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When and Why to Turn On MagniVu........................................................................................... 75
Using M agniVu ................................................................................. ............. .. ............. .. ... 75
Setting Up the RF Inputs............... .. .............................................. .. ....................................... 76
Trigger Setup ........... .. ................... .. ............................................................................ .. ......... 80
Triggering Concepts............................................................................................................. 80
Choosing a Trigger Type......... .. .............................................. .. ............................................. 83
Selecting Triggers ............................ .. ............. .. ................................................. .. ...............84
Triggering on Buses............................................................................................................. 86
Checking Trigger Se ttings ............. .. ............. ....................................................................... ... 90
Using Sequence Trigger (A (Main) and B (Delayed))...... .. .............................................. .. .................. 91
Starting and Stopping an Acquisition.................................................. .................................... .. ... 93
Triggering on the RF Input ............................ .. ................... .. ................................................... 93
Display Waveform or Trace Data .................................................................................................... 96
Adding and Removing a Waveform ........................ .. ................... .. ............................................. 96
Setting the Display Style and Persistence ..................................................................................... 96
Setting Waveform Intensity ................................................................................................... 100
Scaling and Positioning a Waveform......................................................................................... 101
Setting Input Parameters ................. .. ................... .. ............................................................. 102
Positioning and Labeling Bus Signals ................... .. ................... .. .............................................. 106
Positioning, Scaling, and Grouping Digital Channels..................... .. .................................. .. ............. 106
Viewing Digital Channels ................................................................................... .................. 108
Annotating the Screen . ................... .. ................... .. ............................................................. 108
Viewing the Trigger Frequency . ....................................... ....................................... ................ 109
Displaying the Frequency Domain Menu............................ .. ................... .. ................... .. ............. 110
Analyze Waveform or Trace Data....................................................................... .. ................... .. .... 117
Using M arkers in the Frequency Domain ... ....................................... .. ....................................... . 117
Taking Automatic Measurements in the Frequency Domain . ............................................................... 120
Taking Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain ...................................................................... 121
Selecting Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain ................................................................... 122
Customizing an Automatic Measurement in the Time Domain.............................................................. 12
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Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors ........................... ................................. ..................... 129
Setting Up a Histogram ....................................................................................................... 133
Using Math Waveforms ....................................................................................................... 136
Using FFT ..................................................................................................................... 137
Using Advanced Math......................................................................................................... 140
Using Spectrum Math ......................................................... .. .............................................. 141
Using Reference Waveforms and Traces.................................................................................... 142
Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms........ ........................... .. ................... 144
Auto-magnify .................................................................................... .. ................... .. ....... 149
Time-Correlated Multi-Domain Display....................................................................................... 150
Limit and Mask Testing........................................................................................................ 154
Analyzing Power . ....................................................................................... ...................... 160
Save and Recall Information ....................................................................................................... 161
Saving a Screen Image....................................................................................................... 163
Saving and Recalling Waveform and Trace Data............................................................................ 164
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