Agilent Technologies 4000 X-Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 2: Safety Notices

    FAR 52.227-19 (June met. 1987) or any equivalent agency regulation or contract clause. Use, duplication or disclo- sure of Software is subject to Agilent Tech- nologies’ standard commercial license terms, and non-DOD Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government will...
  • Page 3: Infiniivision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes-At A Glance

    InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes—At a Glance Table 1 4000 X-Series Model Numbers, Bandwidths, Sample Rates Bandwidth 200 MHz 350 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 1.5 GHz Sample Rate 5 GSa/s, 5 GSa/s, 5 GSa/s, 5 GSa/s, 5 GSa/s, (interleaved, 2.5 GSa/s 2.5 GSa/s...
  • Page 4 The Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series oscilloscopes deliver these features: • 200 MHz, 350 MHz, 500 MHz, 1 GHz, and 1.5 GHz bandwidth models. • 2- and 4- channel digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) models. • 2+16- channel and 4+16- channel mixed- signal oscilloscope (MSO) models.
  • Page 5 Quick Help. Complete instructions for using the quick help system are given in “Access the Built- In Quick Help" on page 60. For more information about InfiniiVision oscilloscopes, see: "www.agilent.com/find/scope" Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    19, “Print (Screens),” starting on page 323 When using the oscilloscope's utility • Chapter 20, “Utility Settings,” starting on page 329 functions or web interface, see: • Chapter 21, “Web Interface,” starting on page 349 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 7 [Key1], then pressing Softkey2, then pressing Softkey3 are abbreviated as follows: Press [Key1] > Softkey2 > Softkey3. The keys may be a front panel [Key] or a Softkey. Softkeys are the six keys located directly below the oscilloscope display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 8 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 9 Learn the Touchscreen Controls Draw Rectangles for Waveform Zoom or Zone Trigger Set Drag Waveforms Left and Right to Change the Horizontal Position Select Sidebar Information or Controls Undock Sidebar Dialogs by Dragging Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 10 XY Time Mode To display the zoomed time base To change the horizontal scale knob's coarse/fine adjustment setting To position the time reference (left, center, right) Searching for Events To set up searches Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 11 To specify the probe skew To calibrate a probe Math Waveforms To display math waveforms To adjust the math waveform scale and offset Units for Math Waveforms Math Operators Add or Subtract Multiply or Divide Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 12 To save a waveform to a reference waveform location To display a reference waveform To scale and position reference waveforms To adjust reference waveform skew To display reference waveform information To save/recall reference waveform files to/from a USB storage device Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 13 Digital channel signal fidelity: Probe impedance and grounding Input Impedance Probe Grounding Best Probing Practices To replace digital probe leads Serial Decode Serial Decode Options Lister Searching Lister Data Display Settings To adjust waveform intensity Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 14 To add an annotation Triggers Adjusting the Trigger Level Forcing a Trigger Edge Trigger Edge then Edge Trigger Pulse Width Trigger Pattern Trigger Hex Bus Pattern Trigger OR Trigger Rise/Fall Time Trigger Nth Edge Burst Trigger Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 15 To set the trigger holdoff External Trigger Input Maximum voltage at oscilloscope external trigger input Acquisition Control Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control) Overview of Sampling Sampling Theory Aliasing Oscilloscope Bandwidth and Sample Rate Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 16 Segmented Memory Segmented Memory Re-Arm Time Saving Data from Segmented Memory Cursors To make cursor measurements Cursor Examples Measurements To make automatic measurements Measurements Summary Snapshot All Voltage Measurements Peak-Peak Maximum Minimum Amplitude Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 17 Delay Phase X at Min Y X at Max Y Count Measurements Positive Pulse Count Negative Pulse Count Rising Edge Count Falling Edges Count Mixed Measurements Area Measurement Thresholds Measurement Window Measurement Statistics Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 18 To add modulation to the waveform generator output To set up Amplitude Modulation (AM) To set up Frequency Modulation (FM) To set up Frequency-Shift Keying Modulation (FSK) To restore waveform generator defaults To set up dual channel tracking Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 19 Print (Screens) To print the oscilloscope's display To set up network printer connections To specify the print options To specify the palette option Utility Settings I/O Interface Settings Setting up the Oscilloscope's LAN Connection Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 20 To display the user calibration status To clean the oscilloscope To check warranty and extended services status To contact Agilent To return the instrument Configuring the [Quick Action] Key Web Interface Accessing the Web Interface Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 21 Oscilloscope Measurement Category Measurement Category Definitions Transient Withstand Capability Maximum input voltage at analog inputs Maximum input voltage at digital channels Environmental Conditions Probes and Accessories Passive Probes Single-Ended Active Probes Differential Probes Current Probes Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 22 CAN Serial Decode Interpreting CAN Decode CAN Totalizer Interpreting CAN Lister Data Searching for CAN Data in the Lister Setup for LIN Signals LIN Triggering LIN Serial Decode Interpreting LIN Decode Interpreting LIN Lister Data Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 23 Searching for I2C Data in the Lister Setup for SPI Signals SPI Triggering SPI Serial Decode Interpreting SPI Decode Interpreting SPI Lister Data Searching for SPI Data in the Lister I2S Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for I2S Signals Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 24 Searching for ARINC 429 Data in the Lister UART/RS232 Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for UART/RS232 Signals UART/RS232 Triggering UART/RS232 Serial Decode Interpreting UART/RS232 Decode UART/RS232 Totalizer Interpreting UART/RS232 Lister Data Searching for UART/RS232 Data in the Lister Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 25 USB 2.0 Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for USB 2.0 Signals USB 2.0 Triggering USB 2.0 Serial Decode Interpreting USB 2.0 Decode Interpreting USB 2.0 Lister Data Searching for USB 2.0 Data in the Lister Index Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 26 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 27: Getting Started

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Getting Started Inspect the Package Contents Tilt the Oscilloscope for Easy Viewing Power-On the Oscilloscope Connect Probes to the Oscilloscope Input a Waveform Recall the Default Oscilloscope Setup Use Auto Scale Compensate Passive Probes...
  • Page 28 Power cord (country of origin determines specific type). • Oscilloscope probes: • Two probes for 2- channel models. • Four probes for 4- channel models. • Digital probe kit (MSO models only). • Documentation CD- ROM. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 29 N6450-61601 16-channel cable (qyt 1) 01650-82103 2-inch probe ground leads (qyt 5) 5090-4832 Grabber (qyt 20) Digital probe replacement parts are listed in the "Digital Channels" chapter. See Also • “Accessories Available" on page 373 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 30: Tilt The Oscilloscope For Easy Viewing

    2 Repeat for the other foot. Power-On the Oscilloscope Power Line voltage, frequency, and power: Requirements • ~Line 100- 120 Vac, 50/60/400 Hz • 100- 240 Vac, 50/60 Hz • 120 W max Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 31: Connect Probes To The Oscilloscope

    2 Connect the probe's retractable hook tip to the point of interest on the circuit or device under test. Be sure to connect the probe ground lead to a ground point on the circuit. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 32: Maximum Input Voltage At Analog Inputs

    1 Connect an oscilloscope probe from channel 1 to the Demo 2 (Probe Comp) terminal on the front panel. 2 Connect the probe's ground lead to the ground terminal (next to the Demo 2 terminal). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 33: Recall The Default Oscilloscope Setup

    Use Auto Scale Use [Auto Scale] to automatically configure the oscilloscope to best display the input signals. 1 Press [Auto Scale]. You should see a waveform on the oscilloscope's display similar to this: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 34 BNC and to the left side, Demo 2, Probe Comp terminal. How AutoScale Auto Scale analyzes any waveforms present at each channel and at the Works external trigger input. This includes the digital channels, if connected. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 35: Compensate Passive Probes

    On the N2862/63/90 probes, the trimmer capacitor is the yellow adjustment on the probe tip. On other probes, the trimmer capacitor is located on the probe BNC connector. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 36: Learn The Front Panel Controls And Connectors

    The legend for these keys is directly above them, on the display. Their functions change as you navigate through the oscilloscope's menus. For the following figure, refer to the numbered descriptions in the table that follows. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 37 You can vary the intensity control to bring out signal detail, much like an analog oscilloscope. Digital channel waveform intensity is not adjustable. More details about using the Intensity control to view signal detail are on “To adjust waveform intensity" on page 149. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 38 [Touch] key — Press this key to disable/enable the touchscreen. Trigger controls These controls determine how the oscilloscope triggers to capture data. Chapter 10, “Triggers,” starting on page 165 and Chapter 11, “Trigger Mode/Coupling,” starting on page 205. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 39: Horizontal Controls," Starting On

    For more information, see “Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control)" on page 213. [Default Setup] Press this key to restore the oscilloscope's default settings (details on “Recall the Default Oscilloscope Setup" on page 33). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 40 • Multiplexed position knob — This position knob is used with Math, Ref, or Digital waveforms, whichever has the illuminated arrow to the left. For math and reference waveforms, the position knob acts like an analog channel vertical position knob. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 41 17, “Waveform Generator,” starting on page 287. [Help] key Opens the Help Menu where you can display overview help topics and select the Language. See also “Access the Built-In Quick Help" page 60. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 42: Vertical Controls," Starting On

    79. Analog channel Attach oscilloscope probes or BNC cables to these BNC connectors. inputs With the InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series oscilloscopes, you can set the input impedance of the analog channels to either 50 or 1 M . See “To specify channel input impedance"...
  • Page 43: Front Panel Overlays For Different Languages

    To install a front panel overlay: 1 Gently pull on the front panel knobs to remove them. 2 Insert the overlay's side tabs into the slots on the front panel. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 44 4 Channel Overlay French 54709-94315 54709-94316 German 54709-94313 54709-94314 Italian 54709-94317 54709-94318 Japanese 54709-94321 54709-94322 Korean 54709-94311 54709-94312 Portuguese 54709-94323 54709-94324 Russian 54709-94325 54709-94326 Simplified Chinese 54709-94306 54709-94308 Spanish 54709-94319 54709-94320 Traditional Chinese 54709-94309 54709-94310 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 45: Learn The Touchscreen Controls

    “Use a USB Mouse and/or Keyboard for Touchscreen Controls" page 56 Draw Rectangles for Waveform Zoom or Zone Trigger Set Up 1 Touch the upper- right corner to select the rectangle draw mode. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 46: Drag Waveforms Left And Right To Change The Horizontal Position

    3 Take your finger off the screen. 4 Touch the desired option from the popup menu. Drag Waveforms Left and Right to Change the Horizontal Position 1 Touch the upper- right corner to select the horizontal drag mode. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 47: Select Sidebar Information Or Controls

    Select Sidebar Information or Controls 1 Touch the blue menu icon in the sidebar. 2 In the popup menu, touch the type of information or controls you want to see in the sidebar. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 48: Undock Sidebar Dialogs By Dragging

    Sidebar dialogs can be undocked and placed anywhere on the screen. 1 Drag the sidebar dialog title wherever you like. This lets you view multiple types of information or controls at the same time. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 49: Select Dialog Menus And Close Dialogs

    • Touch the red "X" icon to close a dialog. Drag Cursors When cursors are displayed, you can drag the name handles to position them. Touch Softkeys and Menus On the Screen • Touch onscreen softkey labels to select them. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 50: Enter Names Using Alpha-Numeric Keypad Dialogs

    This may be an easier than selecting a menu item via the Entry knob. Enter Names Using Alpha-Numeric Keypad Dialogs Some softkeys open alpha- numeric dialogs that let you touch to enter names. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 51: Change Waveform Offsets By Dragging Ground Reference Icons

    Getting Started Change Waveform Offsets By Dragging Ground Reference Icons You can drag ground icons to change a waveform's vertical offset. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 52: Access Controls And Menus Via The Spark Icon

    Getting Started Access Controls and Menus Via the Spark Icon 1 Touch the upper- left spark icon to open the main menu. 2 Touch left side controls to perform oscilloscope operations. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 53 Getting Started 3 Touch menu items and submenu items to access menus and additional controls. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 54: Turn Channels On/Off And Open Scale/Offset Dialogs

    Access the Horizontal Menu and Open the Scale/Delay Dialog • Touch "H" to access the Horizontal Menu. • Touch the horizontal scale and delay values to access a dialog for changing them. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 55: Access The Trigger Menu, Change The Trigger Mode, And Open The Trigger Level Dialog

    • Touch "T" to access the Trigger Menu. • Touch the trigger level value(s) to access a dialog for changing the level(s). • Touch "Auto" or "Trig'd" to quickly toggle the trigger mode. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 56: Use A Usb Mouse And/Or Keyboard For Touchscreen Controls

