Operating Your I
nstrument
Setting Gain and/or Sweep
Each tile maintains its own settings independent of the other tiles. These settings include Gain and Sweep, and Display
Type (among others). For instance, when you switch a tile to a different measurement, the Gain and Sweep settings will
be changed to what they were the last time the selected measurement was displayed in the tile. As the procedure below
indicates, Gain and Sweep do not apply to a ll display types.
To Set Gain
1. Select a tile and a measurement as
explained in Selecting a Measurement
(See page 23.)
2. If Gain is sel
ectable, one of the GAIN
buttons will be lit; otherwise select
a measurement that supports gain
selection,
such as WFM. P ush the button
for the gain setting that you want.
3. If you push VAR (variable), set the gain
that you w ant using the GENERAL knob.
-
To Set Sweep
1. If Sweep is selectable, one of the s weep
buttons will be lit; otherwise, select
another m
easurement that supports
sweep selection, such as WFM.
2. Pu sh the button for the sweep setting
that you want.
LINE – Sets the active tile to the
current L
ine rate sweep or 2 Line
sweep (requires waveform be in
overlay m ode)
FIELD – Sets the active tile to the
current
Field rate sweep or 2 F ield
sweep
MAG – horizontally magnifies the
trace
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have
selecte
d measurement displays for all
tiles that you want to configure.
32 Waveform Rasterizers Quick Start User Manual