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-



15

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he

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t

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at

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1

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dj

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t

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ce

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ter

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line

of

t

he

graticule

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9

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

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he trace

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t

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10

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at

t

h

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graticule

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as

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control

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turn

ed

cloc

k

wise

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trace

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d

reconnect

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n

al

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t

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am

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lifier

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in

put

connector

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12

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lay

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h

ould

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four

d

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am

p

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wit

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h

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q

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icates

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16

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t

he

display

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t

he

vertical

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osition

co

n

trol

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17

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us

h

t

he

BEAM

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I

ND

ER

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t

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is

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t

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area

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d

release

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time-base

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19

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13

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t

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out

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same

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sweep

rate

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t

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g

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dis

p

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i

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to

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of

t

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gratic

u

le

and

t

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If

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n

i

n

g

trace

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t

h

e

h

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ha

nn

el

2

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wit

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i

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the

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he

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herea

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ch

annels

t

h

at

are

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by

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is

p

lay

switc

h

es,

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ad

j

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t)

as

follows

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ositio

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th

e

trace

to

t

he cen

ter



by

t

h

e

mode

switc

h

es of

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hannel

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i

n

h

orizo

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tal

li

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d

ad

j

ust

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he

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t

he

readout

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s

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t

h

at

t

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trace

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h

t

h

e

h

orizontal graticule

lines

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eam

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i

n

der

Th

e

BEAM

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I

N

D

ER

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mea

ns

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p

lay

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at

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t

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ng area

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h

er

vertically

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orizontally

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en

t

h

e

BEAM

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I

ND

ER

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h

is

p

resse

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,

t

h

e

display

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com

p

resse

d

wit

h

in

t

he

graticule

area

and

t

he

display

intensity

is

i

n

creased

.

To

locate

and

re

p

osition

an

oversca

nn

e

dd

is

p

lay,

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t

h

e

following

proce

d

ure

:

1

.

P

ress

t

he

BEAM

F

I

ND

ER

switc

h

,

h

ol

d

it

in,

t

hen

i

ncrease

t

he

vertical

a

nd

h

orizo

n

tal

d

eflectio

n

factors

un

til

t

he

d

isplay

is

wit

h

i

n

t

h

e

graticule

area

.

2

.

Ad

j

ust

t

h

e

vertical

and h

orizo

n

tal

p

osition

controls

to

ce

n

ter

t

he

d

is

p

lay

about

t

he

vertical

and

h

orizontal

centerlines

.

3

.

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elease

t

he

BEAM

F

I

N

D

ER

switc

h

;

t

h

e

d

isplay

should remain

wit

h

in

t

he viewing area

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eadout

(

W

orks

Only

W

it

h

5400-Series

Plug-in

U

nits)

Th

e

rea

dout

system

of

t

h

e

p

ower

su

pp

ly/amplifier

and

d

isplay

mo

d

ules

allows

alp

h

anumeric

d

is

p

lay

of

i

n

forma-

tio

n

on

t

h

e

crt,

alo

n

g

wit

h

t

he a

n

alog

waveform

displays

.

T

he

information

dis

p

laye

d

by

t

he rea

d

out

system

is

obtained

from

t

he

plug-in

units

t

h

at

are

installe

d

in

t

he

p

lug-in

compartments

.

T

he ch

aracters

of

t

h

e

readout

display

are

written

by

t

he

crt

beam

on

α

time-s

h

ared

basis

wit

h

t

h

e

signal

waveforms

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he

R

eadout

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o

p

erates

i

n

α

free-r

u

nn

ing

mo

de

to

i

n

terru

p

t

t

he

waveform

d

is

p

lay

to

p

resent

c

h

aracters

.

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he

waveform

d

is

p

lay

is

interru

p

ted

for

only

about

20

microseconds

for

eac

h

c

h

aracter

t

h

at

is

d

is

p

laye

d

.

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he

rea

d

out

information

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m

eac

h p

lug-in

is

called

α

word

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U

p

to

six

(eig

h

t

wit

h

Op

tion

3)

words

of

rea

dout

information

can

be

d

is

p

layed

.

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he

locatio

n

at

w

h

ic

h

eac

h

readout

word

is

p

resente

d

is

fixed

and

is

directly

relate

d

to

t

he p

lug-i

n

u

n

it

an

d

ch

annel

from

w

h

ic

h

it

originated

.

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ig

.

1-2

s

h

ows

t

he area

of

t

h

e

g

raticu

le

w

here

t

herea

d

out

from

each p

lug-i

n

unit

ch

a

nn

el

is

dis

p

laye

d

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readout

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n

g

is

available

only

wit

h

Op

tion

3)

.

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otice

t

h

at

t

he

readout

from

C

han

nel

1

of

eac

h p

lug-in

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it

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T

h

e

RE

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NT

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S

control

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t

he

i

n

ten-

sity

of

only

t

h

e

r

eadout

p

ortio

n

of

t

he

display

i

nd

ependent

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t

he

ot

h

er traces

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he readout

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i

nop

erative

in

t

h

e

fully

countercloc

kwise

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p

ositio

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Th

is

may

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desirable

w

h

en

t

he

to

p

and

b

ottom

divisions

of

t

he

graticule

are

to

be

use

d

for

waveform

d

is

p

lay,

or

w

hen

t

he

trace

interruptions

necessary

to

d

is

p

lay

ch

aracters

do

not

allow

α

satisfactory

waveform

display

to

be obtained

.

O

p

tion

3,

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