Digital Display Toolbar


Signal Display

Grid Use this button to show or hide the grid of the digital display.
Color palette Use this button to change the color palette of the digital display.
Trigger line Use this button to show or hide the trigger line in the digital display.
Timestamp lines Use this button to show or hide the timestamp lines in the digital display.
Segment border lines Use this button to show or hide the segment border lines in the digital display.
Zoom bookmarks Use this button to show or hide the zoom bookmark rectangles in the digital display.
History mode Activates or deactivates the history mode. When history mode is activated all recorded data is written on the screen without clearing the display in between. This allows it to find any spikes or to record the jitter of a signal. The display is cleared if the zoom settings are changed or the display is resized.
  Segment history mode Activates or deactivates the segment history mode. When segment history mode is activated, the data of all segments is painted at the position of the first sample. This makes it easy to see differences between segments.
Cursor Use this button to show or hide the digital display cursors. There are two cursors available. The cursors can be moved by moving the mouse over the digital display while holding the left (Cursor A) or the right (Cursor B) mouse button pressed. The x and the y values of both cursors as well as the difference between the both cursors is displayed in the info dialog. The cursors are used for many different functions like defining calculation areas.
High level highlighting Use this button to show or hide the highlighting of HIGH levels in the digital display.
Abort This button aborts the updating process of the display. If the updating process is aborted the display will show the last valid state of the display.

Zoom functions

Zoom area Use this button to enable or disable the zoom area mode. A zoom can be achieved by moving the mouse over the digital display while holding the left mouse button pressed. After releasing the left mouse button the zoom will be achieved. This function could be aborted by pressing the ESC key. No changes to the display area then are made.
Zoom to cursor area Zoom to area defined by cursors A and B.
Zoom in x and y axes Zoom x and y axes in by factor 2.
Zoom out x and y axes Zoom x and y axes out by factor 2.
Zoom full range The display area is zoomed to the maximum of all signal levels defined by the input range. The scaling of the x axis is also set to a maximum value defined by the signal.
Zoom undo Calls the last used zoom settings again. The last zoom settings are saved. With the help of the both commands Zoom Undo and Zoom Redo it is possible to switch between this zoom settings.
Zoom redo Recalls the last undo step. The last zoom settings are saved. With the help of the both commands Zoom Undo and Zoom Redo it is possible to switch between this zoom settings.
Jump to trigger This command jumps to the current trigger position of the recorded data. The size of the zoom area is not changed. The trigger event is equivalent to the zero point of the X axis.
Jump to location Opens a special dialog which allows jumping to edges or pulses.
Align channel layout Aligns the channel layout
Jump to first segment Jumps to the first segment of the currently selected channel. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.
Jump to previous segment Jumps to the segment before the first currently visible segment of the currently selected channel. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.
Jump to specific segment Specify the number of the segment of the currently selected channel you want to jump to. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.
Jump to next segment Jumps to the segment after the first currently visible segment of the currently selected channel. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.
Jump to last segment Jumps to the last segment of the currently selected channel. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.
Show full segment Show complete current segment of the currently selected channel. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.
Jump to segment's trigger position Jumps to the trigger position in the current segment of the currently selected channel. This is only available if a channel is selected in the display and this channel contains segmented data from a MULTI/GATE/ABA acquisition.


Display Synchronization

Synchronize displays Synchronize the zoom factor and cursor position of different display windows. Pressing the button will open a setup dialog
Disconnect from synced displays Disconnect the current display from the group of synchronized displays
Reconnect to synced displays Reconnect the current display to the group of synchronized displays

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