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  • Page 1 DSO-6202 Dual-Channel Series Digital Storage Oscilloscopes User Manual...
  • Page 2 General Warranty We warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years from the date of purchase of the product by the original purchaser from our company. The warranty period for accessories such as probes, battery is 12 months. This warranty only applies to the original purchaser and is not transferable to a third party.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. General Safety Requirements ..................1 2. Safety Terms and Symbols ....................2 3. Junior User Guidebook ....................4 Introduction to the Structure of the Oscilloscope ..............5 Front Panel ............................... 5 Front Panel Menu Buttons ........................6 Rear Panel ..............................
  • Page 4 Bus Trigger ............................. 47 Bus Decoding ............................53 How to Operate the Function Menu ..................57 How to Implement Sampling Setup ....................... 57 How to Set the Display System ......................59 How to Save and Recall a Waveform ..................... 62 How to Record/Playback Waveforms ....................
  • Page 5 Making Multimeter Measurements ..................105 Measuring AC or DC Current ......................105 Measuring AC or DC Voltage ......................106 Measuring Resistance ........................... 106 Testing Diodes............................106 Testing for Continuity .......................... 106 Measuring Capacitance ........................106 Multimeter Features ........................ 107 Data Hold Mode ........................... 107 Making Relative Measurements ......................

  • Page 6: General Safety Requirements

    1.General Safety Requirements 1. General Safety Requirements Before use, please read the following safety precautions to avoid any possible bodily injury and to prevent this product or any other connected products from damage. In order to avoid any contingent danger, ensure this product is only used within the range specified.

  • Page 7: Safety Terms And Symbols

    2.Safety Terms and Symbols 2. Safety Terms and Symbols Safety Terms Terms in this manual. The following terms may appear in this manual: Warning: Warning indicates the conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. Caution: Caution indicates the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.
  • Page 8 2.Safety Terms and Symbols The diagram of the oscilloscope ground wire connection: Probe Oscilloscope Electrical Outlet Signal Input Power Cord Ground Clip The diagram of the ground wire connection when the battery-powered oscilloscope is connected to the AC-powered PC through the ports: Oscilloscope Probe Electrical Outlet...

  • Page 9: Junior User Guidebook

    3.Junior User Guidebook 3. Junior User Guidebook This chapter deals with the following topics mainly:  Introduction to the structure of the oscilloscope  Introduction to the user interface  How to implement the general inspection  How to implement the function inspection ...

  • Page 10: Introduction To The Structure Of The Oscilloscope

    3.Junior User Guidebook Introduction to the Structure of the Oscilloscope This chapter makes a simple description of the operation and function of the front panel of the oscilloscope, enabling you to be familiar with the use of the oscilloscope in the shortest time.

  • Page 11: Front Panel Menu Buttons

    3.Junior User Guidebook 8. Power on/off Backlight of this button: Red light: The oscilloscope is turned off (connects with AC Power); Green light: The oscilloscope is turned on. Front Panel Menu Buttons Remove the left and right menu Select the right menu item Select the bottom menu item Figure 3-2 Menu Buttons Rear Panel...

  • Page 12: Control Area

    3.Junior User Guidebook to the oscilloscope regarded as "slave device". For example: to use this port when connect PC to the oscilloscope by USB. 9. Lock Hole: You can lock the oscilloscope to a fixed location using the security lock (please buy it yourself) to secure the oscilloscope.

  • Page 13: User Interface Introduction

    3.Junior User Guidebook two "Scale" knob control voltage scale of CH1, CH2. 6. Default: Call out the factory settings. 7. Print: Print an image of what appears on the instrument screen. 8. Decode: Turn on/off Decode function. 9. DMM (optional Digital Multimeter) or Snapshot (Shortcut button for measurement snapshot) 10.
  • Page 14 3.Junior User Guidebook Stop: Data acquisition stopped. Click to show/hide the touchable menu pane. (see "Operate the Menu through Touchscreen" on P17) Turn on/off the magnifier function. The two blue dotted lines indicates the vertical position of cursor measurement. The T pointer indicates the horizontal position for the trigger. The pointer indicates the trigger position in the record length.

  • Page 15: How To Implement The General Inspection

    3.Junior User Guidebook 25. The reading shows the setting of main time base. 26. It is cursor measure window, showing the absolute values and the readings of the cursors. 27. The blue pointer indicates the grounding datum point (zero point position) of the waveform of the CH2 channel.

  • Page 16: How To Implement The Probe Compensation

    3.Junior User Guidebook select Default in the bottom menu. The default attenuation coefficient set value of the probe in the menu is 10X. Set the Switch in the Oscilloscope Probe as 10X and Connect the Oscilloscope with CH1 Channel. Align the slot in the probe with the plug in the CH1 connector BNC, and then tighten the probe with rotating it to the right side.

  • Page 17: How To Set The Probe Attenuation Coefficient

    3.Junior User Guidebook panel. Check the displayed waveforms and regulate the probe till a correct compensation is achieved (see Figure 3-7 and Figure 3-8). Overcompensated Compensated correctly Under compensated Figure 3-7 Displayed Waveforms of the Probe Compensation Repeat the steps mentioned if needed. Figure 3-8 Adjust Probe How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient The probe has several attenuation coefficients, which will influence the vertical scale...

