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  • Page 1 XDS4000 Series Digital Storage Oscilloscopes User Manual www.owon.com...
  • Page 2 LILLIPUT Company. Fujian LILLIPUT Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. No. 19, Heming Road Lantian Industrial Zone, Zhangzhou 363005 P.R. China Tel: +86-596-2130430 Fax: +86-596-2109272 Web: www.owon.com E-mail: info@owon.com.cn...
  • Page 3 General Warranty We warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years from the date of purchase of the product by the original purchaser from the our Company. The warranty period for accessories such as probes, adapter is 12 months.

  • Page 4: 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 Rear Panel ............................6 Side Panel ............................. 7 Control Area ............................
  • Page 5 How to Record/Playback Waveforms ....................72 How to Clone and Recall a waveform ....................76 How to Implement the Auxiliary System Function Setting ..............80 How to Update your Instrument Firmware ..................85 How to Measure Automatically ......................86 How to customize an automatic measurement ..................91 How to Measure with Cursors......................
  • Page 6 Testing for Continuity........................112 Measuring Capacitance ........................112 Multimeter Features ....................... 112 Data Hold Mode ..........................112 Making Relative Measurements ......................113 Information Display .......................... 113 Auto or Manual Range........................113 Multimeter Recorder......................113 7. Communication with PC ....................116 Using USB Port ........................116 Using LAN Port ........................

  • Page 7: 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 8: 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 9 2.Safety Terms and Symbols non-isolated DC levels. 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 oscilloscope is connected to the AC-powered PC through the ports: Oscilloscope Probe Electrical Outlet...

  • Page 10: 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 ⚫How to make a probe compensation ⚫How to set the probe attenuation coefficient ⚫How to use the probe safely ⚫How to implement an self-calibration...

  • Page 11: 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. Front Panel The front panel has knobs and function buttons.

  • Page 12: Rear Panel

    3.Junior User Guidebook 9. USB Host port: It is used to transfer data when external USB equipment connects to the oscilloscope regarded as "host device". For example: Saving the waveform to USB flash disk needs to use this port. 10. Power on/off switch: With memory (self-locking) switch, it will automatically remember the last shutdown operation.

  • Page 13: Side Panel

    3.Junior User Guidebook Side Panel Air vents AC power input jack Fuse Control Area Figure 3-3 Control Area Overview...
  • Page 14 3.Junior User Guidebook 1. Function button area: Total 11 buttons 2. Waveform generator controls (optional) DAQ: Multimeter Recorder (see "Multimeter Recorder" on P113) P/F: Pass/Fail (see "Pass/Fail" on P82) W.REC: Waveform Record (see "How to Record/Playback Waveforms" on P72) 3. Trigger control area with 2 buttons and 1 knob. The Trigger Level knob is to adjust trigger voltage.

  • Page 15: User Interface Introduction

    3.Junior User Guidebook User Interface Introduction Figure 3-4 Illustrative Drawing of Display Interfaces 1. Waveform Display Area. 2. Run/Stop (touchable on touchscreen) (see "How to Use Executive Buttons" on P97) 3. The state of trigger, including: Auto: Automatic mode and acquire waveform without triggering. Trig: Trigger detected and acquire waveform.
  • Page 16 3.Junior User Guidebook 12. Multimeter window. 13. The waveform of CH1. 14. The pointer shows the trigger level position of the source in trigger menu. 15. The two blue dotted lines indicate the horizontal position of cursor measurement. 16. The waveform of CH2. 17.

  • Page 17: How To Implement The General Inspection

    3.Junior User Guidebook 30. The blue pointer indicates the grounding datum point (zero point position) of the waveform of the CH1 channel. 31. The yellow pointer indicates the grounding datum point (zero point position) of the waveform of the CH1 channel. How to Implement the General Inspection After you get a new oscilloscope, it is recommended that you should make a check on the instrument according to the following steps:...

  • Page 18: How To Implement The Probe Compensation

    3.Junior User Guidebook 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. Connect the probe tip and the ground clamp to the connector of the probe compensator.

  • Page 19: How To Set The Probe Attenuation Coefficient

    3.Junior User Guidebook Overcompensated Compensated correctly Under compensated Figure 3-6 Displayed Waveforms of the Probe Compensation 3. Repeat the steps mentioned if needed. Figure 3-7 Adjust Probe How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient The probe has several attenuation coefficients, which will influence the vertical scale factor of the oscilloscope.

  • Page 20: How To Use The Probe Safely

    3.Junior User Guidebook Figure 3-8 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...

