, Ratio Freq Cpl Type: Frequency from both generated waveforms can be coupled with a fixed offset or with a constant ratio. 6. Select Offset from the Freq Cpl Type...
  • Page 247 ARBITRARY WAVE GENERATOR 11. Use the Left and Right arrow keys to select a base unit and use the variable knob to increase or decrease the ratio by that base unit, as shown in the Ratio window. 12. Default can be pressed to set the Ratio to 1.000.
  • Page 248 MDO-2000E series User Manual 16. You can also reset the phase to 0° Reset the phase between the two waveforms by pressing S_Phase.

  • Page 249: Spectrum Analyzer

    SPECTRUM ANALYZER PECTRUM ANALYZER Spectrum Analyzer operation ........248 Overview ....................248 Display Overview ................. 249 Connections ................... 250 Configuration ..................251 Selecting the source ..............251 Setting the trace mode options (Trace type) ......252 Setting the Detection Method ..........254 Configuring the Frequencies and Span ........

  • Page 250: Spectrum Analyzer Operation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Spectrum Analyzer operation Overview The Spectrum Analyzer is a real-time spectrum Background analyzer specially designed for the MDO-2000E SERIES. It conveniently allows users to analyze the signal in the frequency domain. Hanning, Rectangular, Hamming, Blackman Windows...

  • Page 251: Display Overview

    SPECTRUM ANALYZER Display Overview Zero Peaks level Start and stop Trace span frequencies type Main Waveform in display frequency domain Events State View Source and V scale Center frequency Span and resolution The Spectrum Analyzer main display can show Main display various spectrum traces of the selected analog source channel, such as the normal, max-hold, min-hold and averaged trace.

  • Page 252: Connections

    Connections The Spectrum Analyzer uses the analog channel Background inputs of the MDO-2000E SERIES. 1. Connect the desired signal source to one of the Connection analog channel input of the DSO using BNC connectors (illustration below with a 4-channel...

  • Page 253: Configuration

    SPECTRUM ANALYZER Configuration Setting up a spectrum trace can be done by following the subsequent steps: selecting the source, tuning the trace with its associated detection options, configuring the frequencies and span, configuring the window type and the frequency resolution and lastly configuring the vertical scale.

  • Page 254: Setting The Trace Mode Options (Trace Type)

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Setting the trace mode options (Trace type) Trace options determine how the trace data is Background stored or manipulated before being displayed. The Spectrum Analyzer updates the trace according to the type of trace. Normal: the Spectrum Analyzer continuously Definitions updates the display with each sweep.
  • Page 255 SPECTRUM ANALYZER 2. Press the Spectrum Traces button from the bottom menu. 3. From the side menu, press once on the Normal button to toggle this trace option to On. Press again to toggle it to Off. 4. From the side menu, press once on the MaxHold button to toggle this trace option to On.

  • Page 256: Setting The Detection Method

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Example Setting the Detection Method Each time the Spectrum Analyzer samples data, a Background number of samples are usually taken for each point to display, known as a sample bucket. The actual value of each point is determined by the detection method.

  • Page 257: Configuring The Frequencies And Span

    SPECTRUM ANALYZER 4. Press the button Auto/Manual once to toggle the detection method to Manual and be able to fine tune the detection method for each type of trace. Press the Auto/Manual button once more to toggle it back to Auto. 5.
  • Page 258 MDO-2000E series User Manual menu. 3. Press the Center button to display a list of frequencies step- resolution. The variable knob can be used to select one. Press again on the Center button; the variable knob can now be used to set the...
  • Page 259 SPECTRUM ANALYZER Panel Operation 5. Press the Span button to display a list of frequencies step- resolution. The variable knob can be used to select one. Press again on the Span button; the variable knob can now be used to set the frequency in increments of the chosen step resolution.
  • Page 260 MDO-2000E series User Manual The Stop frequency must always be higher than the Start frequency. As a consequence, when one crosses the other’s value, the Start or Stop frequency will automatically be adjusted to the next highest/smallest step. Panel Operation 7. Press the Start or Stop...

  • Page 261: Configuring The Bandwidth

    SPECTRUM ANALYZER Stop: 500Hz ~ 750MHz Span: 1kHz ~ 500MHz Pressing this button will set the Peak to center frequency location of the spectrum peak as the new center frequency of the Spectrum Analyzer. Configuring the Bandwidth The bandwidth menu gives the possibility of Background configuring the resolution bandwidth as well as the type of window used for the spectral analysis.

  • Page 262: Configuring The Amplitude

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. Press the RBW button to select the RBW frequency. The variable knob can be used to select. The type of window used for spectrum analysis Window type can be chosen. Each window type is characterized by making a tradeoff between the frequency resolution and the amplitude accuracy.
  • Page 263 SPECTRUM ANALYZER 3. Choose a vertical unit by toggling the Vertical Units button to dBV RMS, Linear RMS or dBm using the variable knob. When the setting unit is dBm, connect a 50 Ohm feed Note through termination on BNC. 4.

