GW Instek GDS-3000 Series Freewave User Manual - Manual (Page 14)

Monitoring the Oscilloscope
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M
ONITORING THE
O
SCILLOSCOPE
The oscilloscope display contents appear in the Freewave screen,
allowing observing and recording the waveforms in analog form; for
capturing digital waveform points, refer to page27 “Monitoring the
Oscilloscope”. Here are the available operations.
• Viewing the oscilloscope’s display contents
• Taking a snapshot image of the display contents
• Recording a movie clip of the display contents
• Printing out the display contents
The Virtual panel is able to remotely control a connected DSO and
display the DSO contents back onto the Virtual Panel display. All
functions and operations that can normally be performed on the
DSO panel can be performed on the Virtual Panel.
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Viewing the Oscilloscope Display Contents
1. Connect the oscilloscope to the PC and activate Freewave. For
details, see page20.
2. Select the Image tab (second from the left).
3. Click on the Play button in the control panel.
The oscilloscope’s display contents will appear
on-screen.
Note The GDS-1000-U/1000A-U will continually send a
screen shot to the PC, while the GDS-2000A or GDS-
3000 will only send an initial screen shot once when
the PLAY button is clicked.
Pausing the
display To stop updating the display, click
on the Pause button in the control
panel.
Operation log Control panel Date
Oscilloscope
display
View button