Chapter 2
VirtualBench-Scope
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Getting Started with VirtualBench
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Graphics Display—Displays waveforms, channel information,
cursor, and waveform measurements.
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Maximize/Minimize Graphics Display—Maximizes the graphics
display so that it fills the entire window.
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Vertical Sliders— Adjust voltage offset for each channel. Use a slider
when you want to adjust multiple waveforms in the graphics display.
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Trigger Settings Group —Controls the conditions required for signal
acquisition; for example, whether to wait for a digital trigger before
acquiring data or whether to acquire data in free-run mode
(no triggering).
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Main Control Bar Buttons
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Run—Acquires data continuously. Deselection of this button
places the VirtualBench-Scope in idle mode.
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Single—Instructs VirtualBench-Scope to perform a single
acquisition.
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Auto Setup— Configures the scope for the best timebase, volts
per division, and trigger setting for each channel currently
selected with the channel selector.
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Mode—Sets the mode of the scope to volts versus time or X
versus Y mode.
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Select— Selects a subset of the waveform for further analysis or
for saving to disk.
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Zoom Controls —Adjusts the view of your display data.
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Scroll Bar—Adjusts zoom view.
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Zoom In—Zooms in on display data. Each zoom increases the
view by a factor of two.
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Zoom Out—Zooms out to full X scale.
Note
Refer to the VirtualBench-Scope Online Reference for more information about the
front panel items.
