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SAFETY Simbol i n T h i s Manual T h i s symbol i n d i c a t e s where a p p l i c a b l e c a u t i o n a r y or o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n i s to be found.
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CONTENTS 1. OUTLINE AND FEATURES 2. SPECIFICATIONS • 3. PRECAUTIONS • 4. PANEL EXPLANATION F r o n t P a n e l • •• • R e a r P a n e l • • • R e a d o u t s •...
E x t e r n a l C o n t r o l O p e r a t i o n w i t h GP-1B G P - I B c o n t r o l o p e r a t i o n 6.
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Low f r e q u e n c y s i g n a l o b s e r v a t i o n s Long time o b s e r v a s t i o n s ( u n a t t e n d e d m e a s u r e m e n t s ) R o l l mode Peak d e t e c t o r...
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AUTO SET • • D a t a t r a n s f e r r e q u e s t D a t a t r a n s f e r • • • PROGRAM EXAMPLES •...
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OUTLINE AND FEATURES B e c a u s e t h e DCS-8200 h a s a l a r g e c a p a c i t y memory f o r e a c h c h a n n e l , e v e n a t t h e v e r y...
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SPECIFICATIONS [ReaI-Time section] Type : 150 mm r e c t a n g u l e r w i t h i n t e r n a l g r a t i c u l e A c c e l e r a t i o n v o l t a g e : 12 kV E f f e c t i v e S u r f a c e : 8 x 1 0 d i v ( 1 d i v = 10 mm)
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T r i g g e r s e n s i t i v i t y F r e q u e n c y Range I n t e r n a l E x t e r n a l DC t o 10 MHz 1 d i v 0.1 Vp-p...
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SG ( S i g n a l Ground) C o n n e c t i o n s : (DCS-8200 s i d e ) ( P l o t t e r s i d e )
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[Readout section] C a l e n d a r C a l e n d a r d i s p l a y : Y e a r , month, day, O ' c l o c k and m i n u t e ( s e t w i t h p a n e l s w i t c h ) C l o c k a c c u r a c y : ±...
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[interface unit! GP-IB ( C o m p l i e s w i t h I E E E S t a n d a r d 4 8 8 - 1 9 7 8 ) . S u b s e t s S H I : ( T r a n s m i s s i o n h a n d s h a k e ) a i l f u n c t i o n s AH1 : ( R e c e p t i o n...
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3. PRECAUTIONS B e f o r e u s i n g t h i s i n s t r u m e n t , s u r e t o c h e c k t h e power s u p p l y v o l t a g e .
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Kenwood d e a l e r f r o m whom you p u r c h a s e d t h e i n s t r u m e n t .
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4. PANEL EXPLANATION 4-1 Front Panel F i g . 1 M ON/ 1 ® POWER OFF S w i t c h T h i s i s t h e power s w i t c h . When i t i s pushed i n , t h e power s u p p l y i s on, and when i t i s pushed a g a i n and r e l e a s e d ,...
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® INPUT T e r m i n a l T h i s i s t h e v e r t i c a l a x i s i n p u t t e r m i n a l o f C H I .
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® POSITION C o n t r o l T h i s i s t h e h o r i z o n t a l p o s i t i o n a d j u s t m e n t c o n t r o l , a n d i t c a n be u s e d t o s h i f t t h e w a v e f o r m...
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F i g . 3 x 10MAG/EOU S w i t c h R e a l - t i m e mode: When t h e s w i t c h i s p r e s s e d , t h e LED l i g h t s , and t h e sweep t i m e c a n be made 10 t i m e s a s...
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SINGLE : When t h i s s w i t c h i s p r e s s e d , t h e LED l i g h t s and t h e s i n g l e - s w e e p o p e r a t i o n i s a c t i v a t e d .
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TV-V : T r i g g e r e d by t h e v e r t i c a l s y n c , s i g n a l o f t h e v i d e o s i g n a l s .
