Using Trace Control

Other topics about Making Measurement

Changing Trace Allocation

Changing the trace allocation affects the data display on the graph plot. Table below shows the details of each selection:

Allocation

Details

Mixed

Display mixed of commonly measured time domain and S-parameter data

All T

Display all Time Domain data for selected device topology

All S

Display all S-Parameter data for selected device topology

  1. Click the TDR/TDT tab.

  2. Click on the desired trace allocation in the Trace Control tab under Allocation.

Coupling Marker, Time, Scale and Window Type / Rise Time

  1. Click the TDR/TDT tab.

  2. Click on the desired check box in Trace Control tab under Coupling.

Target Annotation/Readout

Copying Trace Setting

  1. Click on the Trace Settings Copy button. The Trace Settings Copy dialog box appears.

  2. Select the source trace in the From list. Select the desired destination trace in the To list.

  3. Click on the >> Copy >> button.

Copied Parameter

The following parameters  for the following functions are copied by the Trace Settings Copy.

Functions

SCPI Commands

Parameter, Time Domain/S-Parameter, Single-Ended/Differential

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:PARameter

Format

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:FORMat

Marker

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:ACTive:MARKer

Peeling

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:PEELing:STATe

Delta Time Dialog

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:DTIMe:POSition

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:DTIMe:STATe

Delta Time Target [Target is trace for stop]

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:DTIMe:TARGet

Gating Start

CALCulate:MEASure:FILTer:GATE:TIME:STARt

Gating State

CALCulate:MEASure:FILTer:GATE:TIME:STATe

Gating Stop

CALCulate:MEASure:FILTer:GATE:TIME:STOP

Gating Type

CALCulate:MEASure:FILTer:GATE:TIME:TYPE

Marker Search [ON/OFF], marker [0-9, ref]

CALCulate:MEASure:MARKer:FUNCtion:TRACking

Marker Search [MIN/MAX], marker [0-9, ref]

CALCulate:MEASure:MARKer:FUNCtion:SELect

Reference Marker [ON/OFF]

CALCulate:MEASure:MARKer:REFerence:STATe

Marker

CALCulate:MEASure:MARKer:STATe

Marker [x-axis value]

CALCulate:MEASure:MARKer:X

Smoothing

CALCulate:MEASure:SMOothing:STATe

Impulse Width Value for Lowpass Impulse

CALCulate:MEASure:TRANsform:TIME:IMPulse:WIDTh

Rise Time (for all traces)

CALCulate:MEASure:TRANsform:TIME:STEP:RTIMe

CALCulate:MEASure:TRANsform:TIME:STEP:RTIMe:THReshold

Stimulus

CALCulate:MEASure:TRANsform:TIME:TYPE

Search Rise Time

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:TTIMe:STATe

CALCulate:TDR:MEASure:TTIMe:THReshold

Horizontal Scale

DISPlay:TDR:MEASure:X:SCALe:PDIVision

Horizontal Position

DISPlay:TDR:MEASure:X:SCALe:RLEVel

Vertical Scale

DISPlay:TDR:MEASure:Y:SCALe:PDIVision

Vertical Position

DISPlay:TDR:MEASure:Y:SCALe:RLEVel