Chapter 1 Taking Measurements with the NI 5911
NI 5911 User Manual 1-4
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• Vertical Slider—adjusts the voltage offset for each channel. Use
this slider when you want to adjust multiple waveforms in the
graphics display.
• Trigger Settings Group—controls the conditions required for
signal acquisition; for example, whether to wait for a digital trigger
before acquiring data or whether to acquire data in free-run mode
(no triggering).
• Main Control Bar Buttons
– Run—acquires data continuously. Deselecting this button
places the VirtualBench-Scope in idle mode.
– Single—instructs VirtualBench-Scope to perform a
single-sweep acquisition.
– Auto Setup—configures the scope for the best timebase, volts
per division, and trigger setting for each channel currently
selected with the channel selector.
– Mode—sets the mode of the scope to either volts versus time
or X versus Y mode.
• Zoom Controls—adjusts the view of your display data.
– Scroll Bar—adjusts the zoom view.
– Zoom In—zooms in on displayed data. Each zoom increases
the view by a factor of two.
– Zoom Out—zooms out to full X scale.
Note: Refer to the VirtualBench-Scope Online Help for additional help on the
front panel items.
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