    If you connect a USB keyboard, you can use it to enter values in alpha- numeric keypad dialogs. Learn the Rear Panel Connectors For the following figure, refer to the numbered descriptions in the table that follows. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 57 339. 10 MHz REF For synchronizing the timebase of multiple instruments. See “Setting the connector Reference Signal Mode" on page 339. Calibration “To perform user calibration" on page 342. protect switch Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 58: Digital Channels," Starting On

    21, “Web Interface,” starting on page 349 and “Accessing the Web Interface" on page 350. Learn the Oscilloscope Display The oscilloscope display contains acquired waveforms, setup information, measurement results, and the softkey definitions. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 59 Signal detail is displayed using 256 levels of intensity. For more information about viewing signal detail see “To adjust waveform intensity" on page 149. For more information about display modes see Chapter 8, “Display Settings,” starting on page 149. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 60: Access The Built-In Quick Help

    Access the Built-In Quick Help To view Quick 1 Press and hold the key or softkey for which you would like to view Help help. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 61 2 Repeatedly press and release the Language softkey or rotate the Entry language knob until the desired language is selected. The following languages are available: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 62 Getting Started Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 63: Horizontal Controls

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Horizontal Controls To adjust the horizontal (time/div) scale To adjust the horizontal delay (position) Panning and Zooming Single or Stopped Acquisitions To change the horizontal time mode (Normal, XY, or Roll) To display the zoomed time base...
  • Page 64 The Horizontal Menu lets you select the time mode (Normal, XY, or Roll), enable Zoom, set the time base fine control (vernier), and specify the time reference. The current sample rate is displayed in the right- side information area. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 65: To Adjust The Horizontal (Time/Div) Scale

    Changing the delay time moves the trigger point (solid inverted triangle) horizontally and indicates how far it is from the time reference point (hollow inverted triangle ). These reference points are indicated along the top of the display grid. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 66: Panning And Zooming Single Or Stopped Acquisitions

    Often this is simply the ability to freeze the display for the purpose of measuring with cursors or printing the screen. Some digital oscilloscopes Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 67: To Change The Horizontal Time Mode (Normal, Xy, Or Roll)

    Use the cursors to make measurements on XY mode waveforms. For more information about using XY mode for measurements, refer "XY Time Mode" on page 68. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 68: Xy Time Mode

    Use the channel 1 and 2 volts/div knobs and the channel 1 and 2 Fine softkeys to expand the signal for convenient viewing. The phase difference angle ( ) can be calculated using the following formula (assuming the amplitude is the same on both channels): Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 69 Y cursors, but you could have used the X cursors instead. 6 Move the Y1 and Y2 cursors to the intersection of the signal and the Y axis. Again, note the Y value. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 70 7 Calculate the phase difference using the formula below. For example, if the first Y value is 2.297 and the second Y value is 1.319: sin = second Y 1.319 first Y = 2.297 ; = 35.05 degrees of phase shift Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 71: To Display The Zoomed Time Base

    You can use Zoom to locate and horizontally expand part of the normal window for a more detailed (higher- resolution) analysis of signals. To turn on (or off) Zoom: 1 Press the zoom key (or press the [Horiz] key and then the Zoom softkey). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 72 The delay value, which is the time displayed relative to the trigger point) is momentarily displayed in the upper- right portion of the display when the delay time ( ) knob is turned. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 73: To Change The Horizontal Scale Knob's Coarse/Fine Adjustment Setting

    A small hollow triangle ( ) at the top of the display grid marks the position of the time reference. When delay time is set to zero, the trigger point indicator ( ) overlays the time reference indicator. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 74: Searching For Events

    3 Press Settings, and use the Search Settings Menu to set up the selected search type. Setting up searches is similar to setting up triggers: • For setting up Edge searches, see "Edge Trigger" on page 168. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 75: Triggers," Starting On

    Navigating the Time Base You can use the [Navigate] key and controls to navigate through: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 76: To Navigate Time

    • You can press the stop key to set or clear a mark. • The Auto zoom softkey specifies whether the waveform display is automatically zoomed to fit the marked row as you navigate. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 77: To Navigate Segments

    You can press the keys multiple times to speed up the playback. There are three speed levels. You can also access navigation controls on the touchscreen. See "Select Sidebar Information or Controls" on page 47. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 78 Horizontal Controls Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 79 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Vertical Controls To turn waveforms on or off (channel or math) To adjust the vertical scale To adjust the vertical position To specify channel coupling To specify channel input impedance To specify bandwidth limiting...
  • Page 80: Vertical Controls

    1 Press an analog channel key turn the channel on or off (and to display the channel's menu). When a channel is on, its key is illuminated. You can also do this using the touchscreen. See "Turn Channels On/Off and Open Scale/Offset Dialogs" on page 54. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 81: To Adjust The Vertical Scale

    You can also make this adjustment using the touchscreen. See "Change Waveform Offsets By Dragging Ground Reference Icons" on page 51 and "Turn Channels On/Off and Open Scale/Offset Dialogs" on page 54. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 82: To Specify Channel Coupling

    AC coupling places a 10 Hz high- pass filter in series with the input waveform that removes any DC offset voltage from the waveform. Note that Channel Coupling is independent of Trigger Coupling. To change trigger coupling see "To select the trigger coupling" on page 208. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 83: To Specify Channel Input Impedance

    (part number 5989- 6162EN)", available at "www.agilent.com". To specify bandwidth limiting 1 Press the desired channel key. 2 In the Channel Menu, press the BW Limit softkey to enable or disable bandwidth limiting. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 84: To Change The Vertical Scale Knob's Coarse/Fine Adjustment Setting

    Inverting a channel also changes the result of any math function selected in the Waveform Math Menu or any measurement. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 85: Setting Analog Channel Probe Options

    3 In the Channel Probe Menu, press Units; then, select: Volts — for a voltage probe. • Amps — for a current probe. • Channel sensitivity, trigger level, measurement results, and math functions will reflect the measurement units you have selected. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 86: To Specify The Probe Attenuation

    Use Skew to remove cable- delay errors between any two channels. 1 Probe the same point with both probes. 2 Press one of the probes associated channel key. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 87: To Calibrate A Probe

    5 In the Channel Probe Menu, the second softkey from the left is for specifying your probe head (and attenuation). Repeatedly press this softkey until the probe head selection matches the attenuator you are using. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 88 • 10:1 (+20 dB Atten) differential browser. 6 Press the Calibrate Probe softkey and follow the instructions on the display. For more information on InfiniiMax probes and accessories, see the probe's User's Guide. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 89: Math Waveforms

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Math Waveforms To display math waveforms To adjust the math waveform scale and offset Units for Math Waveforms Math Operators Math Transforms Math Filters Math Visualizations You can define up to four math functions. One math function waveform can be displayed at a time.
  • Page 90 Source 2 softkey to select the second source for the arithmetic operation. 6 To re- size and re- position the math waveform, see "To adjust the math waveform scale and offset" on page 91. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 91: To Adjust The Math Waveform Scale And Offset

    91 Units for Math Waveforms Units for each input channel can be set to Volts or Amps using the Units softkey in the channel's Probe Menu. Units for math function waveforms are: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 92: Math Operators

    When you select add or subtract, the Source 1 and Source 2 values are added or subtracted point by point, and the result is displayed. You can use subtract to make a differential measurement or to compare two waveforms. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 93: Multiply Or Divide

    The divide by zero case places holes (that is, zero values) in the output waveform. Multiply is useful for seeing power relationships when one of the channels is proportional to the current. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 94: Math Transforms

    FFT, or square root) on an analog input channel or on the result of an arithmetic operation. • "Differentiate" on page 95 • "Integrate" on page 96 • "FFT Measurement" on page 98 • "Square Root" on page 106 • "Ax + B" on page 106 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 95: Differentiate

    • y = channel 1, 2, 3, 4, or Math 1, Math 2, Math 3 (lower math function) data points. • i = data point index. • t = point- to- point time difference. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 96: Integrate

     dt plots the integral of the source using the "Trapezoidal Rule". The equation is: ∑ + Δ Where: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 97 "ramp" up or down. This DC offset correction lets you level the integrate waveform. 0 V level Integrate without DC offset correction Figure 8 Integrate Without Signal Offset Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 98: Fft Measurement

    Use the FFT function to find crosstalk problems, to find distortion problems in analog waveforms caused by amplifier non- linearity, or for adjusting analog filters. To display a FFT waveform: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 99 See "To adjust the math waveform scale and offset" page 91. More FFT — displays the More FFT Settings Menu. • 3 Press the More FFT softkey to display additional FFT settings. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 100 Pressing the FFT Auto Setup softkey will automatically rescale the waveform and span and center will again automatically track the horizontal scale setting. 4 To make cursor measurements, press the [Cursors] key and set the Source softkey to Math N. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 101 1 V/div, Units/div to 20 dBV, Offset to - 40.0 dBV, Center frequency to 500 kHz, frequency Span to 1 MHz, and window to Hanning. See Also • "FFT Measurement Hints" on page 102 • "FFT Units" on page 103 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 102 For the best vertical accuracy on peak measurements: • Make sure the probe attenuation is set correctly. The probe attenuation is set from the Channel Menu if the operand is a channel. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 103 • Adjust frequency span for better cursor placement. • Return to the Cursors Menu to fine tune the X cursor. For more information on the use of FFTs please refer to Agilent Application Note 243, The Fundamentals of Signal Analysis at "http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5952-...
  • Page 104 FFT resolution of 1.91 Hz. The displayed FFT spectrum waveform shows the components of the input signal above the Nyquist frequency to be mirrored (aliased) on the display and reflected off the right edge. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 105 FFT. The FFT Menu provides four windows: Hanning, Flat Top, Rectangular, and Blackman- Harris. For more information on leakage, see Agilent Application Note 243, The Fundamentals of Signal Analysis at "http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5952- 8898E.pdf." Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 106: Square Root

    Example of (Square Root) See Also • "Units for Math Waveforms" on page 91 Ax + B The Ax + B function lets you apply a gain and offset to an existing input source. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 107: Square

    The square function calculates the square of the selected source, point by point, and displays the result. Press the Source softkey to select the signal source. See Also • "Square Root" on page 106 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 108: Absolute Value

    The Common Logarithm (log) function performs a transform of the input source. Where the transform is undefined for a particular input, holes (zero values) appear in the function output. See Also • "Natural Logarithm" on page 109 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 109: Natural Logarithm

    Example of Natural Logarithm See Also • "Common Logarithm" on page 108 Exponential The Exponential (e^x) function performs a transform of the input source. See Also • "Base 10 Exponential" on page 110 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 110: Base 10 Exponential

    • "High Pass and Low Pass Filter" on page 111 • "Averaged Value" on page 112 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 111: High Pass And Low Pass Filter

    The ratio of the input signal's Nyquist frequency and the selected -3 dB cutoff frequency N O T E affects how many points are available in the output, and under some circumstances, there are no points in the output waveform. Figure 16 Example of Low Pass Filter Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 112: Averaged Value

    "Chart Logic Bus Timing" on page 115 • "Chart Logic Bus State" on page 116 Magnify The magnify math function lets you display an existing input source at different vertical settings to provide more vertical detail. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 113: Measurement Trend

    The measurement trend math function shows measurement values for a waveform (based on measurement threshold settings) as the waveform progresses across the screen. For every cycle, a measurement is made, and the value is displayed on the screen for the cycle. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 114 You can display trend values for these measurements: • Average • RMS - AC • Ratio • Period • Frequency • +Width • - Width • Duty Cycle • Rise Time • Fall Time Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 115: Chart Logic Bus Timing

    Figure 19 Example of Chart Logic Bus Timing Use the Units/Code softkey to specify the analog value equivalent of each increment in the bus data value. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 116: Chart Logic Bus State

    (like a D/A conversion). Figure 20 Example of Chart Logic Bus State Use the Clock softkey to select the clock signal. Use the Slope softkey to select the edge of the clock signal to be used. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 117 Use the 0 Offset softkey to specify the analog value equivalent of a bus data value of zero. Use the Units softkey to specify the type of values the bus data represents (volts, amps, etc.). See Also • "Chart Logic Bus Timing" on page 115 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 118 Math Waveforms Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 119: Reference Waveforms

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Reference Waveforms To save a waveform to a reference waveform location To display a reference waveform To scale and position reference waveforms To adjust reference waveform skew To display reference waveform information To save/recall reference waveform files to/from a USB storage...
  • Page 120: To Display A Reference Waveform

    2 In the Reference Waveform Menu, press the Ref softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the desired reference waveform location. 3 Then, press the Ref softkey again to enable/disable the reference waveform display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 121: To Scale And Position Reference Waveforms

    If the arrow to the left of the [Ref] key is not illuminated, press the key. 2 Turn the upper multiplexed knob to adjust the reference waveform scale. 3 Turn the lower multiplexed knob to adjust the reference waveform position. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 122: To Adjust Reference Waveform Skew

