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  • Page 1 Operator's Manual WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes...
  • Page 2 Teledyne LeCroy, Inc. documentation for internal educational purposes only. Teledyne LeCroy is a trademark of Teledyne LeCroy, Inc., Inc. Other product or brand names are trademarks or requested trademarks of their respective holders. Information in this publication supersedes all earlier versions. Specifications are subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Safety Symbols Precautions Operating Environment Measuring Terminal Ratings (C1-C4 and Ext) Clearance and Ventilation Power Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up Front of Oscilloscope Side of Oscilloscope Back of Oscilloscope Front Panel Configuring the User Button Signal Interfaces Powering the Oscilloscope Connecting to Other Devices/Systems Using MAUI MAUI Application...
  • Page 4 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Save Recall LabNotebook Report Generator Print File Sharing Dialog (send email) Email & Report Settings Using the File Browser Utilities & Preferences Utilities Preferences Disk Utilities Maintenance Cleaning Restart/Reboot Instrument Restore Default Setup...

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    About This Manual Thank you for purchasing a Teledyne LeCroy oscilloscope. We're certain you'll be pleased with the detailed features unique to our instruments. This manual covers the operation and maintenance of all instruments in the WaveMaster 8000HD series, including SDA models, with the exception of the Serial Data Analysis software, which is documented elsewhere.
  • Page 6 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual...

  • Page 7: Safety

    Safety Safety Symbols These symbols appear on the instrument or in documentation to alert you to important safety concerns: Caution of potential damage to instrument or Warning of potential bodily injury. Refer to manual. Do not proceed until the information is fully understood and conditions are met. Warning, risk of electric shock or burn.

  • Page 8: Operating Environment

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Operating Environment Temperature : Standard Models: 5 °C to 40 °C DBI Models: 15 °C to 35 °C Humidity : Maximum relative humidity (RH) 80% up to 31 °C, decreasing linearly to 50% relative humidity at 40 °C Altitude : Up to 10,000 ft (3,048 m) at or below 30 °C...

  • Page 9: Power

    Safety Power The instrument automatically adapts to the line voltage; manual voltage selection is not required. AC Power Source : 100-240 VAC (±10%) at 50/60 Hz (±10%) Automatic AC voltage selection 6-16 GHz Models 20-33 GHz Models 50-65 GHz DBI Models 850 W 1250 W 1300 W...

  • Page 10: Oscilloscope Overview And Set Up

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up Front of Oscilloscope A. Front Panel controls G. Aux In (ProBus) and Aux Out (BNC) B. Touch Screen display H. Fast Edge output C. Power/Standby button I. Ground and Cal terminals D.

  • Page 11: Side Of Oscilloscope

    Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up Side of Oscilloscope A. Speaker Out and Mic In C. Ethernet ports (2) B. USB 3.2 Gen2x1 ports (4) D. HDMI and DisplayPort outputs E. Built-in carrying handles...

  • Page 12: Back Of Oscilloscope

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Back of Oscilloscope A. Removable solid state drive C. LBUS connector (for HDA125 only) B. AC power inlet with clamp D. 10 MHz Ref In and Ref Out BNC connectors E. USBTMC port...

  • Page 13: Front Panel

    Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up Front Panel Front panel controls duplicate functionality available through the touch screen and are described here only briefly. Knobs on the front panel function one way if turned and another if pushed like a button. The first label describes the knob’s “turn” action, the second label its “push” action.

  • Page 14: Cursor Controls

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual The Vertical Adjust knob sets Vertical Gain (V/div) for channel traces or Vertical Scale for math, zoom and memory traces. The value appears on the trace descriptor box. Push the knob to toggle between fine and stepped increments.

  • Page 15: Configuring The User Button

    Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up Save performs whatever action was last selected on the Save dialog: save a LabNotebook, screen image, setup or waveform file. User can be configured as you choose, for example: To save a screen capture using your current Screen Image Preferences.

  • Page 16: Signal Interfaces

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Signal Interfaces Teledyne LeCroy instruments offer a variety of interfaces to input analog or digital signals. See the oscilloscope product page at teledynelecroy.com for a list of compatible input devices. ProBus Interface Upper row C1-C4 utilize the ProBus interface.
  • Page 17 Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up The first half, mounted onto the oscilloscope connector panel, has a combination of grooves, external threads and a coaxial interface which comprises a Planar Crown® airline geometry at the outer end. The second half is the 2.92 mm connector saver. It has the mating interface to the oscilloscope connector on one end, and a female 2.92 connector on the other.
  • Page 18 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual 1.85 mm Interface The 1.85 mm interface is used for DBI acquisition of signals on the inside, two bottom row inputs of ≥50 GHz WaveMaster 8000HD models. The interface consists of a precision V-male connector with a V-female-to-V-female barrel adapter and a LEMO plug.

  • Page 19: Lbus Interface

    Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up 4. Insert the hand wrench over the flat portion of the barrel adapter. This holds the barrel adapter still while the V-male connector is tightened around it. 5. Tighten the V-male connector around the V-female-to-V-female barrel adapter using the torque wrench in a counterclockwise motion.
  • Page 20 Active Probes Teledyne LeCroy offers a variety of active probes for use with your oscilloscope. Most active probes match probe to oscilloscope response automatically using probe response data stored in an on-board EEPROM. This ensures the best possible combined probe plus oscilloscope channel frequency response without the need to perform any de- embedding procedure.

  • Page 21: Powering The Oscilloscope

    Oscilloscope Overview and Set Up Powering the Oscilloscope Power Cord Always secure the power cord with the clamp. Loosen the Philips head screw, insert the power cord receptacle completely into the AC inlet, then secure the clamp over the cord. Caution: To avoid a fire hazard, the power cord must be fully inserted and secured tightly to the clamp.

  • Page 22: Connecting To Other Devices/Systems

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Connecting to Other Devices/Systems The instrument is preset to accept a DHCP network address over a TCP/IP connection. Connect a cable from an Ethernet (LAN) port to a network access device. Go to Utilities > Utilities Setup > Remote to find the IP address.

  • Page 23: Using Maui

    Windows touch screen features. MAUI Application MAUI forms the front-end of Teledyne LeCroy oscilloscopes, providing a single interface for all standard and optional oscilloscope applications. MAUI runs on the Microsoft Windows platform. The oscilloscope firmware and standard applications are active upon delivery. At power-up, the instrument loads the software automatically.

  • Page 24: Touch Screen

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Touch Screen With MAUI, the touch screen is the principal control center of the oscilloscope. The entire display is active: use your finger or a stylus to touch, drag, swipe, and draw selection boxes. With the addition of OneTouch, gestures such as pinch and flick can be used to control the screen.
  • Page 25 Using MAUI Grid The grid displays the waveform traces. Every grid is 8 Vertical divisions representing the full number of 4096 Vertical levels and 10 Horizontal divisions representing the total acquisition time. The value of each division depends on the Vertical and Horizontal scale of the traces that appear on that grid.

  • Page 26: Descriptor Boxes

    (if any), coupling, vertical scale (gain) setting, vertical offset setting, sweeps count (when averaging), vertical cursor positions, and number of segments acquired (when in Sequence mode). On WaveMaster 8000HD models, channel operating bandwidth adjusted for DBI, bandwidth filters and probes is also shown, and per division values are indicated by a slash "/"...
  • Page 27 Using MAUI Note: Interpolation, Averaging and Noise Filter are disabled on acquisitions >2 Gpts in length. Note: Short form notation used on other oscilloscope models is not used on WaveMaster 8000HD. Math, Zoom and Memory Descriptors Similar descriptor boxes appear for math (Fn), zoom (Zn) and memory (Mn) traces. These descriptors show any scaling that differs from the channel timebase.
  • Page 28 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Dialogs Dialogs appear at the bottom of the display for entering setup data. The top dialog will be the main entry point for the selected functionality. For convenience, related dialogs appear as a series of tabs behind the main dialog. Touch the tab to open the dialog.

  • Page 29: Message Bar

    At the bottom of the oscilloscope display is a narrow message bar. The current date and time are shown at the far right. Status, error, or other messages are shown at the far left, where "Teledyne LeCroy" normally appears. You will see the word "Processing..." highlighted with red at the right of the message bar when the oscilloscope is processing your last acquisition or calculating.

  • Page 30: Controlling Traces

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Controlling Traces Traces are the visible representations of waveforms that appear on the display grid. They may show live inputs (Cn, Digitaln), a math function applied to a waveform (Fn), a stored memory of a waveform (Mn), a zoom of a waveform (Zn), or the processing results of special analysis software.