  • Page 264: Measurement

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Measurement The Spectrum Analyzer of the MDO-2000E is compatible with a certain number of measurement tools such as the search function and the use of cursors, enabling detailed analysis of the signal characteristics in the frequency domain.

  • Page 265: Using The Cursors

    SPECTRUM ANALYZER 4. You can configure the Event state display by toggling the State Info button either to Mark or to Peak. Mark: displays the overall number of peaks and the current active peak. Peak: gives frequency and level details of the current active peak. 5.
  • Page 266 MDO-2000E series User Manual cursor For more details about the function, please Note MDO-2000E User Manual Cursor refer to the chapter. Use the Save / Recall menu to save the spectrum data as a CSV file in SA mode, but you can’t recall the file to...

  • Page 267: Dmm

    DMM function ............266 Accessing the Digital Multimeter ............266 DMM display overview ............... 267 AC/DC Voltage Measurement ............268 Current Measurement ................269 Resistance Measurement ..............270 Diode Measurement ................271 Continuity Measurement ..............272 Temperature Measurement ..............273...

  • Page 268: Dmm Function

    MDO-2000E series User Manual DMM function The DMM function can be used simultaneously with the DSO function. The DMM function is a basic digital multimeter. Accessing the Digital Multimeter Panel Operation 1. Press the Option key. The following Option diagram will appear on the display.
  • Page 269 3. Press DMM button from the bottom menu to turn on the DMM function. You can select ACV, DCV, ACmV, DCmV, ACmA, DCmA, ACA, DCA, Ohms, Diode, Continuity and Temperature measurement from the DMM menu. 4. Press the Max/Min button to display the measured maximum and minimum values 5.
  • Page 270 MDO-2000E series User Manual AC/DC Voltage Measurement The MDO-2000E series can measure up to 600V Background (CAT II) or 300V (CAT III). Connection 600mA MAX CAT II 600V FUSED CAT III 300V 10A MAX FUSED To prevent the internal circuits from burning out, the...
  • Page 271 2. Use the Variable knob to select the VARIABLE required measurement and press the Select key to confirm. Select Current Measurement The MDO-2000E can measure AC and DC current Background from two input terminals, depending on the current range. There is a 10A input for I≤10A, and a mA terminal for I≤600mA.
  • Page 272 MDO-2000E series User Manual 1. From the multimeter settings choose ACA, Steps ACmA, DCA or DCmA. Ensure that no more than the 600mA is input into the mA port. 2. Use the Variable knob to select the VARIABLE required measurement and press the Select key to confirm.
  • Page 273 1. From the multimeter settings choose the Steps resistance measurement. 2. Use the Variable knob to select the VARIABLE required measurement and press the Select key to confirm. Select Diode Measurement The diode test checks the forward bias Background characteristics of a diode by running a constant forward bias current through the DUT and measuring the forward voltage drop.
  • Page 274 MDO-2000E series User Manual Connection 600mA MAX CAT II 600V FUSED CAT III 300V 10A MAX FUSED 1. From the multimeter settings choose the diode Steps measurement. 2. Use the Variable knob to select the VARIABLE required measurement and press the Select key to confirm.
  • Page 275 VARIABLE required measurement and press the Select key to confirm. Select Temperature Measurement The MDO-2000E series can measure temperature Background using a thermocouple. To measure temperature, the DMM accepts a thermocouple input and calculates the temperature from the voltage fluctuation. The thermocouple type is taken into...
  • Page 276 MDO-2000E series User Manual Connection 600mA MAX CAT II 600V FUSED CAT III 300V 10A MAX FUSED 1. From the multimeter settings choose the Steps temperature measurement. 2. Select the thermocouple type. Thermocouple = B E, J, K, N, R, S, T 3.

  • Page 277: Power Supply

    POWER SUPPLY OWER SUPPLY Power supply function ..........276 Accessing the Power Supply ............... 276 Set up the Power Supply ..............278...

  • Page 278: Power Supply Function

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Power supply function The function can supply continuously adjustable DC power output to dual channels with 1 ~ 5V voltage (1A max). 1. Connect the test leads for power supply to the Connection power supply output 1 or 2.
  • Page 279 POWER SUPPLY 2. Press the Power Supply button from the bottom menu. The following diagram will appear on the display. 3. Select Output setup 1 or Output setup 2 button to set and turn on the power supply. For example, press the Output setup 1button.
  • Page 280 MDO-2000E series User Manual Set up the Power Supply Panel Operation 1. Set the output on or off Press the Output On/off button to turn on off the power supply. 2. Select output voltage range Press the Volt button to select output continuously adjustable voltage from 1V to 5V (0.1 step)

  • Page 281: Applications

    APPLICATIONS PPLICATIONS Introduction .............280 Overview ....................280 Running Applications ................281 Go-NoGo application ..........282 DVM application ............287 Data Log application ..........289 Digital Filter application ...........291 Mask application ............293 Select the source channel ..............293 Configure the mask violation ............. 293 Auto Mask .....................