    You can recall a reference waveform file from a USB storage device into one of the reference waveform locations. See "To recall reference waveform files from a USB storage device" on page 319. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 123: Digital Channels

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Digital Channels To connect the digital probes to the device under test Acquiring waveforms using the digital channels To display digital channels using AutoScale Interpreting the digital waveform display To switch all digital channels on or off...
  • Page 124: Probe Cable For Digital Channels

    You do not need to power- off the oscilloscope. Probe cable for digital channels C A U T I O N Use only the Agilent logic probe and accessory kit supplied with the mixed-signal oscilloscope (see "Accessories Available" on page 373).
  • Page 125 4 Connect a grabber to one of the probe leads. (Other probe leads are omitted from the figure for clarity.) Grabber 5 Connect the grabber to a node in the circuit you want to test. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 126 Signal Ground Grabber 7 Repeat these steps until you have connected all points of interest. Signals Ground Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 127: Acquiring Waveforms Using The Digital Channels

    When signals are connected to the digital channels — be sure to connect the ground leads — AutoScale quickly configures and displays the digital channels. • To configure the instrument quickly, press the [AutoScale] key. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 128 AutoScale has selected. This will return the oscilloscope to its previous settings. See also: "How AutoScale Works" page 34. To set the instrument to the factory- default configuration, press the [Default Setup] key. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 129: Interpreting The Digital Waveform Display

    When any digital channels are turned on, an activity indicator is displayed in the status line at the bottom of the display. A digital channel can be always high ( ), always low ( ), or actively toggling logic states ( ). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 130: To Change The Displayed Size Of The Digital Channels

    2 Press the Turn off (or Turn on) softkey for the D15 - D8 group or the D7 - D0 group. Each time you press the softkey, the softkey's mode toggles between Turn on and Turn off. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 131: To Change The Logic Threshold For Digital Channels

    If the arrow to the left of the [Digital] key is not illuminated, press the key. 2 Use the multiplexed Select knob to select the channel. The selected waveform is highlighted in red. 3 Use the multiplexed Position knob to move the selected channel waveform. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 132: To Display Digital Channels As A Bus

    "Using cursors to read bus values" on page 133). The Base softkey lets you choose to display the bus values in hex or binary. The buses are shown at the bottom of the display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 133 3 Press the Source softkey and select Bus1 or Bus2. 4 Use the Entry knob and the X1 and X2 softkeys to position the cursors where you want to read the bus values. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 134 — rising edge ( ) or falling edge ( ) — are included in the pattern specification. A byte that consists of all don't cares (X) will be displayed in the bus as a don't care (X). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 135: Digital Channel Signal Fidelity: Probe Impedance And Grounding

    The design of the probes minimizes the first problem, while the second is easily addressed by good probing practices. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 136: Input Impedance

    This high- frequency model takes into account pure tip capacitance to ground as well as series tip resistance, and the cable's characteristic impedance (Z Figure 22 DC and Low-Frequency Probe Equivalent Circuit Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 137 The stray tip capacitance, which is generally small (1 pF), sets the final break point on the impedance chart. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 138: Probe Grounding

    Increased length in this path will, at high frequencies, create large common mode voltages at the probe input. The voltage generated behaves as if this path were an inductor according to the equation: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 139 LC circuit at the input of the probe, is also increased. Because the digital channels display reconstructed waveforms, they do not show ringing and perturbations. You will not find ground problems through examination of the waveform display. In fact, it is likely Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 140: Best Probing Practices

    If you need to remove a probe lead from the cable, insert a paper clip or other small pointed object into the side of the cable assembly, and push to release the latch while pulling out the probe lead. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 141 Replacement 2-inch probe grounds (qty 5) 5959-9335 Replacement pod ground leads (qty 5) 5090-4833 Grabbers (qty 20) 01650-94309 Package of probe labels For other replacement parts, consult the InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series Oscilloscopes Service Guide. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 142 Digital Channels Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 143: Serial Decode

    The threshold level for each serial signal can be set in the Signals Menu. Press the [Serial] key, then the Signals softkey. Serial Decode Options Agilent's hardware- accelerated serial decode options can be installed when the oscilloscope is manufactured, or added later. The following serial decode licenses are available:...
  • Page 144: Lister

    345. To order serial decode licenses, go to "www.agilent.com" and search for the product number (for example, DSOX4AUTO) or contact your local Agilent Technologies representative (see "www.agilent.com/find/contactus)." Lister Lister is a powerful tool for investigating protocol failures. You can use Lister to view large amounts of packet level serial data in a tabular format, including time tags and specific decoded values.
  • Page 145 Before you can select a row or navigate through the Lister data, oscilloscope acquisitions must be stopped. 5 Press the [Single] key (in the Run Control group on the front panel) to stop the acquisition. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 146: Searching Lister Data

    When serial decode is enabled, you can use the [Search] key to find and place marks on rows in the Lister. The Search softkey lets you specify events to find. It is similar to specifying protocol triggers. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 147 "Searching for SPI Data in the Lister" on page 433 • "Searching for UART/RS232 Data in the Lister" on page 469 • "Searching for USB 2.0 Data in the Lister" on page 479 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 148 Serial Decode Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 149: Display Settings

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Display Settings To adjust waveform intensity To set or clear persistence To clear the display To select the grid type To adjust the grid intensity To display waveforms as vectors or dots To freeze the display...
  • Page 150 Display Settings Figure 26 Amplitude Modulation Shown at 100% Intensity Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 151: To Set Or Clear Persistence

    New acquisitions are shown in their normal color with normal intensity. Waveform persistence is kept only for the current display area; you cannot pan and zoom the persistence display. To use persistence: 1 Press the [Display] key. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 152 Clear Display softkey or if you press the [AutoScale] key (which also turns off persistence). For another method of seeing worst- case extremes of varying waveforms, "Glitch or Narrow Pulse Capture" on page 221. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 153: To Clear The Display

    1 Press [Display] (or [Display] > More on 1 Ghz and 1.5 GHz bandwidth models). 2 Press the Grid softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the grid type. To adjust the grid intensity To adjust the display grid (graticule) intensity: 1 Press [Display]. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 154: To Display Waveforms As Vectors Or Dots

    To display waveforms as vectors or dots Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series oscilloscopes are designed to operate optimally with vectors (connect the dots) on. This mode produces the most insightful waveforms for most situations.
  • Page 155: To Freeze The Display

    2 To un- freeze the display, press [Quick Action] again. Manual cursors can be used on the frozen display. Many activities, such as adjusting the trigger level, adjusting vertical or horizontal settings, or saving data will un- freeze the display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 156 Display Settings Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 157: Labels

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Labels To turn the label display on or off To assign a predefined label to a channel To define a new label To load a list of labels from a text file you create...
  • Page 158: To Assign A Predefined Label To A Channel

    To assign a predefined label to a channel 1 Press the [Label] key. 2 Press the Channel softkey, then turn the Entry knob or successively press the Channel softkey to select a channel for label assignment. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 159: To Define A New Label

    To define a new label 1 Press the [Label] key. 2 Press the Channel softkey; then, turn the Entry knob or successively press the softkey to select a channel for label assignment. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 160: To Load A List Of Labels From A Text File You Create

    To load labels from a text file into the oscilloscope: 1 Use a text editor to create each label. Each label can be up to ten characters in length. Separate each label with a line feed. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 161: To Reset The Label Library To The Factory Default

    This will delete all user- defined labels from the library and set the labels in the library back to the factory default. However, this does not default the labels currently assigned to the channels (those labels that appear in the waveform area). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 162: To Add An Annotation

    When enabled, you can drag the annotation anywhere in the graticule using the touchscreen or a USB mouse. 4 Press Edit Annotation. 5 In the Edit Annotation keypad dialog, you can enter text using: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 163 You can choose white, red, or colors that match analog channels, digital channels, math waveforms, reference waveforms, or markers. 8 Press the Background softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the annotation background: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 164 Inverted — the annotation's foreground and background colors are switched. Transparent — the annotation has a transparent background. • See Also • "To save BMP or PNG image files" on page 311 • "To print the oscilloscope's display" on page 323 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 165: Triggers

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Triggers Adjusting the Trigger Level Forcing a Trigger Edge Trigger Edge then Edge Trigger Pulse Width Trigger Pattern Trigger OR Trigger Rise/Fall Time Trigger Nth Edge Burst Trigger Runt Trigger Setup and Hold Trigger...
  • Page 166 (horizontal position) setting (see "To adjust the horizontal delay (position)" on page 65). Trigger Event Post-Trigger Buffer Pre-Trigger Buffer Acquisition Memory Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 167: Adjusting The Trigger Level

    You can also change the trigger level of all channels by pressing [Analyze] > Features and N O T E then selecting Trigger Levels. Forcing a Trigger The [Force Trigger] key causes a trigger (on anything) and displays the acquisition. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 168: Edge Trigger

    You can choose a channel that is turned off (not displayed) as the source for the edge trigger. The selected trigger source is indicated in the upper- right corner of the display next to the slope symbol: 1 through 4 = analog channels. • Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 169 All modes operate up to the bandwidth of the oscilloscope except Either edge mode, which has a limitation. Either edge mode will trigger on Constant Wave signals up to 100 MHz, but can trigger on isolated pulses down to 1/(2*oscilloscope's bandwidth). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 170: Edge Then Edge Trigger

    (Rising) or (Falling) edges on analog or digital channels. 1 Press the [Trigger] key. 2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Edge then Edge. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 171 Press the Trigger B softkey, and turn the Entry knob to select the channel on which the trigger edge will occur. d Press the Slope B softkey to specify which edge of the Trigger B signal will trigger the oscilloscope. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 172: Pulse Width Trigger

    Pattern trigger in the Trigger Menu (see "Pattern Trigger" on page 175). 1 Press the [Trigger] key. 2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Pulse Width. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 173 The value of the trigger level or digital threshold is displayed in the upper- right corner of the display. 5 Press the pulse polarity softkey to select positive ( ) or negative ( polarity for the pulse width you want to capture. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 174 The qualifiers can be set as follows: • 2 ns to 10 s for > or < qualifier (5 ns to 10 s for 350 MHz and lower bandwidth models). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 175: Pattern Trigger

    Timeout – when the pattern is present for greater than a time value. • In this case, the trigger occurs when the > softkey time value is exceeded (not when the pattern exits). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 176 5 For each channel you select, press the Pattern softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to set the condition for that channel in the pattern. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 177 If no edge is specified, the oscilloscope will trigger on the last edge that makes the pattern true. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 178: Hex Bus Pattern Trigger

    "Bus values are displayed when using Pattern trigger" on page 134. OR Trigger The OR trigger mode triggers when any one (or more) of the specified edges on analog or digital channels is found. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 179 5 For each channel you select, press the Slope softkey and select (Rising), (Falling), (Either), or X (Don't Care). The selected slope is displayed above the softkeys. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 180: Rise/Fall Time Trigger

    Set all Edges softkey. Rise/Fall Time Trigger The Rise/Fall Time trigger looks for a rising or falling transition from one level to another level in greater than or less than a certain amount of time. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 181 4 Press the Rising Edge or Falling Edge softkey to toggle between edge types. 5 Press the Level Select softkey to select High; then, turn the Trigger Level knob to adjust the high level. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 182: Nth Edge Burst Trigger

    1 Press the [Trigger] key. 2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Nth Edge Burst. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 183: Runt Trigger

    6 Press the Edge softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to which edge number to trigger on. Runt Trigger The Runt trigger looks for pulses that cross one threshold but not another. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 184 • A negative runt pulse crosses through an upper threshold but not a lower threshold. To trigger on runt pulses: 1 Press the [Trigger] key. 2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Runt. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 185 This lets you specify that a runt pulse be less than or greater than a certain width. 8 If you selected the "less than" or "greater than" Qualifier, press the Time softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the time. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 186: Setup And Hold Trigger

    7 Set the appropriate trigger level for the data signal using the Trigger Level knob. 8 Press the < Setup softkey, and turn the Entry knob to select the setup time. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 187: Video Trigger

    The oscilloscope's MegaZoom IV technology gives you bright, easily viewed displays of any part of the video waveform. Analysis of video waveforms is simplified by the oscilloscope's ability to trigger on any selected line of the video signal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 188 Turning the Trigger Level knob does not change the trigger level because the trigger level is automatically set to the sync pulse. Trigger coupling is automatically set to TV in the Trigger Mode and Coupling Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 189 Many video signals are produced from 75 sources. To provide correct matching to these sources, a 75 terminator (such as an Agilent 11094B) should be connected to the oscilloscope input. 4 Press the sync polarity softkey to set the Video trigger to either positive ) or negative ( ) sync polarity.
  • Page 190 Display Grid type is set to IRE (when Standard is NTSC) or mV (see • "To select the grid type" on page 153). • Horizontal time/division is set to 10 µs/div for NTSC/PAL/SECAM standards or 4 µs/div for EDTV or HDTV standards (unchanged for Generic). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 191 1 to 262 SECAM 1 to 313 314 to 625 1 to 312 The following table lists the line numbers for each EDTV/HDTV video standard (available with the DSOX4VID extended video triggering license). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 192: To Set Up Generic Video Triggers