  • Page 21: 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 22: Introduction To The Horizontal System

    3.Junior User Guidebook regulating of the vertical display position of the selected channel waveform. Thus, when the Vertical Position knob is rotated, the pointer of the earth datum point of the selected channel is directed to move up and down following the waveform, and the position message at the center of the screen would change accordingly.

  • Page 23: Introduction To The Trigger System

    3.Junior User Guidebook Horizontal Scale knob to change the horizontal time base, and it can be found that the Horizontal Time Base displayed in the status bar changes accordingly. 2. Use the Horizontal Position knob to adjust the horizontal position of the signal in the waveform window.

  • Page 24: Touchscreen Controls

    3.Junior User Guidebook the amplitude of the trigger signal. 3. Push the Force button to force a trigger signal, which is mainly applied to the "Normal" and "Single" trigger modes. Touchscreen Controls The LCD is touchscreen, you can control the oscilloscope by different gestures. The touchable icon at the top right of the screen is used to enable ( ) or disable ) the touchscreen controls.
  • Page 25 3.Junior User Guidebook Click to enter the function menu Click on turn on/off ⚫ Set the channel status: Click the channel on the left bottom of the display area, you can turn on, select or turn off the channel. You can also touch the channel pointer on the left side of the display area to make it in selected state.
  • Page 26 3.Junior User Guidebook When the P icon appears, in the full screen, swipe left/right to control the horizontal position, swipe up/down to control the vertical position of the selected channel. Control the horizontal position Control the vertical position of the selected channel Click the P icon to fine-turn, long-press to adjust continuously.
  • Page 27 3.Junior User Guidebook When the L icon appears, in the full screen, swipe up/down to control the trigger level of the source in the trigger menu. Click the L icon to fine-turn, long-press to adjust continuously. Control the trigger level of the source in the trigger menu ⚫...
  • Page 28 3.Junior User Guidebook When the M and V icons appear, in the full screen, swipe left/right to change the time base, swipe up/down to change the voltage division of the selected channel. Click the icons to fine-turn, long-press to adjust continuously. Control the Control the time base...
  • Page 29 3.Junior User Guidebook Cursor line Selected Unselected Switch horizontal or vertical lines If vertical lines are selected, drag up and down. When the C icon appears, in the full screen, swipe left/right to move the selected line. Click the direction buttons of the C icon to fine-turn, long-press to move continuously.

  • Page 30: 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 31: 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, CH3, CH4 and Math, and Vertical Position, Vertical Scale for each channel. Setting of CH1 - CH4 Each channel has an independent vertical menu and each item is set respectively based on the channel.
  • Page 32 4.Advanced User Guidebook containing 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.

  • Page 33: Use Mathematical Manipulation Function

    4.Advanced User Guidebook (1) Push the CH1 button to show CH1 SETUP menu. (2) Select Limit in the bottom menu. (3) Select Full band in the right menu. The high frequency of the signal will be allowed to pass. (4) Select 20M in the right menu. The bandwidth is limited to 20 MHz. The frequencies above 20MHz will be rejected.
  • Page 34 4.Advanced User Guidebook Vertical Turn the M knob to adjust the vertical division of the (V/div) Math waveform Source Select the FFT source. Hamming Rectangle Blackman Window Select window for FFT. Hanning Kaiser Bartlett V RMS Decibels Format V RMS and Decibels are Radian Degrees Position value...

  • Page 35: Waveform Math

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Retangular Tapered Triangular window Select window for digital filter Hanning Hamming Blackman cut-off 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.

  • Page 36: Digital Filter

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Expression Clear Channel Operators Confirm Integral Differential Square root 3. Create an expression. When done, choose in the keyboard to confirm . The division of Math waveform is displayed at the left bottom of screen. Digital Filter Digital filter provides 4 types of filters (low pass, high pass, band pass and band reject).
  • Page 37 4.Advanced User Guidebook signal into its frequency components mathematically (the record length should be 10K or above). The final frequency contains 4096 points ranging from 0Hz to Nyquist frequency. Taking the FFT operation for example, the operation steps are as follows: 1.
  • Page 38 4.Advanced User Guidebook Best solution frequency, worst magnitude. Best type measuring frequency spectrum nonrepetitive signals measuring frequency components near DC. Recommend to use for: Rectangle ⚫ Transients or bursts, the signal level before and after the event are nearly equal. ⚫...
  • Page 39 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-1, Figure 4-2, Figure 4-3, Figure 4-4, Figure 4-5, Figure 4-6 are examples for measuring sine wave with a frequency of 1kHz under the selection of six different windows for FFT: Figure 4-1 Hamming window Figure 4-2 Rectangle window...
  • Page 40 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-3 Blackman window Figure 4-4 Hanning window...
  • Page 41 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-5 Kaiser window Figure 4-6 Bartlett window Notes for using FFT ◼ Use the default dB scale for details of multiple frequencies, even if they have very different amplitudes. Use the Vrms scale to compare frequencies. ◼...