  • Page 282: Introduction

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Introduction Overview The Application (APP) function allows different Background software applications to be run. The MDO-2000E comes pre-installed with a number of apps, as described below. Please see your local GW Instek distributor for the latest information on new apps.

  • Page 283: Running Applications

    APPLICATIONS This app allows the scope to Mount Remote mount a network share drive. Disk The Demo app, when combined Demo with the GDB-03 demo board, allows the scope to trigger a number of different signals from the demo board. Running Applications The MDO-2000E comes pre-installed with a Background...

  • Page 284: Go-Nogo Application

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Go-NoGo application The Go-NoGo test checks if a waveform fits inside Background a user-specified maximum and minimum boundary. Boundary templates are automatically created from a source channel. Boundary tolerances and violation conditions can be set. Choose the Go_NoGo application from the APP menu.
  • Page 285 APPLICATIONS 2. Press Go Back to return to the previous menu. 3. Press Violating to set what action to Set Go-NoGo perform when a signal violates the Actions Go-NoGo conditions. The waveform stops when the conditions are violated. Ignore violations and continue to monitor the signal.
  • Page 286 MDO-2000E series User Manual 8. To set the boundary tolerance as a Auto Tolerance percentage offset from the source waveform, press Auto Tolerance VARIABLE and use the Variable knob. 0.4% ~ 40% (.4% steps) Offset 9. To manually set the template...
  • Page 287 APPLICATIONS Start test Test stopped Stop test When Go-NoGo is running, the violation/test ratio Results is displayed in the bottom left-hand corner. The first digit represents the number of violations, and the right hand digit represents the number of tests. Tolerance Maximum position...
  • Page 288 MDO-2000E series User Manual To output the Go-NoGo results to an Using the Go- external device, the Go-NoGo rear NoGo Output panel terminal (open collector) can be used. The Go-NoGo terminal will output a positive pulse each time a NoGo violation has occurred for a minimum of 500us.

  • Page 289: Dvm Application

    APPLICATIONS DVM application The DVM app is a digital voltage meter or digital Background current meter readout that floats on the top left- hand side of the screen. However, please note that if the cursors (refer to page 60) are turned on, the DVM readout will be replaced by the cursor readout.
  • Page 290 MDO-2000E series User Manual Choose the DVM application from the Panel Operation APP menu. See page 281. 1. Press Source and select the source Set Source channel for the DVM. The probe type setting (voltage or current) determines whether the function...

  • Page 291: Data Log Application

    APPLICATIONS Data Log application The Data Log app will log the current waveform Background data or screenshot at set intervals for a set duration of time. Basic Features: Log up to 1000 hours of images or waveform  data. The minimum interval is 2, or 5 seconds, and ...
  • Page 292 MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. Press Log to from the side menu and select what type of data to log, waveform data or screenshots. Image, Waveform Log to 3. Press Source from the side menu and select a source channel to log if waveforms are to be logged.

  • Page 293: Digital Filter Application

    APPLICATIONS Digital Filter application The Digital Filter app is a digital high, low, band Background pass filter with a selectable cutoff frequency. The digital filter can be applied to analog channel individually or together using the tracking functionality. Basic Features: high, low, band pass filtering of analog ...
  • Page 294 MDO-2000E series User Manual 1. Select a source channel by pressing Set Source CH1Filter, CH2 Filter, CH3 Filter or CH4 Filter. 2. From the side menu press Filtering and turn on. 3. Press Filter Type and select low, high, or band pass filter.

  • Page 295: Mask Application

    APPLICATIONS Mask application The Mask application allows the user to create Background shape templates for easy comparison of an input signal with a defined shape. Choose the Mask application from the Panel Operation APP menu. See page 281. Select the source channel 1.

  • Page 296: Auto Mask

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. Press the Stop button to stop the data acquisition and freeze the screen when the source waveform crosses the mask boundary (mask violation condition). Conversely, press the Continue button to continue acquiring data even when a mask violation condition is encountered.
  • Page 297 APPLICATIONS 3. Use the Variable knob to select the reference source (CH1 or CH2 for 2 channels model and CH1~CH4 for 4 channels models). 4. Press the Edit button from the side menu if you want to further adjust the mask pattern. Otherwise, go to step 9 below to create the mask directly without adjustment.
  • Page 298 MDO-2000E series User Manual 6. Press the X Mask button from the side menu and use the Variable knob to adjust the horizontal deviation of the mask compared to its original pattern 7. Press the Y Mask button from the side menu...
  • Page 299 APPLICATIONS 9. Press the Create Mask button from the side menu. A mask is created (as shown in the below diagram) and can now be used. 10. Press the Auto Mask button from the bottom menu to close auto mask function. 11.

