SDS2000X-E Series
Super Phosphor
Oscilloscope

Quick Start

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General
SafetySummary
Carefully read the following safety precautions to avoid any personal injury
or damage to the instrument and any products connected to it. To avoid
potential hazards, please use the instrument as specified.
Use Proper Power Cord
Only the power cord designed for the instrument and authorized by local
country could be used.
Ground the Instrument
The instrument is grounded through the protective earth conductor of thepower cord. To avoid electric shock, please make sure the instrument isgrounded correctly before connecting its input or output terminals.

Use Proper Overvoltage Protection
Make sure that no overvoltage (such as that caused by a thunderstorm) canreach the product, or else the operator might expose to danger of electricalshock.
Electrostatic Prevention
Operate in an electrostatic discharge protective area environment to avoid
damages induced by static discharge. Always ground both the internal andexternal conductors of the cable to release static before connecting.
Keep Well Ventilation

Connect the Signal Wire Correctly

Inadequate ventilation may cause increasing of temperature, which may
eventually damage the instrument. So keep well ventilation and inspect the
intake and fan regularly.

The potential of the signal wire ground is equal to the earth, so do notconnect the signal wire to a high voltage.

Avoid Circuit or Components Exposed

Look Over All Terminals’ Ratings
To avoid fire or electric shock, please look over all ratings and sign instructionof the instrument. Before connecting the instrument, please read the manual
carefully to gain more information about the ratings.

Do not touch exposed contacts or components when the power is on.
Use Only the Specified FuseDo Not Operate Without Covers
Do not operate the instrument with covers or panels removed.

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General Care and Cleaning

Terms on the product. These terms may appear on the product:

Care

Indicates direct injuries or hazards that may happen.
DANGERWARNING Indicates potential injuries or hazards that may happen.
CAUTION Indicates potential damages to the instrument or other property
that may happen.

Do not store or leave the instrument in direct sunshine for long periods oftime.
Notice:To avoid damages to the instrument or probe, please do not leave them infog, liquid, or solvent.
Cleaning
Please perform the following steps to clean the instrument and probe
regularly according to its operating conditions.

Symbols on the product. These symbols may appear on the product:

1. Disconnect the instrument from all power sources, and then clean it witha soft wet cloth.

Warning

Hazardous
Voltage

Protective
Earth Ground

Earth
GroundChassisGround

2. Clean the loose dust on the outside of the instrument and probe with asoft cloth. When cleaning the LCD, take care to avoid scratching it.
Notice:To avoid damages to the surface of the instrument and probe, please do not
use any corrosive liquid or chemical cleanser.
Make sure that the instrument is completely dry before restarting it to avoid
short circuits or personal injuries.

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Contents

Copyright Information............................................................................................................................................

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General Safety Summary........................................................................................................................................

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Quick start............................................................................................................................................................

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The Front Panel ....................................................................................................................................................

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The Rear Panel......................................................................................................................................................

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Front Panel Overview.............................................................................................................................................

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User Interface.......................................................................................................................................................

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Using Security Lock................................................................................................................................................

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Troubleshooting.....................................................................................................................................................

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Contact SIGLENT...................................................................................................................................................

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1- SDS2000X-E Series Digital OscilloscopeQuick Start
General Inspection
1. Inspect the shipping container
Keep the damaged shipping container orcushioning material until the contents of theshipment have been completely checked andthe instrument has passed both electrical andmechanical tests.
The consigner or carrier will be responsiblefor damages to the instrument resulting fromshipment. SIGLENT would not provide freemaintenance or replacement if the instrument
has been damaged in shipment.

Scope Front View

2. Inspect the instrument
If there are instruments found damaged,
defective or failure in electrical and mechanicaltests, please contact SIGLENT.

3. Check the accessories
Please check the accessories according to thepacking list. If the accessories are incompleteor damaged, please contact your SIGLENT sales
representative.
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Scope Top View

Quick Start

Adjust the Supporting Legs

Connect to AC Power Supply

Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt theoscilloscope upwards for stable placement as well as easier operation andobservation of the instrument.

