DL850 Training
DL850 Student Workbook
Barry
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Application
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Engineer
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Yokogawa
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Corporation
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of America
Table of Contents
1. Exercise 01 – A Simple Acquisition
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2. Exercise 02 Exercise 02 – Save a Waveform
Save a Waveform
3 Exercise 03 3.
Exercise 03 – Load & View a Waveform
Load & View a Waveform
4 Exercise 04 –
4.
Exercise 04 – Save a screen IMAGE
Save a screen IMAGE
5 Exercise 05 –
5.
Exercise 05 Make a Measurement
Make a Measurement
6 Exercise 06 –
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i 06 Make a Cursor Measurement M k C
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7. Exercise 07 – Setup & Create a Realtime Recording
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8. Exercise 08 – Load & View a Realtime Recording
9. Exercise 09 – How to SAVE a .SET file
10. Exercise 10 – How to LOAD a .SET file
11 Exercise 11 11.
Exercise 11 – Getting Started with Getting Started with ‘Action
Action On Trigger
On Trigger’
12 Exercise 12 –
12.
Exercise 12 – Setup a OR
Setup a OR’d
d Window Trigger
Window Trigger
13 Exercise 13 –
13.
Exercise 13 How to perform a How to perform a ‘Factory
Factory RESET
RESET’
14 Exercise 14 –
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i 14 How to Perform a Simple ‘Dual Capture’ H t P f
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1 Exercise 15 –
15.
i 1 Labeling Each Channel
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16. Exercise 16 – Scaling & Units
17. Exercise 17 – Phase Measurement between two Channels
18. Exercise 18 – How Sample Rate is Calculated
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Ex 01 – A Simple Acquisition on the DL850
The keystrokes listed below will step you through a simple waveform acquisition.
You may also use this exercise as a ‘first step’ before you do any of the other excercises.
Pl
Please
connectt CH1 to
t the
th PROBE COMP pins
i on the
th front
f t off the
th ScopeCorder
S
C d using
i a suitable
it bl 10:1
10 1
probe or 1:1 test lead
lead. Leave all other channel inputs disconnected
disconnected.
Press CH1 and adjust PROBE to either 10:1 / 1:1 as appropriate for the input lead-set being used.
used
You may wish to perform a ‘Factory
Factory Reset
Reset’ (Exercise 13) before Exercise 01
01, this will ensure that your
ScopeCorder
p
will match the setup
p of the recorder used in these exercises.
Follow these keystrokes to acquire a simple waveform:
DONE!
At this point, please turn
OFF all un-used
channels
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by quickly
i kl
double pressing each
double-pressing
one of the
corresponding channel
menu buttons such as
‘CH 2’, etc.
Ex 02 – Save a Waveform
The keystrokes listed below will step you through saving a waveform.
Perform Exercise 01 first, or else acquire a waveform before attempting these steps.
F ll
Follow
th
these kkeystrokes
t k to
t save a waveform
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to
t a binary
bi
file:
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One Button Operation:
After you have performed the above setup,
you simply press one button ‘SAVE’.
Y can skip
You
ki allll b
butt th
the llastt step,
t
if you wish
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for the DL850 to name your file(s) for you.
you
DONE!
To see a directory listing with your file,
simply
i l press: FILE
FILE, UTILITY
UTILITY, and
d using
i
SET button and SHUTTLE-KNOB,
SHUTTLE KNOB set
PATH= HDD,
HDD in this example
example.
Ex 03 – Load & View a Waveform
The keystrokes listed below will step you through loading and viewing a waveform.
Perform Exercise 01 first, or else acquire a waveform before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes to LOAD / VIEW a Binary waveform file:
Note that the ‘PATH
PATH = HD
HD-0’.
0.
Highlight the file which you
created in the previous
exercise
i and
d press EXECUTE
LOAD.
LOAD
Ex 04 – Save a Screen Image
The keystrokes listed below will step you through saving a screen image as JPEG, BMP, or PNG.
Perform Exercise 01 first, or else acquire a waveform before attempting these steps.
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Some
steps
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may be
b abbreviated.
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Follow these keystrokes to save a waveform to a image file:
N
Name
th
the IImage File:
Fil
Further Your Knowledge:
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Is it a requirement to STOP before saving an image file?
No. However, it is a requirement to hit STOP before saving a WAVEFORM
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file,
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Exercise
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ft th
the S
ScopeCorder
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this mode.