  • Page 18: How To Use The Probe Safely

    3.Junior User Guidebook Figure 3-9 Attenuation Switch Caution: When the attenuation switch is set to 1X, the probe will limit the bandwidth of the oscilloscope in 5MHz. To use the full bandwidth of the oscilloscope, the switch must be set to 10X. Identify the Probe Attenuation Coefficient Automatically The oscilloscope can identify the probe attenuation coefficient of the 100:1 (impedance 5K±20%) or 10:1 (impedance 10K±20%) probe with the identifying pin.

  • Page 19: How To Implement Self-Calibration

    3.Junior User Guidebook How to Implement Self-calibration The self-calibration application can make the oscilloscope reach the optimum condition rapidly to obtain the most accurate measurement value. You can carry out this application program at any time. This program must be executed whenever the change of ambient temperature is 5℃...

  • Page 20: Introduction To The Horizontal System

    3.Junior User Guidebook Turn the Vertical Position knob to change the vertical display position of channel and push the position knob to set the vertical display position back to 0 as a shortcut key, this is especially helpful when the trace position is far out of the screen and want it to get back to the screen center immediately.

  • Page 21: Introduction To The Trigger System

    3.Junior User Guidebook Triggering displacement back to 0 shortcut key Turn the Horizontal Position knob to change the horizontal position of channel and push the Horizontal Position knob to set the back to 0 as a triggering displacement shortcut key. 3.

  • Page 22: Operate The Menu Through Touchscreen

    3.Junior User Guidebook Operate the Menu through Touchscreen  Select a menu item: Touch the menu items in the bottom menu, or in the right menu, or in the left menu.  Switch menu items: If there are options that can be switched in the menu, you can repeatedly touch the area of the menu item to switch, or push the corresponding button to switch.
  • Page 23 3.Junior User Guidebook  Set the trigger level of the source in trigger menu (Trigger Level knob): Swipe up or down on the area nearby the trigger pointer on the right.  Set the horizontal position (Horizontal Position knob): Swipe left or right on the display area.
  • Page 24 3.Junior User Guidebook Double Zoom and Single Zoom In touchable menu pane, if DoubleZoom is selected, in the display area, pinch and spread horizontally to change the time base; pinch and spread vertically to change the voltage division of current channel.
  • Page 25 3.Junior User Guidebook In touchable menu pane, if SingleZoom is selected, click anywhere on the Display area to show the touching control panel.  Set the voltage division (Vertical Scale knob): Click on the left upper area to increase...

  • Page 26: Gestures In Wave Zoom Mode

    3.Junior User Guidebook the voltage division of CH1; click on the left lower area to decrease the voltage division of CH1. Click on the right upper area to increase the voltage division of CH2; click on the right lower area to decrease the voltage division of CH2. ...
  • Page 27 3.Junior User Guidebook (Double Zoom)

  • Page 28: Other Operations Using Touchscreen

    3.Junior User Guidebook (Single Zoom) Other Operations Using Touchscreen  Measure with Cursors:  Run/Stop: Double tap on the display area, or click the on the left top of the display area to run or stop the waveform sampling.  Touch keyboard: Click to input. ...

  • Page 29: Magnifier Function

    3.Junior User Guidebook Click to increase the value of cursor position Move the cursor Click to decrease the value of cursor position Magnifier Function The magnifier window can display the magnified wave of the wave selection, when the magnifier function is enabled. Click the icon on the left top of the display area, the magnifier window and menu will be shown.
  • Page 30 3.Junior User Guidebook The description of the Magnifier menu is shown as follows: Function Menu Setting Description Horizontal magnification factor. The size of the magnifier window is fixed. Therefor, the Horizontal greater this value, the shorter the horizontal length of the wave selection. Vertical magnification factor.

  • Page 31: Advanced User Guidebook

    4.Advanced User Guidebook 4. Advanced User Guidebook Up till now, you have already been familiar with the basic operations of the function areas, buttons and knobs in the front panel of the oscilloscope. Based the introduction of the previous Chapter, the user should have an initial knowledge of the determination of the change of the oscilloscope setting through observing the status bar.

  • Page 32: How To Set The Vertical System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook How to Set the Vertical System The VERTICAL CONTROLS includes three menu buttons such as CH1, CH2 and Math, and four knobs such as Vertical Position, Vertical Scale for each channel. Setting of CH1 and CH2 Each channel has an independent vertical menu and each item is set respectively based on the channel.
  • Page 33 4.Advanced User Guidebook the direct current bias. The operation steps are shown as below: (1) Push the CH1 button to show the CH1 SETUP menu. (2) Select Coupling in the bottom menu. (3) Select DC in the right menu. Both DC and AC components of the signal are passed. (4) Select AC in the right menu.

  • Page 34: Use Mathematical Manipulation Function

    4.Advanced User Guidebook (4) Select 20M in the right menu. The bandwidth is limited to 20 MHz. The frequencies above 20MHz will be rejected. 6. To set the input impedance To reduce the circuit load caused by the interaction of the oscilloscope and the circuit to be tested, you can set the input impedance.
  • Page 35 4.Advanced User Guidebook Hamming Rectangle Blackman Window Select window for FFT. Hanning Kaiser Bartlett V RMS Decibels Format V RMS and Decibels are Radian Degrees Switch to select the horizontal position or Position value Hori (Hz) time base of the FFT waveform, turn the Time base value/ M knob to adjust it Switch to select the vertical position or...

  • Page 36: Waveform Math

    4.Advanced User Guidebook cut-off fre Turn the M knob to set cut-off frequency upper down Vertical Turn the M knob to adjust the vertical (div) position of Math waveform Enable or disable FFT peak search. Dynamic marker ▽ marks the FFT FFT Peak peak.

