Productivity Tips

Do you know about the following powerful productivity tips?

1. Multi-Purpose Button

Configure the oscilloscope's front-panel Multi-Purpose Button to capture screen images, run recorded SCPI scripts, or load instrument setup files (see Save Setup Files).

2. Documentation Wizard

Use the Documentation Wizard to place all of the following items into a zip file so that you can archive and transport them:

  • Screen capture
  • Instrument setup
  • Waveform window data
  • Results window data
  • System information

3. Copy-To-Clipboard

Right click on the display to use the Copy-To-Clipboard feature. This lets you copy and paste waveforms and measurement results into other applications such as word processors and spreadsheets. See Shortcut and Flyout Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts.

4. Change Values Using Mouse Wheel

If you have a scroll-wheel mouse, you can use it to swiftly change displayed values such as a channels scale and offset. See Vertical Scale and Offset.

5. SCPI Recorder and Macros

The SCPI Recorder allows you to change instruments settings while capturing the equivalent SCPI remote programming commands. When you've recorded your commands, you can play them back and save them as a macro.

6. Undo/Redo/History

As you change instrument settings, you can undo and redo your previous settings and traverse the history of your changes. See Undo, Redo, and History.

7. Full-Zoomed Mode

Full-zoomed mode formats the display for improved viewing when making presentations on a large screen (see Display Setup (Appearance tab)). On the oscilloscope, you can connect a second, large display to the rear-panel connection (see ).

8. Signals Palette

Use the Signal Management dialog box to quickly turn waveforms on and off, adjust scaling, and change a waveform's color. The Signals Palette shows all available channels, simulated channels, functions, and memories.

9. Swap and Float Windows

You can drag and swap a measurement panel with the main waveform window. Simply click on the panel's tab (not the center of the panel) and drag it over the waveform. You can also float windows free of the main application. See Views and Panels.

10. Enhancing Waveforms for Presentations and Reports

Due to Infiniium 2026's high screen resolution, some waveforms may be difficult to view in screen captures printed in reports or when the waveforms are viewed at a distance, such as during a presentation. With Waveform Point Size, data points that are normally represented by one pixel are instead represented by several adjacent pixels. Essentially, this makes the traces appear thicker and so more easily seen. See Display Setup (Graticule tab). Don't forget to reset the waveform point size after your presentation!