  • Page 42: Use Vertical Position And Scale Knobs

    4.Advanced User Guidebook waveform. To minimize the DC component, choose AC Coupling on the source signal. ◼ To reduce random noise and aliased components in repetitive or single-shot events, set the oscilloscope acquisition mode to average. What is Nyquist frequency? The Nyquist frequency is the highest frequency that any real-time digitizing oscilloscope can acquire without aliasing.

  • Page 43: How To Set The Horizontal System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-7 Information about Vertical Scale How to Set the Horizontal System Horizontal control system includes Horizontal HOR key, Horizontal Position knob and Horizontal Scale knob. ⚫ Horizontal Position knob: Adjust the horizontal positions of all channels (including mathematical operations).

  • Page 44: How To Set The Trigger/Decoding System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook How to Set the Trigger/Decoding System Trigger determines when DSO starts to acquire data and display waveform. Once trigger is set correctly, it can convert the unstable display to meaningful waveform. When DSO starts to acquire data, it will collect enough data to draw waveform on left of trigger point.
  • Page 45 4.Advanced User Guidebook Slope Trigger: The oscilloscope begins to trigger according to the signal rising or falling speed. Runt Trigger: Trigger pulses that pass through one trigger level but fail to pass through the other trigger level. Windows Trigger: Provide a high trigger level and low trigger level, the oscilloscope triggers when the input signal passes through the high trigger level or the low trigger level.
  • Page 46 4.Advanced User Guidebook Trigger on rising edge Slope Trigger on falling edge Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurs Normal Acquire waveform when trigger occurs Single When trigger occurs, acquire one waveform then stop Mode Holdoff 100 ns - 10 s, turn the M knob or click to set Holdoff time interval before another trigger occur, press...
  • Page 47 4.Advanced User Guidebook the M knob or click to set the line number Mode Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Holdoff 3. Pulse Width Trigger Pulse trigger occurs according to the width of pulse. The abnormal signals can be detected through setting up the pulse width condition. In Pulse Width Trigger mode, the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen, for example, , indicates that...
  • Page 48 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 Holdoff 100 ns - 10 s, adjust M knob or click to set Holdoff time interval before another trigger occur, press panel button or click to move...
  • Page 49 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 Holdoff 100 ns – 10 s, turn the M knob or click to set Holdoff time interval before another trigger occur, press panel button or click...
  • Page 50 4.Advanced User Guidebook 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. Positive Polarity, the oscilloscope triggers on the Polarity positive runt pulse.
  • Page 51 4.Advanced User Guidebook Windows Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Single Set vertical channel trigger type as Windows Windows Mode trigger. Select CH1 as the trigger source Select CH2 as the trigger source Source Select CH3 as the trigger source Select CH4 as the trigger source Adjust the M knob or click to set the up level...
  • Page 52 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 53 4.Advanced User Guidebook The oscilloscope triggers on the Nth edge that appears on the specified idle time. As figure shown below, the oscilloscope should trigger on the second falling edge after the specified idle time and the idle time should be set to P1/P2/P3/P4 <...

  • Page 54: Logic Trigger

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Set idle time before the edge counting in Nth Edge Trigger. Adjust M knob or click to set idle time Idle Time Configure press panel button or click move cursor to choose which digit to be set. Available range is 30ns-10s, default 100ns.