  • Page 31: Activating Traces

    Using MAUI Activating Traces Although several traces may be open, only one trace is active and can be adjusted using front panel controls and touch screen gestures. A highlighted descriptor box indicates which trace is active. All actions apply to that trace until you activate another.
  • Page 32 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Moving Traces You can move a trace from one grid to another by dragging its descriptor box to the desired grid. This is a convenient way to quickly re-arrange traces on the display. If you are in Q-Scape display mode, you can drag the descriptor box to a grid on another tab, provided the grid is visible while you are moving the trace.

  • Page 33: Labeling Traces

    Using MAUI Labeling Traces The Label function gives you the ability to add custom annotations to the trace display. Once placed, labels can be moved to new positions or hidden while remaining associated with the trace. Create Label 1. Select Label from the context menu, or touch the Label Action toolbar button on the trace setup dialog. 2.
  • Page 34 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Finding Trace Status If a small letter "i" inside a bubble appears on the trace descriptor box, this indicates there is additional information regarding a waveform processing error that resulted in the oscilloscope being unable to display a trace, or producing a trace that could lead to unreliable measurements.

  • Page 35: Maui With Onetouch

    Using MAUI MAUI with OneTouch Gestures like touch, drag, swipe, pinch and flick can be used to create and change setups with one touch. Just as you change the display by using the setup dialogs, you can change the setups by moving different display objects. Use the setup dialogs to refine OneTouch actions to precise values.

  • Page 36: Copy Setups

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Copy Setups To copy the setup of one trace to another of the same type (e.g., channel to channel, math to math), drag-and-drop the source descriptor box onto the target descriptor box. To copy the setup of a measurement (Pn), drag-and-drop the source column onto the target column of the Measure table.

  • Page 37: Position Cursors

    Using MAUI Position Cursors To change cursor measurement time/level, drag cursor markers to new positions on the grid. The cursor readout will update immediately. To place horizontal cursors on zooms or other calculated traces where the source Horizontal Scale has forced cursors off the grid, drag the cursor readout from below the Timebase descriptor to the grid where you wish to place the cursors.

  • Page 38: Store To Memory

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Store to Memory To store a trace to internal memory, drag-and-drop its descriptor onto the target memory (Mn) descriptor. Move Trace To move a trace to a different grid, drag-and-drop the trace descriptor box onto the target grid.
  • Page 39 Using MAUI Pan/Swipe Trace To pan a trace, activate it to bring it to the forefront, then drag the waveform trace right/left or up/down. If it is the source of any other trace, that trace will move, as well. For channel traces, the Timebase descriptor box will show the new Horizontal Delay value.
  • Page 40 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Pinch Zoom To "zoom in" on any trace, unpinch two fingers over the trace horizontally. To "zoom out" on any trace, pinch two fingers over the trace horizontally. Note: Pinch gestures do not create a separate zoom (Zn) trace, they only adjust the Horizontal Scale. When you pinch a channel (Cn) trace, the Timebase for all channels changes.

  • Page 41: Waveform Acquisition

    Waveform Acquisition Waveform Acquisition Topics in this section explain how to configure the instrument to acquire new waveforms. Auto Setup Auto Setup configures the essential acquisition settings based on the first input signal it finds, starting with C1. If nothing is connected to C1, it searches C2 and so forth until it finds a signal. Vertical Scale (Volts/div), Offset, Timebase (Time/div), and Trigger are set to a 50% Edge trigger on the first, non-zero-level amplitude, with the entire waveform visible for at least 10 cycles over 10 horizontal divisions.
  • Page 42 On WaveMaster 8000HD oscilloscopes, you can create a differential input from two sources. On the Channel Setup dialog, choose which channels make up Diff Pair 1 and Diff Pair 2. A new Differential Channel dialog (e.g., C1-C2) is...
  • Page 43 Probe Attenuation values for third-party probes may be entered manually on the Cn dialog. The instrument will detect it is a third-party probe and display these fields. When a Teledyne LeCroy probe is connected to a channel input, the Attenuation field becomes a button to access Probe dialog, a tab added to the right of the Cn tab.
  • Page 44 Invert changes the apparent polarity of the signal, substituting an equivalent negative value for a positive one, and vice versa, so that the waveform appears to be "flipped" on screen. De-Embedding allows you to remove the effects of cables used to input signals. On WaveMaster 8000HD, select it to de-embed using S-parameter models.
  • Page 45 Waveform Acquisition Differential Channel Dialog When two single-ended inputs are combined into a differential pair using the Channel Setup dialog, a new Differential Channel dialog is added to the group to enable you to control the differential signal trace. Diff Trace On is checked by default, and the oscilloscope displays a new trace and descriptor box for <Source 1>...
  • Page 46 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual De-embedding The De-embedding feature, standard on WaveMaster 8000HD oscilloscopes, allows you to quickly remove the effects of input cables by de-embedding S-parameter models of the cables' electrical characteristics. The compensated signal is a more accurate representation of what was actually transmitted from the DUT.

  • Page 47: Probe Dialog

    Auto Zero corrects for DC offset drifts that naturally occur from thermal effects in the amplifier of active probes. Teledyne LeCroy probes incorporate Auto Zero capability to remove the DC offset from the probe's amplifier output to improve the measurement accuracy.

  • Page 48: Digital (Mixed-Signal)

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Digital (Mixed-Signal) When a mixed-signal device is connected to the oscilloscope, digital input setup options are added to the Vertical menu. There are set up dialogs for digital groups Digital1 to Digital4, which correspond to possible digital buses. You:...
  • Page 49 The HDA125 High-speed Digital Analyzer is a complete system that adds digital acquisition and triggering capabilities to Teledyne LeCroy Zi series oscilloscopes. With a sample rate of 12.5 GS/s on all 18 channels, the HDA125 is optimized for acquiring high-speed digital signals. Accurate digital interpretation of high-frequency analog signals is ensured by the high input sensitivity (150 mV minimum signal swing) and low-loading QuickLink probing system.

  • Page 50: Digital Group Set Up

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Digital Group Set Up Digital Group dialog when using Digital Leadset (MSO). Digital Group dialog when using HDA125. Digital Group set up is virtually the same whether using the MSO Digital Leadset or the HDA125 for input. The only significant differences are the number of digital lines available and a Deskew feature on the HDA125.
  • Page 51 Waveform Acquisition Digital1 (magenta) shows four lines at Vertical Position +4.0 (top of grid) and Group Height 4.0 divisions (half of grid). Digital4 (green) shows five digital lines and bus trace with the same Vertical Position and Group Height. The size and placement of the traces depend on the Vertical Position and Group Height settings. In Vertical Position, enter the number of divisions (positive or negative) relative to the zero line of the grid where the display begins.The top of the first trace appears at this position.
  • Page 52 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Renumbering Digital Lines Labels can also be "swapped" between lines. This procedure helps in cases where the physical lead number is different from the logical line number you would like to assign to that input. It can save time having to reattach leads or reconfigure groups.

  • Page 53: Digital Logic Set Up

    Waveform Acquisition Digital Logic Set Up Digital logic determination is made according to the settings made on the Logic Setup tab when defining groups. Note: If you are using digital inputs as decoder sources, be sure the logic setup you make here matches the levels you set on the decoder dialogs.

  • Page 54: Timebase

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Timebase Timebase (Horizontal) settings control traces along the X axis. The timebase is shared by all channels. The time represented by each horizontal division of the grid, or Time/Division, is most easily adjusted using the front panel Horizontal knob.
  • Page 55 Waveform Acquisition Timebase Mode Time/Division is the time represented by one horizontal division of the grid. Touch the Up/Down Arrow buttons on the Timebase dialog or turn the front panel Horizontal knob to adjust this value. The overall length of the acquisition record is equal to 10 times the Time/Division setting.
  • Page 56 On WaveMaster 8000HD and WaveRunner 8000HD oscilloscopes, the maximum ESR upsampling factor is 2x. In "Set Maximum Memory" mode, ESR will be enabled whenever the timebase settings dictate that the required acquisition length is less than or equal to the maximum memory value selected.
  • Page 57 Waveform Acquisition Setting Up DBI from the TimeBase Dialog 1. Choose TimeBase > Horizontal Setup... to access the Timebase dialog. 2. The DBI buttons represent the possible configuration of active channels and the bandwidths they would yield with DBI enabled. Touch the buttons corresponding to the channels/bandwidth you want. Setting Up DBI from the Channel Fly Out Menu On SDA/WaveMaster 8000HDs, you can also use the channel fly out menu to set up DBI.

