Note: Do not power off the instrument or remove the USB flash drive until the instrument finishes installing the firmware. The
instrument displays a message when it is OK to power off. Remove the USB drive before powering on the instrument.
3. To confirm that the firmware was updated:
a. Tap Help > About in the Menu bar.
b. Check that the firmware version number listed on the screen is the same version that you downloaded.
Run Signal Path Compensation (SPC)
Run SPC when you first receive an instrument, and at regular intervals, for best measurement accuracy. You should run SPC whenever
the ambient (room) temperature has changed by more than 5 °C (9 °F), or once a week if you use vertical scale settings of 5 mV per
division or less.
About this task
Signal Path Compensation (SPC) corrects for DC level inaccuracies in the internal signal path, caused by temperature variations and/or
long-term signal path drift. Failure to run SPC on a regular basis may result in the instrument not meeting warranted performance levels at
low volts per division settings.
Before you begin
Disconnect all probes and cables from the front-panel channel inputs and rear-panel signal connectors.
Procedure
1. Power on and warm up the instrument for at least 20 minutes.
2. Tap Utility > Calibration.
3. Tap Run SPC. The SPC Status readout shows Running while SPC is running. SPC can take three minutes approximately per channel
to run, so wait until the SPC Status message changes to Pass before reconnecting probes and using the instrument.
CAUTION: You can abort the SPC calibration by tapping Abort SPC. This may leave some channels uncompensated,
resulting in possible inaccurate measurements. If you do abort the SPC, make sure to run the SPC procedure completely
before using the instrument to take measurements.
4. Close the Calibration configuration dialog when SPC has completed.
If the SPC fails, write down any error message text. Make sure that all probes and cables are disconnected and run the SPC again. If
the SPC still fails, contact Tektronix Customer Support.
Compensate the TPP Series probes
Probe compensation adjusts the high frequency response of a probe for best waveform capture and measurement accuracy.
Before you begin
The oscilloscope must be powered on for at least 20 minutes before compensating a probe.
Procedure
Use this procedure to compensate supported TPP-family probes that show a Default status when connected to the oscilloscope.
Configure the instrument
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