  • Page 55: Bus Trigger

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Set CH1 as High Level, Low level, high or low level, Rise and Fall. Set CH2 as High Level, Low level, high or low level, Rise and Fall. Set CH3 as High Level, Low level, high or low Input level, Rise and Fall.
  • Page 56 4.Advanced User Guidebook indicates that trigger type is UART/RS232, CH1 trigger level is 1.80V. Format as shown in the figure below, UART/RS232 Trigger UART/RS232 Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION vertical channel type UART Bus Type UART/RS232 trigger. Select CH1 as the trigger source. Select CH2 as the trigger source.
  • Page 57 4.Advanced User Guidebook Even-Odd：Select Even or Odd. Common Baud: adjust M knob to choose Chk Error 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 58 4.Advanced User Guidebook Trigger when SDA data transitions from low Stop to high while SCL is high. Trigger when SDA data is high during any Ack Lost acknowledgement of SCL clock position. Trigger on the read or write bit when the Address preset address is met.
  • Page 59 4.Advanced User Guidebook MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type Set vertical channel bus type as SPI trigger. Set SCL. Source Set SDA. 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 which to trigger.
  • Page 60 4.Advanced User Guidebook sample point, and signal rate of the CAN signal. In CAN bus trigger mode, the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen, for example, , indicates that trigger type is CAN, CH1 trigger level is -126 mV. CAN Trigger menu list: MENU SETTING...

  • Page 61: Bus Decoding (Optional)

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Format Select Standard or Extended. Configure knob (Bottom Direction key on the front menu) panel to set. Set the number of bytes with Byte the M knob. The range is 1 to Configure Length Data (Bottom Set the data with the M knob menu) Data and Direction key on the...
  • Page 62 4.Advanced User Guidebook parameters based on the characteristics of the signal. When the parameters are set correctly, the information carried by the signal will be displayed. Tip: If there are repetitive menu items in both trigger menu and decoding menu, you can set anyone of them, the other will be changed synchronously.
  • Page 63 4.Advanced User Guidebook 2. I2C Decoding To decode I2C signal: (1) Connect the clock line (SCLK) and the data line (SDA) of the I2C signal to the Signal Input Channels of the oscilloscope. (2) Adjust to the proper time base and voltage division. (3) In trigger menu, select Bus trigger, and select bus type as I2C, set parameters based on the characteristics of the signal, trigger the signal correctly and obtain stable display.
  • Page 64 4.Advanced User Guidebook Select "ON" to display the ASCII table. ASCII Table 3. SPI Decoding To decode SPI signal: (1) Connect the clock line (SCLK) and the data line (SDA) of the SPI signal to the Signal Input Channels of the oscilloscope. (2) Adjust to the proper time base and voltage division.
  • Page 65 4.Advanced User Guidebook Binary Decimal Set the display format of the bus. Format ASCII EventTabl Select "ON" to display the event table. Display If a USB storage device is currently connected to Save the instrument, save the event table data in a .csv EventTabl (spreadsheet) formatted file on the external USB storage device.

  • Page 66: How To Operate The Function Menu

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Frame is not met, two red error marks will be displayed in the corresponding position in the waveform. ⚫ Error Frame, Remote Frame, and Overload Frame will be identified in the "Data" column in the event table (Data Frame will not be identified). CAN Decoding menu list: MENU SETTING...
  • Page 67 4.Advanced User Guidebook It is used to reduce the random and Average don't-care noises, with the optional number of averages. Set the waveform refresh rate, you can Refresh □ Low turn on this mode when you need to Rate observe a single waveform. The description of the Record Length menu is shown as follows: Function Menu Setting...

  • Page 68: How To Set The Display System

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-9 Sine(x)/x interpolation Figure 4-10 Linear interpolation How to Set the Display System Push the Display button and the Display menu is shown as follows:...
  • Page 69 4.Advanced User Guidebook Function Setting Description Menu 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. Persist Turn on/off the Persist function. Auto Time 50ms-10s Set the persistence mode or time.
  • Page 70 4.Advanced User Guidebook Color Color temperature function uses color-grading to indicate frequency of occurrence. The hot colors like red/yellow indicate frequently occurring events, and the colder colors like blue/green indicate rarely occurring events. 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.