  • Page 300: User Defined Mask / Create Mask

    MDO-2000E series User Manual User Defined Mask / Create Mask A user-defined mask can be created. Up to 8 areas Background of any form, each made of up to 10 points, can be built out and juxtaposed to each other to form the user-defined mask pattern.
  • Page 301 APPLICATIONS 4. Press the Unit button from the side menu and use the Variable knob to either select Divisions (graticule division fractions) or Current (Actual oscilloscope X- and Y-axis scale units) as the points position units. 5. Press the Edit Points button from the side menu to start shaping the pattern of the area you selected.
  • Page 302 MDO-2000E series User Manual 10. Repeat the above steps 6 to 9 to add other Edit the other points to the area and until you finalize the points shape of this first area. Then press the Go Back button to exit the Edit Points menu.

  • Page 303: User-Defined Mask File Format

    APPLICATIONS 15. Use the variable knob and the select key to change the name of the file if needed and press the Save Now button from the side menu to save the user-defined mask. 16. From the User Define menu, you Load a user- can also load an existing mask.
  • Page 304 MDO-2000E series User Manual Format,2.0E, Format Total Area Number,1, Area Number,1, Points Number,3, 0.00,2.00, 1.00,1.00, -1.00,1.00, Format,2.0E, Example Total Area Number,2, (with Division units) Area Number,1, Points Number,4, 0.00,2.00, 1.00,1.00, 0.00,0.00, -1.00,1.00, Area Number,2, Points Number,3, 0.00,-2.00, 1.00,-1.00, -1.00,-1.00,...

  • Page 305: Save/Recall

    SAVE/RECALL AVE/RECALL File Format/Utility ............304 Image File Format ................304 Waveform File Format ................ 304 Spreadsheet File Format..............305 Setup File Format ................. 307 Create/Edit Labels ............310 Save ................313 File Type/Source/Destination ............313 Save Image ..................... 314 Save Waveform ..................316 Save Setup ....................

  • Page 306: File Format/Utility

    MDO-2000E series User Manual File Format/Utility Image File Format *.bmp or *.png Format Default Filename DSxxxx.bmp/png The display image is 800 by 480 pixels. The Contents background color can be inverted (Ink saver function). Each image file is saved to the current file path as a bitmap or PNG file.

  • Page 307: Spreadsheet File Format

    SAVE/RECALL Reference waveforms stored in the Ref 1~4 internal memory, separate from W1 ~ W20. Reference waveforms (Ref 1 ~ 4) can be displayed directly onto the display with amplitude and frequency information. Ref 1~4 are useful for reference purposes. Other waveforms (LSF and W1~20) must be recalled to R1~4 before being displayed.
  • Page 308 MDO-2000E series User Manual Input channel signal Waveform Type CH1 ~ 4 Reference waveform Ref1~4 Math operation result (page 67) Math All the waveforms on the display. Displayed The following information is included in the Fast Contents: CSV waveform files, where applicable:...

  • Page 309: Setup File Format

    SAVE/RECALL Detail CSV waveform data contains channel Contents: information such as vertical and horizontal Detail CSV position of a signal for all the recorded points. The following information is included in Detail CSV, where applicable: Format Memory length   (scope type) IntpDistance Trigger address...
  • Page 310 MDO-2000E series User Manual Mode Sample mode Contents Acquire   Sample rate Record Length    Mode Backlight Display   intensity Persistence  Graticule  Waveform  intensity Backlight  Graticule Auto-dim   intensity Scale Expand Channel ...
  • Page 311 SAVE/RECALL Expression Position Advanced   Math VAR1 Unit/Div   VAR2  Type Slope Trigger   Source Level   Coupling Mode   Alternate Trigger When   Rejection Timer   Noise Rejection Holdoff   Language Ink Saver Utility...

  • Page 312: Create/Edit Labels

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Create/Edit Labels Reference files, Setup files and the analog and Overview digital input channels can have individual file labels set. For the analog channels and reference waveforms, the file label can be displayed next to the channel/reference indicator.
  • Page 313 SAVE/RECALL 3. Press Label For and select the item that you want to create the label for. CH1~CH4, Ref1~4, Set1~20, Math Label For 4. To choose a preset label, Press User Preset from the side menu and choose a label. ACK, AD0, ANALOG, BIT, CAS, Labels CLK, CLOCK, CLR, COUNT,...
  • Page 314 MDO-2000E series User Manual VARIABLE Press Enter Character to select a number or letter. Press Back Space to delete a character. Press Save Now to save the label and return to the previous menu. To cancel the editing the label and return to the previous menu, press Cancel.