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The end-user
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may (optionally) defeat this (SHIFT+SAVE) and saving image files can be
performed on the fly
fly.
DONE!
Ex 05 – Make a Measurement
The keystrokes listed below will step you through performing a parametric measurement, such as RMS.
Perform Exercise 01 first, or else acquire a waveform before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes to perform a measurement:
DONE!
RMS is now displayed at bottom of
screen; except for Time/Div ≥ 100 ms/Div
or ‘roll
‘ ll mode’.
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See screenshot
screenshot, left-bottom.
left bottom
Ex 06 – Make a Cursor Measurement
The keystrokes listed below will step you through a cursor measurement.
Perform Exercise 01 first, or else acquire a waveform before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes to perform a cursor measurement:
DONE!
Cursor Measurement is
now displayed
p y at bottom of
screen;
TIP:
Don’tt forget to use left-arrow
Don
left arrow and
right-arrow
right
arrow to adjust the decimal
position;; this will allow for fine
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adjusment
j
of each cursor.
Ex 07 – Setup & Create Realtime Recording
The keystrokes listed below will step you through acquiring via Realtime Recording.
Perform Exercise 01 first, before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes
y
to p
perform a simple
p Realtime Recording:
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DONE!
To verify
f the recording, press
FILE UTILITY
FILE,
UTILITY, and
d llook
k iin th
the
media path for a new folder
folder.
TIP:
To verify the recording, press
FILE then
FILE,
h UTILITY
UTILITY, and
d llook
k iin
th currentt media
the
di PATH ffor a
new folder
folder.
Ex 08 – Load & View a Realtime Recording
The keystrokes listed below will step you through viewing a Realtime Recording.
Perform Exercise 07 first, before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes to load and view a simple Realtime Recording:
Highlight FOLDER
Highlight
filename WDF
filename.WDF
DONE!
TIP:
For a closer look at the
waveform,
f
use the
th ZOOM
function (button)
(button).
Ex 09 – How to SAVE a .SET
SET file
The keystrokes listed below will step you through saving a filename.SET settings file.
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Follow
th
these kkeystrokes
t k to
t SAVE a .SET
SET file:
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Using SOFT
KEYBOARD,
Name the .SET
File
DONE!
TIP
TIP:
To verify the .SET
SET file
file, press
FILE UTILITY,
FILE,
UTILITY and browse for
it.
it
Ex 10 – How to LOAD a .SET
SET file
The keystrokes listed below will step you through loading a filename.SET settings file.
Some steps may be abbreviated.
Follow these keystrokes to re
re-LOAD
LOAD a .SET
SET file:
DONE!
Highlight
.SET
SET Fil
File
Ex 11 – ‘Action
Action On Trigger
Trigger’
The keystrokes listed below will step you through a simple ‘Action On Trigger’ Acquisition.
Perform Exercise 01 first, before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes to perform a simple ‘Action On Trigger’:
DONE!
Further Your Knowledge:
Combine this with Exercise 02 and
use the ‘Save Waveform’ Option in
the ‘Action Setup’ to Automatically
Save a Waveform File upon a trigger.
Ex 12 – Setup a OR’d
OR d Window Trigger
The keystrokes listed below will step you through setting up a OR’d Window Trigger.
The window trigger is a simple and effective trigger which can trigger when a waveform goes IN or OUT
a user-specified
ifi d range off voltage:
lt
Perform Exercise 01 first
first, before attempting these steps
steps.
Follow these keystrokes to perform a simple OR’d
OR d Window Trigger:
DONE!
TIP:
To perform an AND’d Window
Trigger, simply choose
TYPE AND using,
TYPE=AND
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otherwise,
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i
these same keystrokes
keystrokes.
Ex 13 – How to perform a ‘Factory
Factory RESET’
RESET
A Factory RESET may be performed if the set-up status of the ScopeCorder is unknown;
this may be useful before performing these exercises, or before beginning a new test procedure.
Follow these keystrokes to perform a factory reset:
1. Turn OFF ScopeCorder
1
ScopeCorder.
2 H
2.
Hold
ld RESET button
b tt while
hil turning
t i ON S
ScopeCorder.
C d
3 C
3.
Continue to hold RESET
S
button.
4. Wait for confirmation message: ‘Turned on pressing the RESET key. Will
initialize’.
5. Release RESET button.
6 Press ESC button.
6.
button
7 Factory Reset has been completed
7.
completed.
