Teledyne-lecroy WaveSurfer MXs-B Getting Started Manual User Manual

Getting Started Manual WaveSurfer® MXs-B Oscilloscopes

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 2 922172-00 Rev A Safety Instructions This section contains instructions that must be observed to keep the instrument

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 92 922172-00 Rev A Aux Output The following signals can be output through the AUX OUTPUT coaxial connector on the back

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 93 Setting the Date and Time The instrument gives you the choice of manually setting the time and date or get

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 94 922172-00 Rev A Options Use this dialog to add or remove software options. For information about software options,

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 95 for this procedure. Using your finger provides insufficient accuracy. The calibration has a ten-second tim

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 96 922172-00 Rev A Local Language The WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscope can be configured to display a user interface in d

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 97 If you chose MAPI, touch inside the Originator Address (From:) data entry field and use the pop-up keyboar

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 98 922172-00 Rev A Standards Teledyne LeCroy remote control commands conform to the GPIB IEEE 488.21 standard. This

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 99 It is important to note that Automation itself is not software language dependent. Meaning, it can be used

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 100 922172-00 Rev A Software Recovery Application Your oscilloscope is designed to operate reliably for many years. Ho

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 101 NOTE: If you minimize the application, touch the appropriate task bar or desktop icon to maximize it:

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 3  Observe all terminal ratings. Do not apply a voltage to any input (C1, C2, C3, C4 or EXT) that exceeds t

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 102 922172-00 Rev A Reference Certifications This section contains the instrument’s Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 103 2 Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when the oscilloscope is connecte

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 104 922172-00 Rev A EN 61010-1:2010 Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laborat

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 105 Environmental Compliance END-OF-LIFE HANDLING The instrument is marked with this symbol to indicate that

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 106 922172-00 Rev A Contact Teledyne LeCroy Teledyne LeCroy Service Centers United States and Canada - World Wide Cor

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 107 X-Stream Software End-User License Agreement IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: THIS END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (&

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 108 922172-00 Rev A prepare derivative works (“Derivatives”) of the source code version of those portions of the Softw

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 109 functionality similar to or competitive with the Software Product; (e) publish benchmark results relating

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 110 922172-00 Rev A commercially available. The License with respect to the Prerelease Code terminates upon availabili

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 111 Confidential Information, including ensuring that its employees and consultants with access to such Confi

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 4 922172-00 Rev A beneath the oscilloscope clear of paper and other items. The instrument also has internal fan contro

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 112 922172-00 Rev A a third party without restriction on subsequent disclosure, or (e) independently developed by the

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 113 production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons; or (c) to any end-user who has been prohibited fro

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 114 922172-00 Rev A MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THESE LIMITATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT FROM ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS EULA AN

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 115 8.5. Assignment. This EULA and the rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned, in whole or in

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Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 5 Standby Power The Power (Standby) button controls the operational state of the oscilloscope. Press the b

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 6 922172-00 Rev A Software Find out the oscilloscope's software and hardware configuration by choosing Utilities

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 7 Basic Controls Front Panel The WaveSurfer MXs-B front panel is designed to allow you to operate basic oscil

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 8 922172-00 Rev A Vertical Controls Vertical Controls are multiplexed for each channel. The lighted channel button in

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 9 Horizontal Controls Set up the timebase by using the front panel Horizontal controls, just as for analog o

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 10 922172-00 Rev A AutoSetup Button Automatically sets timebase, trigger, and sensitivity to display a wide range of

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 11 Adjust Knob The adjust knob can be used to make adjustments to a value when a dialog is open and the sele

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 12 922172-00 Rev A Probe and Signal Connection Interfaces Teledyne LeCroy WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscopes contain probe

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 13 Passive Probe Compensation Passive probes must be compensated to flatten overshoot. This is accomplished b

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 14 922172-00 Rev A Menu Bar The top menu bar provides access to various software dialogs. It is very similar to the Fi

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 15 Grid Area The grid area is divided into 8 vertical divisions and 10 horizontal divisions. There are sever

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 16 922172-00 Rev A Post-trigger delay is indicated by a color-coded arrow pointing to the left. All trigger delay

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 17 Descriptor Labels Information is contained in rectangular boxes called descriptor labels. These labels con

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 18 922172-00 Rev A Touch the timebase descriptor label once to open the software dialog for further adjustment. The t