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A T • 1 / A T : E a c h t i m e t h i s s w i t c h i s p r e s s e d , a A T -* 1 / A T -» OFF -* A T s e q u e n c e i s p e r f o r m e d .
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c o n s t a n t v a l u e o f V. When t h e A R E F C o n t r o l i s t u r n e d c l o c k w i s e , t h e d i s p l a y c h a n g e s f r o m 2 t o 4 t o 6.
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A C o n t r o l @, t h e p r e - t r i g g e r o p e r a t i o n i s a c t i v a t e d , and t h e w a v e f o r m c a n be o b s e r v e d b e f o r e t r i g g e r i n g o c c u r s .
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REF S w i t c h e s D I S P : When t h i s s w i t c h i s p r e s s e d t h e LED l i g h t s , and a r e f e r e n c e w a v e f o r m i s d i s p l a y e d on t h e CRT.
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Rear Panel F i g . 5 ® PEN OUT T e r m i n a l Output t e r m i n a l f o r t h e p e n - r e c o r d e r . s t o r a g e w a v e f o r m f o r t h e CRT i s o u t p u t f r o m t h i s t e r m i n a l .
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Readouts D i s p l a y p o s i t i o n s c a l e n d a r , e a c h s c a l e f a c t o r , c u r s o r m e a s u r e m e n t v a l u e , e t c .
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Program no. Used t o d i s p l a y t h e S t e p No. i n t h e program mode. "STEP-W 1 RUN" W r i t e mode STEP-W E x e c u t e mode STEP-R S t e p No.
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OPERATING PROCEDURES Items [A] Normal Oscilloscope Operation Normal sweep d i s p l a y Sweep m a g n i f i c a t i o n X-Y o p e r a t i o n T e l e v i s i o n s i g n a l o b s e r v a t i o n S i n g l e sweep...
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Preparations Before Operation B e f o r e t u r n i n g on t h e power s u p p l y , p r e s e t t h e c o n t r o l s a s shown i n t h e f i g u r e b e l o w . F o r d e t a i l s o f t h e c o n t r o l s , r e f e r t o t h e "...
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T r i g g e r o p e r a t i o n To o b s e r v e t h e i n p u t w a v e f o r m , y o u must t r i g g e r t h e SWEEP c i r c u i t c o r r e c t l y t o s t a b i l i z e t h e w a v e f o r m .
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the use o f sweep m a g n i f i c a t i o n w i l l e n a b l e w a v e f o r m o b s e r v a t i o n . -4P- P O S I T I O N C o n t r o l A d j u s t t h e...
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• NOTE • • • — — When t h e c a l e n d a r a n d c l o c k d i p l a y s a r e t u r n e d o f f , t h e y a r e n o t d i s p l a y e d on t h e CRT. F o r c a l e n d a r c l o c k s e t t i n g s , s e e t h e m a i n t e n a n c e and a d j u s t m e n t...
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A c u r s o r ® can p e r f o r i n t h e f o l l o w i n g o p e r a t i o n s , d e p e n d i n g on the mode s e t t i n g .
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P r e - and p o s t - t r i g g e r By s e l e c t i n g t h e T R I G DELAY, t h e t r i g g e r i n g p o s i t i o n of the s i g n a l t o be s t o r e d can be s e t o v e r a w i d e r a n g e .
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HOLD f u n c t i o n i s p e r f o r m e d the same a s i t i s f o r NORMAL s a m p l i n g . Peak d e t e c t o r mode When a s i g n a l i s b e i n g o b s e r v e d u s i n g a sweep t i m e t h a t i s s l o w i n c o m p a r i s o n w i t h t h e sweep...
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I n t e r p o l a t i o n f u n c t i o n s H i g h - s p e e d p h e n o m e n a o b s e r v a t i o n , w h i c h i s n e e d e d f o r o b s e r v a t i o n...
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Ops rat ion f u n c t ions T h i s machine c a n p e r f o r m o p e r a t i o n s between t h e c h a n n e l s t h a t have been s t r a g e .