    2 Press the Edge # softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the Nth edge after after vertical sync to trigger on. 3 To enable or disable the horizontal sync control, press the first Horiz Sync softkey. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 193: To Trigger On A Specific Line Of Video

    Field 1 and Field 2. This is a quick way to compare the Field 1 VITS and Field 2 VITS or to check for the correct insertion of the half line at the end of Field 1. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 194: To Trigger On All Sync Pulses

    2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Video. 3 Press the Settings softkey, then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard. 4 Press the Mode softkey and select All Lines. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 195: To Trigger On A Specific Field Of The Video Signal

    2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Video. 3 Press the Settings softkey, then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard. 4 Press the Mode softkey and select Field1 or Field2. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 196: To Trigger On All Fields Of The Video Signal

    2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Video. 3 Press the Settings softkey, then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard. 4 Press the Mode softkey and select All Fields. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 197: To Trigger On Odd Or Even Fields

    2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Video. 3 Press the Settings softkey, then press the Standard softkey to select the appropriate TV standard. 4 Press the Mode softkey and select Field1 or Field2. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 198 A quick way to synchronize to the other phase is to briefly disconnect the signal and then reconnect it. Repeat until the correct phase is displayed. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 199 10 ms HDTV 720p/60 8.35 ms HDTV 1080p/24 20.835 ms HDTV 1080p/25 20 ms HDTV 1080p/30 20 ms HDTV 1080p/50 16.67 ms HDTV 1080p/60 8.36 ms HDTV 1080i/50 10 ms HDTV 1080i/60 8.35 ms Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 200: Serial Trigger

    389 • "FlexRay Triggering" on page 406 • "I2C Triggering" on page 416 • "I2S Triggering" on page 438 • "LIN Triggering" on page 397 • "MIL- STD- 1553 Triggering" on page 447 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 201: Zone Qualified Trigger

    3 Take your finger off the screen (or release the mouse button). 4 In the popup menu, select whether the rectangle is Zone 1 or Zone 2 and whether it is a "Must Intersect" or "Must Not Intersect" zone. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 202 6 You can use the Zone 1 On and Zone 2 On softkeys to disable or enable zones, and you can use the Zone 1 and Zone 2 softkeys to toggle between the "Must Intersect" and "Must Not Intersect" conditions. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 203 N O T E TRIG OUT signal indicates when there is a trigger (acquisition) that is evaluated for zone intersection, not when an acquisition meets the zone qualification and is plotted on the oscilloscope's display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 204 Triggers Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 205: Trigger Mode/Coupling

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Trigger Mode/Coupling To select the Auto or Normal trigger mode To select the trigger coupling To enable or disable trigger noise rejection To enable or disable trigger HF Reject To set the trigger holdoff...
  • Page 206: To Select The Auto Or Normal Trigger Mode

    If the acquisition was initiated by [Run/Stop], the process repeats. If the acquisition was initiated by pressing [Single], the acquisition stops (and you can Pan and Zoom the waveform). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 207 Before initiating the action in the circuit, wait for the trigger condition indicator Trig'd? to display (this tells you the pre- trigger buffer is filled). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 208: To Select The Trigger Coupling

    Use LF Reject coupling to get a stable edge trigger when your waveform has low frequency noise. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 209: To Enable Or Disable Trigger Noise Rejection

    1 Press the [Mode/Coupling] key. 2 In the Trigger Mode and Coupling Menu, press the HF Reject softkey to enable or disable. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 210: To Set The Trigger Holdoff

    Changing the time base settings does not affect the trigger holdoff time. With Agilent's MegaZoom technology, you can press [Stop], then pan and zoom through the data to find where the waveform repeats. Measure this time using cursors;...
  • Page 211: Maximum Voltage At Oscilloscope External Trigger Input

    4 Press the Probe softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to specify the probe attenuation. The attenuation factor can be set from 0.1:1 to 10000:1 in a 1- 2- 5 sequence. The probe attenuation factor must be set properly for measurements to be made correctly. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 212 Trigger input signal range. The range is either 1.6 V or 8 V when you are using a 1:1 probe. The range is automatically recalculated when a different External Trigger probe attenuation factor is chosen. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 213: Acquisition Control

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Acquisition Control Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control) Overview of Sampling Selecting the Acquisition Mode Realtime Sampling Option Acquiring to Segmented Memory This chapter shows how to use the oscilloscope's acquisition and run controls.
  • Page 214 To acquire data with the longest possible record length, press the [Single] key. For more information on settings that affect record length, see "Length Control" on page 314. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 215: Overview Of Sampling

    Aliasing Aliasing occurs when signals are under- sampled (f < 2f ). Aliasing is the signal distortion caused by low frequencies falsely reconstructed from an insufficient number of sample points. Figure 34 Aliasing Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 216: Oscilloscope Bandwidth And Sample Rate

    (square waves are made up of sine waves at the fundamental frequency and an infinite number of odd harmonics), and typically, for 500 MHz bandwidths and below, oscilloscopes have a Gaussian frequency response. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 217: Oscilloscope Rise Time

    Rise- Time Accuracy, Agilent Application Note 1420 ("http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5988- 8008EN.pdf"). See Also Evaluating Oscilloscope Sample Rates vs. Sampling Fidelity: How to Make the Most Accurate Digital Measurements, Agilent Application Note 1587 ("http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5989- 5732EN.pdf") Oscilloscope Rise Time Closely related to an oscilloscope's bandwidth specification is its rise time specification.
  • Page 218: Oscilloscope Bandwidth Required

    = 1.0 x f knee = 1.3 x f knee = 1.9 x f knee See Also Choosing an Oscilloscope with the Right Bandwidth for your Application, Agilent Application Note 1588 ("http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5989- 5733EN.pdf") Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 219: Memory Depth And Sample Rate

    1 Press the [Acquire] key on the front panel. 2 In the Acquire Menu, press the Acq Mode softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the acquisition mode. The InfiniiVision oscilloscopes have the following acquisition modes: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 220: Normal Acquisition Mode

    5 GSa/s, a sample is taken every 200 ps (sample period). See Also • "Glitch or Narrow Pulse Capture" on page 221 • "Using Peak Detect Mode to Find a Glitch" on page 222 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 221 Normal acquire mode, making them easier to see. To characterize the glitch, use the cursors or the automatic measurement capabilities of the oscilloscope. Figure 37 Sine With Glitch, Normal Mode Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 222 Waveform persistence is not kept beyond the display area boundary. Press the Clear Display softkey to erase previously acquired points. The display will accumulate points until Persistence is turned off. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 223: Averaging Acquisition Mode

    1 Press the [Acquire] key, then press the Acq Mode softkey until the Averaging mode is selected. 2 Press the #Avgs softkey and turn the Entry knob to set the number of averages that best eliminates the noise from the displayed waveform. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 224 Acquisition Control The number of acquisitions being averaged is displayed in the # Avgs softkey. Figure 39 Random noise on the displayed waveform Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 225: High Resolution Acquisition Mode

    4 averages. The number of extra bits of vertical resolution is dependent on the time per division setting (sweep speed) of the oscilloscope. The slower the time/div setting, the greater the number of samples that are averaged together for each display point. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 226: Realtime Sampling Option

    When Realtime sampling is on (as in the default setup): • When less than 1000 samples can be collected in the time spanned by the screen, a sophisticated reconstruction filter is used to fill- in and enhance the waveform display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 227: Realtime Sampling And Oscilloscope Bandwidth

    For example, a MSOX410xA oscilloscope with channels 1 and 2 on has a bandwidth of 625 MHz when Realtime sampling on and 1 GHz when Realtime sampling is off. The sample rate is displayed in the sidebar Summary dialog. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 228: Acquiring To Segmented Memory

    "To select the Auto or Normal trigger mode" on page 206. See Also • "Navigating Segments" on page 229 • "Measurements, Statistics, and Infinite Persistence with Segmented Memory" on page 229 • "Segmented Memory Re- Arm Time" on page 230 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 229: Navigating Segments

    To perform measurements and view statistical information, press [Meas] and set up your desired measurements (see Chapter 14, “Measurements,” starting on page 241). Then, press Analyze Segments. Statistical data will be accumulated for the measurements you have chosen. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 230: Segmented Memory Re-Arm Time

    When the oscilloscope is busy saving multiple segments, progress is displayed in the upper right area of the display. For more information, see "To save CSV, ASCII XY, or BIN data files" page 312. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 231 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Cursors To make cursor measurements Cursor Examples Cursors are horizontal and vertical markers that indicate X- axis values and Y- axis values on a selected waveform source. You can use cursors to make custom voltage, time, phase, or ratio measurements on oscilloscope signals.
  • Page 232: To Make Cursor Measurements

    3 In the Cursors Menu, press Mode; then, select the desired mode: Manual — X, 1/ X, and Y values are displayed. X is the difference • between the X1 and X2 cursors and Y is the difference between the Y1 and Y2 cursors. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 233 In Hex mode, the channel is interpreted as 0 if turned off. 4 Press Source (or X1 Source, X2 Source in the Track Waveform mode); then, select the input source for cursor values. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 234 For phase or ratio units, once the 0 and 360 degree or 0 and 100% locations are set, adjusting cursors will display measurements relative to the set locations. 7 Adjust the selected cursor(s) by turning the Cursors knob. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 235: Cursor Examples

    Cursors You can also position cursors using the touchscreen. See "Drag Cursors" on page 49. Cursor Examples Figure 41 Cursors used to measure pulse widths other than middle threshold points Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 236 Cursors Figure 42 Cursors measure frequency of pulse ringing Expand the display with Zoom mode, then characterize the event of interest with the cursors. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 237 Cursors Figure 43 Cursors track Zoom window Put the X1 cursor on one side of a pulse and the X2 cursor on the other side of the pulse. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 238 Cursors Figure 44 Measuring pulse width with cursors Press the X1 X2 linked softkey and move the cursors together to check for pulse width variations in a pulse train. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 239 Cursors Figure 45 Moving the cursors together to check pulse width variations Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 240 Cursors Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 241 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Measurements To make automatic measurements Measurements Summary Voltage Measurements Time Measurements Count Measurements Mixed Measurements Measurement Thresholds Measurement Window Measurement Statistics The [Meas] key lets you make automatic measurements on waveforms. Some measurements can only be made on analog input channels.
  • Page 242: To Make Automatic Measurements

    "< value", or "> value", or a similar message to indicate that the measurement may not be reliable. 3 Press the Type: softkey; then, rotate the Entry knob to select a measurement to be made. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 243 (bottom- most on the display). To view the cursors for a previously added measurement (but not the last one), add the measurement again. By default, measurement statistics are displayed. See "Measurement Statistics" on page 267. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 244: Measurements Summary

    "Amplitude" on page 248 "Area" on page 264 "Average" on page 252 Yes, Full Screen "Base" on page 250 "Burst Width" on page 258 "Counter" on page 257 Not valid for math waveforms. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 245 Press Settings to specify the second source. "Preshoot" on page 251 "Ratio" on page 255 Measures between two sources. Press Settings to specify the second source. "Rise Time" on page 259 "DC RMS" on page 252 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 246: Snapshot All

    Power Measurement Application User's Guide at "www.agilent.com/find/4000X- Series- manual" or on the Documentation CD. Snapshot All The Snapshot All measurement type displays a popup containing a snapshot of all the single waveform measurements. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 247: Voltage Measurements

    The following figure shows the voltage measurement points. Maximum Amplitude Peak-Peak Base Minimum Measurement units for each input channel can be set to Volts or Amps using the channel Probe Units softkey. See "To specify the channel units" page 85. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 248: Peak-Peak

    Minimum is the lowest value in the waveform display. The Y cursor shows the value being measured. Amplitude The Amplitude of a waveform is the difference between its Top and Base values. The Y cursors show the values being measured. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 249: Top

    You may need to change the measurement window setting so that the measurement is made in the lower, Zoom window. See "Measurement Window" on page 267. Figure 46 Isolating area for Top measurement Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 250: Base

    (edge closest to the trigger reference point). local Maximum − D Top Rising edge overshοot = × 100 Amplitude Falling edge overshοot = Base − D local Minimum × 100 Amplitude Overshoot local Maximum Base local Minimum Overshoot Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 251: Preshoot