  • Page 37: Digital Filter

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Digital Filter Digital filter provides 4 types of filters (low pass, high pass, band pass and band reject). The specified frequencies can be filtered by setting the cut-off frequency. Press the Math button to display the math menu in the bottom. 2.
  • Page 38 4.Advanced User Guidebook To select the FFT window ■ There are 6 FFT windows. Each one has trade-offs between frequency resolution and magnitude accuracy. What you want to measure and your source signal characteristics help you to determine which window to use. Use the following guidelines to select the best window.

  • Page 39: Use Vertical Position And Scale Knobs

    4.Advanced User Guidebook The frequency resolution when using the Kaiser window is fair; the spectral leakage and amplitude accuracy are both good. The Kaiser window is best used when frequencies Kaiser are very close to the same value but have widely differing amplitudes (the side lobe level and shape factor are closest to the traditional Gaussian RBW).

  • Page 40: How To Set The Horizontal System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-1 Information about Vertical Position How to Set the Horizontal System The HORIZONTAL CONTROLS includes the Horizontal HOR button and such knobs as Horizontal Position and Horizontal Scale. 1. Horizontal Position knob: this knob is used to adjust the horizontal positions of all channels (include those obtained from the mathematical manipulation), the analytic resolution of which changes with the time base.

  • Page 41: How To Set The Trigger/Decoding System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook In normal mode, the Horizontal Position and Horizontal Scale knobs are used to adjust the horizontal position and time base of the Main window. In wave zoom mode, the Horizontal Position and Horizontal Scale knobs are used to adjust the horizontal position and time base of the Zoom window.

  • Page 42: Single Trigger

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Key operation: Press Trigger Menu panel button, then bottom menu Trigger Type, select Single, ALT, Logic or Bus Trigger on the popup right menus, rotate M knob to choose different trigger types. Touch operation: Click Main menu icon on the left top of the screen, select Trig Menu, click bottom button Trigger Type, choose Single, ALT, Logic or Bus Trigger on the popup right menus, click to choose different trigger types。...
  • Page 43 4.Advanced User Guidebook An edge trigger occurs on trigger level value of the specified edge of input signal. Select Edge trigger mode to trigger on rising edge or falling edge. In Edge Trigger mode, the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of ，indicates that trigger type is edge, the screen, for example, trigger source is CH1, coupling is DC, and trigger level is 0.00mV.
  • Page 44 4.Advanced User Guidebook video signals. In Video Trigger mode, the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of ，indicates that trigger type is Video, trigger the screen, for example, source is CH1, and Sync type is Even. Video Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION...
  • Page 45 4.Advanced User Guidebook Set slope condition; turn the M knob or click set slope time, press panel button or click to move cursor to choose which digit to be set. High level Adjust M knob to set the High level upper limit. Threshold Low level Adjust M knob to set Low level lower limit.
  • Page 46 4.Advanced User Guidebook Select pulse width condition and adjust the M knob or click to set time, press panel button or click to move cursor to choose which digit to be set. Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Normal Acquire waveform when trigger occurred Single When trigger occurs, acquire one waveform then stop...
  • Page 47 4.Advanced User Guidebook Select CH1 as the trigger source. Source Select CH2 as the trigger source. Adjust the M knob or click to set the up level Up Level threshold. Threshold Adjust the M knob or click to set the low level Low Level threshold.
  • Page 48 4.Advanced User Guidebook windows, trigger source is CH1, polarity is positive, 0.00mV the differential between up level and low level threshold. Windows Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Single Set vertical channel trigger type as Windows trigger. Windows Mode Select CH1 as the trigger source. Source Select CH2 as the trigger source.
  • Page 49 4.Advanced User Guidebook 7.Timeout Trigger The oscilloscope triggers when the time interval from when the rising edge (or the falling edge) passes through the trigger level to when the neighbouring falling edge (or the rising edge) passes through the trigger level is greater than the timeout time set.
  • Page 50 4.Advanced User Guidebook In Nth Edge Trigger mode, the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right ，indicates that trigger type is Nth of the screen, for example, Edge, trigger source is CH1, -150V is up level or low level threshold. Nth Edge Trigger Nth Edge Trigger menu list: MENU...

  • Page 51: Alternate Trigger (Trigger Mode: Edge)

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Normal Acquire waveform when trigger occurred Single When trigger occurs, acquire one waveform then stop Mode 100 ns - 10 s, adjust M knob or click to set time Holdoff Holdoff interval before another trigger occur, press panel button or click...

