Program description
Menus
Function keys
The menus
are logically structured and make consistent
use of function keys to permit even inexperienced users to
immediately achieve excellent results. For example, after
starting
the
program
an
oscilloscope
image
can
be
displayed and evaluated on-screen by pressing two keys.
This only applies to oscilloscopes whose settings are auto-
matically communicated to the program, however. For all
other scopes, the settings (Time/DIV, Volts/DIV and probe
divider) can be manually entered into the windows that are
automatically opened for this purpose.
Several
menus,
from which the others can be called in turn, cover most of
the functions. In some subroutines, additional information
is automatically depicted
in entry windows
that are
automatically displayed.
Help texts can
be called in all
situations by striking the F1 key. The F10 key is always
used to quit the program
and
return to the operating
system.
The function keys perform different tasks, depending on
where you are in the program.
Their functions
in each
situation
are
indicated
at the bottom
of the screen.
Additional items of the main menu can be invoked by
using the SHIFT key. For more information, please press F1
(the help key).
Measurement
parameters
Appropriate
values
must
be manually
entered
for the
oscilloscope type being used, unless they are provided by
the scope together with the readout data. The corresponding
entry window
automatically
appears
after pressing
F2
READ and before data are read in. The corresponding
dialog window
appears automatically after pressing the
F2 key before the first read-in operation.
AUTO and TIMER measurement
In auto mode, data is automatically
read in from the
oscilloscope and stored upon detection of a trigger event.
Intimed mode, at stipulated time intervals the data memory
of the scope is read out and stored on diskette or hard disk.
Each time data is automatically stored in this way the
resulting data record is assigned a number.
Cursor evaluation
The measurement
cursors follow the signal curve and
permit bit-by-bit evaluation in both the amplitude and the
time axis. The resolution in the evaluation window is 256
(y) by 512 (x) points. Depending on the selected cursor
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