    Amplitude. The X cursors show which edge is being measured (edge closest to the trigger reference point). local Maximum − D Top Rising edge preshοot = × 100 Amplitude Falling edge preshοot = Base − D local Minimum × 100 Amplitude Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 252: Average

    RMS (dc) = Where x = value at ith point being measured, n = number of points in measurement interval. The Full Screen measurement interval variation measures the value on all displayed data points. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 253: Ac Rms

    Gaussian distribution, two sigma (± 1 ) from the mean, is where 68.3 percent of the measurement results reside. Six sigma (± 3 ) from is where 99.7 percent of the measurement results reside. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 254 The standard deviation is calculated as follows: ∑ − ¯ where: • = the standard deviation. • N = the number of measurements taken. • x = the ith measurement result. • x = the mean. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 255: Ratio

    259 • "Fall Time" on page 259 • "Delay" on page 259 • "Phase" on page 260 • "X at Min Y" on page 262 • "X at Max Y" on page 262 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 256: Period

    You may need to change the measurement window setting so that the measurement is made in the lower, Zoom window. See "Measurement Window" on page 267. If the waveform is clipped, it may not be possible to make the measurement. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 257: Counter

    100 ms or twice the current time window, whichever is longer, up to 1 second. The Counter can measure frequencies up to the bandwidth of the oscilloscope. The minimum frequency supported is 1/(2 X gate time). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 258: Width

    The duty cycle of a repetitive pulse train is the ratio of the positive pulse width to the period, expressed as a percentage. The X cursors show the time period being measured. The Y cursor shows the middle threshold point. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 259: Rise Time

    1 Press the [Meas] key to display the Measurement Menu. 2 Press the Source softkey; then turn the Entry knob to select the first analog channel source. 3 Press the Type: softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Delay. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 260: Phase

    Phase is the calculated phase shift from source 1 to source 2, expressed in degrees. Negative phase shift values indicate that the rising edge of source 1 occurred after the rising edge of source 2. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 261 Back/Up key to return to the Measurement Menu. 6 Press the Add Measurement softkey to make the measurement. The example below shows a phase measurement between the channel 1 and the math d/dt function on channel 1. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 262: At Min Y

    For periodic signals, the position of the maximum may vary throughout the waveform. The X cursor shows where the current X at Max Y value is being measured. See Also • "To measure the peak of an FFT" on page 263 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 263: Count Measurements

    The Positive Pulse Count measurement is a pulse count for the selected waveform source. Positive pulse count This measurement is available for analog channels. Negative Pulse Count The Negative Pulse Count measurement is a pulse count for the selected waveform source. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 264: Rising Edge Count

    This measurement is available for analog channels. Mixed Measurements • "Area" on page 264 Area Area measures the area between the waveform and the ground level. Area below the ground level is subtracted from area above the ground level. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 265: Measurement Thresholds

    You can also open the Measurement Threshold Menu by pressing [Analyze] > Features and then selecting Measurement Thresholds. 2 Press the Source softkey to select the analog channel or math waveform source for which you want to change measurement thresholds. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 266 If threshold Type is set to %, the middle threshold value can be set • from 1% to 99%. 6 Press the Upper softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to set the upper measurement threshold value. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 267: Measurement Window

    1. 2 Select the measurements you desire for the channels you are using (see "Measurements Summary" on page 244). 3 From the Measurement Menu, press the Statistics softkey to enter the Statistics Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 268 (count). The standard deviation shown in Statistics is calculated using the same formula used for calculating the standard deviation measurement. The formula is shown in the section titled "AC RMS" on page 253. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 269 Analyze Segments softkey to accumulate measurement statistics for the acquired segments. You can also turn on infinite persistence (in the Display Menu) and press the Analyze Segments softkey to create an infinite persistence display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 270 Measurements Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 271: Mask Testing

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Mask Testing To create a mask from a "golden" waveform (Automask) Mask Test Setup Options Mask Statistics To manually modify a mask file Building a Mask File One way to verify a waveform's compliance to a particular set of parameters is to use mask testing.
  • Page 272 (volts or seconds), selectable using the Units softkey. 8 Press the Create Mask softkey. The mask is created and testing begins. Whenever the Create Mask softkey is pressed the old mask is erased and a new mask is created. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 273 If you press Create Mask and it appears that no mask was created, check the ± Y and ± X settings. They may be set so large that the mask is not visible. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 274: Mask Test Setup Options

    (which is tied to the amount of failures per test). The sigma value may exceed the selected value when a small sigma value is chosen. The actual sigma is displayed. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 275 The Source softkey in the Mask Setup Menu is the same as the Source softkey in the Automask Menu. Test All When enabled, all displayed analog channels are included in the mask test. When disabled, just the selected source channel is included in the test. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 276: Mask Statistics

    • Number of failures (acquisitions in which the signal excursion went beyond the mask). • Failure rate (percentage of failures). • Sigma (the ratio of process sigma to maximum achievable sigma, based on number of waveforms tested). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 277: To Manually Modify A Mask File

    10 Edit, save, and close the file. The mask file contains the following sections: • Mask File Identifier. • Mask Title. • Mask Violation Regions. • Oscilloscope Setup Information. Mask File The Mask File Identifier is MASK_FILE_548XX. Identifier Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 278 "MIN" for the first and last points. The top region must be the lowest numbered region in the file. The bottom region must be the highest numbered region in the file. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 279 The oscilloscope setup information contains remote programming language commands that the oscilloscope executes when the mask file is loaded. Any legal remote programming command can be entered in this section. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 280: Building A Mask File

    This example shows an easy way to convert voltage and time to normalized X and Y values in the mask file. The following mask file produced the mask shown above: MASK_FILE_548XX Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 281 /* Region Number */ 7 /* Number of vertices */ 5 10.00, -1.000 12.50, -0.500 15.00, -0.500 15.00, -1.500 12.50, -1.500 /* Region Number */ 8 /* Number of vertices */ 4 -12.50, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 282: How Is Mask Testing Done

    The number of acquisitions tested is also logged and displayed as "# of Tests". The mask file allows greater resolution than the 200 X 640 database. Some quantization of data occurs to reduce the mask file data for display on- screen. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 283: Digital Voltmeter

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Digital Voltmeter The Digital Voltmeter (DVM) analysis feature provides 3- digit voltage and 5- digit frequency measurements using any analog channel. DVM measurements are asynchronous from the oscilloscope's acquisition system and are always acquiring.
  • Page 284 5 Press the Mode softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the digital voltmeter (DVM) mode: • AC RMS — displays the root- mean- square value of the acquired data, with the DC component removed. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 285 (threshold voltage) level (used for the counter frequency measurement). When enabled, Auto Range overrides attempted adjustments of the channel's vertical scale and position knobs. When disabled, you can use the channel's vertical scale and position knobs normally. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 286 Digital Voltmeter Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 287: To Select Generated Waveform Types And Settings

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Waveform Generator To select generated waveform types and settings To edit arbitrary waveforms To output the waveform generator sync pulse To specify the expected output load To use waveform generator logic presets To add noise to the waveform generator output...
  • Page 288 2 In the Waveform Generator Menu, press the Waveform softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the waveform type. 3 Depending on the selected waveform type, use the remaining softkeys and the Entry knob to set the waveform's characteristics. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 289 Offset/Low-Level to set the noise signal 10 Vpp parameters. Sine Cardinal Use the Frequency/Frequency 100 mHz to 20 mVpp to ±2.50 V Fine/Period/Period Fine, Amplitude, and Offset 1 MHz 9 Vpp softkeys to set the sinc signal parameters. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 290: Waveform Generator

    See "To set up dual channel tracking" on page 307. The Settings softkey opens the Waveform Generator Settings Menu which lets you make other settings related to the waveform generator. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 291: To Edit Arbitrary Waveforms

    To edit arbitrary waveforms 1 When Arbitrary is selected as the generated waveform type (see "To select generated waveform types and settings" on page 287), press the Edit Waveform softkey to open the Edit Waveform Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 292 When enabled, lines are drawn between points in the waveform editor. Voltage levels change linearly between one point and the next. When disabled, all line segments in the waveform editor are horizontal. The voltage level of one point remains until the next point. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 293: Creating New Arbitrary Waveforms

    3 Use the Amplitude/High-Level and Offset/Low-Level softkeys to set the voltage bounding parameter of the arbitrary waveform. 4 When you are ready to create the new arbitrary waveform, press Apply & Edit. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 294: Editing Existing Arbitrary Waveforms

    To select a point, touch or drag in the upper, full waveform display: Touchscreen to Edit Existing Waveforms For fine points selection, touch the previous point or next point arrows: To adjust the value of a point, drag the voltage level handle up or down: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 295 To select a points region, first make sure you are in region selection drag mode: Then, drag across the lower waveform display: For fine adjustment of the region selection (or to clear the selection), use the Selected Region controls: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 296 You can specify the number of new points and their voltage. • Replace a selected points region with new points. • Delete a selected points region. To navigate the arbitrary waveform (and select points), first make sure you are in waveform drag mode: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 297 Using Softkeys to The Edit Waveform Points Menu is opened by pressing Edit Existing in the Edit Existing Edit Waveform Menu or by pressing Apply & Edit when creating a new Waveforms arbitrary waveform. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 298 All points are adjusted to maintain uniform time spacing between points. To remove a point: 1 Press Point #; then, use the Entry knob to select the point you want to remove. 2 Press Remove Point. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 299: Capturing Other Waveforms To The Arbitrary Waveform

    To output the waveform generator sync pulse 1 If the Waveform Generator Menu is not currently displayed on the oscilloscope's softkeys, press the [Wave Gen] key. 2 In the Waveform Generator Menu, press the Settings softkey. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 300: To Specify The Expected Output Load

    CMOS (5.0V), CMOS (3.3V), CMOS (2.5V), or ECL compatible Low and High levels. 1 If the Waveform Generator Menu is not currently displayed on the oscilloscope's softkeys, press the [Wave Gen] key. 2 In the Waveform Generator Menu, press the Settings softkey. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 301: To Add Noise To The Waveform Generator Output

    (which can be sent to TRIG OUT, see "Setting the Rear Panel TRIG OUT Source" on page 339). This is because the trigger comparator is located after the noise source. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 302: To Add Modulation To The Waveform Generator Output

    "hop frequency" at the specified FSK rate. The FSK rate specifies a digital square wave modulating signal. See "To set up Frequency- Shift Keying Modulation (FSK)" on page 306. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 303: To Set Up Amplitude Modulation (Am)

    10% to 90% (90% – 10% = 80%) of the original amplitude as the modulating signal goes from its minimum to maximum amplitude. The following screen shows an AM modulation of a 100 kHz sine wave carrier signal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 304: To Set Up Frequency Modulation (Fm)

    • Sine • Square • Ramp When the Ramp shape is selected, a Symmetry softkey appears so that you can specify the amount of time per cycle that the ramp waveform is rising. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 305 100 kHz. The following screen shows an FM modulation of a 100 kHz sine wave carrier signal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 306: To Set Up Frequency-Shift Keying Modulation (Fsk)

    3 Press the FSK Rate softkey and turn the Entry knob to specify the rate at which the output frequency "shifts". The FSK rate specifies a digital square wave modulating signal. The following screen shows an FSK modulation of a 100 kHz sine wave carrier signal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 307: To Restore Waveform Generator Defaults

    Copy Waveform to WaveGen2/1 — sets the other waveform generator • output to be identical to this waveform generator output (except that the shape of either output may be inverted). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 308 Tracking is enabled, the other generator's waveform selections will be limited dependent upon this generator's waveform. Also, when tracking is enabled, adjustments for tracked settings in the other waveform generator become unavailable (ghosted). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 309: Save/Recall (Setups, Screens, Data)

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Save/Recall (Setups, Screens, Data) Saving Setups, Screen Images, or Data Recalling Setups, Masks, or Data Recalling Default Setups Performing a Secure Erase Oscilloscope setups, reference waveforms, and mask files can be saved to internal oscilloscope memory or to a USB storage device and recalled later.
  • Page 310 "To save Lister data files" on page 315. Mask (*.msk) — This creates a mask file in an Agilent proprietary • format that can be read by Agilent InfiniiVision oscilloscopes. A mask data file includes some oscilloscope setup information, but not all setup information.
  • Page 311: To Save Setup Files

    347. To save setup files Setup files can be saved to one of 10 internal (\Agilent Flash) locations or to an external USB storage device. 1 Press [Save/Recall] > Save > Format; then, turn the Entry knob to select Setup (*.scp).
  • Page 312: To Save Csv, Ascii Xy, Or Bin Data Files

    TXT extension. Length — sets the number of data points that will be output to the • file. For more information, see "Length Control" on page 314. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 313 2k, 1 of every 50 data points is saved. See Also • "Binary Data (.bin) Format" on page 377 • "CSV and ASCII XY files" on page 384 • "Minimum and Maximum Values in CSV Files" on page 385 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 314: Length Control

