Re: Source of measurements HP54542C
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I went right through the manual again. The "Wform Save" button saves the waveform to one of 4 novolatile?memories. I cannot do a measurement on them, in fact the manual says you can't. So this is not the Memory used as a source. How do I delete a saved waveform? I can only overwrite what I saved. I can perform various Functions but not using the Blue shift button and F as the source. The exercises are interesting but do not cover more than using the Channel.? F and M are still a mystery to me.
Thanks JMR. I have been using most of the shift measurements like freq and risetime, all on any channel as the source. F seems to mean Function and M is for Memory. I don't know how to use them. Save saves the setup state but I don't think it saves the waveform, so how do I save it to memory?
But this, below, just adds confusion. I was thinking M could mean Measure or Markers. Apparently not.
I haven't used a 5454x scope in a long time, but the measurement tool is quite easy to use if you just want to do simple stuff.
To measure Vac rms on channel 1 simply press the blue (shift) button and this converts the keypad to the functions shown in blue text. Then press the Vac rms button near the bottom right corner of the keypad and then rotate the selection control as required to see C# (for channel) and then press 1 for channel 1 and it should then tell you the Vac rms of the waveform on channel 1 assuming channel 1 is turned on and active.
The user interface of this scope is generally quite awful in my opinion, but the measurement functions are quite easy (and fast!) to access.
I think that is how I used to use it. I generally hated using these scopes because the user interface was such a disorganised mess.
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