TDR Screen Area

TDR screen area appears at the bottom of the standard screen.

Graph Area

The results of measurements such as Time Domain, S-Parameter, and Eye are displayed here. Operation with mouse is accepted.

Setup Wizard

Using Setup Wizard

Instrument Status Bar

Instrument Status Bar

Channel Window

In addition to the standard status bar, there is a TDR indicator at the right corner of the channel window. This indicator is turned ON only when the TDR option is turned ON. The TDR indicator is blue in basic mode and changes to yellow when advanced mode is turned ON. This indicator also changes according to the Cal status, as shown in the following table:

Cal

Indicator

Off

TDR

Deskew

TDR [Deskew]

DLC

TDR [DLC]

ECal

TDR [Full]

ECal&Deskew

TDR [Full+]

 

Others

Indicator

Hot TDR Mode

TDR ?

 

Tool Bar

Frequently used standard functions are displayed here. These functions are synchronized with TDR options and modes.

 

No.

Functions

Details

1

Active Trace

Setting up Parameters on Each Traces

2

Auto Scale

Using Scale/Zooming

3

Run

Controlling Trigger

4

Stop/Single

Controlling Trigger

5

Data Mem

Using Data/Memory

6

Marker

Using Marker/Marker Search

7

Marker Search

Using Marker/Marker Search

8

File

Storing Data and Setting

9

Minimize

Minimizes the Setting Area. Only tool bar is displayed.

10

Help

Executes TDR Online Help

11

Exit

Exiting TDR application GUI

 

Note: Buttons 1 to 5 and 9 to 12 are always displayed regardless of the selected mode. Buttons 6 to 8 do not appear in the Eye mode, and the measurement parameter is displayed on the surface of Button 3 (instead of Auto Scale).

 

Mode Selector

You can selected one of the three available TDR modes:

The mode changes when one of these tabs are selected. Once selected, the mode is highlighted. The displayed setting area changes corresponding to the selected mode.

Setting Area

The setting area changes and is displayed according to the selected mode.

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