Document Outline

• 1 GETTING STARTED
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Package Contents
  • 1.3 Input Power Requirements
  • 1.4 Panel and Screen Display
    • Front Panel Display
    • Back Panel Display
    • LCD Main Screen Display
  • 1.5 Quick Check
    • Power On Check
    • Basic Check
  • 1.6 Probe Safety
  • 1.7 Probe Attenuation
  • 1.8 Probe Compensation
• 2 BASIC OPERATION
  • 2.1 Using Quick Help
  • 2.2 Using Autoset
  • 2.3 Vertical Controls
    • Vertical Position Knob (CH1, CH2)
    • Vertical Scale Control (CH1, CH2)
    • Channel Keys CH1, CH2
    • CH1, CH2 Menu
      • Channel Coupling
      • BW Limit
      • Probe Attenuation Setting
      • Digital Filter
      • Vertical Scale
      • Vertical Invert
    • MATH Functions
      • Dual Waveform Calculation
      • FFT Spectrum Analysis
    • REF Function
  • 2.4 Horizontal Controls
    • Horizontal Position Control
    • Horizontal Scale Control
    • Main - Horizontal Mode
    • Delayed - Horizontal Mode
    • X-Y Horizontal Mode
    • Roll - Horizontal Mode
  • 2.5 Trigger Controls
  • 2.6 RUN Controls
• 3 MENU OPERATION
  • 3.1 UTILITY Menu
    • I/O Setup
      • Print To
      • File Type
      • Screen
    • System Setup
      • Frequency Counter
      • Key Lock
      • Password Protection
      • Change Password
    • Service
      • System Information
    • Pass/Fail
      • Setup Mask
  • 3.2 MEASURE Menu
    • Voltage Measurements
    • Time Measurements
      • Automatic Measurement Procedure
  • 3.3 ACQUIRE Menu
    • Record Wavefrom
    • Playback Record
    • Save/Recall the Record
    • Exit Record Function
  • 3.4 SAVE/LOAD Menu
    • Internal Storage
      • Saving/Loading Trace
      • Saving/Loading Setups
    • External Storage
    • Firmware Update
  • 3.5 CURSOR Menu
    • Manual Mode
      • Voltage Cursor Measurement
      • Time Cursor Measurement
    • Track Mode
    • AUTO Mode
  • 3.6 DISPLAY Menu
• 4 SHORTCUT MENU (2540B/2542B only)
  • 4.1 Shortcut Controls
    • CUSTOM Button
      • Custom Button Menu
      • Shortcut
      • Using Custom Button
    • MEASALL Button
    • RECORD Button
    • COUNTER/LOCAL Button
• 5 ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR (2540B-GEN/2542B-GEN only)
  • 5.1 Waveform Generator Controls
    • MENU/GRAPH Button
      • Graph Display
    • FREQ/CAPTURE Button
    • AMPL/LOCAL Button
    • ON/OFF Button
  • 5.2 Generator Menu
    • Sine Output
    • Square Output
    • Pulse Output
    • Built-in Arbitrary Waveform Output
      • Built-in Arbitrary Waveforms
    • User Programmable Arbitrary Waveform Output
      • Capture/Storage
    • AM Modulation
    • FM Modulation
    • Pulse Width Modulation
    • DC Offset Modulation (DCOM )
    • Frequency Sweep
    • Burst Frequency
    • FSK and PSK Modulation
  • 5.3 Output Terminals
    • GEN OUT
    • MOD OUT
• 6 QUICK START GUIDE
  • 6.1 Making Simple Measurements
  • 6.2 Capture Single Shot Signal
  • 6.3 Reduce Random Noise on a Signal
  • 6.4 Triggering a Video Signal
  • 6.5 PASS/FAIL Measurement
  • 6.6 Using Waveform Recorder
  • 6.7 Making Cursor Measurements
  • 6.8 Output Basic Sine Waveform
  • 6.9 Output Amplitude Modulated Waveform
  • 6.10 Create Waveform with Added Noise
  • 6.11 Capture and Output Math Waveform
• 7 REMOTE CONTROL
  • 7.1 Comsoft Software
  • 7.2 Web Browser GUI
• 8 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
  • 8.1 System Message
  • 8.2 General Problems
• 9 SPECIFICATIONS
  • 9.1 Digital Storage Oscilloscope Specifications
  • 9.2 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Specifications
  • 9.3 General Specifications
  • 9.4 Certification
• Appendix A: Performance Verification Procedure
  • DC Gain Accuracy
  • Bandwidth
  • Trigger Sensitivity
  • Time Scale Accuracy
• Appendix B: Disabling Auto Function