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Programmable Osci 11oscope Operation Programmable WRITE The p a n e l s e t t i n g s t a t e c a n be programmed. The program s t e p s a r e f r o m 1 t o 2 0 . P r e s s t h e PROG S E T s w i t c h ®...
When t h e AUTO S E T s w i t c h ® i s p r e s s e d , t h e v e r t i c a l r a n g e s e t t i n g i s made a u t o m a t i c a l l y .
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P r o g r a m y o u r d e s i r e d m e a s u r e m e n t s e q u e n c e a f t e r r e f e r r i n g t o t h e ( G P - I B ) command r e f e r e n c e o f t h e...
EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION CONTENTS Examples of Applications Common to Real-time and Storage Oscilloscopes V o l t a g e measurements DC v o l t a g e measurement Normal p r o c e d u r e s C u r s o r measurement p r o c e d u r e s AC v o l t a g e measurements...
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Low f r e q u e n c y s i g n a l measurements Long t i m e measurements ( U n a t t e n d e d m e a s u r e m e n t s ) R o l l mode Peak d e t e c t o r a p p l i c a t i o n s R e p e t i t i o n phenomena measurements...
B e f o r e a c t u a l l y s t a r t i n g t h e measurements, be s u r e t h a t t h e c a l i b r a t i o n s shown b e l o w h a v e been made. [ P r o b e C o m p e n s a t i o n ] To o b t a i n a c c u r a t e measurements u s i n g t h e p r o b e , i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o c a l i b r a t e t h e p r o b e p r o p e r l y .
S i g n a l Including the Undesired component dotted l i n e s i n d i c a t e the envelope the undesired component). Undesired Component S i g n a l Necessary Signal With the Unnecessary Component removed F i g .
A l i g n t h e A R E F c u r s o r w i t h t h e l e f t s i d e o f t h e d i s t a n c e between t h e 2 p o i n t s t o be m e a s u r e d , and t h e A c u r s o r w i t h t h e r i g h t s i d e .
The r i s e ( f a l l ) t i m e c a n be m e a s u r e d e v e n i f t h e d e t a i l s a t i t e m (D and b e l o w a r e a s shown i n t h e f o l l o w i n g .
Frequency measurements F r e q u e n c y m e a s u r e m e n t s Normal p r o c e d u r e s B e c a u s e t h e f r e q u e n c y i s f o u n d a s t h e r e c i p r o c a l o f t h e p e r i o d , b y f i n d i n g t h e t i m e o f 1 c y c l e...
Comparison of a signal of Connect unknown frequency signal to the v e r t i c a l input and reference frequency unknown frequency with the signal to the horizontal input. reference signal 1 : l I ' - 5 : 1 6 : 1 FIG.
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W h e n y o u w i s h p e r f o r m i n t e r p o l a t i o n s m o o t h l y b e t w e e n s a m p l i n g s w h i l e r e t a i n i n g s a m p l i n g d a t a s e l e c t...
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F o r example: When t h e sweep time = 0 . 2 s / d i v , t h e s a m p l i n g i n t e r v a l Sw, t h e time a x i s r e s o l u t i o n f o r 1 s c r e e n d i v i s i o n s ) i s 2KW ( 2 0 0 0 s a m p l e ) , t h e r e f o r e : Sw = 0.2 s x...
E q u i v a l e n t s a m p l i n g E q u i v a l e n t s a m p l i n g F i g . 17 Waveform d a t a r e l a t i v e m e a s u r e m e n t s Use o f r e f e r e n c e d a t a...
Waveform compared w i t h r e f e r e n c e d a t a F i g . 18 D a t a o u t p u t P l o t t e r o u t p u t T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l ways t o s t o r e t h e measurement d a t a , but when l a r g e volumes must be o u t p u t a s w a v e f o r m d a t a , b u t r u n n i n g c o s t s c a n be h e l d l o w e s t w i t h p l o t t e r o u t p u t and r e c o r d e r o u t p u t .