  • Page 58: Sequence Mode Set Up

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Sequence Mode Set Up The Sequence dialog appears behind the Timebase dialog only when Sequence Mode sampling is selected. Use it to define the number of fixed-size segments to be acquired. 1. From the menu bar, choose Timebase > Horizontal Setup..., then Sequence Sampling Mode.

  • Page 59: Navigating Long Acquisitions

    Waveform Acquisition Channel descriptor boxes indicate the total number of segments acquired in sequence mode. Zoom descriptor boxes show the first segment displayed ([#]) and total number of segments displayed (#). As with all other zoom traces, the zoomed segments are highlighted on the source trace. Example: You have acquired 10 segments of two channels.
  • Page 60 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Navigating with Zoom Stop acquisition, then create a zoom trace of the area you wish to analyze. Apply math and measurements to the zoom rather than the channel trace. Math applied to a zoom is calculated on the entire trace (up to 2 Gpts). Highlighting shows the area analyzed.

  • Page 61: Clock Source Settings

    Waveform Acquisition Timebase changed to 1 ms/div with Navigation Reference set to Centered (50%). Note how with this setting, the trigger event has shifted off the grid to the left as time "expands", but the center of trace remains in the same place. Lock to Trigger rescales divisions around the trigger point.

  • Page 62: History Mode

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual History Mode History Mode allows you to review any acquisition saved in the history buffer. Not only can individual acquisitions be restored to the grid, you can "scroll" backward and forward through the history at varying speeds to capture changes in the waveforms over time.

  • Page 63: Trigger

    Waveform Acquisition Trigger Triggers define the event around which digitized information is displayed on the grid. Different Trigger Types are used to select different events in the trigger source waveforms: edge voltages, pulse widths, high/low states, etc. These may be a single-channel event or a complex pattern of events across several channels.

  • Page 64: Trigger Types

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Trigger Types The Trigger Type sets the triggering conditions. Edge triggers upon a achieving a certain voltage level in the positive or negative slope of the waveform. Width triggers upon finding a positive- or negative-going pulse width when measured at the specified voltage level.

  • Page 65: Trigger Setup

    Waveform Acquisition oscilloscope's Ext. In port. In Pattern triggers, the Ext. In port may be examined for a High/Low state as part of the overall triggering pattern. Select the Coupling to use for the Ext. In port when defining the pattern. Line triggers (Line source) are Edge triggers that fire at the occurrence of the 50% level of the selected slope on the AC power line connected to the oscilloscope.
  • Page 66 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Coupling For analog triggers, specify the type of signal Coupling at the input: DC - Frequency components are coupled to the trigger circuit for high frequency bursts, or where the use of AC coupling would shift the effective trigger level.
  • Page 67 Waveform Acquisition The extent of the range can often also be specified by using a Nominal and Delta value, rather than an absolute upper and lower value. In this case, the Nominal value sets the center of the range, and the Delta determines how many units plus/minus the Nominal value are included in the range.
  • Page 68 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Measurement Trigger Measurement is not technically a trigger, but permits the instrument to stop and display acquisition based on a post- processing measurement result, similar to a trigger. The available measurements will each offer a different method for specifying the "trigger"...
  • Page 69 Waveform Acquisition Digital Pattern Trigger Pattern is the default trigger type selection when a digital input device is connected to the instrument. A Pattern trigger can be set on a digital logic pattern, or a combination of digital logic and analog states. Logic Bus Method The Logic Bus method simplifies pattern set up by utilizing digital groups and logic you have already defined on the Digital setup dialogs.
  • Page 70 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Note: As an alternative, you may set edge conditions on any line. Touch the Dn button and choose the edge. Edge conditions always assume a logical OR in the overall trigger criteria. 4. Open the Levels dialog and either:...
  • Page 71 Waveform Acquisition Qualified Trigger A Qualified trigger arms when the qualifying A event occurs on one signal, then fires when the B event occurs on another signal. In Normal trigger mode, it automatically resets after the B event and re-arms upon the next qualifying A event.
  • Page 72 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Time Window When the B event is the occurrence of an Edge or Pattern, a window can be set to constrain the time in which B must occur following A in order for the trigger to fire. Use the When B Occurs buttons to trigger: Any Time that B occurs after being qualified by A.

  • Page 73: Trigger Holdoff

    Waveform Acquisition Trigger Holdoff Holdoff is either a period of time or an event count that may be set as an additional condition for Edge and Pattern triggers. Holdoff disables the trigger temporarily, even if the other conditions are met. Use Holdoff to obtain a stable trigger for repetitive, composite waveforms.
  • Page 74 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Hold Off by Events Events refers to the number of times the trigger conditions have been met following the arming event. For example, if the Holdoff is two edges counted from the start of the acquisition, the oscilloscope readies, arms on the first edge, holds off for the next two, triggers on the fourth edge, then completes the acquisition.
  • Page 75 Waveform Acquisition Zone Trigger A Zone trigger allows you to visually define the waveform states that will trigger an acquisition, adding a second set of trigger conditions to the primary trigger. Similar to a mask test, shapes drawn on the grid represent Areas that a waveform must be "In"...
  • Page 76 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual 2. Click (or touch) on the grid where you wish to place an Area, then drag to draw a rectangle. As soon as you release, the Zone context menu appears next to the new Area.
  • Page 77 Waveform Acquisition Drawing Custom Shapes The Custom option allows you to draw freehand shapes by placing a series of points that define the Area. The Area can be any kind of closed shape you devise. 1. Open the Zone Trigger dialog and choose Custom. You are now in Zone Edit Mode. 2.
  • Page 78 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Editing Areas Once drawn, the shape of the Area can be modified by "touch" or by using the Edit dialog and context menu. If you have left Zone Edit Mode, re-enter it by clicking on the Area to be modified.
  • Page 79 Waveform Acquisition Editing Using the Edit Area Dialog Double-click (double-tap) on the Area to open the Edit Area dialog. Most of the same actions as are in the context menu can be invoked using this dialog. The dialog allows you to quickly change the In, Out or Don't Care condition of the Area, or the Source channel. If you change the Source, the Area will move to the grid where that waveform is displayed, maintaining its grid position.
  • Page 80 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Using Boolean Logic As new Areas are drawn, the Boolean Logic Equation area of the dialog is populated with default 'and' statements, creating an equation such as "A1 and A2 and A3...". When all the conditions in the equation are true, the oscilloscope acquires and displays the new, validated waveform.
  • Page 81 Waveform Acquisition Saving/Recalling Zone Configurations The Save button saves only the Zone configuration to a special Zone setup file. When you use the Recall button on the Zone Trigger dialog, only the Zone configuration is recalled, not the entire waveform setup. Note: Zone configurations are saved to and recalled with full oscilloscope setup (.lss) files.
  • Page 82 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Zone Descriptor Box The Zone descriptor box appears to the right of the Trigger descriptor box as soon as there is an Area on the screen. Using keywords and a colored "LED" display, it informs you of the current state of the system's trigger (primary and secondary).

  • Page 83: Software Assisted Trigger

    Waveform Acquisition Software Assisted Trigger Software Assisted Trigger is used to find the trigger-level crossing point closest to the hardware trigger point. It then adjusts the time offset of the waveform so that it is aligned with the specified trigger level and slope. In the following figure, the white trace is the waveform at the input to software-assisted trigger processing.
  • Page 84 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual TriggerScan TriggerScan is a debugging tool that helps you quickly discover waveform anomalies by automating the process of building triggers designed to find rare events in an acquisition. Triggerscan trains the system by looking at acquired waveforms. During the training, TriggerScan analyzes the waveforms to determine what waveforms normally look like.

  • Page 85: Viewing Acquisition Status

    Waveform Acquisition Saving TriggerScan Setups You can preserve the Trigger List by saving it to a setup file. The current Trigger List is not preserved after exiting the application unless you manually save it. 1. On the TriggerScan dialog, touch Setup File Name and enter a file name, or touch the Browse button and select a location and file name.

  • Page 86: Display

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Display Display menu settings affect the number and style of grids that appear on screen and some of the visual characteristics of traces, such as persistence. The oscilloscope features a multi-grid display, where each separate grid represents the full number of 4096 vertical levels.