    5000 data points in length, four of each five data points will be decimated, creating an output file 1000 data points in length. When saving waveform data, the save times depend on the chosen format: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 315: To Save Lister Data Files

    3 In the Save Menu, press the Format softkey and turn the Entry knob to select Reference Waveform data (*.h5) . 4 Press the Source softkey and turn the Entry knob to select the source waveform. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 316: To Save Masks

    A message indicating whether the save was successful is displayed. To save masks Mask files can be saved to one of four internal (\Agilent Flash) locations or to an external USB storage device. 1 Press [Save/Recall] > Save > Format; then, turn the Entry knob to select Mask (*.msk).
  • Page 317: To Navigate Storage Locations

    The touch screen (when the front panel [Touch] key is lit). • • Entry knob. Turn the knob to select a key in the dialog; then, push the Entry knob to enter it. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 318: Recalling Setups, Masks, Or Data

    You can also recall setups and mask files by loading them using the File Explorer. See "File Explorer" on page 333. You can also configure the [Quick Action] key to recall setups, masks, or reference waveforms. See "Configuring the [Quick Action] Key" page 347. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 319: To Recall Setup Files

    Save/Recall (Setups, Screens, Data) To recall setup files Setup files can be recalled from one of 10 internal (\Agilent Flash) locations or from an external USB storage device. 1 Press [Save/Recall] > Recall > Recall:; then, turn the Entry knob to select Setup (*.scp).
  • Page 320: To Recall Arbitrary Waveforms

    To recall arbitrary waveforms Arbitrary waveform files can be recalled from one of four internal (\ Agilent Flash) locations or from an external USB storage device. When recalling arbitrary waveforms (from an external USB storage device) that were not saved from the oscilloscope, be aware that: •...
  • Page 321: Recalling Default Setups

    This performs a secure erase of all non- volatile memory in compliance with National Industrial Security Program Operation Manual (NISPOM) Chapter 8 requirements. You must confirm the secure erase, and the oscilloscope will reboot when finished. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 322 Save/Recall (Setups, Screens, Data) Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 323: Print (Screens)

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Print (Screens) To print the oscilloscope's display To set up network printer connections To specify the print options To specify the palette option You can print the complete display, including the status line and softkeys, to a USB printer or a network printer when the LAN connection is used.
  • Page 324 Press to Print softkey. You can also configure the [Quick Action] key to print the display. See "Configuring the [Quick Action] Key" on page 347. See Also • "To add an annotation" on page 162 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 325: To Set Up Network Printer Connections

    192.168.1.100:650/printers/printer- name). • Path to a Windows network printer share (for example: \\server\ share). c When you are done entering text, select the dialog's Enter or OK key or press the Address softkey again. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 326: To Specify The Print Options

    Form Feed setting. • Landscape — Select this to print horizontally on the page instead of vertically (portrait mode). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 327: To Specify The Palette Option

    In the Print Configuration Menu, press the Palette softkey to change the following options. • Color — Select this to print the screen in color. • Grayscale — Select this to print the screen in shades of gray rather than in color. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 328 Print (Screens) Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 329: I/O Interface Settings

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide Utility Settings I/O Interface Settings Setting up the Oscilloscope's LAN Connection File Explorer Setting Oscilloscope Preferences Setting the Oscilloscope's Clock Setting the Rear Panel TRIG OUT Source Setting the Reference Signal Mode Performing Service Tasks Configuring the [Quick Action] Key This chapter explains oscilloscope utility functions.
  • Page 330: Utility Settings

    When you connect the oscilloscope to a LAN it is a good practice to limit access to the N O T E oscilloscope by setting a password. By default, the oscilloscope is not password protected. "Setting a Password" on page 363 to set a password. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 331: To Establish A Lan Connection

    2 Press [Utility] > I/O. 3 Press the LAN Settings softkey. 4 Press the Config softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select Automatic, and press the softkey again to disable it. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 332: Stand-Alone (Point-To-Point) Connection To A Pc

    LAN configuration settings 4 Connect your PC to the oscilloscope using a cross- over LAN cable such as Agilent part number 5061- 0701, available on the web at "www.parts.agilent.com". 5 Cycle power on the oscilloscope. Wait until the LAN connection is configured: Press [Utility] >...
  • Page 333: File Explorer

    The square receptacle on the rear panel labeled "DEVICE" is provided for controlling the oscilloscope over USB. See the Programmer's Guide for more information. The oscilloscope's internal file system, under "\Agilent Flash", consists of 10 locations for oscilloscope setup files, four locations for mask files, and four locations for waveform generator arbitrary waveform files.
  • Page 334 Use your PC to create directories on a USB storage device. USB Storage Most USB mass storage devices are compatible with the oscilloscope. Devices However, certain devices may be incompatible, and may not be able to be read or written to. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 335: Setting Oscilloscope Preferences

    To set the waveform expansion reference point: 1 Press [Utility] > Options > Preferences > Expand and select: Ground— The displayed waveform will expand about the position of • the channel's ground. This is the default setting. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 336: To Disable/Enable Transparent Backgrounds

    2 Press the Screen Saver softkey to select the screen saver type. The screen saver can be set to Off, to display any of the images shown in the list, or can display a user- defined text string. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 337: To Set Autoscale Preferences

    Press the Fast Debug softkey enable/disable this type of autoscale. • When fast debug is enabled, autoscale lets you make quick visual comparisons to determine whether the signal being probed is a DC voltage, ground, or an active AC signal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 338: Setting The Oscilloscope's Clock

    2 Press the Year, Month, Day, Hour or Minute softkey; then, rotate the Entry knob to set to the desired number. The hours are shown in the 24- hour format. So 1:00 PM is hour 13. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 339: Setting The Rear Panel Trig Out Source

    342. Setting the Reference Signal Mode The 10 MHz REF BNC connector on the rear panel is provided so you can: • Supply a more accurate sample clock signal to the oscilloscope, or Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 340: To Supply A Sample Clock To The Oscilloscope

    2 Press [Utility] > Options > Rear Panel > Ref Signal. 3 Use the Entry knob and the Ref Signal softkey to select 10 MHz input. A locked padlock icon appears at the top of the display. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 341: To Synchronize The Timebase Of Two Or More Instruments

    3 Press [Utility] > Options > Rear Panel > Ref Signal. 4 Use the Entry knob and the Ref Signal softkey to select 10 MHz output. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 342: Performing Service Tasks

    User Cal performs an internal self- alignment routine to optimize the signal path in the oscilloscope. The routine uses internally generated signals to optimize circuits that affect channel sensitivity, offset, and trigger parameters. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 343 Utility Settings Performing User Cal will invalidate your Certificate of Calibration. If NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) traceability is required, perform the "Performance Verification" procedure in the Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series Oscilloscopes Service Guide using traceable sources.
  • Page 344: To Perform Hardware Self Test

    It is recommended you run Hardware Self Test: • After experiencing abnormal operation. • For additional information to better describe an oscilloscope failure. • To verify proper operation after the oscilloscope has been repaired. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 345: To Perform Front Panel Self Test

    "To calibrate a probe" on page 87. Results: User Cal date: Change in temperature since last User Cal: Failure: Comments: Probe Cal Status: To clean the oscilloscope 1 Remove power from the instrument. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 346: To Check Warranty And Extended Services Status

    "www.agilent.com/find/contactus" To return the instrument Before shipping the oscilloscope to Agilent Technologies, contact your nearest Agilent Technologies sales or service office for additional details. Information on contacting Agilent Technologies can be found at: "www.agilent.com/find/contactus" 1 Write the following information on a tag and attach it to the oscilloscope.
  • Page 347: Measurements," Starting On

    Quick Trigger Mode — toggles the trigger mode between Auto and • Normal, see "To select the Auto or Normal trigger mode" page 206. Quick Clear Display — clears the display, see • "To clear the display" page 153. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 348 Utility Settings Once the [Quick Action] key is configured, you simply press it to perform the selected action. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 349: Web Interface

    Identification Function Instrument Utilities Setting a Password When Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series oscilloscopes are set up on the LAN, you can access the oscilloscope's built- in web server using a Java- enabled web browser. The oscilloscope's web interface lets you: •...
  • Page 350: Accessing The Web Interface

    It is possible to use a point- to- point connection, but using a normal LAN connection is the preferred method. 2 Type the oscilloscope's hostname or IP address in the web browser. The oscilloscope's web interface Welcome Page is displayed. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 351: Browser Web Control

    • The Browser- Based Remote Front Panel (see "Browser- Based Remote Front Panel" on page 354). • The SCPI Command window applet for Remote Programming (see "Remote Programming via the Web Interface" on page 355). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 352: Real Scope Remote Front Panel

    The SCPI Command window is useful for testing commands or entering a few commands interactively. When creating automated programs for controlling the oscilloscope, you will typically use the Agilent IO Libraries from within a programming environment like Microsoft Visual Studio (see "Remote Programming with Agilent IO Libraries"...
  • Page 353: Simple Remote Front Panel

    Browser Web Control, then select Simple Remote Front Panel. After a few seconds the Remote Front Panel appears. 3 Use the Main Menu and the Function Keys to control the oscilloscope. To view Quick Help, right- click on a softkey. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 354: Browser-Based Remote Front Panel

    Browser Web Control, then select Browser-Based Remote Front Panel. After a few seconds the Remote Front Panel appears. 3 Click keys or knobs that you would normally press on the oscilloscope's front panel. Buttons have been added for turning knobs. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 355: Remote Programming Via The Web Interface

    "Accessing the Web Interface" on page 350). 2 When the oscilloscope's web interface is displayed, select Browser Web Control, then select Remote Programming. The SCPI Commands applet appears within the browser web page. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 356: Remote Programming With Agilent Io Libraries

    While the SCPI Commands applet window lets you enter and remote programming commands, remote programming for automated test and data acquisition is typically done using the Agilent IO Libraries, which are separate from the instrument's web interface. The Agilent IO Libraries let a controller PC communicate with Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series oscilloscopes via their USB or LAN interfaces.
  • Page 357: Save/Recall

    CD supplied with this oscilloscope. You can also access this document on the Agilent web site. For more information about connecting to the oscilloscope, refer to the Agilent Technologies USB/LAN/GPIB Interfaces Connectivity Guide. For a printable electronic copy of the Connectivity Guide, direct your Web browser to "www.agilent.com"...
  • Page 358: Recalling Files Via The Web Interface

    1 Access the oscilloscope's web interface (see "Accessing the Web Interface" on page 350). 2 When the oscilloscope's web interface is displayed, select the Save/Recall tab from the left side of the Welcome screen. 3 Click the Recall link. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 359: Get Image

    3 Right- click on the image and select Save Picture As... (or Print Picture...). 4 Select a storage location for the image file and click Save. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 360: Identification Function

    An "Identify" message is displayed on the oscilloscope; you can either select Identification off or press the OK softkey on the oscilloscope to continue. Identification option Instrument Utilities The Instrument Utilities page of the web interface lets you: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 361 Web Interface • View installed options. • View firmware versions. • Install firmware upgrade files. • View calibration status. You can select these capabilities via a drop- down menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 362 Web Interface Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 363: Setting A Password

    1 Access the oscilloscope's web interface (see "Accessing the Web Interface" on page 350). 2 When the oscilloscope's web interface is displayed, select the Configure Network tab from the instrument's Welcome page. 3 Click the Modify Configuration button. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 364 Web Interface Modify Configuration Configure Network 4 Enter your desired password, and click Apply Changes. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 365 • Using the keys on the front panel of the oscilloscope, press [Utility] > I/O > LAN Reset. • Using the web browser select the Configure Network tab, select Modify Configuration, erase the Password, and select Apply Changes. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 366 Web Interface Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 367: Specifications And Characteristics

    Or, go to the Agilent home page at "www.agilent.com" and search for "4000 X- Series oscilloscopes data sheet". To order a data sheet by phone, please contact your local Agilent office. The complete list is available at: "www.agilent.com/find/contactus". Measurement Category •...
  • Page 368: Reference

    Measurement category IV is for measurements performed at the source of the low- voltage installation. Examples are electricity meters and measurements on primary overcurrent protection devices and ripple control units. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 369: Transient Withstand Capability

    This product is intended to be powered by MAINS that comply to Overvoltage Category Category II, which is typical of cord-and-plug connected equipment. Pollution Degree The InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series oscilloscopes may be operated in environments of Pollution Degree 2 (or Pollution Degree 1). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 370: Probes And Accessories

    • "Accessories Available" on page 373 AutoProbe Most Agilent single- ended active, differential, and current probes are Interface compatible with the AutoProbe interface. Active probes that do not have their own external power supply require substantial power from the AutoProbe interface.
  • Page 371: Passive Probes