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 19 Mouse and Keyboard Operation In the procedures, we focus on using the front panel for common operations, a

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 20 922172-00 Rev A At this point, the following dialog is shown at the bottom of the display, and the grid area shorte

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 21 Bandwidth Limiting You may sometimes want to limit high frequency noise on a very low bandwidth input sign

WaveSurfer® MXs-B Series Oscilloscopes Getting Started Manual January, 2013

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 22 922172-00 Rev A Opens a Measurement selection pop-up menu. You can then select up to 6 parameters (measurements) f

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 23 Sampling Modes Depending on your timebase, the following sampling modes are available: WaveStream Mode -

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 24 922172-00 Rev A event, while post-trigger delay is the time back to the event. You can sample the waveform in a ran

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 25  You can combine sequence mode with an advanced trigger to isolate a rare event, capture all instances o

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 26 922172-00 Rev A RIS Sampling Mode - For Higher Sampling Rates RIS (Random Interleaved Sampling) is an acquisition t

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 27 WaveStream Fast Viewing Mode / Intensity WaveStream fast viewing mode provides brightness-graded intensit

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 28 922172-00 Rev A Triggering Overview The oscilloscope uses many waveform capture techniques that trigger on features

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 29  Level – the threshold at which the trigger will occur, specified in volts.  Slope – the direction of

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 30 922172-00 Rev A Trigger Level Indicator The trigger level indicator is a color-coded triangle that is positioned v

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 31 2. Touch inside the Source field in the Setup section and select an input from the pop-up menu:  C1 th

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WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 32 922172-00 Rev A 5. Select a trigger Slope from the Slope section:  Positive and Negative slope refers to the vol

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 33 Basic Triggers Edge Use Edge trigger for simple, repetitive signals. This trigger is activated by basic w

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 34 922172-00 Rev A SMART Triggers SMART Triggers are as follows: Glitch Glitch trigger is a simpler form of Width tr

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 35 Serial Trigger and Decode (Optional) Optional WaveSurfer MXs-B capabilities support triggering and decodin

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 36 922172-00 Rev A Serial Decode and Decode Setup These dialogs provide the ability to set the oscilloscope up for pro

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 37 Viewing Waveforms Display Setup NOTE: Not all grid styles are available on all instruments. To set up yo

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 38 922172-00 Rev A In all cases, the zoomed channels are displayed in a separate half-height grid at the bottom of the

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 39 FRONT PANEL QUICKZOOM BUTTON Pressing the front panel QuickZoom button creates Zoom traces for all chan

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 40 922172-00 Rev A Zoom Descriptor Label When a Zoom trace is ON, there is a descriptor label on the display for it, m

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 41 Then, use the front panel horizontal and vertical controls to adjust position and scale. The operation of

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A i TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ...

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 42 922172-00 Rev A Using Toolbar Shortcuts These toolbar shortcuts can be used to perform specific actions for each Zo

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 43 Turning On Cursors Cursors automatically turn on when either knob is rotated. Or, you can press the TYPE b

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 44 922172-00 Rev A Horizontal (Frequency) Horizontal (Frequency) cursors are moved left and right along the FFT Math t

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 45 Reading Cursor Information Cursor information is displayed in two different places on the WaveSurfer MXs-B

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 46 922172-00 Rev A Measuring with Parameters Overview Parameters are pre-programmed measurements that eliminate the ne

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 47 2. The default status has parameters turned OFF, and all are undefined (None). Touch either the icon or

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 48 922172-00 Rev A 4. The channel source defaults to C1. Touch inside the Source field to select a different source (

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 49 The format is Px:Name(source) with value and status contained as follows: P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 The num

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 50 922172-00 Rev A Parameter Gates (Windows) Sometimes you might want a parameter measurement on a specific portion o

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 51 Viewing Thumbnail Histograms Histicons are miniature histograms of parameter measurements that appear bel

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscope ii 922172-00 Rev A Descriptor Labels ...

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 52 922172-00 Rev A Signal Views WaveScan provides distinct views of your signal:  Source view highlights all occurr

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 53 Parameter Measurements Besides parameter measurements made during acquisition, post-acquisition measuremen

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 54 922172-00 Rev A Zoom View An individual edge can be zoomed by selecting it from the table of found events at the le

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 55 Edge Mode This search mode locates all edges in an acquisition and presents them time-stamped in a table.