  • Page 87: Trace Settings

    Display Note: Some waveforms may be hidden from view with the grid on top. Axis labels display the values represented by each division of the grid, based on your vertical scale and timebase. Turned on by default, they may appear as absolute values or delta from center (0). Deselect the checkbox to remove them from the display.

  • Page 88: Persistence Display

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Persistence Display The Persistence feature retains waveform traces on the display for a set amount of time before allowing them to gradually "decay," similar to the analog-style display of old, phosphor screen oscilloscopes. The display is generated by repeated sampling of events over time and the accumulation of the sampled data into "persistence maps".
  • Page 89 Display In shaded (projected light) quality, the shape of the pulses is emphasized. This quality is monochrome only. In wire frame quality, lines of equal intensity are used to construct the persistence map. This display can be either color or Monochrome. In 3d mode, X Axis Rotation and Y Axis Roation can range 180°...

  • Page 90: Math And Measure

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Math and Measure Teledyne LeCroy offers a rich set of standard, pre-programmed tools for the "quickest time to insight" into the characteristics of acquired waveforms. Most instruments calculate measurements on all samples in an acquisition, enabling you to rapidly accumulate thousands or millions of parameter values.
  • Page 91 Math and Measure Quick Zoom Use the front panel Zoom button to quickly create one zoom trace for each displayed channel trace. Quick zooms are created at the same vertical scale as the source trace and 10:1 horizontal magnification. The MultiZoom feature is turned on, and all the new zooms are automatically added to the MultiZoom group.
  • Page 92 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Zoom Dialog Choosing Math > Zoom Setup from the menu bar opens a dialog summarizing all active and inactive zoom trace settings. Use the selection boxes to turn on/off zooms. There are also options to: Reset All, return all zooms to x1 magnification.
  • Page 93 Math and Measure MultiZoom MultiZoom unifies the Horizontal Scale (Time/div) setting of those traces that you add to the MultiZoom group. The traces can be zooms or other types of calculated (as opposed to acquired) time traces, such as memories or math functions.

  • Page 94: Cursors

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Cursors Cursors are markers (lines, cross-hairs, and arrows) that identify horizontal and vertical values where they intersect the X or Y axis. Use cursors to make fast, accurate measurements of points on the waveform. Both Relative cursors. The same cursor type is applied to all open traces.
  • Page 95 Math and Measure Tip: On instruments with OneTouch, when you drag the horizontal cursor readout from below the Timebase descriptor box onto a zoom trace grid or zoom descriptor box, the cursors will automatically adjust position to reflect the difference in scale between the zoom and source traces. The readout on the source trace descriptor box depends on which Show option is selected: Absolute shows the vertical values where X1 and X2 intersect the source trace.

  • Page 96: Apply And Position Cursors

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Apply and Position Cursors To turn on cursors, either: From the menu bar, choose Cursors and select the desired cursor type from the drop-down list. On the front panel, press the Cursor button to turn on cursors, then continue pressing to cycle through all the cursor types.

  • Page 97: Standard Cursors Dialog

    Math and Measure Standard Cursors Dialog These controls can be used instead of the front panel controls to turn on cursors or to refine the cursor position. Access the dialog by choosing Cursors > Cursors Setup from the menu bar. Cursor Type buttons select the type of cursor displayed on the grid.

  • Page 98: Measure

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Measure Parameters are tools that give you access to a wide range of waveform properties, such as Rise Time, RMS voltage and Peak-Peak voltage. The instrument offers a quick selection of standard parameters, or you can create a user- defined set of parameters (My Measure) drawn from all available measurements.
  • Page 99 Math and Measure Standard Parameter Sets The pre-configured standard parameter sets available on the Measure dialog are: Std Vertical: Pk-Pk, Ampl, Max, Min, Sdev, Mean, Base, Top Std Horizontal: Rise, Fall, Period, Frequency, Width, Duty Cycle, Delay, N Points To quickly begin a new set of user-defined parameters based on the standard vertical or horizontal sets, touch Quick Setups and choose the set to copy.
  • Page 100 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Gates (vertical white lines) limit the data measured and visibly change measurement calculations. If you wish to gate all parameters to the same number of edges, use the Gate fields on the Measure dialog. For user- defined parameter sets ("My Measure"), first check Lock to activate the Start and Stop fields.
  • Page 101 Math and Measure Help Markers Help Markers clarify measurements by displaying lines, labels and hysteresis bands to mark the points being measured on the trace. For "@Level" parameters, markers make it easier to see where your waveform intersects the chosen level. If you change the set of parameters displayed, the markers will change, as well. You can choose to use Simple markers, which are only the lines, or Detailed markers, which include the measurement point labels.

  • Page 102: Parameter Setup

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Parameter Set Up Use the Pn dialogs to define a new set of measurement parameters ("My Measure"). Note: On acquisitions >2 Gpts in length, measurement are calculated on only the center 2 Gpts of the acquisition.
  • Page 103 Math and Measure There are three possible settings for Slope: Positive, use the rising edge of a pulse Negative, use the falling edge of a pulse Both, use either edge, whichever next occurs that meets the other criteria Here, the P1 Half Period parameter uses a Slope of Both, resulting in 10 measurements in this five period acquisition, one every time the signal crosses the 50% Level, rising or falling (only the first rising edge measurement is marked by the Help Marker).
  • Page 104 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Level Level is the point on the Vertical (Y) axis used to take a measurement. The default Level for measurements is 0 V or 50% amplitude, the center grid line when there is no Vertical Offset . When Level can be specified, it can usually be...
  • Page 105 Math and Measure Periodic and Cyclic Measurements Some measurement set up dialogs display a checkbox for Show one value per period or Cyclic. Periodic measurements return one measurement per full waveform period in the acquisition. Usually, "per period" is an option for Vertical parameters, like Amplitude, that would normally return only the value of the last full period in the acquisition.
  • Page 106 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Counting Periods/Cycles Per period and cyclic measurements are subject to the other measurement settings, such as the Slope and Level from which to count the waveform periods. Always visit the subdialogs that appear when checking Show one value per period or Cyclic to determine if there are further settings to be made.
  • Page 107 Math and Measure Note that although the Help Markers overlay the first two periods, the measurement value of -1.686 ns reported is actually the final measurement comparing the last two periods, as would be shown by looking at a WaveScan of the same acquisition.
  • Page 108 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Dperiod@level also allows you to also specify how the Group Size interval is treated, as a separator or a summation. Use One Value Per Group (shown above) measures every nth cycle, the first in each group. Sum All Values in Group (shown below) calculates the sum of all the cycles in the group and compares it to that of the next group.
  • Page 109 Math and Measure Note: The correct units for the measurement (V, s, Hz, dB, etc.) are automatically displayed. If you select a simple ratio parameter that yields a dimensionless number (such as power factor), units are omitted. Waveform Gated Parameters 1.

  • Page 110: List Of Standard Measurements

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual List of Standard Measurements Note: Unless otherwise stated, measurements are calculated according to IEEE standards. Additional measurements may be available depending on the software options installed. The keyword to use in remote control programs appears in Summary on the Pn dialog.
  • Page 111 Math and Measure Dtrig Time - Time from last acquisition trigger to the present acquisition trigger. For Sequence Mode acquisitions, the time between segment triggers within a single segmented waveform. Duration - Time from first acquisition trigger to last acquisition trigger included in an average, histogram, or segmented waveform.
  • Page 112 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Hold Time - Time from the first data signal edge at specified slope and level (Source2), to nearest previous clock signal edge at specified slope and level (Source1). Use Hold Clock subdialog to specify clock edge, and Hold Data subdialog to specify the data edge.
  • Page 113 Math and Measure waveforms), the Top-Base measurement used to calculate rise can default to Maximum and Minimum, giving less predictable results. Rise@level - Duration of a pulse waveform's rising edge between user-defined transition levels, measured for all rising transitions with the value for the last full pulse shown The two values used to compute the rise time are calculated as: Low = lower threshold x Amplitude/100 + Base High = upper threshold x Amplitude/100 + Base...
  • Page 114 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Histogram Measurements These measurements can be made on histogram math functions. You will receive an error status if you attempt to place them on a pulse waveform or other incompatible source. FWXX - Full Width at xx%, width of the largest area histogram peak at a user-specified percentage of the population of the highest peak.
  • Page 115 Math and Measure Fast MultiWave Port - Provides memory mapped C++ file access using multiple inputs for custom measurement calculation. The result may optionally be read back into the parameter. HParamScript - Custom Visual Basic or Java script that calculates a measurement on one or two input histograms, as opposed to waveforms.
  • Page 116 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Determining Rise and Fall Times Once Top and Base are estimated, calculation of the rise and fall times is easily done (see figure). The appropriate threshold levels are automatically determined by the instrument, using the amplitude (ampl) parameter.