  • Page 52: Bus Trigger

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Logic Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Mode Logic Set vertical channel trigger type as Logic trigger. Set logic mode as AND. Logic Set logic mode as OR. Mode XNOR Set logic mode as XNOR. Set logic mode as XOR. Set CH1 as High Level, Low level, high or low level, Rise and Fall.
  • Page 53 4.Advanced User Guidebook ，indicates that trigger type right of the screen, for example, is RS232, CH1 trigger level is 0.00mV. Format as shown in the figure below, RS232 Trigger RS232 Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type RS232 Set vertical channel bus type as RS232 trigger. Sour CH1 Select CH1 as the trigger source.
  • Page 54 4.Advanced User Guidebook Common Baud: adjust M knob to choose common baud. Custom Baud: adjust M knob to choose baud, ranges from 50 to 10,000,000. Data Bits：Set as 5、6、7、8 bits. Data Data： Set data according to data bits, ranges from 0-31, 0-63, 0-127 or 0-255.
  • Page 55 4.Advanced User Guidebook Trigger when SDA data is high during any Ack Lost acknowledgement of SCL clock position. Trigger on the read or write bit when the preset Address address is met. Addr Set Address Bits to be “7”、“8”or“10”. Bits Addr Set address according to the preset address bits, address range is 0-127, 0-255, 0-1023 respectively.
  • Page 56 4.Advanced User Guidebook Set the minimum time that SCL must be idle, that is a period of SCL, available range 100ns-10s. Time out means SCL keeps idle for a specified time before oscilloscope starts to search for the data(SDA) on Time Out Time out which to trigger.
  • Page 57 4.Advanced User Guidebook MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type Set vertical channel bus type as CAN trigger. Select CH1 as the trigger source. Source Select CH2 as the trigger source. CAN_H Actual CAN_H bus signal. CAN_L Actual CAN_L bus signal. Type Transmission signal on the CAN signal line.

  • Page 58: Bus Decoding

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Set the data with the M knob Data and Direction key on the front panel. Trigger on the end frame of the data frame. Missing Trigger on Missing Ack. Trigger on Bit Stuffing Error. Stuffing Mode Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Normal Acquire waveform when trigger occurred...
  • Page 59 4.Advanced User Guidebook Turn the M knob (or tap on in touchscreen) to set Custom the Baud. The range is 50 to 10,000,000. Baud Tip: You can select the nearest value in Common Baud, and then adjust it in this menu. Set the data width of each frame to match the signal.
  • Page 60 4.Advanced User Guidebook Note:  Use the Trigger Level knob to adjust the thresholds of bus trigger and bus decoding.  When the ACK (ACKnowledge Character) is not met, two red error marks will be displayed in the corresponding position in the waveform. I2C Decoding menu list: MENU SETTING...
  • Page 61 4.Advanced User Guidebook SPI Decoding menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type Set bus type of decoding as SPI. Select the clock edge to match the signal, sample the SCLK SDA data on the rising or falling edge of the clock. Set the minimum time that the clock (SCL) signal must be idle before the oscilloscope starts to search for the data Time Out...

  • Page 62: How To Operate The Function Menu

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Error Frame Green Data Length code L, DLC, or do not display Blue Data D, Data, or do not display Black Valid: Purple Cyclic Redundancy Check C, CRC, or do not display Error: Red Note:  Use the Trigger Level knob to adjust the thresholds of bus trigger and bus decoding.
  • Page 63 4.Advanced User Guidebook Function Menu Setting Description Sample Normal sampling mode. Use to capture maximal and minimal samples. Finding highest and lowest points Peak Detect over adjacent intervals. It is used for the Acqu detection of the jamming burr and the Mode possibility of reducing the confusion.

  • Page 64: How To Set The Display System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Sine(x)/x interpolation Linear interpolation How to Set the Display System Push the Display button and the Display menu is shown as follows:...
  • Page 65 4.Advanced User Guidebook Function Menu Setting Description Dots Only the sampling points are displayed. Vect The space between the adjacent sampling Type points in the display is filled with the vector form. 1 Second Persist 2 Seconds Set the persistence time Persist 5 Seconds &Color...
  • Page 66 4.Advanced User Guidebook Cold (1) Push the Display button. (2) Select Persist&Color in the bottom menu. (3) Select Color in the right menu, choose between ON/OFF. Figure 4-2 The color temperature function is on XY Format This format is only applicable to Channel 1 and Channel 2. After the XY display format is selected, Channel 1 is displayed in the horizontal axis and Channel 2 in the vertical axis;...

  • Page 67: How To Save And Recall A Waveform

    4.Advanced User Guidebook  Reference or digital wave form  Cursor  Trigger control  FFT Operation steps: 1. Push the Display button. 2. Select XY Mode in the bottom menu. Select Enable as ON in the right menu. To make the XY view full screen, select Full Screen as ON in the right menu. Counter It is a 6-digit single-channel counter.
  • Page 68 4.Advanced User Guidebook Choose the waveform to be saved. (If certain channel is off, the corresponding Math menu item will be disabled.) Source (Choose All to save all the waveforms that are turned on. You can save into the current internal object address, or into USB storage as a single file.) Choose the address which the waveform is Object...
  • Page 69 4.Advanced User Guidebook Save the current display screen. The file can be only stored in a USB storage, so a Save USB storage must be connected first. The file name is editable. The file is stored in BMP format. Save and Recall the Waveform The oscilloscope can store 100 waveforms, which can be displayed with the current waveform at the same time.
  • Page 70 4.Advanced User Guidebook 8. Recalling: The BIN waveform file could be open by waveform analysis software (on the supplied CD). Tip: Whatever the Type of save menu is set, you can save the waveform by just pressing the Copy panel button in any user interface. If the Storage of the save menu is set as "External", you should install the USB disk.
  • Page 71 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-3: Disk Management of computer 4. Right click 1 or 2 red mark area, choose Format. And system will pop up a warning message, click Yes. Figure 4-4: Format the USB disk warning 5. Set File System as FAT32, Allocation unit size 4096. Check "Perform a quick format"...
  • Page 72 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-5: Formatting the USB disk setting 6. Formatting process. Figure 4-6: Formatting the USB disk Check whether the USB disk is FAT32 with allocation unit size 4096 after formatting. Use Minitool Partition Wizard to format Download URL: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html Tip: There are many tools for the USB disk formatting on the market, just take Minitool Partition Wizard for example here.
  • Page 73 4.Advanced User Guidebook 3. Click Reload Disk on the pull-down menu at the top left or push keyboard F5, and information about the USB disk will display on the right side with red mark 1 and 2. Figure 4-7: Reload Disk 4.