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 56 922172-00 Rev A The hysteresis value is used to eliminate noise. A non-monotonicity is detected only when its ampl

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 57 In the case of positive-going runt pulses, the value displayed in the table is the absolute value of the

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 58 922172-00 Rev A Measurement Mode This search and scan mode lets you apply filters to your acquisitions to highlight

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 59 SCAN FILTERS But, now we want to look at fall times greater than 45.5 ns; 3 falling edges from the same ac

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 60 922172-00 Rev A FILTER METHODS While the Filter Wizard provides a quick way to apply filtering criteria automatica

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 61 Working with Sampling Modes Sequence Mode Setup When setting up Sequence Mode, you define the number of fi

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A iii Cursor Types ... 43 R

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 62 922172-00 Rev A 4. Touch the Enable Timeout checkbox. 5. Touch inside the Timeout data entry field and enter a ti

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 63 OR If you want to zoom in or out in large standard increments with each touch of the zoom control buttons

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 64 922172-00 Rev A Using the Math Trace Overview Math allows you to perform simple and complex mathematical calculatio

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 65 Description of math functions The WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscope contains several Math operators as standa

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 66 922172-00 Rev A Product (Multiply) – Multiplies two waveforms. Ratio (Divide) – Calculates the ratio of two wavef

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 67 Setting up a Math Trace 1. Press the Math front panel button Or, touch Math  Math Setup… from the M

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 68 922172-00 Rev A 3. Touch any of the icons to select the math operator (function) that you desire. Scroll down thro

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 69 Math Descriptor Label When a Math trace is ON, there is a descriptor label on the display for it, much lik

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 70 922172-00 Rev A Panel Control Zoom Control Action Delay Zooms horizontal position Timebase Zooms horizontal scale

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 71 Pass/Fail Testing Overview The WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscope’s pass/fail testing is designed for basic det

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscope iv 922172-00 Rev A Standard outputs ...

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 72 922172-00 Rev A Setting Up Pass/Fail Testing Touch Analysis  Pass/Fail Analysis from the menu bar. The following

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 73 Mask Testing Setup 1. From the Test dialog (right side of the screen), choose one of the Test is True whe

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 74 922172-00 Rev A Saving and Recalling Waveforms Overview There are several ways to save and recall your signals: 

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 75 Touch the Channel, Math, or Zoom descriptor label twice to open the dialog for the trace that you desire

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 76 922172-00 Rev A Using Memory Toolbar Shortcuts These toolbar shortcuts can be used to perform specific actions for

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 77 4. Choose a data format. If you select ASCII or Excel, also touch the SubFormat field and

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 78 922172-00 Rev A Recalling Waveform Data 1. Choose File  Recall Waveform from the menu bar. 2. Choose to re

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 79 Saving the Screen Image to a File Choose File if you want to save the screen image to storage media, such

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 80 922172-00 Rev A 4. Under Colors, touch the Use Print Colors checkbox if you want the traces printed on a white bac

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 81 Saving the Screen Image to a Clipboard Choose Clipboard if you want to save the screen image to the clipb

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing a Teledyne LeCroy product. This Operator's Manual includes important

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 82 922172-00 Rev A Recalling Oscilloscope Settings from a Setup File Choose File  Recall Setup from the menu bar.

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 83 The WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscope uses WindowsXP, so you are probably aware of the basic philosophy of min

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 84 922172-00 Rev A Documenting Your Work Using LabNotebook The LabNotebook feature simplifies the way waveforms, scre

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 85 crucial that the oscilloscope be kept up to date with Windows Critical Updates, and that anti-virus softwa

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 86 922172-00 Rev A Accessing the Desktop You can access the WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscope’s (Windows) desktop by tou

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 87 4. Create Label Text by using the pop-up keyboard. You may also change Horizontal Position of each l

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 88 922172-00 Rev A Printing Since the WaveSurfer MXs-B oscilloscope runs on a WindowsXP platform, you can connect any

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 89 Printing from the Oscilloscope 2. You can print in one of three ways: 3. Press the printer button on the

WaveSurfer MXs-B Oscilloscopes 90 922172-00 Rev A Utilities and Preferences Overview The Utilities and Preferences dialogs are accessed from the menu

Getting Started Manual 922172-00 Rev A 91 Remote Communication Setup If you are connecting the oscilloscope to a network, first contact your Informa