Tektronix MSO56B Quick Start Manual

Using the touch screen interface for common tasks
Use standard touch screen actions, similar to those found on smart phones and tablets, to interact with most screen objects. You can also
use a mouse to interact with the UI. The equivalent mouse operation is shown for each touch operation.
The oscilloscope has a user interface tutorial. Tap Help > User Interface Tutorial to quickly learn the fundamental touch operations.
Table 3: Common touchscreen UI tasks with mouse equivalents
Task Touchscreen UI action Mouse action
Add a channel, math, reference, or
bus waveform to the screen.
Tap an inactive channel button, Add New Math,
Add New Reference, or Add New Bus button.
Click an inactive channel button, Add New Math,
Add New Reference, or Add New Bus button.
Select a channel, math, reference,
or bus waveform to make it active
Stacked or Overlay mode: Tap the Channel or
Waveform badge.
Stacked or Overlay mode: Left-click the Channel
or Waveform badge.
Stacked mode: Tap the channel, math,
reference, or bus waveform slice or handle.
Stacked mode: Left-click the channel, math,
reference, or bus waveform slice or handle.
Overlay mode: Tap the channel or waveform
handle.
Overlay mode: Left-click the channel or
waveform handle.
Display scale or navigation
buttons on a badge (waveform,
measurement, search, horizontal).
Not all measurement or search
badges display navigation buttons.
Tap the badge. Click the badge.
Open a configuration menu on
any item (all badges, views, cursor
readouts, labels, and so on).
Double-tap the badge, view, or other object. Double-click the badge, view, or other object.
Open a right-click menu (badges,
views).
Touch and hold on the badge, Waveform View,
Plot view, or other screen item until a menu
opens.
Right-click the object.
Close a configuration menu. Some
dialog boxes will not close until you
click an OK, Close, or other button
in the dialog.
Tap anywhere outside the menu or dialog. Click anywhere outside the menu or dialog.
Move a menu. Touch and hold the menu title bar or a blank area
in the menu, then drag the menu to new position.
Click and hold the right mouse button on title or
blank area, drag to new position.
Move a callout. Callouts are screen
objects and are not associated with
any particular waveform channel or
slice.
Touch and hold on a callout and quickly start to
drag, then move to new position. Start to move
the callout as soon as selected (highlighted),
otherwise the UI opens the right-click menu.
Click and hold the right mouse button on the
callout and quickly start to drag, then move to the
new position.
Change horizontal or vertical
settings directly on a waveform.
Vertical changes only apply to
the selected channel or waveform;
horizontal changes apply to all
channels and waveforms.
Tap a badge and use the Scale buttons. Left-click a channel, waveform, or Horizontal
badge and click on the Scale buttons.
Touch and hold two fingertips on the waveform
view, move them together or apart vertically or
horizontally, lift from screen; repeat.
Increase or decrease the zoom area
while in Zoom mode.
Touch and hold two fingertips on the waveform
view, move them together or apart vertically or
horizontally, lift from screen; repeat.
Click the + or - buttons on the Zoom Title bar.
Click the Draw-a-Box button, draw a box around
the waveform area of interest.
Table continued…
Getting acquainted with your instrument
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Tektronix MSO56B Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	MSO56B
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English