  • Page 74: How To Record/Playback Waveforms

    4.Advanced User Guidebook 6. Click Apply at the top left of the menu. Then click Yes on the pop-up warning to begin formatting. Figure 4-10: Apply setting 7. Formatting process Figure 4-11: Format process Format the USB disk successfully Figure 4-12: Format successfully How to Record/Playback Waveforms Wave Record function can record the input current wave.
  • Page 75 4.Advanced User Guidebook Record, Playback and Storage. When storage medium is External, Wave Record contains two modes: OFF, Record. Record: To record wave according to the interval until it reaches the end frame set. Record menu (Internal Storage) shows as follows: Menu Setting Instruction...
  • Page 76 4.Advanced User Guidebook Mode to store (1 - 1000) Frame Set Turn the M knob to select the number of end frame to End frame store (1 - 1000) Save Save the waveform record file to the internal memory Load Load the waveform record file from the memory To use wave record function, do as follows: (1) Push Save button.
  • Page 77 4.Advanced User Guidebook Both of the waveforms of Channel 1 and Channel 2 will be recorded. If a Channel is turned off while recording, the waveform of the channel is invalid in the playback mode. To use wave record to external, do as follows: 1.

  • Page 78: How To Clone And Recall A Waveform

    4.Advanced User Guidebook How to Clone and Recall a waveform You can clone the waveform of one or both channels between two cursors, and save it in the internal memory or on a USB memory device. You can save four cloned waveforms in the instrument internal memory.
  • Page 79 4.Advanced User Guidebook (1) Push Save button. (2) Select Type in the bottom menu, in the left menu, turn the M knob to select Clone. (3) Select Source in the bottom menu, select one channel (CH1/CH2) or two channels (CH1&CH2) in the right menu for Source. (4) Select Line in the bottom menu.
  • Page 80 4.Advanced User Guidebook selectable. (5) Select Output in the right menu. To output the cloned waveform in the USB memory device through the generator: (The generator is optional.) (1) Push button to set the output channel of the generator. (2) Select Arb in the bottom menu, select Others in the right menu, and select File Browse.
  • Page 81 4.Advanced User Guidebook Parameter name Meaning Value Comment HEAD Header size 4 bytes int TYPE Parameter name Meaning Value Comment TYPE Model 12 bytes char BYTE Parameter name Meaning Value Comment BYTE Data length in bit 4 bytes int SIZE Parameter name Meaning Value...

  • Page 82: How To Implement The Auxiliary System Function Setting

    4.Advanced User Guidebook How to Implement the Auxiliary System Function Setting ●Config Push the Utility button, select Function in the bottom menu, select Configure in the left menu. The description of Configure Menu is shown as the follows: Function Menu Setting Description Choose the display language of the operating...
  • Page 83 4.Advanced User Guidebook Function Menu Description Self Cal Carry out the self-calibration procedure. Default Call out the factory settings. ProbeCh. Check whether probe attenuation is good. Do Self Cal (Self-Calibration) The self-calibration procedure can improve the accuracy of the oscilloscope under the ambient temperature to the greatest extent.
  • Page 84 4.Advanced User Guidebook The description of Pass/fail Menu is shown as the follows: Function Menu Setting Description Enable Control enable switch operate Operate Control operate switch Pass Signal tested corresponds with the rule Fail Signal tested not correspond with the rule Output Beep Beep when it satisfies the rule...

  • Page 85: How To Update Your Instrument Firmware

    4.Advanced User Guidebook 4. Under the status of stop, data comparing will stop, and when it goes on running, the number of Pass/Fail will increase from the former number, not from zero. 5. When the waveform playback mode is on, Pass/Fail is used to test the played-back waveform specially.
  • Page 86 4.Advanced User Guidebook memory device. USB memory device requirements: Insert a USB memory device into the USB port on the front panel. If the icon appears on the top right of the screen, the USB memory device is installed successfully. If the USB memory device cannot be detected, format the USB memory device according to the methods in "USB disk Requirements"...

  • Page 87: How To Measure Automatically

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Long press the button to power on the instrument. How to Measure Automatically Push the Measure button to display the menu for the settings of the Automatic Measurements. At most 8 types of measurements could be displayed on the bottom left of the screen.
  • Page 88 4.Advanced User Guidebook Measure Only if the waveform channel is in the ON state, the measurement can be performed. The automatic measurement can not be performed in the following situation: 1) On the saved waveform. 2) On the Dual Wfm Math waveform. 3) On the Video trigger mode.
  • Page 89 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-15 Mean: The arithmetic mean over the entire waveform. PK-PK: Peak-to-Peak Voltage. RMS: The true Root Mean Square voltage over the entire waveform. Max: The maximum amplitude. The most positive peak voltage measured over the entire waveform. Min: The minimum amplitude.
  • Page 90 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-16 Rise Time: Time that the leading edge of the first pulse in the waveform takes to rise from 10% to 90% of its amplitude. Fall Time: Time that the falling edge of the first pulse in the waveform takes to fall from 90% to 10% of its amplitude.