The oscilloscope accept 100-240V, 50/60/440Hz AC power supply. Please
use the power cord provided as accessories to connect the instrument to thepower source as shown in the figure below.

Power
Socket

Before adjusting

After adjusting

To Connect to Power Supply

Note: If at any time the fuse requires replacement, please replace onlywith a fuse of the same rating as the original. If there are questions, pleasecontact Siglent directly.
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Power-on Inspection
When the scope is energized, turn on the power switch at the lower left corner on the front panel. During the start-up
process, the instrument performs a series of self-test items and you can hear the sound of relay switching. After the
self-test completed, the User Interface displays immediately.
Connect the Probe
SIGLENT provides passive probe for the SDS2000X-E series oscilloscope. Please refer to corresponding Probe User
Manual for detailed technical information.
Connect the probe:
1.Connect the BNC terminal of the probe to one of the channel BNC connector of the front panel.
2.Connect the probe tip to the circuit point to test and the ground alligator clip of the probe to the ground terminal of
the circuit.
Functional Inspection
1. Pressto reset the oscilloscope to its factory default setup.

2. Connect the ground alligator clip of the probe to the Ground Terminal on the front panel.
3. Use the probe to connect the CH1 Input Terminal and the Compensation Signal Output Terminal on the front
panel.
4. Press
5. Observe the waveform on the screen. In normal condition, the display should be a square waveform as shownin the photo to the right.
6. Test the other channels in the same method. If the actual square waveforms does not match that in the photoshown, please perform “Probe Compensation”.
Note: To avoid electric shock when using the probe, first please make certain that the insulated wire of the probe
is in good condition, and do not touch the metallic part of the probe when it is connected to a high voltage.
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GroundTerminal
Compensation Signal
Output Terminal

Quick Start
Probe Compensation
You should properly compensate the probe at first use of it. Non-compensated or inadequate compensated probe may cause inaccurate measurement. The
following steps are about probe compensation:

1. Perform step 1, 2 , 3 and 4 of “Functional Inspection”.
2. Check the displayed waveforms and compare them with the following figure.

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CompensatedCompensatedCorrectlyOver
Compensated

3. Use a nonmetallic driver to adjust the low-frequency compensation adjustment hole on the probe until the waveform changes to be correct as the figure above.

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Panel

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1. LCD Display
2. Universal Knob
3. Common Function Menus
4. Clear Sweeps
5. Run/Stop
6. Decode
7. Auto Setup

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8. Navigate
9. History
10. Default
11. Vertical Control, Math, REF and Digital
12. Horizontal Control
13. Trigger Control
14. Menu on/off① WARNING: Non-standard HDMI interface, Siglent device ONLY, or you will damage your devices.
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15. Menu Softkey
16. One- Button shortcut for Save
17. Analog Channel
18. Power Button
19. USB Host
20. SBUS Digital Inputs ①
21. Probe Compensation/ Ground Terminal

Scope Rear
Panel

1.Handle
Pull up the handle vertically for easy carrying of the
instrument. When you do not need the handle, press it
down.
2.LAN
The instrument can be connected to network via thisinterface to perform remote control.
3.USB Device

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The oscilloscope support SCPI remote control commands,
user can control the oscilloscope through this interface.
4.USB Host
5.Safety lock HoleYou can lock the instrument to a fixed location using thesecurity lock (please buy it yourself) via the lock hole.
6.AC Power Socket
AC power input terminal. The power requirements of thisoscilloscope are 100-240 V, 50/60/400 Hz. Use the power
cord provided with the instrument to connect it to AC
power.
7.Pass/Fail or Trigger Out
The BNC port can output a signal that reflects the current
waveform capture rate of the oscilloscope at each trigger ora pass/fail test pulse.

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Overview
Horizontal Control

Trigger Control

Quickly enter into the Rollmode.
The timebase range is from 50
ms/div to 100 s/div.
Enable or disable searchfunction. This function cansearch for the events that users
specify in the acquired data, theresults are displayed with white
triangle symbol.

