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Act on Event..................................................................................................................... 58
Setting Up a Serial or Parallel Bus ............................................................................................. 60
Setting Up Digital Channels ............. .... ............................................... .... ................................ 72
When and Why to Turn O n MagniVu.......................... .............. ..................................... ..... ......... 74
Using M agniVu ......................... ............ ........ .... ........ ............ ............................................. 74
Trigger Setup .............................................. .... ................................. ................. ..................... 76
Triggering Concepts............................................................................................................. 76
Choosing a Trigger Type... ............................................... .... ............................................... ... 79
Selecting Triggers .................................... ............ ............ .... ............ ...................................80
Triggering on Buses............................................................................................................. 82
Checking Trigger Se ttings ... .... ........ ............ ....................................................... ............ ........ 86
Using Sequence Trigger (A (Main) and B (Delayed))................. .... ............................................... .... .. 87
Starting and Stopping an Acquisition....... ................ ............................. ................ ....................... 89
Display Waveform Data .............................................................................................................. 90
Adding and Removing a Waveform ........... ................................. .... ................................. ........... 90
Setting the Display Style and Persistence ..................................................................................... 90
Setting Waveform Intensity ..................................................................................................... 94
Scaling and Positioning a Waveform........................................................................................... 95
Setting Input Parameters ....... .... ................. ................................. .... ................................. ..... 96
Positioning and Labeling Bus Signals .... ................. ................................. .... .............................. 100
Positioning, Scaling, and Grouping Digital Channels.......................... .... ............................. ............ . 100
Viewing Digital Channels .. ............................. .... ......................................... .... ..................... 102
Annotating the Screen . ..................... ..................... ............................................................. 102
Viewing the Trigger Frequency ............. ............. .............................................................. .... ... 103
Analyze Waveform Data........ ................................. .... ................................. ................. ............. 105
Taking Automatic Measurements............................................................................................. 105
Selecting Automatic Measurements.......................................................................................... 106
Customizing an Automatic Measurement.................................................................................... 109
Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors .......................... .... ............................................ .... ... 113
Setting Up a Histogram ....................................................................................................... 117
Using Math Waveforms ....................................................................................................... 120
Using FFT ..................................................................................................................... 121
Using Advanced Math......................................................................................................... 124
Using Reference Waveforms ................................................................................................. 125
Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms............. .... ....................................... 127
Limit and Mask Testing........................................................................................................ 133
Making Video Tests ........................................................................................................... 137
Analyzing Power . ........................................... .......................... .... .......................... .... ...... 138
Save and Recall Information ....................................................................................................... 140
Saving a Screen Image....................................................................................................... 142
Saving and Recalling Waveform Data........................................................................................ 143
Saving and Recalling Setups ................................................................................................. 145
Saving with One Button Push ................................................................................................ 147
Managing Drives, Directories, and Files .......... ......................................... ............ ................ ...... 148
Mounting a Network Drive .................................... .... ............................................... .... ......... 149
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