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- Page 1 M520 series oscilloscope Rollmode User’s Guide Version 1.02 Copyright © 2004-2006 ETC s.r.o.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Contents Software License Agreement ..................6 Precautions........................6 1. Installation........................7 1.1. Requirements ......................7 1.2. Hardware installation ..................7 1.3 Software installation ....................7 2. Hardware........................8 2.1. Hardware description ..................8 3. Basic information.......................9 3.1. Front panel layout ....................9 3.2. - Page 4 M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 6.3.1. Setting codes ....................38 - 4 -...
- Page 5 M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Figures and tables Fig. 3.1.1. – Front panel....................9 Fig. 4.1. – Main window....................11 Fig. 4.1.1. – Oscilloscope screen .................12 Fig. 4.2.1. – Grid controls ....................12 Fig. 4.3.1. – Channel visibility controls...............13 Fig. 4.4.1. – Display mode controls ................13 Fig.
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Page 6: Software License Agreement
SOFTWARE is originally or subsequently recorded or fixed, but an express condition of this License is that ETC s.r.o. retains title and ownership of the SOFTWARE recorded on the original disk copy(ies) and all subsequent copies of the software, regardless of the form or media in or on which the original and other copies may exist. -
Page 7: Installation
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 1. Installation 1.1. Requirements Minimum configuration: - PC PENTIUM compatible computer with speed of at least 300MHz - 64MB RAM - CD-ROM - VGA with resolution 800 x 600 - USB port - mouse or other tracking device... -
Page 8: Hardware
2.1. Hardware description The M520 series of dual channel digital storage USB oscilloscopes connect to the computer via USB. They are compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. Measurement accuracy is achieved by the stability of the parts used together with the computing power of the computer. -
Page 9: Basic Information
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 3. Basic information 3.1. Front panel layout Channel A, channel B, external ARM input and LED are accessible on the front panel. Fig. 3.1.1. – Front panel If the LED color is: - green, the device is configured and there is no communication with a... -
Page 10: Structure
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 3.3 Structure The “Roll mode” control software consists of two independent applications. - The data acquisition application controls device, measures and stores the measured data. - The data viewer displays the previously measured data and allows simple voltage and time relation measurements. -
Page 11: The Data Acquisition Main Window
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 4. The data acquisition main window The main window opens after the application starts. Most of the oscilloscope functions are accessible via the controls located on this screen. Fig. 4.1. – Main window All controls connected to one of the channels have channel color. -
Page 12: Grid Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 4.1.1. – Oscilloscope screen The oscilloscope screen is divided into 8 vertical divisions. The number of horizontal divisions depends on the size of the application window and the screen resolution. There are three kinds of marks displayed on the screen. -
Page 13: Channel Visibility Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 4.3. Channel visibility controls The channel visibility controls are located in the left of the main window. Fig. 4.3.1. – Channel visibility controls “A“ – activates/deactivates channel A waveform “B“ – activates/deactivates channel B waveform 4.4. -
Page 14: Waveform Display Mode Control
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 4.5.1. – Data save controls The name of target file has to be inserted into the upper edit box. button opens standard operating system dialog, where you can select target file. Click „Save“ to enter the “data saving” mode. The data are continuously saved to disk during acquisition. -
Page 15: Timebase Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide If both the are activated, the line between maximum and minimum value of samples is displayed. “Clear Scr” clears the oscilloscope screen. 4.7. Timebase controls The timebase controls are located in the bottom of the main window. -
Page 16: Trigger Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 4.8.1 – Data acquisition mode controls These controls allow to set mode of data acquisition start and its length. The controls located in the left side sets the length of data acquisition. When the “Cont”... -
Page 17: Arm-Ing The Data Acquisition
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide - “OR” the data acquisition starts if any condition is met. The “TGD” indicator changes its color under the following conditions: - it is red if the trigger condition did not occurred yet - it is green if the trigger condition has already occurred. -
Page 18: Vertical Range Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide - it is red, if the data acquisition is not started (and triggered) yet - it is yellow, if the data acquisition has started already, but it is interrupted by ARM- ing system - it is green if the data acquisition is in progress. -
Page 19: Signal Source Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 4.13. Signal source controls The signal source controls are located in the right of the main window. Fig. 4.13.1. – Signal source controls Channel A controls are located in the left, channel B controls are located in the right. -
Page 20: Demo Setup Window
Help | Index – Displays the Help index. Help | ETC web – Starts the internet browser installed in the computer to display the ETC’s web site. This feature works only if the computer is already connected to internet. -