  • Page 91: How To Measure With Cursors

    4.Advanced User Guidebook reference value to the low reference value in the waveform. Area : The area of the whole waveform within the screen and the unit is voltage-second. The area measured above the zero reference (namely the vertical offset) is positive; the area measured below the zero reference is negative. The area measured is the algebraic sum of the area of the whole waveform within the screen.
  • Page 92 4.Advanced User Guidebook 2. In the bottom menu, select Source as CH1. Select the first menu item in the bottom menu, the Type menu will display at the right of the screen. In the right menu, select Time&Voltage for Type, two blue dotted lines displayed along the horizontal direction of the screen, two blue dotted lines displayed along the vertical direction of the screen.
  • Page 93 4.Advanced User Guidebook Move the cursors by gestures About the gestures for moving cursors, see "Other Operations Using Touchscreen" on P23. The Cursor Measurement for FFT mode In FFT mode, push the Cursor button to turn cursors on and display the cursor menu. The description of the cursor menu in FFT mode is shown as the following table: Function Setting...

  • Page 94: How To Use Autoscale

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Display the channel to which the cursor Source Math FFT measurement will be applied. Perform the following operation steps for the amplitude and frequency cursor measurement of math FFT: 1. Press the Math button to display the math menu in the bottom. Select FFT. In the right menu, select Format.
  • Page 95 4.Advanced User Guidebook Show Multi-period waveforms. Wave Only show one or two periods. If you want to measure the two-channel signal, you can do as the follows: 1. Push the Autoscale button, the function menu will appear. 2. In the bottom menu, select ON in the Autoscale menu item. 3.

  • Page 96: How To Use Built-In Help

    4.Advanced User Guidebook 7. When video triggering, the horizontal time scale is 50us. If one channel is showing edge signal, the other channel is showing video one, the time scale refers to 50us as video one as standard. 8. While the Autoscale is working, the settings below will be made forcibly: The DSO will switch from the wave zoom mode to the normal mode.
  • Page 97 4.Advanced User Guidebook Five kinds of types: Sine, Square, video signal, DC level, Unknown signal. Menu as follow: Sine: ( Multi-period, Single-period, FFT, Cancel Autoset Square: ( Multi-period, Single-period, Rising Edge, Falling Edge, Cancel Autoset Video signal: DC level, Unknown signal: Description for some icons: Multi-period：...

  • Page 98: How To Print The Screen Image

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Copy: You can save the waveform by just pushing the Copy panel button in any user interface. The source wave and the storage location are according to the settings of the Save function menu when the Type is Wave. For more details, please see "...

  • Page 99: Use The Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional)

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) 5. Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) The oscilloscope contains an integrated dual-channel arbitrary function generator (25 MHz or 50 MHz). The function generator provides 4 basic waveforms (sine, square, ramp, and pulse) and 46 built-in arbitrary waveforms (Noise, Exponential rise, Exponential fall, Sin(x)/x, Staircase, etc.).

  • Page 100: To Set Signals

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) Amplitude Lock Select Ampl Lock in the bottom menu as On, the amplitude of the two channels can be adjusted synchronously. Align Phase Select Align Phase in the bottom menu to align the initial phase of two channel signals. To Set Signals (1) Push button to show the bottom menu of generator.

  • Page 101: To Set The Period

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) Click to increase the value of cursor position Move the cursor Click to decrease the value of cursor position To Set the Period Select Period in the right menu (if Period is not displayed, select Frequency and select it again to switch to Period).

  • Page 102: To Set The Symmetry Of Ramp

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) Level, Offset/Low Level, Symmetry. To set the Frequency/Period, Start Phase, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, please refer to To Output Sine Signals on page 95. To Set the Symmetry of Ramp Select Symmetry in the right menu of Ramp. Set the parameter in the right menu. To Output Pulse Signals The parameters of Pulse waveform are: Frequency/Period, Start Phase, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, Width/Duty Cycle.
  • Page 103 5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) (4) Edit the waveform points: Select Edit Points in the right menu.  Select Point, input the number of the point to be edited.  Select Voltage, input the voltage for the current point. ...

  • Page 104: File Browse

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) Clear Switch the case Switch to symbol keyboard Confirm File Browse To read a waveform stored in internal storage or USB device: (1) Push button. Select Arb in the bottom menu, select Others in the right menu, and select File Browse.
  • Page 105 5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) StairUD Stair-up and stair-down waveform Trapezia Trapezoid waveform RoundHalf RoundHalf wave AbsSine Absolute value of a Sine AbsSineHalf Absolute value of half a Sine SineTra Sine transverse cut SineVer Sine vertical cut NegRamp Negative ramp AttALT Gain oscillation curve AmpALT...

  • Page 106: Frequency Response Analysis

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) Rhombus Rhombus signal Cardiac Cardiac signal Noise Noise signal Frequency Response Analysis The Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) feature controls the built-in waveform generator to sweep a sine wave across a range of frequencies while measuring the input to and output from a device under test.
  • Page 107 5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator (Optional) Adjust offset of gain plot, range from -250dB to Gain Offset 250dB. Phase Scale Adjust scale of phase plot, range from 5° to 180°. Phase Offset Adjust offset of phase plot, range from -180° to 180°. Autoscale Autoscale gain and phase plots.

  • Page 108: Use The Multimeter (Optional)

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) 6. Use the Multimeter (Optional) Input Terminals The input terminals are on the back of the oscilloscope, which marked as 10A, mA, COM, IEC II Overvoltage Protection. In order to prevent electric shock, the multimeter provides overvoltage protection for line-voltage mains connections meeting both of the following conditions: and COM input terminals are connected to the mains under Measurement Category II conditions, defined below.