    Low impedance passive probe, 100:1, 1.5 GHz, 5 kohm input Z, 1.3 m N2894A Passive probe, 10:1, 700 MHz, 1.3 m Single-Ended Active Probes The following single- ended active probes can be used with the InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series oscilloscopes. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 372: Differential Probes

    High-voltage differential probe, 25 MHz, +/-700 V, 1 MOhm termination, 10:1 or 100:1 (switchable) N2792A Differential probe, 200 MHz 10:1, 50 Ohm termination N2793A Differential probe, 800 MHz 10:1, +/-15 V, 50 Ohm termination Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 373: Current Probes

    ("Single- Ended Active Probes" on page 371), differential probes ("Differential Probes" on page 372), and current probes ("Current Probes" on page 373), the following accessories are available for the InfiniiVision 4000 X- Series oscilloscopes. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 374: Loading Licenses And Displaying License Information

    Reference Table 9 Accessories Available for InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes Model/Part # Description N2763A Rack mount kit N2733B Soft carrying case N2786A 2-leg probe positioner N2787A 3D probe positioner 1180CZ Testmobile N6455A Hardcopy user's guide various Front panel overlays - see "Front Panel Overlays for Different Languages"...
  • Page 375: Licensed Options Available

    Mask Limit Test Order DSOX4MASK. Lets you create a mask and test waveforms to determine whether they comply to the mask. mem4M Memory Upgrade. Order DSOX4MEMUP. It shows the total memory depth (4 Mpts interleaved). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 376: Other Options Available

    (MSO). A mixed signal oscilloscope has analog channels plus 16 time- correlated digital timing channels. For information about upgrading your oscilloscope through licensing, contact your local Agilent Technologies representative or see "www.agilent.com/find/4000X- Series". Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 377: Software And Firmware Updates

    Reference Software and Firmware Updates From time to time Agilent Technologies releases software and firmware updates for its products. To search for firmware updates for your oscilloscope, direct your web browser to "www.agilent.com/find/4000X- Series- sw". To view the currently installed software and firmware press [Help] > About Oscilloscope.
  • Page 378: Binary Data In Matlab

    There is only one file header in a binary file. The file header consists of the following information. Cookie Two byte characters, AG, that indicate the file is in the Agilent Binary Data file format. Version Two bytes that represent the file version.
  • Page 379 For time domain waveforms, it is the time of the first point. This value is treated as a double precision 64-bit floating point number. If the value is zero then no data has been acquired. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 380 • 3 = Minimum float data. • 4 = Not used in InfiniiVision oscilloscopes. • 5 = Not used in InfiniiVision oscilloscopes. • 6 = Digital unsigned 8-bit char data (for digital channels). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 381: Example Program For Reading Binary Data

    "Example Program for Reading Binary Data". Examples of Binary Files Single The following picture shows a binary file of a single acquisition with Acquisition multiple analog channels. Multiple Analog Channels Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 382 Bytes per Point = 4 12 bytes Voltage Data N buffer size Single The following picture shows a binary file of a single acquisition with all Acquisition All pods for the logic channels saved. Pods Logic Channels Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 383 Bytes per Point = 1 12 bytes Pod 2 Timing Data buffer size Segmented The following picture shows a binary file of a segmented memory Memory acquisition on one analog channel. Acquisition on One Analog Channel Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 384: Csv And Ascii Xy Files

    12 bytes Voltage Data N buffer size CSV and ASCII XY files • "CSV and ASCII XY file structure" on page 385 • "Minimum and Maximum Values in CSV Files" on page 385 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 385: Csv And Ascii Xy File Structure

    CSV record is configured to provide a best- estimate of all the samples that each point in the record represents. Therefore, the min and max values may not appear in the CSV file. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 386: Acknowledgements

    This license is located on the Agilent InfiniiVision Oscilloscopes Documentation CD- ROM. RealVNC source code can be obtained from RealVNC or by contacting Agilent. Agilent will charge for the cost of physically performing the source distribution. HDF5 Reference Waveform files use HDF5.
  • Page 387: Can/Lin Triggering And Serial Decode

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide CAN/LIN Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for CAN Signals CAN Triggering CAN Serial Decode Setup for LIN Signals LIN Triggering LIN Serial Decode CAN/LIN triggering and serial decode requires Option AUTO or the DSOX4AUTO upgrade.
  • Page 388 10 Press the Signal softkey and select the type and polarity of the CAN signal. This also automatically sets the channel label for the source channel. CAN_H — The actual CAN_H differential bus. • Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 389: Can Triggering

    1 Press [Trigger]. 2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot (Serial 1 or Serial 2) on which the CAN signal is being decoded. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 390 If the setup does not produce a stable trigger, the CAN signal may be slow enough that the N O T E oscilloscope is AutoTriggering. Press the [Mode/Coupling] key, then press the Mode softkey to set the trigger mode from Auto to Normal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 391: Can Serial Decode

    See Also • "Interpreting CAN Decode" on page 392 • "CAN Totalizer" on page 393 • "Interpreting CAN Lister Data" on page 394 • "Searching for CAN Data in the Lister" on page 395 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 392: Interpreting Can Decode

    • Angled waveforms show an active bus (inside a packet/frame). • Mid- level blue lines show an idle bus. • Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 393: Can Totalizer

    • The OVLD counter gives the total number of completed overload frames and their percentage of the total number of frames. • The ERR counter gives the total number of completed active error frames and their percentage of the total number of frames. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 394: Interpreting Can Lister Data

    In addition to the standard Time column, the CAN Lister contains these columns: • ID — frame ID. • Type — frame type (RMT remote frame or Data). • DLC — data length code. • Data — data bytes. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 395: Searching For Can Data In The Lister

    Overload Frame — Finds CAN overload frames. • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 396: Setup For Lin Signals

    User Defined; then, press the User Baud softkey and turn the Entry knob to enter the baud rate. You can set the LIN baud rate from 2.4 kb/s to 625 kb/s in increments of 100 b/s. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 397: Lin Triggering

    Frame ID, or the Frame ID and Data. A LIN signal message frame is shown below: Sync Sync Identifier Data Checksum Break Field Break Fields Field Sync Break Exit 1 Press [Trigger]. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 398 Note that you can enter a "don't care" value for the frame ID and trigger on data values only. • To set up the number of data bytes and enter their values (in hexadecimal or binary), press the Bits softkey to open the LIN Bits Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 399: Lin Serial Decode

    For LIN decode information see "LIN Serial Decode" on page 399. N O T E LIN Serial Decode To set up the oscilloscope to capture LIN signals, see "Setup for LIN Signals" on page 396. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 400 You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the decoded data. See Also • "Interpreting LIN Decode" on page 401 • "Interpreting LIN Lister Data" on page 402 • "Searching for LIN Data in the Lister" on page 403 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 401: Interpreting Lin Decode

    • Pink vertical bars indicate you need to expand the horizontal scale (and run again) to see decode. • Red dots in the decode line indicate that there is data that is not being displayed. Scroll or expand the horizontal scale to view the information. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 402: Interpreting Lin Lister Data

    WUP in red. Interpreting LIN Lister Data In addition to the standard Time column, the LIN Lister contains these columns: • ID — frame ID. • Data — (LIN 1.3 only) data bytes. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 403: Searching For Lin Data In The Lister

    Errors — Finds all errors. • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 404 CAN/LIN Triggering and Serial Decode Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 405: Flexray Triggering And Serial Decode

    Setup for FlexRay Signals FlexRay signal setup consists of first connecting the oscilloscope to a differential FlexRay signal using a differential active probe (the Agilent N2792A is recommended), specifying the signal source, threshold voltage trigger level, baud rate, and bus type.
  • Page 406: Flexray Triggering

    (see page 407), errors (see page 408), or events (see page 408). To display FlexRay serial decode, see "FlexRay Serial Decode" on page 409. N O T E Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 407: Triggering On Flexray Frames

    0 through the Cyc Ct Rep factor minus 1. For example, with a base factor of 1 and a repetition factor of 16, the oscilloscope triggers on cycles 1, 17, 33, 49, and 65. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 408: Triggering On Flexray Errors

    Normal. This prevents the oscilloscope from Auto triggering while waiting for an error to occur. You may need to adjust trigger holdoff to see a particular error when multiple errors exist. Triggering on FlexRay Events 1 Press [Trigger]. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 409: Flexray Serial Decode

    To set up FlexRay serial decode: 1 Press [Serial] to display the Serial Decode Menu. 2 If the decode line does not appear on the display, press the [Serial] key to turn it on. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 410: Interpreting Flexray Decode

    "Searching for FlexRay Data in the Lister" on page 413 Interpreting FlexRay Decode • Frame type (NORM, SYNC, SUP, NULL in blue). • Frame ID (decimal digits in yellow). • Payload- length (decimal number of words in green). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 411: Flexray Totalizer

    The totalizer runs, counting frames and calculating percentages, even when the oscilloscope is stopped (not acquiring data). When an overflow condition occurs, the counter displays OVERFLOW. The counters can be reset to zero by pressing the Reset FlexRay Counters softkey. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 412: Interpreting Flexray Lister Data

    • FID — frame ID. • Len — payload length. • HCRC — header CRC. • CYC — cycle number. • Data. • FCRC — frame CRC. • Frames with errors are highlighted in red. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 413: Searching For Flexray Data In The Lister

    Errors — finds all errors. • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 414 FlexRay Triggering and Serial Decode Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 415: I2C/Spi Triggering And Serial Decode

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide I2C/SPI Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for I2C Signals I2C Triggering I2C Serial Decode Setup for SPI Signals SPI Triggering SPI Serial Decode I2C/SPI triggering and serial decode requires Option EMBD or the DSOX4EMBD upgrade.
  • Page 416: I2C Triggering

    EEPROM data read, or on a read/write frame with a specific device address and data value. 1 Press [Trigger]; then, select the I2C trigger type. 2 Press [Trigger]. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 417 Data is softkey. When this event occurs, the oscilloscope will trigger on the clock edge for the Ack bit after the data byte. This data byte does not need to occur directly after the control byte. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 418 26th clock edge if all bits in the pattern match. The frame is in the format: Frame (Start: Address byte 1: Write: Address byte 2: Ack: Data) For triggering purposes, a restart is treated as a start condition. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 419 8- bit data pattern on which to trigger. You can select a data value in the range of 0x00 to 0xFF (hexadecimal). The oscilloscope will trigger after the start, address, read/write, acknowledge, and data events occur. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 420: I2C Serial Decode

    3 If the decode line does not appear on the display, press the [Serial] key to turn it on. 4 If the oscilloscope is stopped, press the [Run/Stop] key to acquire and decode data. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 421: Interpreting I2C Decode

    "Searching for I2C Data in the Lister" on page 423 Interpreting I2C Decode • Angled waveforms show an active bus (inside a packet/frame). • Mid- level blue lines show an idle bus. • In the decoded hexadecimal data: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 422 Scroll or expand the horizontal scale to view the data. • Aliased bus values (undersampled or indeterminate) are drawn in pink. • Unknown bus values (undefined or error conditions) are drawn in red. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 423: Interpreting I2C Lister Data

    Searching for I2C Data in the Lister The oscilloscope's search capability lets you search for (and mark) certain types of I2C data in the Lister. You can use the [Navigate] key and controls to navigate through the marked rows. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 424: Setup For Spi Signals

    Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) signals setup consists of connecting the oscilloscope to a clock, MOSI data, MISO data, and framing signal, then setting the threshold voltage level for each input channel, and finally specifying any other signal parameters. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 425 When Display Info is enabled, the graphic changes to show the current state of the clock signal. 7 Press the MOSI softkey to open the SPI Master- Out Slave- In Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 426 The threshold voltage level is used in decoding, and it will become the trigger level when the trigger type is set to the selected serial decode slot. 9 Press the CS softkey to open the SPI Chip Select Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 427 The label (~CS or CS) for the source channel is automatically set. The data pattern and the clock transition must occur during the time when the framing signal is valid. The framing signal must be valid for the entire data pattern. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 428: Spi Triggering

    When you select the SPI trigger type and Display Info is enabled, a graphic is displayed showing the current state of the frame signal, clock slope, number of data bits, and data bit values. 1 Press [Trigger]. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 429 As you rotate the Entry knob, the bit is highlighted in the Data string shown in the waveform area. b Press the 0 1 X softkey to set the bit selected in the Bit softkey to 0 (low), 1 (high), or X (don't care). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 430: Spi Serial Decode