GP-IB INTERFACE Cautions on Using GP-IB When u s i n g GP-IB f o r remote c o n t r o l of t h i s machine, pay a t t e n t i o n t o t h e f o l l o w i n g p o i n t s p r e p a r a t i o n of the c o n t r o l l e r s o f t w a r e .
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T a b l e - 2 I n t e r f a c e M e s s a g e Command Code L i s t Ta1k address group Address Universal L i s t e n address group command (TAG) command...
GP-1B HARDWARE SETTINGS C o n n e c t i o n s c o n n e c t i o n s between t h e c o n t r o l l e r and t h i s machine a r e made w i t h s t a n d a r d G P - I B c a b l e . D I P s w i t c h e s U s i n g t h e D I P s w i t c h e s...
BASIC STRUCTURE OF C O M M A N D FORMAT Command f o r m a t G P - I B f o r m a t c o n s i s t s o f one o r a number commands, a m u l t i s t a t e m e n t f u n c t i o n c o n s i s t i n g o f t h e s e p a r a t o r t h a t s e p a r a t e s t h e commands,...
Example : Output f r o m t h i s d e v i c e ( F i x e d l e n g t h f i e l d s a r e pushed t o w a r d t h e r e a r . ) A V O L T D 1 A l O E - 3 : T f i e l d = 6...
. I n t h e c u r r e n t DCS-8200, t h e e x p a n s i o n s t a t u s b y t e i s n o t u s e d , s o t h e D08 b i t i s a l w a y s "0".
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: O u t p u t i n g t o p l o t t e r 52 (H) : VPRSET e x e c u t i o n 53 (H) : AUTO S E T e x e c u t i o n 54 (H) : U n d e f i n e d 55 (H)
When o u t p u t t e d d u r i n g a s t a t u s r e q u e s t , t h e command w i l l be t h e V O L T S / D I V s t a t u s r e q u e s t f o r t o t h i s d e v i c e .
F u n c t i o n When o u t p u t f r o m t h e c o n t r o l l e r , t h e g r o u n d s e t t i n g o f t h e d e s i g n a t e d c h a n n e l i s c h a n g e d .
MAG : xlOMAG Format ON/OFF S e p a r a t o r P a r a m e t e r s ON/OFF 0 : OFF ( 1 d i g i t ) 1 : ON F u n c t i o n t h e x10MAG s e t t i n g c h a n g e s .
F I X : F i x mode Format F I X ON/OFF S e p a r a t o r P a r a m e t e r s 0 : OFF ( 1 d i g i t ) 1 : ON F u n c t i o n When o u t p u t by t h e c o n t r o l l e r ,...
DELTA : A c u r s o r movement Format DELTA Symbol P o s i t i o n S e p a r a t o r P a r a m e t e r s S y m b o l s + : Top, u s i n g t h e CRT c e n t e r a s "0"...
RUN : Program RUN Format ON/OFF S e p a r a t o r P a r a m e t e r s ON/OFF 0 : OFF ( 1 d i g i t ) 1 : ON F u n c t i o n When o u t p u t by t h e c o n t r o l l e r t h e same f u n c t i o n a s t h e p a n e l p r o g r a m RUN s w i t c h i s p e r f o r m e d .
HOLD : HOLD Format HOLD ON/OFF S e p a r a t o r P a r a m e t e r s ON/OFF 0 : OFF (RUN) ( 1 d i g i t ) 1 : ON (HOLD) F u n c t i o n When o u t p u t from t h e c o n t r o l l e r , t h e RUN/HOLD s w i t c h i n g i s a c t i v a t e d .
DISPAD : D i s p l a y a d d r e s s Format DISPAD ON/OFF D i s p l a y a d d r e s s S e p a r a t o r P a r a m e t e r s ON/OFF 0 : OFF ( D i s p l a y a d d r e s s O F F )
F u n c t i o n When o u t p u t f r o m t h e c o n t r o l l e r , a f u n c t i o n t h e same a s p r e s s i n g t h e R E F - S A V s w i t c h i s p e r f o r m e d . When o u t p u t when t h e R E F i s n o t on, a command e r r o r o c c u r s .
p a r a m e t e r i s o m i t t e d , n o t h i n g o p e r a t e s . A l s o , when o u t p u t d u r i n g t h e s t a t u s r e q u e s t , i t becomes t h e...