  • Page 117: Measure Table

    Math and Measure Measure Table The header of the Measure table shows the parameters configured for each measurement slot (P1-Pn). The value row of the Measure table shows the measurements taken for each parameter on the last acquisition. You may optionally calculate and display the statistical mean, min, max and sdev of all parameters. Statistics calculated once per acquisition and accumulate over multiple acquisitions, up to the two billion value limit of the measurement buffer.

  • Page 118: Parameter Math

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Parameter Math In addition to measuring waveforms, you can set up a parameter that performs mathematical operations on the results of other parameters. Parameter math differs from math functions in that the input and the output are still numerical values that display in the Measure table.
  • Page 119 Math and Measure 6. On the Script Math subdialog, touch Script Language and choose either VBScript or JScript. 7. Touch the Edit Code button to open the Script Editor window. 8. Enter your code in the window, or Import from File an existing script. Click Apply and OK to finish. Scripts created in this window can be exported to a new file for future use.

  • Page 120: Using Web Editor

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Using Web Editor Whereas with Parameter Math you can apply a single math operation to measurement parameters, the Web Editor enables you to create processes that chain many operations on multiple inputs, including custom math and measurements (with the XDEV option), and yield multiple outputs.
  • Page 121 Math and Measure 7. From the pop-up, choose the operation or measurement that will occur at that node. A new block appears on the display. Drag the block to a location in the flow. Tip: Touch the location to place a green plus sign before adding the node. Then, the new block will be created at this spot.
  • Page 122 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Select the output pin of the processing block you wish to preview. It will turn bright green. Then, on the Web Editor dialog choose Add Preview. Delete Process/Connection To delete any process from the web, select the block then touch Delete. All the connections to/from it are automatically deleted.

  • Page 123: Using Histograms

    Math and Measure Using Histograms Histograms display the statistical distribution of parameter values using bars of varying heights to represent measurement frequency. The Histogram math function plots the number of parameter measurements that fall within a small range, known as a bin, as a function of the parameter value. Each bin is represented by a bar on the chart.
  • Page 124 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Histogram Calculation Histograms are calculated on the portion of the waveform within the acquisition window and the measurement gates, just as are the parameters. Likewise, histogram measurements are limited to the bars of the histogram that are visible on the grid and that fall within the measurement gates.
  • Page 125 Math and Measure Histogram Scaling Bins First, enter the total #Bins that comprise the histogram. This determines how many bars appear in the histogram. Histogram peak bin values are useful because they indicate the dominant values of a parameter, but using a too high number of bins can yield a spiky histogram, making meaningful peaks hard to distinguish.

  • Page 126: Using Trends

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Using Trends The Trend math function plots a waveform composed of parameter measurements arranged in the order the measurements were made. The vertical units are the source parameter values, and the horizontal unit is the measurement number.

  • Page 127: Using Tracks

    Math and Measure Using Tracks A Track is a waveform composed of parameter measurements that are time synchronous with the source waveform. The vertical units are those of the source parameter and the horizontal units are seconds. Due to the time synchronization, the number of points in the Track function is identical to the number of samples in the source waveform, and a Track is limited to the samples in a single acquisition.

  • Page 128: Track Vs. Trend

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Track vs. Trend The table below summarizes the differences between Track and Trend. Track Trend (Parameter value vs. time) (Parameter value vs. event) Cumulative? No, resets after every acquisition Cumulative over unlimited number of acquisitions, up to two billion events...

  • Page 129: Math

    Math and Measure Math Math function traces (Fn) display the result of applying a mathematical operation to a source trace. The output of a math function is always another trace, whereas the output of a measurement parameter is a tabular readout of the measurement.
  • Page 130 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual You can also choose Web Edit, in which case this function is added as a terminal to the processing web. See the instructions for Using Wed Edit to set up the function. 3. In Operator1, choose the math operation to perform.

  • Page 131: Math Dialog

    Math and Measure Math Dialog Once a math function has been created and saved on the Function (Fn) dialog, use the main Math dialog to quickly enable/disable it. You can also use this dialog to quickly turn on/off zoom traces. To open the Math dialogs, from the menu bar choose Math >...
  • Page 132 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual FFT - Computes a frequency spectrum with optional Rectangular, Von Hann, Flat Top, Hamming, Blackman-Harris, or Gaussian window. Allows FFT Averaging through use of a second math operator. See FFT. Floor - Calculates the lowest vertical values of a waveform at each horizontal value for a specified number of sweeps.
  • Page 133 Math and Measure Square Root - For every point in the waveform, calculates the square root of the sample value. Sum - For every point in the waveform, adds the value of Source1 to the value of Source 2. Source1 and Source2 must have the same horizontal and vertical units and scale.

  • Page 134: Average Function

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Average Function The summed or continuous average of all data samples from multiple acquisitions can be displayed as a new waveform trace using the Average function. Setting Up an Average Function 1. Follow the usual steps to set up a math fuction, selecting Average from the Basic Math submenu.

  • Page 135: Copy Function

    Math and Measure Copy Function The Copy math function saves a copy of your present waveform in its unprocessed state to the first available memory location. The memory enables faster throughput, in some cases, by preserving the original data, while math and measure processing continues on the original waveform.
  • Page 136 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual The improvement in SNR corresponds to the improvement in resolution if the noise in the signal is white (evenly distributed across the frequency spectrum). If the noise power is biased towards high frequencies, the SNR improvement will be better than the resolution improvement.

  • Page 137: Fast Wave Port Function

    Math and Measure Fast Wave Port Function Fast Wave Port is an Advanced Customization (XDEV) function of Teledyne LeCroy X-Stream oscilloscopes that enables you to insert a custom algorithm written in the C/C++ language into the oscilloscope's processing stream as a Math function (Fn).
  • Page 138 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual The full names of the default global objects are as follows: Object Full Name Memory Mapped File FastWavePort1File Data Available Event FastWavePort1MutexDataAvailable Processing Complete Event FastWavePort1MutexProcessingComplete The Timeout control specifies the amount of time the DSO waits for the custom processing function to complete.
  • Page 139 Math and Measure typedef unsigned __int64 lecTimeStamp; lecTimeStamp lecTimeStampOneSecond = 1000000000; // 1 ns units in a second #pragma pack(push, 4) // pack on 4-byte boundaries (Important!) struct CDescHeader int descVersion; // header version number int flags; // misc. flags indicating the status of input, and how to treat the output int headerSize;...
  • Page 140 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual // names based on 'FastWavePort1' name defined in Processor setup. char szMapFileName[] = "FastWavePort1File"; char szMutexDataAvailableName[] = "FastWavePort1MutexDataAvailable"; char szMutexProcessingCompleteName[] = "FastWavePort1MutexProcessingComplete"; // Associate shared memory file handle value. HANDLE m_hMMFile = CreateFileMapping ((HANDLE)0xffffffff, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, MEM_MAP_FILE_ SIZE, szMapFileName);...
  • Page 141 Math and Measure while(1) int i = 0; printf("Waiting for new data...\n"); // wait an infinite amount of time for data to be available DWORD waitSuccess = WaitForSingleObject(m_hDataAvailable, INFINITE); // print the first few bytes of the input waveform CDescHeader *descHeader = (CDescHeader *) &m_lpMMFile[0]; short *m_lpWaveform = &m_lpMMFile[descHeader->headerSize / sizeof(short)];...
  • Page 142 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Header Description int descVersion; // header version number int flags; // misc. flags indicating the status of input, and how to treat the output int headerSize; // size of the header, data starts immediately after the hdr.
  • Page 143 Math and Measure Fast MultiWave Port Based on the Fast Wave Port math function, Fast MultiWave Port allows a client Windows C/C++ application to access oscilloscope data via the shared memory and process it in a separate stream from the oscilloscope application.
  • Page 144 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Enter a Timeout at the end of which to return control to the oscilloscope application if the client has not indicated processing is complete. Select Clear Cumulative to Clear Sweeps automatically before each acquisition. This will reset parameter statistics to only the results of the last acquisition.
  • Page 145 Math and Measure...
  • Page 146 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Client Programming Considerations The program ID is: LeCroy.FastMultiWavePort.1 A waveform descriptor is supplied in the MultiWavePort.h header file. There is also a “mini-descriptor” block which contains incremental information to characterize each additional waveform data block.

