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Acquisition Controls

Run/Stop Button
Single Sequence Button
TDS3000C Series Oscilloscope User Manual
This chapter contains detailed information about the operation of the oscilloscope.
The topics in this chapter are arranged by front-panel button or control group
name.
Push the Run/Stop button to stop and start waveform acquisition. You can
also push Run/Stop when you want to resume continuous acquisition after a
single-sequence acquisition. A readout in the top left corner of the display shows
the status of the acquisition.
Acquisition status readout
Run:
Roll:
Stop:
PreVu:
While the acquisition is running or stopped, you can use these controls to examine
the waveforms:
Channel buttons to select a channel
Zoom button with horizontal Position and Scale to magnify waveforms
(does not affect the actual time base or trigger position settings)
Waveform Intensity to adjust gray-scale level
Cursor button to activate cursors to measure waveforms
Meas button to select automatic measurements of waveforms
Hard copy button
While the acquisition is stopped, you can change the vertical and horizontal
controls to use in the next acquisition. (See page 54, Vertical and Horizontal
Preview.)
Push the Single Seq button to execute a single-shot acquisition. The function of
the Single Seq button depends on the acquisition mode.
Acquisition mode
Description
The acquisition is running.
A roll-mode acquisition is running.
The acquisition is stopped.
Previewing; waiting for trigger.
to print a hard copy
Single Seq function
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