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User interface

The touchscreen user interface contains waveforms, measurement readouts, and touch-based controls to access all oscilloscope

functions.

1. The Menu bar provides menus for typical operations including:

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Saving, loading, and accessing files

• Undoing or redoing an UI action

• Setting oscilloscope display and measurement preferences

• Configuring network access

• Running self tests

• Erasing measurement and settings memory (TekSecure™)

• Loading option licenses

• Opening a Help viewer

2. The Waveform View area displays analog, digital, math, reference, and bus waveforms. The waveforms include waveform handles

(identifiers), trigger position, and level(s) indicators. See Identifying items in the time domain display on page 21.

3. The Results Bar contains controls for displaying cursors, adding result tables to the screen, and adding measurements to the Results

bar. The controls are:

• The Cursors button displays on-screen cursors. Touch and drag or use the Multipurpose knobs to move the cursors. Double-tap

on a cursor or on the cursor readouts to open a configuration menu to set cursor types and related functions.

• The Measure button opens a configuration menu from which to select and add up to four measurements to the Results bar. Each

measurement you add has a separate badge. Double-tap a measurement badge to open its configuration menu.

• The Search button lets you detect and mark a waveform where specified events occur. Tap Search to open a Search configuration

menu and set the search conditions for analog and digital channels. Search badges are added to the Results Bar.

• The Results Table button adds a Measurement, Bus, Search, and Harmonics results table to the screen. The Measure tab

displays all measurements present in the Results bar. The Bus tab displays bus decode information for displayed bus waveforms.

The Search tab displays search event information. The Harmonics tab displays harmonic measurement results.

• The More... button on the Results Bar allows you to select Zoom or Mask.

• The Draw Zoom/Mask button lets you to draw a mask or zoom. This button reflects the function selected in DRAW A BOX menu.

• The Measurement and Search badges show measurement and search results and are displayed in the Results Bar.

Getting acquainted with your instrument

Tektronix MDO34 Quick Start Manual

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