National Instruments NI 5911 Marine Instruments User Manual


 
Chapter 1 Taking Measurements with the NI 5911
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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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