To Set The Instrument To A Known Starting Condition; To Measure Peak-To-Peak Voltage - HP 54520 Series Service Manual

Operating the Oscilloscope
To set the instrument to a known starting condition
To set the instrument to a known starting condition
Other users may set up the instrument in a way that will invalidate or obscure measurements
you want to make. Each time you use the oscilloscope, you should set it to a starting
condition that will allow you to avoid those problems.
The easiest way to do this is with the following procedure:
Press the "Recall key in the Setup area.
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Press the cix_ key in the Entry/Measure area.
If you want more information on instrument setup conditions, please see the HP 54520 and
54540 Series Oscilloscope User's Reference.
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To measure peak-to-peak voltage
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Press Autoscale.
Pressthe (blue) key onthe Entry/Measure keypad.
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Press the vp-p key onthe Entry/Measure keypad.
Notice the message at the top of the display that tells how use the knob to select function,
channel, or memory. The instrument also prompts you for a channel number at the bottom of
the display.
4 Pressthe 1 key on the Entry/Measure keypad to select channel number 1.
Notice that Vp-p is shown at the bottom of the display area.
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