Page 21: Fig. 4.15.2.1. - Color Settings Window
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 4.15.2.1. – Color settings window Click “Set” button located by label to open standard operating system color dialog to change color of: “Channel A” – channel A waveform and controls “Channel B” – channel B waveform and controls “Grid”... -
Page 22: Data Viewer Main Window
5.1. Opening the data file The viewer is designed to use data created by the “Roll mode” of M520 series oscilloscopes. Every file is created with extension “rmd”. Structure of the data file is designed for handling huge amount of data. To speed up operations with the data file some data integrity checks are not performed. -
Page 23: Waveform Screens
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 5.1.1. – Data file control elements The file name has to be inserted into the upper edit box. button opens standard operating system dialog, where you can select the target file. Click „Open“ to load data. -
Page 24: Cursors
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide WARNING: Moving data to internal buffer is the time consuming operation. The reaction to bar movements can take several seconds. The waveform stored in the internal buffer is displayed on the screen positioned right above the file screen. Fig. 5.2.3. shows this “Buffer screen”. -
Page 25: Using Cursors
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide - screen cursors The first and the second one are usable for time relation measurements. The screen cursors are usable for both time and voltage measurements. The time synchronization mark can be set to any place of the whole waveform. -
Page 26: Fig. 5.3.1.2. - Cursor Selection Menu
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 5.3.1.2. – Cursor selection menu Delete last cursor – Deletes the last added cursor Delete all cursors – Deletes all waveform cursors Display times – Displays time periods between cursors Fig. 5.3.1.3. – Time periods table Because the string of the displayed time could be too long to display, if you locate the mouse over the time string, the full information will be displayed. - Page 27 M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide TimeSynchro-C6 = 10s 2ms 339us 999ns TimeSynchro-C7 = 10s 64ms 739us 999ns TimeSynchro-C8 = 10s 128ms 419us 999ns TimeSynchro-C9 = 13s 562ms 360us C1-TimeSynchro = - 63ms 49us 999ns C1-C2 = 63ms 740us...
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Page 28: Fig. 5.3.1.4. - Cursor Modification Menu
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide C6-C1 = - 9s 939ms 319us 999ns C6-C2 = - 9s 875ms 569us 999ns C6-C3 = - 6s 568ms 439us 999ns C6-C4 = - 6s 409ms 819us 999ns C6-C5 = - 4s 453ms 829us 999ns... -
Page 29: Fig. 5.3.1.5. Property Modification Window
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 5.3.1.5. Property modification window Cursor color – Changes the cursor’s color Cursor name – The name of the selected cursor VARNING: No warning or error message is displayed when the entered name is the same as the name of any other cursor. -
Page 30: Measuring Non-Continuous Data
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide not visible on the main screen, its position is marked by left or right pointing triangle. The color of the triangle is the same as the color of the cursor. Fig. 5.3.1.7. – Viewer screens with waveform cursors and time synchro mark The relative position (order) of these triangles is the same as the placement of the cursors. -
Page 31: Channel Visibility Controls
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide measurements with no time discontinuities and with time discontinuities caused by ARM-ing. 5.4. Channel visibility controls The channel visibility controls are located in the left of the main window. Fig. 5.4.1. – Channel visibility controls “A“... -
Page 32: Zoom Control
Settings | Show grid – Activates/deactivates the grid on the main screen. Help | Index – Displays the Help index. Help | ETC web – Starts the internet browser installed in the computer to display the ETC’s web site. This feature works only if the computer is already connected to internet. -
Page 33: Print Support
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Help | About – Displays information about product. 5.8.1. Print Support To open the print manager window, click the “Print” item of the main menu. Fig. 5.8.1.1. - Print Manager Window On the left side of the window the page is previewed as it will be printed. -
Page 34: Fig. 5.8.1.2. - Object Info
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 5.8.1.2. - Object Info In the upper-right corner of the window names of all the objects that can be placed into the page are listed. To display/hide an object, click the box next to the object name. -
Page 35: Fig. 5.8.1.1.1. - Specify Layout Name Window
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide „File | Close“ – Terminates the print manager 5.8.1.1. Setting the name of a new layout To open the Specify layout name dialog window, select the “Layout | Save layout as” item. Now you can enter the name of the new scheme. -
Page 36: Color Settings Window
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide Fig. 5.8.1.2.1. - Layout Manager Window To select a layout, double-click its name in the list. To erase the selected layout, click the “Delete” button. To rename a layout, select it, insert the new name into the “Layout name” box and then click the “Rename”... -
Page 37: File Contents
M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 6.1. File contents The main part of the file contains data measured by the oscilloscope. Also the following data defining the oscilloscope’s setup are present: - Vertical shift of channel A - Vertical shift of channel B... - Page 38 M520 series oscilloscope with rollmode User’s Guide 6.3.1. Setting codes 0x0001 – measurement start/stop + 16-bit word (1 – start of measurement , 0 – stop of measurement) 0x0002 – Vertical shift of channel A + 16-bit value of vertical position + 16-bit signed position of 0V 0x0003 –...