  • Page 71: How To Save And Recall A Waveform

    4.Advanced User Guidebook the horizontal scale and position. ◼ The Vertical Scale and the Vertical Position knobs are used to set the vertical scale and position. The following functions can not work in the XY Format: ◼ Reference or digital wave form ◼...
  • Page 72 4.Advanced User Guidebook Wave Choose the saving type. Configure About the Record type, see "How to Type Image Record/Playback Waveforms" on P72. About the Clone type, see “How to Record Clone and Recall a waveform” on P76. Clone When the type is Wave, the menu shows as following: For internal storage, only BIN can be Format Type...
  • Page 73 4.Advanced User Guidebook When the type is Configure, the menu shows as following: Setting0 ….. Configure The setting address Setting19 Save the current oscilloscope configure Save to the internal storage Recall the configure from the selected Load address When the type is Image, the menu shows as following: Save the current display screen.
  • Page 74 4.Advanced User Guidebook 1. Turn on CH1 and CH2 channels. 2. Push the Save button. 3. Saving: Select Type in the bottom menu, select Wave in the left menu. 4. Select Storage in the bottom menu, select External in the right menu. 5.
  • Page 75 4.Advanced User Guidebook size cannot exceed 4K, mass storage USB disk is also supported. If the USB disk doesn't work properly, format it into the supported format and try again. Follow any of the following two methods to format the USB disk: using system-provided function and using the formatting tools.
  • Page 76 4.Advanced User Guidebook quick format" to execute a quick format. Click OK, and then click Yes on the warning message. Figure 4-14: Formatting the USB disk setting 6. Formatting process. Figure 4-15: Formatting the USB disk Check whether the USB disk is FAT32 with allocation unit size 4096 after formatting.
  • Page 77 4.Advanced User Guidebook 1. Connect the USB disk to the computer. 2. Open the software Minitool Partition Wizard. 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.

  • Page 78: How To Record/Playback Waveforms

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-18: Format setting 6. Click Apply at the top left of the menu. Then click Yes on the pop-up warning to begin formatting. Figure 4-19: Apply setting 7. Formatting process Figure 4-20: Format process Format the USB disk successfully Figure 4-21: Format successfully How to Record/Playback Waveforms Push Save button.
  • Page 79 4.Advanced User Guidebook interval between recorded frames in the range of 10 ms - 10 s. The max frame number reaches 1000, and you can get better analysis effect with playback and storage function. The storage medium contains two kinds: Internal and External.
  • Page 80 4.Advanced User Guidebook Once Play back the wave just one time Play Begin to record Operate Stop Stop recording Storage: Save the current wave according to the start frame and end frame set. Storage menu shows as follows: Menu Setting Instruction Turn the M knob to select the number of start Start frame...
  • Page 81 4.Advanced User Guidebook Turn the M knob to select the number of frames to record (1 – 900,000) frame Record mode Turn the M knob to select the interval between Interval FrameSet recorded frames (10ms - 10s) Infinity Record infinitely until the storage medium is full Refresh wave during recording Refresh Stop refreshing...

  • Page 82: How To Clone And Recall A Waveform

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-22: Play back waveform by software How to Clone and Recall a waveform Push Save button. Select Type in the bottom menu, in the left menu, turn the M knob to select Clone. You can clone one or two channel waveforms between two cursors, and save it as a cloned waveform into the internal memory or a USB memory device.
  • Page 83 4.Advanced User Guidebook Turn the M knob to move line a. Turn the M knob to move line b. Two cursors are linked. Turn the M knob to move the pair of cursors. Set the cursors to select the entire screen automatically.
  • Page 84 4.Advanced User Guidebook instance. To clone the waveform and save to the internal/external memory: (1) Push Save button. (2) Select Type in the bottom menu, turn the M knob to select Clone in the left menu. (3) Select Source in the bottom menu, select Mode as Out1. in the right menu.
  • Page 85 4.Advanced User Guidebook (4) Select the desired ota file, select Read in the right menu. To output the CH1 and CH2 waveforms through the generator directly: (The generator is optional.) (1) Push Save button. (2) Select Type in the bottom menu, turn the M knob to select Clone in the left menu.

  • Page 86: How To Implement The Auxiliary System Function Setting

    4.Advanced User Guidebook name VOLT Voltage division, 4 bytes float The value indicates divided by 400 is voltage (the unit is mV), ADC resolution. such as 200 mV. SAMP Parameter Meaning Value Comment name SAMP Sample rate 4 bytes float The unit is Sa/s.
  • Page 87 4.Advanced User Guidebook Function Setting Description Menu Choose the display language of the Language operating system. Display On/Off the date display Hour Min Setting Hour/Minute Set Time Day Month Setting Date/Month Year Setting Year Lock all keys. Unlock method: push Trigger Menu button in trigger control KeyLock area, then push Force button, repeat 3...
  • Page 88 4.Advanced User Guidebook Do Self Cal (Self-Calibration) The self-calibration procedure can improve the accuracy of the oscilloscope under the ambient temperature to the greatest extent. If the change of the ambient temperature is up to or exceeds 5℃, the self-calibration procedure should be executed to obtain the highest level of accuracy.
  • Page 89 4.Advanced User Guidebook Source Select the source as CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH4 Horizontal Change the Horizontal tolerance value by turning the M knob Rule Vertical Change the Vertical tolerance value by turning the M knob Create Use the rule set as testing rule Select any one from Rule1 - Rule8 as your Number rule name...
  • Page 90 4.Advanced User Guidebook RULE SAVED". 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 91: How To Update Your Instrument Firmware

    4.Advanced User Guidebook ● FRA (Frequency Response Analysis) If there is a built-in arbitrary function generator (optional), you can use the frequency response analysis. Refer to "Frequency Response Analysis" on page 107. How to Update your Instrument Firmware Use the front-panel USB port to update your instrument firmware using a USB memory device.