  • Page 315: Save

    SAVE/RECALL Save File Type/Source/Destination Item Source Destination Front panel Internal memory: Set1 ~ Panel Setup   settings Set20 (DSxxxx.set) File system: Disk, USB  Channel 1 ~ 4 Internal memory: Waveform Data   Reference waveform (DSxxxx.csv) Math operation ...

  • Page 316: Save Image

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Save Image Images can be saved either using the Save/Recall key or by using the Hardcopy key. To save images using the Hardcopy key, see the hardcopy section on page 335. 1. To save to USB, connect a USB...
  • Page 317 SAVE/RECALL 6. Press Save from the side menu to save the display as an image file. 7. You will automatically be taken to a file utility where you will be able to edit the name of the file. 8. To edit the file name, use the Variable knob to highlight a character.

  • Page 318: Save Waveform

    MDO-2000E series User Manual To edit the internal memory or the File Utility USB flash drive contents (create/ delete/rename files and folders) or to edit the default file path, press File Utilities from the side menu. Save Waveform 1. To save to an external USB flash...
  • Page 319 SAVE/RECALL 6. Press Save to save the file. 7. If you are saving to a file, a file utility appears where you will be able to edit the name of the file from the default “DSXXX” filename. 8. To edit the filename, use the Variable knob to highlight a character.

  • Page 320: Save Setup

    MDO-2000E series User Manual To edit the internal memory or the File Utility USB flash drive contents (create/ delete/rename files and folders), press File Utilities. Save Setup 1. To saving to an external USB Panel Operation Front Panel flash drive connect the drive to the front or rear panel USB port.
  • Page 321 SAVE/RECALL 7. To edit the filename, use the Variable knob to highlight a character. VARIABLE Press Enter Character or the Select key to select a number or letter. Press Back Space to delete a character. 8. Press Save Now to save the file. The filename need not have been edited to save the file.
  • Page 322 MDO-2000E series User Manual To edit labels for Setup files, press Edit Edit Label Label. For more details on editing labels, see page 310.

  • Page 323: Recall

    SAVE/RECALL Recall File Type/Source/Destination Item Source Destination Factory installed Current front panel Default Panel   setting Setup Internal memory: Current front panel Reference   Ref1~4 Waveform Internal memory: S1 ~ Current front panel Panel Setup   (DSxxxx.set) File system: Disk, USB ...
  • Page 324 MDO-2000E series User Manual Mode: Sample XY: OFF Acquire Record Length: 10k Expand: By Center Mode: Vector Persistence: 240ms Display Waveform intensity: 50% Graticule intensity: 50% Backlight Intensity: 80% Backlight Auto-dim: On Time: 10min Graticule: full Scale: 100mV/Div CH1: On...
  • Page 325 SAVE/RECALL Unit/div: 500mV App: Go-NoGo, DVM, Datalog, Mount Remote Disk Type: Edge Source: CH1 Trigger Coupling: DC Alternate: Off Noise Rejection: Off Slope: Positive Level: 0.00V Mode: Auto Holdoff: 10.0ns Hardcopy: Save Ink Saver: Off Utility Assign Save To: Image File Format: Bmp Probe Comp.: 1kHz...

  • Page 326: Recall Waveform

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Recall Waveform 1. For recalling from an external Panel Operation Front Panel USB flash drive, connect the drive to the front or rear panel USB port. 2. The waveform must be stored in advance. See page 316 for waveform store details.

  • Page 327: Recall Setup

    SAVE/RECALL Ref1~4 7. Press Recall Now to recall the waveform. The reference waveform will appear on the screen when successful. To edit USB flash drive contents File Utility (create/ delete/ rename files and folders) or to set the file path, press File Utilities.
  • Page 328 MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. Press Recall Now to confirm recalling. When completed, a message appears at the bottom of the display. The file will not be recalled if the Note power is turned off or the USB drive is taken out before the message appears.

  • Page 329: Reference Waveforms

    SAVE/RECALL Reference Waveforms Recall and Display Reference Waveforms A reference waveform must be stored in advance. Panel Operation See page 316 to store waveforms as reference waveforms. 1. Press the REF key on the front panel. 2. Pressing R1~R4 repeatedly will toggle the corresponding reference waveform OFF/ON.
  • Page 330 MDO-2000E series User Manual Press Vertical repeatedly from the side Vertical menu to choose to edit the vertical Navigation position or Unit/Div. Use the Variable knob to edit the values. Press Horizontal repeatedly from the Horizontal side menu to choose to edit the Navigation Time/Div or the horizontal position.

  • Page 331: File Utilities

    FILE UTILITIES ILE UTILITIES The file utilities are used each time files need to be saved to internal or external memory. The file utilities can create, delete and rename directories or files as well as copy files from internal memory to USB.

