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• RIGOL products are covered by P.R.C. and foreign patents, issued and pending. • RIGOL reserves the right to modify or change parts of or all the specifications and pricing policies at the company's sole decision. • Information in this publication replaces all previously released materials.
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Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures. If you suspect that any damage may occur to the instrument, have it inspected by RIGOL authorized personnel before further operations. Any maintenance, adjustment or replacement especially to circuits or accessories must be performed by RIGOL authorized personnel.
MSO8000A Series Overview MSO8000A Series Overview MSO8000A series digital oscilloscope developed by RIGOL is a medium and high-end mixed signal digital oscilloscope designed on UltraVision II technical platform. With the analog bandwidth up to 2 GHz, the digital oscilloscope integrates 7 instruments into one, with 500 Mpts memory depth, sound waveform display effects, excellent waveform capture rate, and powerful data analysis functions.
This manual gives you a quick review about the front and rear panel of MSO8000A series, the user interface, and the basic operation method. http:// For the latest version of this manual, download it from the official website of RIGOL ( www.rigol.com Publication Number...
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Position Knob knob POSITION Content Conventions in this Manual: MSO8000A series includes the following models. Unless otherwise specified, this manual takes MSO8204A as an example to illustrate the functions and operation methods of the MSO8000A series. No. of Max. Analog No.
The consigner or carrier shall be liable for the damage to the instrument resulting from shipment. RIGOL would not be responsible for free maintenance/rework or replacement of the instrument. 2. Inspect the instrument In case of any mechanical damage, missing parts, or failure in passing the electrical and mechanical tests, contact your RIGOL sales representative.
4.3.5 To Connect the Probe RIGOL provides the passive probe, the active probe, and the logic probe for the MSO8000A Datasheet . MSO8000A series. For specific probe models, please refer to For detailed technical information of the probes, please refer to the corresponding Probe User Guide.
Figure 4.9 2. Connect the other terminal of the logic probe to the signal terminal under test. RIGOL's MSO8000A series has a standard configuration of a logic probe RPL2316. To apply to different application scenarios, RPL2316 provides three connection RPL2316 Logic Probe methods to connect the signal under test.
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3. Press Online upgrade or enable the touch screen to tap "Online upgrade", then a "System Update Information" window is displayed, requesting you whether to accept or cancel "RIGOL TERMS OF ONLINE UPGRADE SERVICE". Tap "Accept" to start online upgrade. Tap "Cancel" to cancel the online upgrade.
Quick Start User Interface MSO8000A series has a 10.1-inch WSVGA (1024×600) LCD, with 256 level gray-scale display. The user interface displays the acquired waveforms, the setting information, and the measurement results. 10 11 12 Figure 4.15 User Interface 1. Analog Channel Label/Waveform Different channels are marked with different colors.
) are displayed. Touch Screen Controls MSO8000A series provides a 10.1-inch super large capacitive touch screen, which supports multi-touch and gesture operation. It has strong waveform display capability and excellent user experience. It features great convenience, high flexibility, and great sensitivity.
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Then, you can install the option according to the following steps. a. Obtain an option license www.rigol.com a. Log in to the RIGOL official website ( ), click SERVICE CENTRE (Products & Services) > License Activation to enter the license activation interface.
To Set the Vertical System To Set the Vertical System MSO8000A series provides 4 analog input channels (CH1-CH4). Each channel is equipped with an independent vertical control system. The setting methods for the vertical systems of the 4 channels are the same. This chapter takes CH1 as an example to introduce the setting method for the vertical system.
5.10.1 Passive Probe If a passive probe is connected, for example, when RIGOL RP3500A probe model is connected to the oscilloscope, press Probe to open the probe menu. Its sub-menus are grayed out and disabled.
To Set the Vertical System 5.10.2 Active Probe If an active probe is connected, for example, when RIGOL RP7150 probe model is connected to the oscilloscope, press Probe to open the probe menu, then operate on the menu item. •...
In the trigger debugging process of video signals, the frequency in different part of the signal can be reflected by a different brightness, as RIGOL digital oscilloscope provides the intensity graded color display function. Experienced users can quickly judge the signal quality and discover abnormalities during the debugging process.
Binary Header Format 1. File Header There is only one file header in a binary file. The file header contains the following information. Two-byte characters, RG, indicating that the file is the RIGOL Cookie binary data file format. Version Two-byte, indicating the file version.
23.1 Remote Interface Configuration MSO8000A series can communicate with the PC via the USB, LAN, or GPIB (requiring to work with RIGOL's USB-GPIB adaptor) interface. Before using the remote interfaces, configure the corresponding interface according to the introductions in the following section.
RIGOL official website ( ). If yes, a red spot appears at the upper-left corner of the Online upgrade menu, prompting you that the latest upgrade version is available and you can perform online upgrade.
The available file types include "*.png", "*.bmp", "*.jpg", and "*.tif". - If you select "Text" under Screen Saver, press Text, and then the filename input interface is displayed, e.g. inputting "RIGOL Scope". For details, refer to descriptions in " To Create a Folder ".
At this time, you can pinch or stretch the icons on RIGOL to zoom out or zoom in icons to check whether the gestures work normally. Press three consecutive times to exit the touch test interface.
PC via the USB interface. You can also click USB-TMC to search for the resource. 3. View the device resource The resources found will appear under the "RIGOL Online Resource" directory, and the model number and USB interface information of the instrument will also be displayed.
4. View the device resource The resources found will appear under the "RIGOL Online Resource" directory. 5. Control the instrument remotely Right-click the device resource name and select "SCPI Panel Control" to open the remotely command control panel.
5. View the device resource Click OK to go back to the main interface of Ultra Sigma. The searched instrument resource will be displayed under the directory of "RIGOL Online Resource". 6. Control the instrument remotely Right-click the device resource name. In the displayed menu, select "SCPI Panel Control"...
After restarting the instrument, insert the USB storage device again to check whether it can work normally. d. If the USB storage device still cannot work normally, please contact RIGOL. 3. How do you set the amplitude of the waveform in dBm? a.
Phase Deviation Correction Jig) Real-time Eye Diagram and Jitter Analysis (Option) MSO8000-JITTER NOTE For all the accessories and options, please contact the local office of RIGOL. 26.2 Appendix B: Warranty RIGOL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as RIGOL) warrants that the product mainframe and product accessories will be free from defects in materials and workmanship within the warranty period.