Symbol Shape (Digital Demod)

Symbol Shape displays dots, bars, or nothing for symbol locations on the active trace (if the trace contains demodulated time-domain data).

For all time-domain displays except IQ diagrams, Symbol Shape displays dots, bars, or nothing (none) at symbol locations. If bars are selected, vertical lines (bars) are drawn from the baseline to the symbol location on the trace. The baseline is 0 for all traces that have coordinates other than log (dB). The baseline is the bottom of the trace box for traces that have log (dB) coordinates.

With IQ diagrams, displaying vertical bars is meaningless. Therefore, selecting bars displays dots in IQ diagrams.

With constellation diagrams, selecting none is the same as selecting bars¾the dots in a constellation diagram cannot be turned off.

To change the colors of the bars or dots at symbol locations, click Display > Appearance > Color tab. Then change the color for Symbol A, Symbol B, Symbol C, etc. (Symbol A corresponds to symbols in trace A, Symbol B to symbols in trace B, and so forth).