Tektronix MSO56B Printable Help

Horizontal configuration menu
Use this menu to select the horizontal mode, set horizontal parameters, and enable trigger delay.
To open the Horizontal configuration menu, double-tap the Horizontal badge in the Settings bar.
Horizontal configuration menu fields and controls
Field or control Description
Horizontal Mode Tap to select either Automatic or Manual horizontal mode.
In Automatic mode you can set the Minimum Sample Rate and Horizontal Scale.
In Manual mode you can set the Sample Rate and Record Length. Horizontal Scale is a
dependent variable calculated from the sample rate and record length.
FastAcq Tap to toggle FastAcq mode On or Off.
FastAcq provides high-speed waveform capture. It is helpful in finding elusive signal anomalies.
Fast Acq mode reduces the dead time between waveform acquisitions, enabling the capture
and display of transient events such as glitches and runt pulses. Fast Acq mode can also
display waveform phenomena at an intensity that reflects their rate of occurrence.
FastAcq Palette Tap and select the desired FastAcq Palette from the drop-down list.
Temperature uses color-grading to indicate frequency of occurrence, with hot colors like red/
yellow indicating frequently occurring waveform data points, and colder colors like blue/green
indicating rarely occurring data points.
Spectral uses color-grading to indicate frequency of occurrence with, colder colors like blue
indicating frequently occurring waveform data points, and hot colors like red indicating rarely
occurring data points.
Normal uses the default channel color (like yellow for channel one) along with gray-scale to
indicate frequency of occurrence where frequently occurring events are bright.
Inverted uses the default channel color (like yellow for channel one) along with gray-scale, but
inverts color intensity such that events that occur less frequently are brighter.
Only available when FastAcq is On.
Minimum Sample Rate Sets the minimum sample rate for acquisitions. Changing horizontal scale will not reduce the
sample rate below this value. This can result in partial waveform records at lower frequencies,
but at the same time would provide more sample points for a few cycles of the signal.
Available when Horizontal Mode = Automatic and Fast Acq = Off.
This setting can be overridden if Allow Horizontal Scale to Override Min Sample Rate is
selected.
Allow Horizontal Scale to
Override Min Sample Rate
Select to set the oscilloscope to automatically change the sample rate to acquire a full
waveform record. Changes to the sample rate are shown in the Horizontal badge readout, not in
the Minimum Sample rate field of the menu.
Only available when Horizontal Mode = Automatic and Fast Acq = Off.
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Tektronix MSO56B Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	MSO56B
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English