Horizontal POSITION
Sets the horizontal location of the trigger
event on the display. The waveform will move left or right when you turnthe knob. Meanwhile, the Delay value will increase or decrease as the
waveform moves. Press down the knob to reset the trigger delay to zero.

Press the button to open trigger menu.This oscilloscope provides
various trigger types: Edge, Slope,Pulse, Video, Window,Interval, DropOut,
Runt, Pattern and Serial Bus (IIC/SPI/UART/RS232/CAN/LIN)
We will introduce Video, Interval, Runt, Pattern and Serial Bus trigger in thefollowing

HDTV Video Trigger
Horizontal Time BaseSet the timebase Turn it clockwise
or aticlock wise to reduce or increase the timebase. The wave will be
expanded or compressed when the timebase changes. Press down the knob
to enter into the Zoom.

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SDS2000X-E supports analog video signal (NTSC/PAL) trigger and HDTV
signal trigger. In video trigger, you can select custom to set any line andfieldInterval Trigger

Runt Trigger

The time interval from the rising edge (or falling edge) of input signal passes
through the trigger level to the next rising edge(or falling edge) passes
through the trigger level and the currently set time satisfy the Limit Range (＜ =, ＞ = , [ --.--], --] [--) selected

Runt trigger includes positive runt trigger and negative runt trigger.This modeis used to trigger pulses that pass through one trigger level but fails to passthrough the other trigger level as shown in the figure below.

In the figure below, the time interval between two continuous rising edge andthe currently set time satisfy the limit range ([ --.--])

Positive runt pulse

High Level
Low Level
Negative runt pulse
In the figure below, the trigger signal is positive runt pulse.

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Pattern Trigger

IIC Trigger

Identify a trigger condition by looking for a specified pattern. This pattern
is a logical combination (AND/OR/NAND/NOR) of the two channels. Eachchannel can be set a value among High, Low or Invalid.

After setting the serial 1 or 2 to IIC type in trigger menu, you can use
universal knob to set to trigger on start/stop condition, restart, no
ack,EEPROM, or on the read/write frame with specific device address anddata value. During IIC trigger settings, it is essential to set source channel
previously in decode menu.

In the figure below, the selected logic is “NAND”, channel 1 is set to“Low”,channel 2 is set to “High”.

In the figure below,the trigger condition is set to “Start”, channel 1 is set as
Clock signal, channel 2 is set as Data signal

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SPI Trigger
After setting the serial trigger to SPI type in trigger menu, you can select to trigger on MISO data or MOSI data. The data length are variable to set from 4 to 96.
UART/RS232 Trigger
After setting the serial trigger to UART/RS232 type in trigger menu, you can select to trigger on start , stop, checksum error or data. The data width are variable toset from 5 to 8bits.
CAN Trigger
After setting the serial trigger to CAN type in trigger menu, you can select to trigger on start, remote, ID, ID+DATA or Error of CAN-H or CAN-L signal.
LIN Trigger
After setting the serial trigger to LIN type in trigger menu, you can select to trigger on Start, ID, ID+DATA or Data Error.
Notes: For more trigger types and corresponding operation information, please refer to the trigger chapter of SDS2000X-E User Manual.

Press the button to set to Auto trigger mode.
Press the button to set to Normal trigger mode.
Press the button to set to Single trigger mode.
Level
Set the trigger level. Turn it clockwise or anticlockwise to make the level move up or down. In the meanwhile, the level value displayed at theupper right of the screen will increase or decrease. Press it down to quickly reset the trigger level to the 50% of waveforms.

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Vertical Control

Analog input channels. The four channels are marked by different
colors which are also used to mark both the waveforms on the screen and thechannel input connectors.
Press channel button to open the corresponding channel and press again toturn it off.
Vertical POSITION
Set the vertical offset of current waveform.
Turn clockwise to increase the offset while turn anticlockwise to decrease theoffset.
During the modification, the waveform will move up and down and the offset
message at the lower part of the screen will change along. Press down theknob to quickly reset the offset to zero

Vertical Scale:

Set the vertical scale of current waveform.