  • Page 332: File Navigation

    MDO-2000E series User Manual File Navigation The File Utilities menu can be used to choose files or to set the file path for saving/recalling files. File System File path Drive space File cursor File attributes 1. Press the Utility key.

  • Page 333: Create Folder

    FILE UTILITIES 4. Use the Variable knob to move the VARIABLE file cursor up and down. Use the Select key to choose a file or directory or to set the file path. Select When a USB flash drive is used, the file path is remembered each time the USB flash drive is Note used.

  • Page 334: Rename File

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 5. Use the Variable knob to highlight a character. VARIABLE Press Enter Character or the Select key to select a number or letter. Press Back Space to delete a character. 6. Press Save Now to create the folder.

  • Page 335: Delete File Or Folder

    FILE UTILITIES 4. Press Rename when a file is chosen. 5. Use the Variable knob to highlight a character. VARIABLE Press Enter Character or the Select key to select a number or letter. Press Back Space to delete a character. 6.

  • Page 336: Copy File To Usb

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Press Delete to delete the selected file. Press Delete again to confirm the deletion. Copy File to USB Connect a USB drive to the Panel Operation Front Panel front panel USB port. Press the Utility key.

  • Page 337: Hardcopy Key

    HARDCOPY KEY ARDCOPY KEY The Hardcopy key is used as quick-save or quick-print key. The Hardcopy key can be assigned either to printout screenshots or to save files. When assigned to “Print” the screen image can be printed to a PictBridge compatible printer using the USB device port.
  • Page 338 MDO-2000E series User Manual Print Output Ensure the USB port has been configured for the printer and the printer is connected to the scope before trying to print, see page 335. 1. Press the Utility key. Panel Operation Utility 2. Press Hardcopy from the bottom menu.
  • Page 339 HARDCOPY KEY 1. If you wish to save to USB, Panel Operation Front connect a USB drive to the front panel USB port, otherwise the file will save to internal memory. 2. Press the Utility key. Utility 3. Press Hardcopy from the bottom menu.
  • Page 340 MDO-2000E series User Manual 8. To have a white background for Ink Saver image files, set Ink Saver to On. Ink Saver On Ink Saver Off *Each time the Hardcopy key is used to save Note waveforms or setup files, the files are saved into a new directory.

  • Page 341: Remote Control Config

    REMOTE CONTROL CONFIG EMOTE CONTROL CONFIG This chapter describes basic configuration for remote control. For a complete command list, refer to the programming manual downloadable from GW Instek website, www.gwinstek.com. Interface Configuration ..........340 Configure USB Interface ..............340 USB Functionality Check ..............341 Configure the Ethernet Interface ............

  • Page 342: Interface Configuration

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Interface Configuration Configure USB Interface Type A, host PC side connector Configuration Type B, device MDO-2000E side connector 1.1/2.0 Speed CDC (communications device USB Class class) 1. Press the Utility key. Panel Operation Utility 2. Press I/O from the bottom menu.

  • Page 343: Usb Functionality Check

    REMOTE CONTROL CONFIG USB Functionality Check Invoke a terminal application such as RealTerm. Terminal Application Set the COM port, baud rate, stop bit, data bit, and parity accordingly. To check the COM port number and associated port settings, see the Device Manager in the PC. For Windows 7: Control panel →...
  • Page 344 MDO-2000E series User Manual Instrument IP Subnet Mask Address The Ethernet interface is used for remote control Background using a socket server connection. For details, please see the Socket Server section on page 343. 1. Connect the Ethernet cable to the Panel Operation LAN port on the rear panel.

  • Page 345: Configure Socket Server

    REMOTE CONTROL CONFIG 6. Use the Up and Down arrows on the side menu to navigate to each Ethernet configuration item. MAC Address, Instrument Name, Items User Password, Instrument IP Address, Domain Name, DNS IP Address, Gateway IP Address, Subnet Mask 7.

