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Dialog Boxes
The lower portion of the screen contains dialogs where information is shown,
selections are made, and data is input. Typically, the dialogs are organized into
tabular displays, subtabs, or pop‐up dialogs. The dialog area is controlled by touch
screen buttons and front panel buttons.
The following Dialog Area controls also provide assistance when entering data:
Message Bar
The message bar continually displays the time and date. It also displays oscilloscope
status and error messages.
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The front panel and display controls provide the most common ways to access your
oscilloscope's capability. However, the instrument often gives you more than one
way to access dialogs and to make changes.
Top Menu Bar
If you prefer to drive the oscilloscope with the familiarity of Windows, you might
prefer to access dialogs from the menu bar at the top of the display. This opens
dialog boxes at the bottom of the screen, where adjustments can be made.
The dialog area occupies the bottom one‐third of the display. Expand the signal
display area by minimizing each dialog by touching the Close tab at the right of the
dialog box.
In some limited cases, the menu bar is the only way to access certain functionality,
but generally speaking, the most common oscilloscope functionality can be
controlled from the front panel.
Mouse and Keyboard Operation
In the procedures, we focus on touch‐screen operation. But if you have a mouse
connected to the instrument, you can click on objects instead of touching them.
Likewise, if you have a keyboard connected, you can use it to enter data instead of
using the virtual keyboard provided by the instrument.
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Turning a Channel On
Connect a signal to a channel (we'll assume you connected to channel 1 in this
example and that the channel was not already ON).
Press the channel 1 button on the front panel to turn on channel 1. The button
lights and the descriptor label for that channel are shown.
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