Turn clockwise to decrease the scale and while turn anticlockwise to increase
it. During the modification, the ‘amplitude’ of the waveform will enlarge or
reduce and the scale message at the right side of the screen will also change.
Press down the knob to quickly switch the vertical scale adjustment modes
between “Coarse” and “Fine”.

Press the button to open math operation menu under which theoperation of adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, FFT, integral,differential and square root are supported.
Press the button to enable the reference waveform function, thus
to compare the current waveform with the reference waveform todecide circuit failures. SDS2000X-E supports 2 reference waveforms
savingPress the button to open the digital channel function menu (Optional
function). The SDS2000X-E supports 16 digital channels.

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Run Control

Press the button to enable the waveform auto setup function. The oscilloscope will automatically adjust the horizontal time base, vertical scale and trigger
mode according to the input signal to provide a triggered stable display.
Press the button to set the state of the instrument to “RUN” or “STOP”. In the “RUN” state, the button glows yellow; In “STOP” state, the button glows
red.

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Universal Knob

Function Menus

Adjust Waveform Intensity/ Graticule/ Transparence
You can press→ Intensity and use the knob to adjust waveform

intensity (0% ~ 100%). To adjust graticule (0% ~ 100%) or transparency(20%~ 80%) ,please operate in the same way as waveform intensity.
Universal Knob
In menu operation, when the light below the knob is lit, you could turn theknob to select between submenus under the current menu and press it down
to select the current submenu. In addition, it can also be used to modify
parameters and input the filename.

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Press the button to open the cursor function. It provides manual and track cursor mode.
Press the button to enter the display menu and quickly enabled the persist function. User can set the grid, intensity, graticule, transparency.
Press the button to enter the utility menu to set system functions or parameters, such as IO set, sound, language. In addition, some advanced functions(such as Pass/Fail, Do Self Cal, install option function and Update) are also supported.
Press the button to enter the history mode. In history mode, it can record most 80000 frame waves
Press the button to enter the measurement setting menu. You could set measurement type, statistic function, all measure and gate measure. You canselect as many as four parameters. In statistic function, the Curent value, Mean, Min, Max, Std-Dev and Count are shown on the screen.In all measure, you could
show all the parameters of the channel you selectPress the button to enter the sample menu. You can set the acquisition mode (Normal/Peak-Detect/Average/Eres), interpolation mode (Sinx/X or linear)and memory depth. You could enable the XY function and sequence function.
Press the button to enter the file save and recall function menu. The storable file types includes Setups, Waveforms, Picture and CSV.
Press the button to reset the oscilloscope to its default setup. In the file save and recall function menu, user can customize the default setup.
Press it to open decode menu. Decode is a optional function.SDS2000X-E supports two serial buses including 1 and 2 for analog signal decoding. The
protocols includes IIC, SPI, UART/RS232, CAN and LIN.
Press the button to turn off or turn on the navigate function. SDS2000X-E supports three navigate types: time, search event, history frame.

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UserInterface
1. Product Logo
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2. Channel Label/Waveform
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Different channels are marked by different colors and thecolor of the waveform complies with the color of the channel.

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3. Working state
Available states include Arm, Ready, Trig’d, Stop, Auto.

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4. Horizontal Time Base
Represent the time of each grid on the horizontal axis of the

112screen. You could revolve

to modify the parameter

which is variable from 500ps ~ 100s.
5. Trigger Position
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Use horizontal POSITION
knob to modify theparameter. Turn clockwise or counterclockwise to make thewaveform move right or left, which will respectively cause
the Delay parameter to decrease or increase. Press down theknob to automatically reset the parameter to zero as well as
make the waveform return to horizontal center of the screen.

