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User Manual

California Instruments

i Series II / iX Series II / iM Series II

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HARMONICS/TRACE ANALYSIS Screen

[iX Series only]

The fourth measurement screen is dedicated to the advanced measurements available on the iX
Series only. This screen is not available on the i Series. The Harmonics/Trace Analysis
measurement screen is a true menu screen offering several user accessible fields. These fields
are used to select the desired acquisition trigger and display mode. The actual data is displayed
whenever the ENTER key is pressed while the cursor is on the VIEW or START field. The
following fields are available on this menu:

Figure 4-10: HARMONICS/TRACE ANALYSIS screen

Entry

Description

FUNCTION

Selects Voltage, Current or Both parameters for display.

VIEW

Available display modes are TABLE, BAR and TRACE.

TABLE mode:

displays the first 50 harmonics in a
tabular text format.

BAR mode:

displays the first 50 harmonics in a
graphical bar chart display.

TRACE mode:

displays the selected Function in a
time domain (waveform) graphical
display.

DATA MODE

Selects absolute or relative harmonics display for TABLE and
BAR view modes. In relative mode, all harmonics are shown in
a percentage of the fundamental which is normalized at 100 %.
In absolute mode, the harmonic amplitudes are shown in
absolute volts or amperes.