  • Page 147: Fft Function

    Math and Measure FFT Function For a large class of signals, you can gain greater insight by looking at spectral representation rather than time description. Signals encountered in the frequency response of amplifiers, oscillator phase noise and mechanical vibration analysis, for example, are easier to observe in the frequency domain. If sampling is done at a rate fast enough to faithfully approximate the original waveform (usually five times the highest frequency component in the signal), the resulting discrete data series will uniquely describe the analog signal.
  • Page 148 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual If your Output type is Phase, enter a Group Delay Shift value. 5. Check the Suppress DC box to make the DC bin go to zero. Otherwise, leave it unchecked. 6. Optionally, choose a weighting Window (see below).

  • Page 149: Interpolate Function

    Math and Measure Window Type Applications and Limitations Blackman-Harris Reduces leakage to a minimum, but with reduced frequency resolution. Gaussian FFT Window Filter Parameters Highest Side Lobe Window Type Scallop Loss (dB) ENBW (bins) Coherent Gain (dB) (dB) 3.92 Rectangular 1.42 -6.02 Von Hann...

  • Page 150: Phistogram Function

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Phistogram Function The Phistogram Math function creates a histogram of the samples within a vertical or horizontal "slice" of a persistence map to reveal the features that are only visible when several acquisitions have been superimposed on one another.

  • Page 151: Ptrace Functions

    Math and Measure Ptrace Functions The Ptrace Mean, Ptrace Range, and Ptrace Sigma math functions (found in the Jitter Functions sub-menu of the Math Operator selector) compute a vector trace based on a persistence map of underlying signal acquisitions without destroying the underlying raw data. Signals sampled at or above 2 GS/s that have accumulated in the persistence map can be traced at a resolution of 10 ps (100 GS/s equivalent sampling).

  • Page 152: Rescale Function

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Rescale Function The Rescale function allows you to create a new function trace that rescales another trace by applying a multiplication factor (a) and additive constant (b). You can also use it as a way to view the function source in a different unit of measure.
  • Page 153 Math and Measure Category Unit Mnemonic Volume liter cubic meter cubic inch cubic foot cubic yard YARD3 Angle radian arcdegree arcminute arcsecond cycle CYCLE revolution turn TURN Force/Weight Newton grain ounce pound Velocity meters/second inches/second IN/S feet/second FT/S yards/second YARD/S miles/second MILE/S meters/second 2...
  • Page 154 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Category Unit Mnemonic Magnetic Weber Tesla inductance (Henry) magnetic field strength permeability HENRYPM Electrical Ampere Volt Watt power, apparent power, reactive power factor capacitance (Farad) Coulomb Siemen electrical field strength electrical displacement field CPM2 permittivity...

  • Page 155: Sparse Function

    Math and Measure Sparse Function The Sparse math function allows you to thin out an incoming waveform by skipping points at regular intervals, and by starting acquisition at a particular offset (point). The Sparsing factor specifies the number of sample points to reduce the input waveform by.

  • Page 156: Memories

    Import External Waveform Files into Memory Trace (.trc) files saved on other Teledyne LeCroy instruments can also be imported into internal memory using the waveform recall feature. Choose File > Recall Waveform and to recall the file to an internal memory. Then, you can...

  • Page 157: Restoring Memories

    Memories Restoring Memories The Memories dialog is a convenient panel for restoring saved memories to the display. Access the Memories dialog by pressing the front panel Mem button or choosing Math > Memory Setup. Check On next to the memory trace you wish to display. A description of the memory showing the source channel and creation time appears next to each Mn on the dialog.

  • Page 158: Analysis Tools

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Analysis Tools Analysis tools complement the standard math/measurements to help you understand the behavior of waveforms. WaveScan searches single or multiple acquisitions for events that meet specific criteria. Pass/Fail Testing shows whether waveforms or measurements meet a set of defined criteria.

  • Page 159: Scan Modes

    Analysis Tools Scan Modes The Scan Mode determines the type of search to be performed. Select the Mode along with the Source trace to be searched on the main WaveScan dialog. For each mode, different controls appear on the WaveScan dialog, providing additional inputs to the search criteria.
  • Page 160 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Measurement Mode Measurement Mode is used for applying filters to measurements to find those that meet your defined criteria, helping to isolate particular events within many samples. Markers appear over the source trace to indicate the location of measurement, while the table displays values for the selected parameter that meet the criteria.

  • Page 161: Scan Views

    Analysis Tools Bus Pattern Mode Bus Pattern Mode (only on Mixed Signal models) is used for finding 2- to 16-bit patterns across the digital lines where PLL is not a concern. Bus Pattern Mode settings are: Viewing. Choose to enter the pattern as Binary or Hex(adecimal). Binary/Hex.

  • Page 162: Setting Up Wavescan

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Setting Up WaveScan Set up your source channel and triggers before setting up the scan. 1. Press the front panel Stop button to stop acquisition. 2. Choose Analysis > WaveScan and check Enable. 3. Choose the Source waveform.

  • Page 163: Scan Overlay

    Analysis Tools Scan Overlay To apply monochromatic persistence to a Scan Overlay: 1. Select Scan Overlay when setting up the wave scan, then open the Scan Overlay dialog. 2. Check Persistence On. 3. Enter a Saturation level as a percentage. All samples above the saturation level are assigned the highest color intensity.

  • Page 164: Pass/Fail Testing

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual PASS/FAIL Testing PASS/FAIL testing allows you to define a set of qualifying conditions that an acquisition may "PASS" or "FAIL" when tested against, then take actions depending on the result. Mask testing compares sampled values to a pre-defined area of the grid to see if they fall within or without.
  • Page 165 Analysis Tools 1. Choose Analysis > Pass/Fail Setup to display the Pass/Fail dialog. 2. Touch the Qn button where you want to set up the query. 3. Select Condition Mask test. Make mask settings on the right-hand dialogs. Make Mask Use this procedure to create a new mask based on a live waveform.
  • Page 166 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Param(eter) Compare PASS/FAIL queries (Qn) can be configured to compare different parameter measurements (Pn) to each other, or to a user-defined limit or statistical range. The Summary field shows the logic represented by the query. Check it to ensure your selections are producing the test you want.
  • Page 167 Analysis Tools Defining PASS/FAIL Tests The queries define the conditions that, if met, would result in "true" but don't in themselves determine the test result. You must separately define what constitutes a "PASS" or a "FAIL" on the Actions dialog. Either result can be made to produce various additional actions, such as sending a pulse to another device.

  • Page 168: Customdso Setups/Controls

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual CustomDSO Setups/Controls Custom setups, which can include proprietary math/measurements, are one of the most commonplace uses of Advanced Customization. The CustomDSO Setup dialog, which is enabled with the XDEV option, provides a convenient entry point for either: Linking Automation programs saved as .lss or .vbs files to eight...
  • Page 169 Analysis Tools 4. To keep the Action buttons visible on the oscilloscope at all times, check Present CustomDSO menu at powerup and when menu closed. 5. Either touch Edit and modify the template script in the CustomDSO Editor (see below) , or touch Browse to select a saved program you wish to launch with this button.
  • Page 170 ActiveDSO as the interface for the CustomeDSO plug-in, you can call the already registered C:\Program Files (x86)\LeCroy\ActiveDSO\ActiveDSO.ocx as the CustomDSO plug-in. While not required, ActiveDSO is helpful for creating ActiveX controls for Teledyne LeCroy instruments. ActiveDSO is available free from the teledynelecroy.com...
  • Page 171 Analysis Tools Installing Plug-Ins To install plug-ins: 1. On the CustomDSO dialog, select Plug-In. 2. Select the COM ProgID of Plug-In field and enter the program ID on the pop-up keyboard. The default plug-in, LeCroy.CustomDSODemo.1, demonstrates plug-in functioning. Install it to see how the custom dialog is inserted into the oscilloscope's GUI.
  • Page 172 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Note: If the oscilloscope application is not running, initiating the connection from the MAUI Browser will start it; however, it will not power on a device that is powered off. Be sure the oscilloscope is turned on before connecting.
  • Page 173 Analysis Tools Control Variables The majority of the items you will find as you expand the navigation tree are Control Variables, or CVARs for short. These are shown as yellow folders in the MAUI Browser window. CVARs provide an interface for accessing scope configurations and for executing methods and actions. When viewed from MAUI Browser, many CVARs appear to be properties, but are actually objects with properties such as Name, Value, and Type, to name a few.
  • Page 174 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Actions and Methods Besides the configuration CVARs, Automation also provides for Actions that may be applied at the application or subsystem level. For example, to clear sweeps for all subsystems, the Automation command would be: app.ClearSweeps...
  • Page 175 Analysis Tools...