  • Page 109: Dmm Information Window

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) Measuring AC current Current Measuring DC current Measuring AC voltage Voltage Measuring DC voltage Measuring resistance Testing diode Testing for continuity Measuring capacitance Hold ON OFF Freeze the display during measurement. When making relative measurements, reading is the Relative difference between a stored reference value and the input signal.

  • Page 110: Making Multimeter Measurements

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) ------ Diode measurement ------ Continuity test ------ Capacitance measurement 3. Range. 4. Measurement display ("OL" is short for overload, indicates the reading exceeds the display range) 5. Data hold mode is enabled. 6. Multimeter recorder (See Multimeter Recorder "...

  • Page 111: Measuring Ac Or Dc Voltage

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) (6) Turn on the power of the measured circuit, and read the display. Turn off the power of the measured circuit and discharge all high-voltage capacitors. Remove the test leads and restore the circuit to the original condition. Measuring AC or DC Voltage (1) Push DMM button on the front panel.

  • Page 112: Multimeter Features

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) reading. Note: when measuring the capacitance which is less than 5 nF, please use relative value measuring mode to improve measuring precision. Multimeter Features Data Hold Mode You can freeze the display for any function. (1) Select Hold in the bottom menu as ON. will be shown on the display.
  • Page 113 6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) Push the Utility button, select Function in the bottom menu, select DAQ in the left menu. The description of DAQ Menu is shown as the follows: Function Menu Setting Description Interval Set the record interval ( 0.5s - 10s, step by 0.5s) "d h m s"...
  • Page 114 6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) Record time, use the defined interval as its refresh interval Day H M S 10. When internal storage is selected: You can export the internal record file to a USB memory device. Insert the USB memory device into the front-panel USB port on your instrument.
  • Page 115 6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) 4. The chart will be displayed (see Figure 6-6). If you want to keep the chart, save the file to XLS format. Figure 6-4 Figure 6-3 Figure 6-5...

  • Page 116: Communication With Pc

    7.Communication with PC 7. Communication with PC The oscilloscope supports communications with a PC through USB or LAN port. You can use the Oscilloscope communication software to store, analyze, display the data and remote control. To learn about how to operate the software, you can push F1 in the software to open the help document.

  • Page 117: Using Lan Port

    7.Communication with PC Using LAN Port Connect directly (1) Connection. Plug in the LAN cable to the LAN port in the back of the oscilloscope; plug the other end into the LAN interface of the computer. (2) Set the network parameters of the computer. Since the oscilloscope can not support obtaining an IP address automatically, you should assign a static IP address.

  • Page 118: Connect Through A Router

    7.Communication with PC Figure 7-3 Set the network parameters of the Oscilloscope Software (4) Set the network parameters of the oscilloscope. In the oscilloscope, push the Utility button. Select Function in the bottom menu. Select LAN Set in the left menu. In the bottom menu, set the Type item as LAN, and select Set.
  • Page 119 7.Communication with PC set the IP address to 192.168.1.71, Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, Default gateway is 192.168.1.1. Figure 7-5 Set the network parameters of the computer (3) Set the network parameters of the Oscilloscope Software. Run the software on the computer;...
  • Page 120 7.Communication with PC (4) Set the network parameters of the oscilloscope. In the oscilloscope, push the Utility button. Select Function in the bottom menu. Select LAN Set in the left menu. In the bottom menu, set the Type item as LAN, and select Set. In the right menu, set IP and Port to the same value as the "Ports-settings"...

  • Page 121: Demonstration

    8.Demonstration 8. Demonstration Example 1: Measurement a Simple Signal The purpose of this example is to display an unknown signal in the circuit, and measure the frequency and peak-to-peak voltage of the signal. Carry out the following operation steps for the rapid display of this signal: (1) Set the probe menu attenuation coefficient as 10X and that of the switch in the probe switch as 10X (see "How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient"...

  • Page 122: Example 2: Gain Of A Amplifier In A Metering Circuit

    8.Demonstration Figure 8-1 Measure period and frequency value for a given signal Example 2: Gain of a Amplifier in a Metering Circuit The purpose of this example is to work out the Gain of an Amplifier in a Metering Circuit. First we use Oscilloscope to measure the amplitude of input signal and output signal from the circuit, then to work out the Gain by using given formulas.

  • Page 123: Example 3: Capturing A Single Signal

    8.Demonstration Gain = Output Signal / Input signal Gain (db) = 20×log (gain) Figure 8-2 Waveform of Gain Measurement Example 3: Capturing a Single Signal It's quite easy to use Digital Oscilloscope to capture non-periodic signal, such as a pulse and burr etc. But the common problem is how to set up a trigger if you have no knowledge of the signal? For example, if the pulse is the logic signal of a TTL level, the trigger level should be set to 2 volts and the trigger edge be set as the rising edge trigger.

  • Page 124: Example 4: Analyze The Details Of A Signal

    8.Demonstration (9) Select Coupling in the bottom menu. Select DC in the right menu. (10) In the bottom menu, select Slope as (rising). (11) Turn the Trigger Level knob and adjust the trigger level to the roughly 50% of the signal to be measured. (12) Check the Trigger State Indicator on the top of the screen, if it is not Ready, push down the Run/Stop button and start acquiring, wait for trigger to happen.
  • Page 125 8.Demonstration (1) Push the Acquire button to display the Acquire menu. (2) Select Acqu Mode in the bottom menu. (3) Select Peak Detect in the right menu. The signal displayed on the screen containing some noise, by turning on Peak Detect function and changing time base to slow down the incoming signal, any peaks or burr would be detected by the function (see Figure 8-4).

