RIGOL Chapter 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope
DS1000Z User’s Guide
Nth Edge Trigger (Option)
Trigger on the nth edge that appears after the specified idle time, as shown in the
figure below.
P1
P2
P3M
P1/P2/P3<Idle Time<M
Edge Type=
Edge Num=2
Trigger Type:
Press Type to select “Nth Edge”. At this point, the trigger setting information as
shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
Source Selection:
Press Source to select CH1-CH4 as the Trigger Source. The current trigger source
is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
Note: select channel with signal input as trigger source to obtain stable trigger.
Edge Type:
Press Slope to select the kind of edge of the input signal on which the oscilloscope
triggers.
: trigger on the rising edge of the input signal when the voltage level meets
the specified trigger level.
: trigger on the falling edge of the input signal when the voltage level meets
the specified trigger level.
Idle Time:
Press Idle to set the idle time before the edge counting in Nth egde trigger. The
range available is from 16 ns to 10 s.