12 Acquisition Control; Running, Stopping, And Making Single Acquisitions - Keysight Technologies InfiniiVision 2000 X Series User Manual

Keysight InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Oscilloscopes
User's Guide

12 Acquisition Control

Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control) / 177
Overview of Sampling / 178
Selecting the Acquisition Mode / 183
Acquiring to Segmented Memory / 189
This chapter shows how to use the oscilloscope's acquisition and run controls.
Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control)
There are two front panel keys for starting and stopping the oscilloscope's
acquisition system: [Run/Stop] and [Single].
• When the [Run/Stop] key is green, the oscilloscope is running, that is, acquiring
• When the [Run/Stop] key is red, data acquisition is stopped.
• To capture and display a single acquisition (whether the oscilloscope is running
data when trigger conditions are met.
To stop acquiring data, press [Run/Stop]. When stopped, the last acquired
waveform is displayed.
"Stop" is displayed next to the trigger type in the status line at the top of the
display.
To start acquiring data, press [Run/Stop].
or stopped), press [Single].
The [Single] run control lets you view single-shot events without subsequent
waveform data overwriting the display. Use [Single] when you want maximum
memory depth for pan and zoom.
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