  • Page 92: How To Measure Automatically

    4.Advanced User Guidebook In the bottom menu, select Start again, the interfaces below will be displayed in sequence. The update process will take up to three minutes. After completion, the instrument will be shut down automatically. 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.
  • Page 93 4.Advanced User Guidebook Source CH1 CH2 Select the source CH3 CH4 Add the selected measure types (shown at the left bottom, you could only add 8 types at most) Select the types need to be deleted. Meas Type The selected type and source are shown (left menu) in the Remove menu on the right.
  • Page 94 4.Advanced User Guidebook automatically (see Figure 4-23). Figure 4-23 Automatic measurement The automatic measurement of voltage parameters The oscilloscopes provide automatic voltage measurements including Mean, PK-PK, RMS, Max, Min, Vtop, Vbase, Vamp, OverShoot, PreShoot, Cycle RMS, and Cursor RMS. Figure 4-24 below shows a pulse with some of the voltage measurement points.
  • Page 95 4.Advanced User Guidebook over the entire waveform. Min: The minimum amplitude. The most negative peak voltage measured over the entire waveform. Vtop: Voltage of the waveform's flat top, useful for square/pulse waveforms. Vbase: Voltage of the waveform's flat base, useful for square/pulse waveforms.
  • Page 96 4.Advanced User Guidebook -D width: The width of the first negative pulse in the 50% amplitude points. +Duty: +Duty Cycle, defined as +Width/Period. -Duty:-Duty Cycle, defined as -Width/Period. Delay A→B : The delay between the two channels at the rising edge. Delay A→B : The delay between the two channels at the falling edge.

  • Page 97: How To Customize An Automatic Measurement

    4.Advanced User Guidebook 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 98 4.Advanced User Guidebook horizontal cursors intersections of the vertical cursors and the waveform Line Time Makes the vertical cursors active. Type Voltage Makes the horizontal cursors active. (Time&Volt age type) Window Main Measure in the main window. (Wave zoom Extension Measure in the extension window.
  • Page 99 4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-26 Time&Voltage Cursor Measurement Auto Cursor For the AutoCursr type, the horizontal cursors are set as the intersections of the vertical cursors and the waveform. Figure 4-27 Auto Cursor The Cursor Measurement for FFT mode In FFT mode, push the Cursor button to turn cursors on and display the cursor menu.
  • Page 100 4.Advanced User Guidebook Function Setting Description Menu Display the Vamp (or Phase) measurement Vamp (or cursor and menu. Phase) Freq Display the Freq measurement cursor and menu. Freq&Vamp Display the corresponding measurement Type cursor and menu. Freq&Phase) The horizontal cursors are set as the AutoCursr intersections of the vertical cursors and the waveform...

  • Page 101: How To Use Autoscale

    4.Advanced User Guidebook to move line b. 6. In the bottom menu, select Line Type as Vamp to make the horizontal cursors active. Select Line in the bottom menu as a or b, turn the M knob to move it. 7.

  • Page 102: How To Use Built-In Help

    4.Advanced User Guidebook Figure 4-28 Autoscale Horizontal-Vertical multi-period waveforms Note: 1. When entering into Autoscale function, a autoscale indicator will be flickering on the top left of the screen. 2. In the mode of Autoscale, the oscilloscope can self-estimate Trigger Mode (Edge, Video).

  • Page 103: How To Use Executive Buttons

    4.Advanced User Guidebook theme. 5. Press Quit to exit the help, or just do other operations. How to Use Executive Buttons Executive Buttons include Autoset, Run/Stop, Single, Copy. Autoset It's a very useful and quick way to apply a set of pre-set functions to the incoming signal, and display the best possible viewing waveform of the signal.
  • Page 104 4.Advanced User Guidebook Persist Note: When the autoscale is turned on and running, the Autoset button is invalid. Judge waveform type by Autoset 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...