Ex 14 – a Simple ‘Dual
Dual Capture
Capture’
The keystrokes
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k
t k listed
li t d below
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will
ill step
t you th
through
h setting
tti up a simple
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‘Duall C
Capture’.
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‘Dual
Dual Capture’
Capture is a feature which will sample at a low-rate
low rate until a trigger condition or event is detected
and then the sample-rate is increased.
increased ‘Dual
Dual Capture’
Capture can also ‘Auto
Auto Save
Save’ and is compatible with other
‘Action’
Action features.
Please Factoryy Reset and perform
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Exercise 01 first,, before attempting
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Disconnect the PROBE TIP from PROBE COMP and proceed ...
Leave Probe GROUND LEAD Connected – this is very important.
Perform a simple ‘Dual Capture’:
Touch
T
h fi
finger on/off
/ ff probe
b tip
ti att 1 sec
intervals for 12 sec.
sec then press stop.
stop
See next page for result
result.
Ex 14 – ‘Dual
Dual Capture’
Capture Result:
Ex 15 – Labeling Each Channel
The keystrokes listed below will step you through a Label and a Unit exercise.
Perform Exercise 01 first, before attempting these steps.
Follow these keystrokes to label a channel:
IInputt scale
l & unit
it string
t i using
i mouse,
keyboard jog/shuttle,
keyboard,
jog/shuttle & SET button:
DONE!
TIP:
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Connect
t a USB mouse and
d USB
keyboard and perform this using
the ALL CH button menu
menu.
Ex 16 – Scaling & Units
The keystrokes listed below will step you through a Scaling & Units exercise.
Perform Exercise 01 first, before attempting these steps.
The keyboard entering process is abbreviated
abbreviated, use the jog/shuttle knob and SET button or a USB
keyboard and mouse
mouse.
Follow these keystrokes to scale and apply a ‘unit
unit string’ to a channel:
IInputt scale
l & unit
it string
t i using
i mouse,
keyboard jog/shuttle,
keyboard,
jog/shuttle & SET button:
TIP:
Connect a USB mouse and USB
keyboard
y
and p
perform this using
g
the ALL CH button menu.
DONE!
Ex 17 – Phase Msm
Msm’tt (two channels)
The keystrokes listed below will step you through a Phase Measurement exercise.
This is advanced exercise and assumes that the student is able to acquire two phase-shifted 60 Hz
waveforms
f
to
t CH1 and
d CH2,
CH2 and
d att 5 milliseconds/DIV,
illi
d /DIV as an example.
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Each step is somewhat abbreviated
abbreviated.
Follow these keystrokes to measure phase
phase, in degrees
degrees, in this example:
See Result on Next Page:
Ex 17 – Phase Msm’t
Msm t RESULT:
Ex 18 – How Sample Rate is Calculated
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Appendix
di – Vertical
V ti l Resolution
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Reference
f this sectionIt
Items:
Please
Please study this section so that you have a thorough understanding of how to so that you have a thorough understanding of how to
use ZOOM in order to get both a full‐screen display of your acquired waveform use
ZOOM in order to get both a full screen display of your acquired waveform
and simultaneously acquire the data using most of the ADC capability. d i lt
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Appendix
di – DL850 – Vertical
V ti l R
Resolution
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• Green
Green Region Region –LCD,
LCD, 10 Divisions
10 Divisions
• Yellow Region –
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5 additional divisions, both 5
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above and below the LCD’s 10 divisions, for a total of 20 divisions.
a total of 20 divisions. • Pink Region –
Pi k R i
additional “head room”.
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• Red Region Red Region – Waveform will Waveform will “clip”
clip and and
cannot enter the red region
cannot enter the red region. • This information describes only the DL850/DL750/DL750P/SL1400. DL850/DL750/DL750P/SL1400.
The 20 div can be utilized to best advantage: g
• by using V
by using V‐ZOOM
ZOOM less than less than ‘one’.
one . • View data in Xviewer or post‐process
View data in Xviewer or post process
• And, in order to increase resolution by one A d i
d t i
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or even several bits.
• Using OFFSET for AC measurements in DC Using OFFSET for AC measurements in DC
Coupling mode
Coupling mode. 24
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Appendix
di – DL850 – Vertical
V ti l R
Resolution
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Example 1: Poor Utilization of the Module’ss 16
Example 1: Poor Utilization of the Module
16‐bit
bit Vertical Resolution
Vertical Resolution
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V ti l R
Resolution
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Example 2: Excellent Utilization of the Module’s 16‐bit Vertical Resolution
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