  • Page 346: Socket Server Functionality Check

    MDO-2000E series User Manual 2. Press the Utility key. Utility 3. Press I/O from the bottom menu. 4. Press Socket Server from the side menu. 5. Press Select Port and choose the port number with the Variable knob. 1024~65535 Range 6.
  • Page 347 REMOTE CONTROL CONFIG 3. Start the NI Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) program. Using Windows, press: Start>All Programs>National Instruments>Measurement & Automation 4. From the Configuration panel access; My System>Devices and Interfaces>Network Devices 5. Right click Network Devices and select Create New Visa TCP/IP Resource…...
  • Page 348 MDO-2000E series User Manual 6. Select Manual Entry of Raw Socket from the popup window. 7. Click Next. 8. Enter the MDO-2000E’s IP address and socket port number. 9. Click Validate. 10. A popup will appear to tell you if a VISA socket session was successfully created.
  • Page 349 REMOTE CONTROL CONFIG 12. Choose an alias for the socket connection if you like. 13. Click Finish to finish the configuration. MDO-2000EG 14. The MDO-2000E will now appear under Network Devices in the Configuration Panel. 15. Click the Open Visa Test Panel to send a remote Functionality command to the MDO-2000E.
  • Page 350 MDO-2000E series User Manual 16. Click on the Configuration icon. 17. Select the I/O Settings tab. 18. Mark the Enable Termination Character checkbox. Make sure the termination character is a line feed (/n, value: xA). 19. Click Apply Changes.
  • Page 351 REMOTE CONTROL CONFIG 20. Click the Input/Output icon. 21. Make sure the *IDN? query is selected in the Select or Enter Command drop box. 22. Click on Query. 23. The manufacturer, model number, serial number and firmware version will be displayed in the buffer.
  • Page 352 MDO-2000E series User Manual AINTENANCE Three types of maintenance operations are available: Signal Path Compensation, Vertical Accuracy Calibration and Probe Compensation. Run these operations when using the MDO- 2000E in a new environment. How to use the SPC function............. 351 Vertical Accuracy Calibration .............

  • Page 353: Maintenance

    MAINTENANCE How to use the SPC function Signal Path Compensation (SPC) is used to Background compensate the internal signal path due to ambient temperature. SPC is able to optimize the accuracy of the oscilloscope with respect to the ambient temperature. 1.
  • Page 354 MDO-2000E series User Manual Vertical Accuracy Calibration 1. Press the Utility key. Panel Operation Utility 2. Press System from the bottom menu. 3. Press more 1 of 3 from the side menu. 4. Press Self Cal on the side menu.
  • Page 355 MAINTENANCE 8. Press Vertical again after connecting CAL to the channel 1 input. The calibration for Channel 1 starts and ends automatically, in less than 5 minutes. A message is displayed when the calibration procedure has ended. 9. Repeat the above step for Channel 2, 3* and 4* when prompted.
  • Page 356 MDO-2000E series User Manual 3. Press the CH1 key to activate CH1. 4. Set the Coupling to DC from the bottom menu. 5. Set the Probe attenuation to Page 116 Voltage, 10X. 6. Press the Autoset key. The Autoset compensation signal appears on the display.
  • Page 357 MAINTENANCE 8. Turn the adjustment point on the probe to make the waveform as square as possible. Under Over Normal Compensation Compensation...

  • Page 358: Faq

    MDO-2000E series User Manual • I connected the signal but it does not appear on the display. • I want to remove the (Measurement result / FFT result / Help contents) from the display. • The waveform does not update (frozen).
  • Page 359 The waveform does not update (frozen). Press the Run/Stop key to unfreeze the waveform. See page 42 for details. If this does not help, the trigger mode might be set to Single. Press the Single key to exit Single mode. See page 146 for Single trigger details.
  • Page 360 MDO-2000E series User Manual PPENDIX Updating the Firmware ..........359 MDO-2000E Series Specifications ......361 Model-specific ..................361 Common ....................361 Probe Specifications ..........368 GTP-070B-4 ................368 GTP-100B-4 ................368 GTP-200B-4 ................369 Dimensions ............. 370 Declaration of Conformity ........371...

  • Page 361: Appendix

    APPENDIX Updating the Firmware New firmware can be downloaded from our Background website in the MDO products section. Place a copy of the firmware file (xxx.upg) onto the root directory of a USB flash disk. 1. Put the USB drive that contains Panel Operation Front panel the firmware into the front...
  • Page 362 MDO-2000E series User Manual 4. Press the “Start Now” (F1) key. The oscilloscope will automatically start upgrading the firmware. Or press the “Cancel” (F3) key to quit the firmware upgrading procedure. 5. When the status indicator shows the complete status (status indicator in yellow completely) and a message of “Update NAND flash...