  • Page 105: How To Print The Screen Image

    4.Advanced User Guidebook and the horizontal time base of the waveform still can be adjusted within a certain range, in other words, the signal can be expanded in the horizontal or vertical direction. When the horizontal time base is ≤50ms, the horizontal time base can be expanded for 4 divisions downwards.

  • Page 106: Use The Arbitrary Function Generator

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator 5. Use the Arbitrary Function Generator 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.). You can create a user-definable waveform and save it to internal storage or USB device.

  • Page 107: To Set Signals

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator To Set Signals (1) Push button to show the bottom menu of generator. (2) Select the desired waveform in the bottom menu, the corresponding menu is displayed on the right. (3) The parameters can be set in the right menu. To Output Sine Signals The parameters of Sine waveform in the right menu are: Frequency/Period, Start Phase, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level.

  • Page 108: To Set The Period

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator ⚫ Use the touchscreen: 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 109: To Output Ramp Signals

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator To Output Ramp Signals The parameters of Ramp waveform are: Frequency/Period, Start Phase, Amplitude/High 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 101. To Set the Symmetry of Ramp Select Symmetry in the right menu of Ramp.
  • Page 110 5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator voltages between two consecutive points will not change, and the waveform looks like a step-up one. (4) Edit the waveform points: Select Edit Points in the right menu. ⚫ Select Point, input the number of the point to be edited. ⚫...

  • Page 111: File Browse

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator 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 112 5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator Built-in Waveform Table Name Explanation Common StairD Stair-down waveform StairU Stair-up waveform 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...

  • Page 113: Frequency Response Analysis

    5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator Laylight Laylight window Triang Triangle window (Fejer window) Others DC signal Heart Heart signal Round Round signal LFMPulse Linear FM pulse 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 114 5.Use the Arbitrary Function Generator Output V (Note: The menus are not for selecting menu items, only for showing information.) Min Freq Turn Multipurpose knob to set frequency sweep Fine min value. Check to enable fine-tuning. Max Freq Turn Multipurpose knob to set frequency sweep Fine max value.

  • Page 115: 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 Figure 6-1 Multimeter Input Terminals DMM Menu Push DMM button on the front panel to enter/exit the multimeter function. The button backlight will be lighted when the multimeter function is enabled.

  • Page 116: Dmm Information Window

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) Testing diode Testing for continuity Measuring capacitance Hold ON OFF Freeze the display during measurement. When making relative measurements, reading is Relative the difference between a stored reference value and the input signal. Show Info Show/Hide the information window ON OFF Configure Auto Range...

  • Page 117: Making Multimeter Measurements

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) 6. Multimeter recorder (See Multimeter Recorder " " on page 113 7. The reference value of the relative measurement. 8. AC or DC when measuring current or voltage. Making Multimeter Measurements Measuring AC or DC Current (1) Insert the current measurement module attached to the instrument into the COM terminal and input terminal on the back of the oscilloscope .

  • Page 118: Testing Diodes

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) oscilloscope and the red test lead to the terminal. (3) Probe the test points and read the display. Testing Diodes (1) Push DMM button on the front panel. Select in the bottom menu, select it until switching to (2) Connect the black test lead to the COM terminal on the back of the oscilloscope and the red test lead to the terminal.

  • Page 119: Making Relative Measurements

    6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) Making Relative Measurements When making relative measurements, reading is the difference between a stored reference value and the input signal. (1) Select Configure in the bottom menu, select Relative in the right menu to enter the relative mode. The measurement value at this time is stored as the reference value, and displayed behind △.
  • Page 120 6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) Function Setting Description Menu Interval Set the record interval ( 0.5s - 10s, step by 0.5s) "d h m s" represents day, hour, minute, second. E.g. "1 02:50:30" represents a day and 2 hours, 50 minutes and 30 seconds. Duration Press Duration to switch between the time unit, turn the M knob to set the value.
  • Page 121 6.Use the Multimeter (Optional) 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. Select Export in the bottom menu. The instructions will be shown on the screen.

  • Page 122: Communication With Pc

    7.Communication with PC 7. Communication with PC The oscilloscope supports communications with a PC through USB, 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 123: 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 124: 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. In the right menu, set IP and Port to the same value as the "Ports-settings"...
  • Page 125 7.Communication with PC the router. Here we 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 computer;...
  • Page 126 7.Communication with PC Figure 7-6 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. In the right menu, set IP and Port to the same value as the "Ports-settings"...

  • Page 127: 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. 1. 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...

