Tektronix SPECMON3 Manual page 411

Reference
Status Bar
The Status Bar displays information on specific instrument settings. It contains only status information; it
does not display any error information. The Status bar has no controls. It can be hidden.
Elements of the Status Bar
Area within Bar
Run Status
Status message area
Acquisition mode
Trigger Settings
Frequency Reference Setting
Internal Attenuator setting
Preamp Setting
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Run Status Indicators
Indicator
Acquiring
Analyzing
Arm
File Data
Replaying
Stopped
Triggered
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Description
Displays the running state. For example, some run states are Arm, Ready, Triggered,
Analyzing, or Stopped.
Displays status messages (for example, ADC Overrange). When there no status
messages to report, displays current acquisition parameters (for example, Acq Length:
22.320 us).
Displays either Real Time or Swept. Indicates how the next acquisition will be acquired.
Displays Trigger settings. For example, you will see Free Run, Power, Trig In (front),
Frequency Mask and others.
Indicates whether the internal or external reference source is selected. Displays Ref:
Int or Ref: Ext.
Displays the setting of the internal attenuator.
If the optional preamp is installed, this indicates whether the preamp is on or off. If the
preamp is on, displays Preamp: ON, 3 GHz max. as a reminder that the input frequency
range is restricted when using the preamp.
Description
The analyzer is capturing the signal.
The analyzer has captured the signal and is processing the signal record.
The trigger circuitry is filling the pretrigger portion of the signal record.
The analyzer is analyzing recalled acquisition records.
The analyzer is analyzing recalled waveform or acquisition records.
If Stopped is displayed, Signal acquisition has been halted. This can occur because the
Run button has been pressed or because a trigger event has occurred, signal acquisition
has occurred and Run mode was set to Single.
If Triggered is displayed, the analyzer has recognized a valid trigger and is filling the
posttrigger portion of the signal record.
Status Bar
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