  • Page 176: Save/Recall Data (File Menu)

    Note: Only traces saved in Teledyne LeCroy proprietary formats can be recalled to the display directly. Use the Binary format (.trc) for analog waveforms, or WaveML (.xml) for digital waveforms. Other waveform types must be recalled into memory before being displayed.
  • Page 177 3. Choose the Source waveform. To quickly save all displayed waveforms separate trace files, touch the All Displayed button. 4. Select a file Format. Binary is Teledyne LeCroy's .trc file format. Binary results in the smallest possible file size. Binary files can be converted to ASCII using Teledye LeCroy utilities such as WaveStudio. WaveML is a proprietary .xml format used to save persistence maps, eye diagrams, histograms, and digital traces.

  • Page 178: Save Setup

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Save Setup You can quickly save oscilloscope configurations to one of the internal setup panels or to a LeCroy System Setup (.lss) file, a text-based Automation program. Setups can be easily recalled to restore the oscilloscope to the saved state.
  • Page 179 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Save Table The Save Table function saves tabular measurement data displayed on screen to an Excel or ASCII file. 1. From the menu bar, choose File > Save, then choose Table. 2. To save only one of the tables displayed, touch Source and navigate to the selection. By default, data from all visible tables are saved to separate files.
  • Page 180 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Save Screen Image The full touch screen display or selected portions of it can be captured, saved to an image file, and marked with custom annotations. 1. From the menu bar, choose File > Save, then choose Screen Image.
  • Page 181 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Auto Save Data that appears on the oscilloscope display, such as waveforms, measurement readouts and decoder data, can be very dynamic and difficult to read from the oscilloscope unless you stop the acquisition. Auto Save enables you to automatically store waveform and table data to file with each new trigger. The file can later be recalled to the oscilloscope or saved permanently to external storage.

  • Page 182: Waveform File Format

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Waveform File Format By default, the oscilloscope saves waveform data as binary files (.trc). The properties of the trace file are shown by the waveform descriptor block, which appears immediately after the file header. The waveform descriptor is the key to understanding the data that follows.
  • Page 183 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Section Block ID Type Size Description 2: Extended file format # N nnnnnnnnnn The special character '#' ; then one Hexadecimal Header 11-17 digit N (0-9, A-F); then N decimal digits that denote If the waveform size is > the positive integer size of this section.
  • Page 184 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Offset Size (Bytes) Type Variable Name Description (bytes) ULONG INSTRUMENT_NUMBER string TRACE_LABEL Waveform identifier long RESERVED_DATA_COUNT Reserved The following variables describe the waveform type and the time at which the waveform was generated. long WAVE_ARRAY_COUNT Number of data points in a data array.
  • Page 185 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Offset Size (Bytes) Type Variable Name Description (bytes) structure TRIGGER_TIME Time of the trigger, listed in the structure: double seconds; char minutes; char hours; char days; char months; short year; short dummy float ACQ_DURATION Duration of the acquisition (in sec) for multi-trigger waveforms (e.g., Sequence, RIS and Average) short CA_RECORD_TYPE...

  • Page 186: Recall

    Setups saved to internal memory or to .LSS file can be recalled to restore the oscilloscope to the saved state. Waveform data stored in Teledyne LeCroy binary (.trc) or WaveML (.xml) format can be recalled directly to the display. Waveform data stored in other binary or ASCII file formats can be recalled into a memory and from there displayed.

  • Page 187: Recall Setup

    Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Recall Setup Choose File > Recall Setup... from the menu bar. Recall Setup from Memory 1. On the Recall dialog, select Setup. 2. Choose to Recall From Memory. 3. Select one of the six Recall buttons under Recall From Internal Setup..Note: If a setup has been stored to a location, it is labeled with the save date/time.

  • Page 188: Labnotebook

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual LabNotebook LabNotebook is Teledyne LeCroy's proprietary tool for capturing a composite file containing waveform data, oscilloscope setups and display, which can be output to a preformatted report. The LabNotebook feature allows you to create and save composite files containing a screen capture of all displayed waveforms, as well as all waveform and setup data at the time of capture.

  • Page 189: Labnotebook Drawing Toolbar

    Save/Recall Data (File Menu) 5. The system will auto name the file "MyLabNotebook" followed by a counter number. To change this to something more descriptive, enter the name in LabNotebook Entry, or touch Browse and use the File Browser. Note: Changing the file path, name or format resets the counter to the next number in that sequence.
  • Page 190 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Recall LabNotebook Once a LabNotebook Entry is saved, you can either: Recall the screen image to view/modify the description, or manage attachments and component files. Flashback to restore the oscilloscope application to the state saved in the LabNotebook file. If you are using MAUI Studio Pro, this will change the configuration to that of the oscilloscope on which the LabNotebook file was saved, including all its installed software options.
  • Page 191 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Manage Attachments To append external files to the LabNotebook composite (such as images of the DUT, mask files, test scripts, etc.): 1. Browse to and select the LabNotebook Entry. 2. Select View On/Off to preview the file. 3.

  • Page 192: Report Generator

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Persistence data, although it is saved with the .LNB file and appears on reports. Histogram data over 16 bits. Floating point waveforms resulting from certain math functions that have much higher resolution than 16 bits. This extra resolution is not preserved when traces are recalled using Flashback.
  • Page 193 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Note: Only HTML reports can later be saved to .RTF or .PDF format. The .RTF and .PDF reports can only be combined into another report of the same format. 5. By default, the system will auto name the file "Report" followed by a counter number. To change the file name or the Selected Folder, enter the full path and name in Save Report File, or touch Browse and use the File Browser.

  • Page 194: Print

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Print For oscilloscopes that do not have a front panel Print button, these selections apply wherever you have a Print Screen option on a dialog. Print captures an image of the touch screen display, but there are several options as to what it does next with the image: Send it to a Printer as formatted here.

  • Page 195: File Sharing Dialog (Send Email)

    Save/Recall Data (File Menu) File Sharing Dialog (send email) Use the File Sharing dialog to email files from the instrument. 1. Choose File > File Sharing from the menu bar. Use the File Browser to select all the files to be emailed. Use CTRL + Click to select multiple files. 3.

  • Page 196: Report Settings

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Report Settings The default report template uses our logo as a placeholder. You can replace this with your logo. Logo files should be in bitmap (.bmp) format and not exceed 100 pixels high by 180 pixels wide. Place the file in the oscilloscope's D:\Xport folder.
  • Page 197 Save/Recall Data (File Menu) Auto Naming Selections The checkboxes to turn on/off the Source prefix and the Counter number suffix used to autogenerate file names will appear on the File Browser when saving files. These selections are linked to those on the underlying dialog, and changing the value in either place causes it to change everywhere.

  • Page 198: Utilities & Preferences

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Utilities & Preferences The settings in this group allow you to customize the appearance and performance of the oscilloscope. Utilities Utilities settings primarily control the instrument's interaction with other devices and systems. To access the Utilities dialogs, choose Utilities > Utilities Setup... from the menu bar.

  • Page 199: Remote Control

    Utilities & Preferences Remote Control The Remote dialog contains settings to configure remote control of the instrument and also network access. Supported remote control protocols are: TCPIP (Ethernet). Choose this if you wish to connect to the oscilloscope remotely from MAUI Studio Pro. The instrument uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) as its default addressing protocol.

  • Page 200: Auxiliary Output

    You cannot use Aux Out for any other type of output during an OscilloSYNC connection. On WaveMaster 8000HD, you can alternatively select to use a 3.3 V TTLpulse for any of the Aux Output selections. Off disables output.
  • Page 201 Utilities & Preferences Date/Time Date/Time settings control the instrument's timestamp. These numbers appear in the message bar and on tables/records internal to the oscilloscope application, such as History Mode and WaveScan. Note: On Windows 10 oscilloscopes, you must run MAUI with elevated privileges to change the Windows Date/Time settings.
  • Page 202 The latest firmware is available on our website at: Resources > Software Downloads. If you have any problems installing key codes on your Teledyne LeCroy oscilloscope, please call 1-800-5-LeCroy (1- 800-553-2769) or email support@teledynelecroy.com for further assistance.