  • Page 363: Mdo-2000E Series Specifications

    APPENDIX MDO-2000E Series Specifications The specifications apply when the MDO-2000E series is powered on for at least 30 minutes under +20°C~+30°C. Model-specific MDO-2072EG/X/C/S Channels 2 + Ext Bandwidth DC ~ 70MHz (-3dB) Rise Time 5ns (Calculated) Bandwidth Limit 20MHz MDO-2074EG/X/C/S...
  • Page 364 MDO-2000E series User Manual Polarity Normal & Invert Maximum Input Voltage 300Vrms, CAT I Offset Position Range 1mV/div ~ 20mV/div : ±0.5V 50mV/div ~ 200mV/div : ±5V 500mV/div ~ 2V/div : ±25V 5V/div ~ 10V/div : ±250V Waveform Signal +, -, ×, ÷, FFT, User Defined Expression Process FFT: Spectral magnitude.
  • Page 365 APPENDIX Phase Shift ±3° at 100kHz Cursors and Cursors Amplitude, Time, Gating available; Measurement Unit: Seconds(s), Hz (1/s), Phase (degree), Ratio (%). Automatic Measurement 38 sets: Pk-Pk, Max, Min, Amplitude, High, Low, Mean, Cycle Mean, RMS, Cycle RMS, Area, Cycle Area, ROVShoot, FOVShoot, RPREShoot, FPREShoot, Frequency, Period, RiseTime, FallTime, +Width, -Width,...
  • Page 366 MDO-2000E series User Manual Total Harmonic Distortion S/N Ratio 40 dB Square/Pulse Frequency Range Square: 100 mHz to 15 MHz Rise/Fall Time < 15ns Overshoot < 3 % Duty Cycle Square: 50% Pulse: 0.4% to 99.6% Min. Pulse Width 30ns...
  • Page 367 APPENDIX Reading 5,000 counts CAT II 600Vrms, CAT III 300Vrms Below are the basic conditions required to operate the DMM within specifications: *Calibration: Yearly. *Operating Temperature Specification: 18~28˚C (64.4~82.4˚F). *Relative humidity: 80%. (Non condensing) *Accuracy: ± (% of Reading + % of Range).
  • Page 368 MDO-2000E series User Manual Temperature (Thermocouple)* Range -50°C - + 1000°C Resolution 0.1°C * Specifications do not include probe accuracy. 15 Ω Continuity Beeper Power Supply Output Channel Ch1 & Ch2 Output Voltage Range 1.0 V~ 5.0 V Output Current (max.) Voltage Step 0.1 V Continuously Adjustable...
  • Page 369 APPENDIX Kensington Style Lock Rear-panel security slot connects to standard Kensington-style lock. Miscellaneous Multi-language menu Available Operation Environment Temperature: 0°C to 50°C. Relative Humidity ≤ 80% at 40°C or below; ≤ 45% at 41°C ~ 50°C. On-line help Available Time clock Time and Date, Provide the Date/Time for saved data Dimensions...

  • Page 370: Probe Specifications

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Probe Specifications GTP-070B-4 Applicable to: MDO-2072EG/2072EX & MDO-2074EG/2074EX Position x10 Attenuation Ratio 10:1 Bandwidth DC to 70MHz Input Resistance 10MΩ when used with oscilloscopes with 1MΩ input Input Capacitance 14.5pF to 17.5pF Compensation Range 10pF to 35pF ≤600V DC + ACpk...

  • Page 371: Gtp-200B-4

    APPENDIX GTP-200B-4 Applicable to: MDO-2202EG/2202EX & MDO-2204EG/2204EX Position X10 Attenuation Ratio 10:1 Bandwidth DC to 200MHz Input Resistance 10MΩ when used with oscilloscopes with 1MΩ input. Input Capacitance 10.5pF to 17.5pF Compensation Range 5pF to 30pF ≤600V DC + ACpk Max.

  • Page 372: Dimensions

    MDO-2000E series User Manual Dimensions 384.0 111.0 127.3...

  • Page 373: Declaration Of Conformity

    APPENDIX Declaration of Conformity GOOD WILL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD. declare that the below mentioned product Type of Product: Mixed-Domain oscilloscope Model Number: MDO-2072EG, MDO-2072EX, MDO-2074EG, MDO-2074EX, MDO-2102EG, MDO-2102EX, MDO-2104EG, MDO-2104EX, MDO-2202EG, MDO-2202EX, MDO-2204EG, MDO-2204EX are herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the...
  • Page 374 MDO-2000E series User Manual NDEX AC coupling ......111 AM ..........222 AC Priority mode ...... 41 channel activation ...... 216 Acquisition ......... 80 connection ........215 average .......... 80 Coupling and tracking ....243 indicator ........26 Create new ARB waveform ..230 peak detect ........

  • Page 375: Index

    INDEX SPI ..........171 pollution degree ......6 UART ........166 Erase memory ......193 UART ........... 122 Ethernet Channel ........39 interface ........341 status indicator ......27 Expand by ground/center ..114 Control panel function External trigger......146 specification......... 363 input terminal .......
  • Page 376 MDO-2000E series User Manual Invert waveform ...... 112 Rear panel diagram ... 23, 214 Keys overview ......15 Recall ......... 321 Labels ........310 default setup ....... 321 reference ........327 Language selection ....192 setup ..........325 List of features ......11 waveform ........
  • Page 377 INDEX measurement .........91 LIN .......... 175 navigation ........90 Parallel ........177 overview ........85 SPI ........... 171 play back ........91 UART ........166 run ..........88 edge ..........154 holdoff ......... 153 Serial number ......192 indicator ........26 Service operation logic ..........178 about disassembly ......5 mode ..........

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