  • Page 128: 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 129: Example 3: Capturing A Single Signal

    8.Demonstration (11) Calculate the amplifier gain with the following formulas. 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.
  • Page 130 8.Demonstration (5) Push the Trigger Menu button to display the Trigger menu. (6) Select the first menu item in the bottom menu. Select Single in the right menu. (7) In the left menu, select Edge as the mode. (8) Select Source in the bottom menu. Select CH1 in the right menu. (9) Select Coupling in the bottom menu.

  • Page 131: Example 4: Analyze The Details Of A Signal

    8.Demonstration Example 4: Analyze the Details of a Signal Noise is very common inside most of the electronic signal. To find out what's inside the noise and reduce the level of noise is very important function our oscilloscope is capable to offer. Noise Analysis The level of noise sometime indicates a failure of electronic circuit.

  • Page 132: Example 5: Application Of X-Y Function

    8.Demonstration (3) Select Average in the right menu, turn the M knob and observe the waveform obtained from averaging the waveforms of different average number. User would see a much reduced random noise level and make it easy to see more details of the signal itself.
  • Page 133 8.Demonstration CH4. (4) Push the Autoset button, with the oscilloscope turning on the signals of the two channels and displaying them in the screen. (5) Push CH1 button to select CH1, turn the Vertical Scale knob, and then push CH2 button to select CH2, turn the Vertical Scale knob, making the amplitudes of two signals equal in the rough.

  • Page 134: Example 6: Video Signal Trigger

    8.Demonstration angle is in the II and III quadrants, that is, within the range of (π / 2 - π) or (π - 3π /2). Example 6: Video Signal Trigger Observe the video circuit of a television, apply the video trigger and obtain the stable video output signal display.

  • Page 135: 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 136: 10. Technical Specifications

    10.Technical Specifications 10. Technical Specifications Unless otherwise specified, the technical specifications applied are for the oscilloscopes 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 137 10.Technical Specifications Performance Characteristics Instruction 50Hz: 100 : 1 Channel –channel 10MHz: 40 : 1 isolation 500MHz: 20 : 1 Time delay between 150ps channel(typical) Four CH 0.05 Sa/s - 1 GSa/s Sampling rate range 0.05 Sa/s – 2.5 GSa/s Dual CH* Single CH 0.05 Sa/s - 5 GSa/s Interpolation...
  • Page 138 10.Technical Specifications Performance Characteristics Instruction XDS4354 ≤ 1 ns XDS4352 1 mV ± 3% DC gain accuracy ≥2 mV ± 2% Delta Volts between any two averages of ≥16 waveforms acquired with the same DC accuracy scope setup and ambient conditions (average) (△V): ±...

  • Page 139: Trigger

    10.Technical Specifications Trigger Performance Characteristics Instruction Internal ± 5 div from the screen center Trigger level ± 2V range EXT/5 ± 10V Internal ± 0.3 div Trigger level ± （10mV+6% * value） Accuracy (typical) ± （50mV+6% * value） EXT/5 Trigger According to Record length and time base displacement Trigger Holdoff...

  • Page 140: Waveform Generator

    10.Technical Specifications Idle Time 30 ns to 10 s Edge Number 1 to 128 Logic Mode AND, OR, XNOR, XOR Input Mode H, L, X, Rising, Falling Logic Trigger Goes True, Goes False, Is True >, Output Mode Is True <, Is True = Polarity Normal, Inverted Trigger Condition...
  • Page 141 10.Technical Specifications Exponential Rise, Exponential Fall, Sin(x)/x, Step Wave, Noise, and others, total 46 built-in waveforms, Arbitrary Waveforms and user-defined arbitrary waveform...

  • Page 142: Multimeter (Optional)

    10.Technical Specifications Multimeter (Optional) Performance Instruction Characteristics Full scale digits (Max 20000 – count) 4½ reading Diode 0 V - 2 V Input ≥10 MΩ impedance On/Off <50 beeping measurement 2nF – 20mF: ± (4%±10 digit) Capacitance DCV: 20mV,200mV: ± (0.5%±10digit), 2V, 20V, 200V: ±...
  • Page 143 10.Technical Specifications Non-operating: 15,000 m Cooling Method Fan cooling Mechanical Specifications Dimension 422 mm × 226 mm × 135 mm (L*H*W) Weight Approx. 5 kg (without accessories) Interval Period of Adjustment: One year is recommended for the calibration interval period.

  • Page 144: 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 Current Ext Module 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 145 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. Warning: Before power on again for operation, it is required to confirm that the instrument has already been dried completely, avoiding any electrical short circuit or bodily injury resulting...

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