  • Page 203: Preferences

    Note: After power on, warm the oscilloscope for at least 20 min.—or 40 min. for WaveMaster 8000HD— to ensure it reaches a stable operating temperature. A message on the Calibration dialog alerts you when the oscilloscope is still in the warm-up phase.
  • Page 204 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Model Calibration Threshold... Action at Acquisition... Checks temp and if outside threshold loads most HDO4000A ±5 °C of last temperature at current recent cached cal file within threshold of current HDO6000B acquisition settings temp If no cal file within threshold of current temp, loads closest temp and recommends manual calibration ±5 °C of last temperature at current...
  • Page 205 On WaveRunner 8000HD, WavePro HD and WaveMaster 8000HD oscilloscopes, Calibrate All will remove any calibration that is over six months old, with the exception of the original, factory calibration.
  • Page 206 The temperature is outside threshold of any available cal file, or it has been Calibration is recommended more than six months since the last calibration (WaveRunner 8000HD, WavePro HD and WaveMaster 8000HD). You should perform a manual cal- ibration of at least the current setup. The calibration database has encountered a The calibration data table is corrupted.
  • Page 207 Utilities & Preferences Acquisition The Acquisition preference settings determine how traces behave as Vertical Offset changes. Choose Utilities > Preference Setup to open the Acquisition dialog. Offset Setting constant in: Volts keeps the amount of Offset in the amount of Volts specified, regardless of the V/div setting. As the Offset is adjusted, the trace will appear to move up or down relative to the zero level.
  • Page 208 Miscellaneous These other Preference settings are located on the Miscellaneous dialog. To add the Teledyne LeCroy logo to print output, check Print Teledyne LeCroy Logo When Printing Grid Area Only. This identifies the instrument as the source of the image.

  • Page 209: Disk Utilities

    Utilities & Preferences Disk Utilities Use the Disk Utilities dialog to manage files and folders on your instrument's hard drive. Disk Space information is shown at the far right of the dialog for convenience. Note: These tasks can also be accomplished using the standard Microsoft Windows file management tools. Choose File >...

  • Page 210: Maintenance

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Maintenance Topics in this section describe procedures for keeping the instrument in optimal working condition. Cleaning Clean only the exterior of the instrument using a soft cloth moistened with water or an isopropyl alcohol solution. Do not use harsh chemicals or abrasive elements.

  • Page 211: Touch Screen Calibration

    "legacy" mode where it will run most like it did on Windows 7. 1. Choose File > Exit to exit the oscilloscope application. 2. Open the Windows Start menu 3. Hover over the Teledyne LeCroy logo and select user LCRYADMIN. 4. Enter the current LCRYADMIN password.

  • Page 212: Download Instructions

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Download Instructions 1. Visit the software download page. 2. Select your series and model number. 3. Enter your registration login information, or create a new account. You cannot proceed without an account. 4. Click the download link, and choose to Save the installer to the oscilloscope Desktop or to a USB storage device for transfer to the instrument.

  • Page 213: Windows 10 External Display Setup

    Maintenance Note to QualiPHY/QualiPHY 2 Users MAUI/MAUI Studio Pro and QualiPHY/QualiPHY 2 software versions must match to the second decimal to function properly. If you are upgrading your oscilloscope firmware or PC MAUI Studio Pro installation, upgrade your version of QualiPHY as soon as possible.

  • Page 214: Windows 10 File Management

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual 6. When you see the oscilloscope display turn white with the text "Touch this screen to identify it as the touch screen. . .", touch the oscilloscope display. 7. When you see "Press Enter to proceed to the next step to complete your configuration," press Enter.

  • Page 215: Oscilloscope System Recovery

    Severe cases may require you to reload the base operating system and firmware. For this purpose, Teledyne LeCroy provides a recovery application and a backup image. Windows 10 oscilloscopes utilize the Acronis True Image 2019 OEM recovery software with an F10 startup utility script that automates the recovery process.
  • Page 216 Note: You must be able to restart and enter the boot sequence to run recovery. If you cannot do this, return the oscilloscope to Teledyne LeCroy for recovery. 3. During the boot sequence, watch for the message "Starting Acronis Loader..." When you see the Acronis message, press the F10 key.
  • Page 217 Maintenance Re-enable Windows Defender 1. From the Windows Start menu, hover over the Teledyne LeCroy logo and select User LCRYADMIN. Enter the password SCOPEADMIN. 2. Once logged on as admin., search for the program gpedit.msc (Edit Group Policy). 3. Navigate to Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender.
  • Page 218 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual 4. When you see the Acronis window, select Recover and press Enter. It may take awhile for the license screen to appear. 5. Accept the Acronis license agreement. 6. Allow the recovery process to run. This may take a few minutes to complete.
  • Page 219 Maintenance 5. When prompted, enter the unique LeCroyUser password twice, then click Apply. 6. Click OK to accept all changes. Reset Serial Number To apply option keys to the instrument in the future, you must restore the correct instrument serial number after recovering the hard drive.

  • Page 220: Returning A Product For Service

    3. Pack the instrument in its original shipping box, or an equivalent carton with adequate padding to avoid damage in transit. Do not include the manual. 4. Mark the outside of the box with the shipping address given to you by Teledyne LeCroy. Be sure to add the following: ATTN: <RMA code assigned by Teledyne LeCroy>...

  • Page 221: Technical Support

    Resources Teledyne LeCroy publishes a free Technical Library on its website. Manuals, tutorials, application notes, white papers, and videos are available to help you get the most out of your Teledyne LeCroy products. Visit: teledynelecroy.com/support/techlib The Datasheet published on the product page contains the detailed product specifications.

  • Page 222: Certifications

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual Certifications Teledyne LeCroy certifies compliance to the following standards as of the time of publication. European Council The instrument bears this mark to indicate it conforms to all applicable European Council standards. Please see the EC Declaration of Conformity document shipped with your product for current certifications.

  • Page 223: Australia And New Zealand

    Maintenance Restriction of Hazardout Substances (RoHS) Unless otherwise specified, all materials and processes are compliant with RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU in its entirety, inclusive of any further amendments or modifications of said Directive. European Contact:* Teledyne GmbH, European Division Im Breitspiel 11c D-69126 Heidelberg, Germany Tel: + 49 6221 8270 United Kingdom...

  • Page 224: Iso Certification

    WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual ISO Certification Manufactured under an ISO 9000 Registered Quality Management System. Intellectual Property All patents pertaining to the WaveMaster 8000HD can be found on our website at: teledynelecroy.com/patents/...

  • Page 225: Index

    Index setup 36 Index cleaning 204 clock 1.85 mm interface 12 external 55 acquisition reference 55 pre-processing 20, 37 sample 55 sampling mode 48 color 202 settings 201 persistence 82 action toolbar 22 compliance 216 activating traces 25 cooling 2 altitude 2 copy function 129 analog...
  • Page 226 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual extended 16 GPIB 193 grid 19, 80 grid 19, 57 persistence 82 auto grid 80 indicators 19 EC compliance 216 intensity 20, 80 email 188-189 style 80 enhanced resolution 20, 38, 129 group delay 38...
  • Page 227 Index IP address 16, 193 measurements; status 111 measuring terminals 2 labelling traces 27, 183 memory 150-151, 170, 172 LabNotebook 18, 182-183 descriptor box 21 recall 184 memory length 49-50 save 182, 188 multi-grid display 19 language selection 23 multi-stage triggers 65 LEMO connectors 12 multi-zoom 84, 87 logs...
  • Page 228 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual pre-processing 20 sampling mode 48 pre-trigger delay 49 real-time 48 printing 16, 188, 202 sequence 48 probes 14 save settings 41 data 182 tip selection 41 setup panels 182 ProBus interface 10 waveforms 150 processing web editor 114...
  • Page 229 Index timebase 48, 201 holdoff 67 clock 55 serial 50 controls 48 software assisted 77 descriptor box 21 time 67 top and base 109 TriggerScan 78 torque wrench 13 UL compliance 217 touch screen 16, 18 undo 18 calibration 205 units 37, 146 language 23 USBTMC 16...
  • Page 230 WaveMaster 8000HD Oscilloscopes Operator's Manual descriptor box 21 multi-zoom 84 undo 18...

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