  • Page 126: Example 5: Application Of X-Y Function

    8.Demonstration Figure 8-5 Reduce Noise level by using Average function Example 5: Application of X-Y Function Examine the Phase Difference between Signals of two Channels Example: Test the phase change of the signal after it passes through a circuit network. X-Y mode is a very useful when examining the Phase shift of two related signals.

  • Page 127: Example 6: Video Signal Trigger

    8.Demonstration (8) With the elliptical oscillogram method adopted, observe and calculate the phase difference (see Figure 8-6). The signal must be centered and kept in the horizontal direction. Figure 8-6 Lissajous Graph Based on the expression sin (q) =A/B or C/D, thereinto, q is the phase difference angle, and the definitions of A, B, C, and D are shown as the graph above.
  • Page 128 8.Demonstration (3) In the left menu, select Video as the mode. (4) Select Source in the bottom menu. Select CH1 in the right menu. (5) Select Modu in the bottom menu. Select NTSC in the right menu. (6) Select Sync in the bottom menu. Select Field in the right menu. (7) Turn the Vertical Scale, Vertical Position and Horizontal Scale knobs to obtain a proper waveform display (see Figure 8-7).

  • Page 129: Troubleshooting

    9.Troubleshooting 9. Troubleshooting 1. Oscilloscope is powered on but no Display.  Check whether the power connection is connected properly.  Check whether the fuse which is beside the AC power input jack is blew (the cover can be pried open with a straight screwdriver). ...

  • Page 130: 10. Technical Specifications

    10.Technical Specifications 10. Technical Specifications Unless otherwise specified, the technical specifications applied are for DSO dual-channel series only, and Probes attenuation set as 10X. Only if the oscilloscope fulfills the following two conditions at first, these specification standards can be reached.
  • Page 131 10.Technical Specifications Performance Characteristics Instruction 20 MHz, full bandwidth Bandwidth limit 50Hz: 100 : 1 Channel to channel 10MHz: 40 : 1 isolation Time delay between 150ps channel(typical) 8 bits mode 0.05 S/s～1 GS/s Dual 12 bits mode 0.05 S/s～500 MS/s 14 bits mode 0.05 S/s～100 MS/s Sampling rate range...

  • Page 132: Trigger

    10.Technical Specifications Performance Characteristics Instruction △V, △T, △T&△V between cursors, Cursor auto cursor Period, Frequency, Mean, PK-PK, RMS, Max, Min, Top, Base, Amplitude, Overshoot, Preshoot, Rise Time, Fall Time, +Pulse Width, -Pulse Width, +Duty Cycle, -Duty Cycle, Delay A→B , Delay A→B , Cycle Automatic RMS, Cursor RMS, Screen Duty, Phase, +Pulse Count, -Pulse Count, Rise Edge...
  • Page 133 10.Technical Specifications Positive pulse：＞, ＜, ＝ Trigger condition Negative pulse：＞, ＜, ＝ Pulse trigger 8 bits mode 2 ns to 10 s Pulse Width range 12 bits mode 4 ns to 10 s 14 bits mode 20 ns to 10 s Positive pulse：＞, ＜, ＝...

  • Page 134: Waveform Generator (Optional)

    10.Technical Specifications Data Bits 4 bit to 32 bit Data Line Setting H, L, X Signal Type CAN_H, CAN_L, TX, RX Start of Frame, Type of Frame, Identifier, Trigger Condition Data, ID & Data, End of Frame, Missing Ack, Bit Stuffing Error CAN Trigger Baud Rate Common, Custom...

  • Page 135: General Technical Specifications

    10.Technical Specifications General Technical Specifications Display Display Type 8" Colored LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Display Resolution 800 (Horizontal) × 600 (Vertical) Pixels Display Colors 65536 colors, TFT screen Output of the Probe Compensator Output Voltage About 5 V, with the Peak-to-Peak voltage ≥1 MΩ. (Typical ) Frequency (Typical ) Square wave of 1 KHz...

  • Page 136: 11. Appendix

    11.Appendix 11. Appendix Appendix A: Enclosure (The accessories subject to final delivery.) Standard Accessories: Power Cord CD Rom Quick Guide USB Cable Probe Probe Adjust Options: Multimeter Lead Capacitance Battery Ext Module (B/N 1611425) Appendix B: General Care and Cleaning General Care Do not store or leave the instrument where the liquid crystal display will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time.

  • Page 137: Appendix C: Optional Battery Using Guide

    11.Appendix 2. Disconnect power before cleaning your Oscilloscope. Clean the instrument with a wet soft cloth not dripping water. It is recommended to scrub with soft detergent or fresh water. To avoid damage to the instrument or probe, do not use any corrosive chemical cleaning agent.

  • Page 138: Appendix D: Multimeter (Optional) Fuse Replacement

    11.Appendix Appendix D: Multimeter (optional) Fuse Replacement To test the multimeter fuse: Push DMM button on the front panel. Select in the bottom menu, select R. Connect the red test lead to the terminal on the back of the oscilloscope. Touch the test prod to the 10A or mA terminal on the back of the oscilloscope to the tested.
  • Page 139 11.Appendix Replace the fuse with a new one, which should match with the rating; install it into the fuse box and then push the fuse box back on to the rear panel.

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