    SPI Serial Decode To set up the oscilloscope to capture SPI signals, see "Setup for SPI Signals" on page 424. For SPI triggering setup see "SPI Triggering" on page 428. N O T E Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 431 You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the acquired data. See Also • "Interpreting SPI Decode" on page 432 • "Interpreting SPI Lister Data" on page 433 • "Searching for SPI Data in the Lister" on page 433 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 432: Interpreting Spi Decode

    Scroll or expand the horizontal scale to view the information. • Aliased bus values (undersampled or indeterminate) are drawn in pink. • Unknown bus values (undefined or error conditions) are drawn in red. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 433: Interpreting Spi Lister Data

    1 With SPI selected as the serial decode mode, press [Search]. 2 In the Search Menu, press the Search softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot (Serial 1 or Serial 2) on which the SPI signals are being decoded. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 434 For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 435: I2S Triggering And Serial Decode

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide I2S Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for I2S Signals I2S Triggering I2S Serial Decode I2S triggering and serial decode requires Option AUDIO or the DSOX4AUDIO upgrade. Only one I2S serial bus can be decoded at a time.
  • Page 436 (from 4 to 32 bits). 11 Press the Alignment softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the desired alignment of the data signal (SDATA). The on- screen diagram changes with your selection. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 437 WS Low indicates Left or Right channel data. The on- screen diagram changes with your selection. WS Low = Left Channel — Left- channel data corresponds to WS=low; right- channel data corresponds to WS=high. WS Low=Left is the oscilloscope's default WS setting. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 438: I2S Triggering

    1 Press [Trigger]. 2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot (Serial 1 or Serial 2) on which the I2S signals are being decoded. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 439: Press The Trigger Setup Softkey To Open The Spi Trigger Setup Menu

    2 points shown since there are two instances in which the data increases from a value below (or at) the "Armed" value to a value greater than (or equal to) the specified "Trigger" value. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 440 When Decimal is selected, the softkey(s) to the right let you enter decimal values with the Entry knob. These softkeys can be Data, <, >, or Threshold depending on the selected trigger qualifier. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 441: I2S Serial Decode

    If the setup does not produce a stable trigger, the I2S signal may be slow enough that the N O T E oscilloscope is AutoTriggering. Press the [Mode/Coupling] key, then press the Mode softkey to set the trigger mode from Auto to Normal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 442: Interpreting I2S Decode

    • Mid- level blue lines show an idle bus. • In the decoded data: • Right channel data values appear in green along with the "R:" characters. • Left channel data values appear in white along with the "L:" characters. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 443: Interpreting I2S Lister Data

    When the receiver word size is greater than the transmit word size, the decoder fills the N O T E least significant bits with zeros and the decoded value does not match the trigger value. Interpreting I2S Lister Data Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 444: Searching For I2S Data In The Lister

    Errors — finds all errors. • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 445: Mil-Std-1553/Arinc 429 Triggering And Serial Decode

    Setup for MIL-STD-1553 Signals MIL- STD- 1553 signal setup consists of first connecting the oscilloscope to a serial MIL- STD- 1553 signal using a differential active probe (the Agilent N2791A is recommended), specifying the signal source, and specifying the high and low trigger threshold voltage levels.
  • Page 446 Press the Low Threshold softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to set the low trigger threshold voltage level. The threshold voltage levels are used in decoding and will become the trigger levels when the trigger type is set to the selected serial decode slot. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 447: Mil-Std-1553 Triggering

    When this option is selected, these softkeys become available: The RTA softkey lets you select the hex Remote Terminal Address • value. The Bit Time softkey lets you select the bit time position. • Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 448: Mil-Std-1553 Serial Decode

    3 If the decode line does not appear on the display, press the [Serial] key to turn it on. 4 If the oscilloscope is stopped, press the [Run/Stop] key to acquire and decode data. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 449: Interpreting Mil-Std-1553 Decode

    Terminal Address (5 bits of data) being displayed first, then the text "C/S:", followed by the value of the remaining 11 bits of a Command/Status word. • Data word decoded data is colored white, preceded by the text "D:". Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 450: Interpreting Mil-Std-1553 Lister Data

    • RTA — displays the Remote Terminal Address for Command/Status words, nothing for Data words. • Word Type — "Cmd/Status" for Command/Status words, "Data" for Data words. For Command/Status words the background color is green to match the decode text color. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 451: Searching For Mil-Std-1553 Data In The Lister

    The 0 1 X softkey lets you set the bit time position value as a 1, 0, • or X (don't care). Parity Error — finds (odd) parity bits that are incorrect for the data in • the word. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 452: Setup For Arinc 429 Signals

    Setup for ARINC 429 Signals Setup consists of first connecting the oscilloscope to a ARINC 429 signal using a differential active probe (the Agilent N2791A is recommended), then using the Signals Menu to specify the signal source, the high and low trigger threshold voltage levels, the signal speed, and the signal type.
  • Page 453: Arinc 429 Triggering

    2 In the Trigger Menu, press the Trigger softkey; then, turn the Entry knob to select the serial slot (Serial 1 or Serial 2) on which the ARINC 429 signal is being decoded. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 454 Use the Define softkey to select SDI, Data, or SSM. The SDI or SSM selections may not be available, depending on word format selection in the Serial Decode Menu. Use the Bit softkey to select the bit to change. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 455: Arinc 429 Serial Decode

    The base setting is used for data display in both the decode line and in the Lister. Label values are always displayed in octal, and SSM and SDI values are always displayed in binary. 3 Press the Word Format softkey and specify the word decode format: Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 456 "Interpreting ARINC 429 Decode" on page 457 • "ARINC 429 Totalizer" on page 458 • "Interpreting ARINC 429 Lister Data" on page 459 • "Searching for ARINC 429 Data in the Lister" on page 460 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 457: Interpreting Arinc 429 Decode

    • Label (yellow) (8 bits) – displayed in octal. • Data (white, red if parity error) (21 bits) – displayed in the selected Base. • SSM (green) (2 bits) – displayed in binary. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 458: Arinc 429 Totalizer

    Pressing the [Run/Stop] key does not affect the totalizer. When an overflow condition occurs, the counter displays OVERFLOW. The counters can be reset to zero by pressing the Reset ARINC 429 Counters softkey (in the decode Settings menu). Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 459: Interpreting Arinc 429 Lister Data

    • SSM — the bit values (if included in the word decode format). • Errors — highlighted in red. Errors can be Parity, Word, or Gap. Aliased data is highlighted in pink. When this happens, decrease the horizontal time/div setting and run again. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 460: Searching For Arinc 429 Data In The Lister

    All Errors — finds any of the above errors. • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 461: Uart/Rs232 Triggering And Serial Decode

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide UART/RS232 Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for UART/RS232 Signals UART/RS232 Triggering UART/RS232 Serial Decode UART/RS232 triggering and serial decode requires Option COMP or the DSOX4COMP upgrade. Setup for UART/RS232 Signals To set up the oscilloscope to capture UART/RS232 signals: 1 Press [Label] to turn on labels.
  • Page 462 Bit Order — Select whether the most significant bit (MSB) or the least significant bit (LSB) is presented after the start bit in the signal from your device under test. For RS232 select LSB. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 463: Uart/Rs232 Triggering

    Note that the setting of this softkey does not affect the selected base of the decode display. 5 Press the Trigger softkey and set up the desired trigger condition: Rx Start Bit — The oscilloscope triggers when a start bit occurs on Rx. • Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 464 9 If Burst is selected, an idle time (1 µs to 10 s) can be specified so that the oscilloscope will look for a trigger condition only after the idle time has past. Press the Idle softkey and rotate the Entry knob to set an idle time. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 465: Uart/Rs232 Serial Decode

    Valid ASCII characters are between 0x00 and 0x7F. To display in ASCII you must select at least 7 bits in the Bus Configuration. If ASCII is selected and the data exceeds 0x7F, the data is displayed in hex. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 466 See Also • "Interpreting UART/RS232 Decode" on page 467 • "UART/RS232 Totalizer" on page 468 • "Interpreting UART/RS232 Lister Data" on page 469 • "Searching for UART/RS232 Data in the Lister" on page 469 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 467: Interpreting Uart/Rs232 Decode

    • Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries. • Pink vertical bars indicate you need to expand the horizontal scale (and run again) to see decode. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 468: Uart/Rs232 Totalizer

    When an overflow condition occurs, the counter displays OVERFLOW. The counters can be reset to zero by pressing the Reset UART Counters softkey in the UART/RS232 Settings Menu. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 469: Interpreting Uart/Rs232 Lister Data

    The oscilloscope's search capability lets you search for (and mark) certain types of UART/RS232 data in the Lister. You can use the [Navigate] key and controls to navigate through the marked rows. 1 With UART/RS232 selected as the serial decode mode, press [Search]. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 470 Rx or Tx Any Error — Finds any error. • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 471: Usb 2.0 Triggering And Serial Decode

    Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide USB 2.0 Triggering and Serial Decode Setup for USB 2.0 Signals USB 2.0 Triggering USB 2.0 Serial Decode USB 2.0 triggering and serial decode requires: • Option USF or the DSOX4USBFL upgrade for full/low speed decode.
  • Page 472 D+/- Source thresholds: 0.0 V • D+/- Source vertical scale: 200 mV/div • D+/- Source vertical offset: 0.0 V • Horizontal scale: 20 ns/div • Serial Decode: On • Trigger Mode: currently active serial bus Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 473: Usb 2.0 Triggering

    • Data Packet — triggers when a data packet with the specified content is detected. • Handshake Packet — triggers when a handshake packet with the specified content is detected. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 474 If the setup does not produce a stable trigger, the USB 2.0 signals may be slow enough that N O T E the oscilloscope is AutoTriggering. Press the [Mode/Coupling] key, then press the Mode softkey to set the trigger mode from Auto to Normal. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 475: Usb 2.0 Serial Decode

    You can use the horizontal Zoom window for easier navigation of the acquired data. See Also • "Interpreting USB 2.0 Decode" on page 476 • "Interpreting USB 2.0 Lister Data" on page 478 Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 476: Interpreting Usb 2.0 Decode

    CRC (blue when valid, red when error detected) • For Token Packets (SOF): • PID (yellow, "SOF") • PID Check (yellow when valid, red when error detected) • Frame (green) – the frame number Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 477 S & E|U (blue) • ET (green) • CRC (blue when valid, red when error detected) If the packet type is unknown because the PID is off screen, all bytes will be displayed in orange. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 478: Interpreting Usb 2.0 Lister Data

    • Errors — "PID", "CRC5", "CRC16", "Glitch", "Stuff" , or "SE1" errors as appropriate. The background color is red to indicate an error. Aliased data is highlighted in pink. When this happens, decrease the horizontal time/div setting and run again. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 479: Searching For Usb 2.0 Data In The Lister

    SE1 Error — finds when SE1 > 1 bit time (low and full speed only). • For more information on searching data, see "Searching Lister Data" page 146. For more information on using the [Navigate] key and controls, see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 75. Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 480 USB 2.0 Triggering and Serial Decode Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 481: Index

    AUTO Option, Browser Web Control, 351, 352, 353, AERO license, Auto Scale key, 354, Agilent IO Libraries Suite, Auto Setup, FFT, Browser-Based Remote Front Panel, agx files, Auto trigger mode, built-in help, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 482 Config softkey, 331, default configuration, duty cycle measurement trend, connect probes, digital, default setup, 33, DVM (digital voltmeter, connection, to a PC, Default Setup key, DVM license, connectors, rear panel, defaults, waveform generator, Dynamic DNS, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 483 Horizontal controls, 39, FFT resolution, front panel controls and connectors, horizontal Navigate key, FFT spectral leakage, front panel self test, horizontal position control, FFT units, front panel, browser-based remote, horizontal position knob, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 484 MASK license, memory, segmented, Help, mask test, trigger output, 275, menu line, mask testing, MIL-STD-1553 serial decode, mask, TRIG OUT signal, MIL-STD-1553 trigger, math filters, Minimum measurement, keys, front panel, math functions, cascaded, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 485 PWR license, Portuguese user interface and Quick number of positive pulses Help, measurements, position digital channels, Nyquist frequency, position knob, Nyquist sampling theory, qualifier, pulse width, position, analog, Quick Action key, 41, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 486 FFT, return instrument for service, segmented memory, statistical data, SPI serial decode, Rise time measurement, select digital channels, SPI trigger, rise time measurement trend, select knob, square math function, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 487 USF license, tracking cursors, trigger, external, utilities, trademarks, trigger, forcing a, Utility key, Traditional Chinese front panel overlays, trigger, general information, Traditional Chinese user interface and Quick trigger, holdoff, Help, trigger, mode/coupling, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
  • Page 488 TRIG OUT signal, waveform generator, arbitrary waveforms, waveform generator, waveform type, Waveform keys, waveform type, waveform generator, waveform, cursor tracking, waveform, intensity, waveform, printing, waveform, reference point, Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...

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