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P a r a m e t e r s C o n t r o l S t a t u s ON/OFF 0 : OFF Stop p l o t t e r P l o t t e r o u t p u t ended ( 1 d i g i t ) 1 : ON S t a r t P l o t t e r...
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WREAD : D a t a t r a n s f e r r e q u e s t ( F r o m DCS-8200 t o c o n t r o l l e r )
G P - I B a d d r e s s t o "0", and t h e DCS-8200 G P - I B a d d r e s s t o "...
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ttumtmtttttnnuntttntttttt 330 '' tttt Message Send P r o c e s s PRINT@1; "VOLTD1,50E-3:" § ' S e t t h e CM VOLTS/DIV t o 50mV ' L a s t Data w i t h EOI ( 8 ) PRINT PRINT "VOLTD1.
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' D i s a b l e Remote C o n t r o l Program exampIe 3 An exampIe of replacing the contents of the waveform memory of the DCS-8200 with the waveform data sent from the controller. O b j e c t c h a n n e l...
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I RESET REN ' D i s a b l e Remote C o n t r o l Program example 4 •••• ExampIe of reading out the waveform data of the DCS-8200 with the controller. O b j e c t c h a n n e l : C H I...
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Memory a d d r e s s : From a d d r e s s number 0 Number o f d a t a : 20 words The d a t a r e a d o u t i n t h i s program example i s d i s p l a y e d on t h e CRT s c r e e n .
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S e t t h e c o n t r o l l e r G P - I B a d d r e s s t o "0",...
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CALL IBWRT ( DCSX, WRT$ ) MASK% = 8H4800 ' T i m e o u t o r SRO CALL IBWAIT ( DCSX.MASKX ) FOR 1=0 TO 500 : NEXT I I F ( IBSTA% AND 8H800 ) <> 0 GOTO 490 ' On SRO go t o "Device S t a t u s "...
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PRINT "IBFIND E R R O R " Program exampIe 3 ••«• An exampIe of replacing the contents of the waveform memory of the DCS-8200 with the waveform data sent from the controller. O b j e c t c h a n n e l...
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PRINT "IBFIND ERROR" Program example 4 ExampIe of reading out the waveform data of the DCS-8200 with the control ler. O b j e c t c h a n n e l : C H I...
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' Send message WRT$ = "STOR1 :HOLD1:WREAD1.1.1,0, 20:" ' DCS command CALL IBWRT ( DCSX,WRT$ ) FOR 1=0 TO 500 : NEXT I RD$ = SPACES ( 80 ) CALL IBRD ( DCSX, RD$) ' R e c e i v e DCS d a t a MASKX = 8H4800 ' Timeout o r SRO CALL...
8. MAINTENANCE AND ADJUSTMENT Items [A] Maintenance F u s e r e p l a c e m e n t Power S u p p l y v o l t a g e c h a n g e s [B] Adjustment (Compensation) P r o b e c o m p e n s a t i o n...
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[A] Maintenance NOTE When p e r f o r m i n g t h e w o r k shown b e l o w , a l w a y s t u r n o f f t h e power a n d remove t h e power c o r d p l u g f r o m t h e o u t l e t .
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A d j u s t t h e c o n t r o l s t o o b t a i n a n o r m a l sweep d i s p l a y . T u r n on t h e GND s w i t c h , and s e t t h e H-MODE s w i t c h t o AUTO.
OPTIONS OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Probe Pouch CMC-78) Y87-1600-00 T h i s s o f t v i n y l p o u c h a t t a c h e s t o t h e t o p s i d e o s c i l l o s c o p e h o u s i n g a n d p r o v i d e s s t o r a g e...
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A p r o d u c t of KENWOOD CORPORATION 17-5, 2-chome, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, tokyo 150, Japan...