6. Trigger position
Display the trigger position of the waveform on the screen.
7. Frequency Counter
Display the firmware frequency of current waveform.
8. Sample Rate/Memory Depth
Display the current sample rate and memory depth of the oscilloscope. Use horizontal SCALE knob to modify the parameter.
9. Trigger Setting
Trigger Source
Display the trigger source currently selected. Different labels are displayed when different trigger source are selected and the color of the trigger
parameter area will change accordingly.
Coupling Mode
Trigger Level

Display coupling mode(DC/AC/ LF Reject/HF Reject) of the current trigger source
Display the trigger level value of the current waveform. Press down the knob to reset the parameter to 50% of the waveform.

Trigger Type Display the currently selected trigger type and trigger condition setting. Different labels are displayed when different trigger types are selected. For
example:means triggered on Slop side in edge trigger.
10. Channel Setting
Channel Coupling
Display the selected coupling mode of the current channel. All modes are: DC/AC/GND.
Voltage Scale

Represent the voltage value of each grid on the vertical axis of the screen.

BW Limit If the current “BW Limit” is “On”, then the mark is displayed.
Impedance

Display currently selected impedance (1MΩ) of the channel.

11. Trigger Level Position
Display position of the current channel trigger level. Pressdown the konb to reset the level to vertical center of the waveform.
12. I/O Connection Status
Indicates the USB Host is connected.
Indicate that the WLAN port is connected.
Indicates the Lan port is connected.

Indicate that the WLAN port is disconnected.
Indicates the Lan port is not connected.

13. Menu
Display menus of the currently selected function module. Press any menu softkey to perform corresponding setting
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UsingSecurityLock
If needed, you could use the security lock (please buy it yourself) to lock the instrument in a fixed location. The method: align the clock with the clock hole and plug
it into the lock hole vertically, turn the key clockwise to lock the instrument and then pull the key out.

Security
lock hole

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Trouble
Shooting
The general failures and consequential solutions are listed below. When you find them, please deal with them in the following corresponding ways. If the problem
proves to be unsolvable, please contact SIGLENT as soon as possible.
1. The screen remains dark after power on:(1) Check if the power is correctly connected.
(2) Check if the power switch is faulted.
(3) Check whether the fuse is burned out. If the fuse needs to be changed, please contact SIGLENT as soon as possible and return the instrument to the factory tohave it repaired by service personnel authorized by SIGLENT.
(4) Restart the instrument after completing inspections above(5) If it still does not work normally, please contact SIGLENT.
2. After the signal is sampled, there is no corresponding waveform displaying:(1)Check if the probe is correctly connected to the signal connecting cord.
(2) Check if the signal connecting cord is correctly connected to BNC.
(3) Check if the probe is correctly connected to the item under test.
(4) Check if there are signal generated from the item under test.
(5) Resample the signal.
3.The voltage amplitude measured is higher or lower than the actual value (the error usually occurs in use of the probe):Check if the attenuation
coefficient of the current channel matches with the attenuation ratio of the probe.
4.There is waveform displaying but not stable:(1) Check the trigger source: check whether the “Source” in menu of “TRIG” is the actual operating channel.
(2) Check if the waveform is wrong: it is easy for us to regard the wrong waveform as the real when a high frequency signal is connected to the instrument. You’dbetter make sure that the current time base is correct.
(3) Check the trigger type: “Edge” trigger suits to general signal and “Video” trigger suits to video signal. Only in correct trigger type can the waveform stably
displays.
(4) Change the setting of trigger holdoff.
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Shooting

5. No display after pressing:

Check whether the trigger Mode is “Normal” or “Single”, and if the trigger level exceeds the waveform range. If yes, set the trigger level to the middle or change thetrigger Mode to “Auto”.
Note: press “Auto Scale” could automatically replace the above setting.
6.The waveform displays like ladder:(1) The horizontal time base may be too low, you can increase it to improve the horizontal resolution so as to make a good waveform displaying.
(2) The lines between the sample points may also cause ladder-like displaying if the “Type” in menu of “DISPLAY” is “Vectors”. Please turn the “Type” to “Dots” tosolve the problem.
7.USB storage can’t be recognized:(1) Check if the USB flash disk can work normally.
(2) Check if the USB Device Host can work normally.
(3) Make sure the USB disk being used is of flash type, the instrument does not support USB of hardware type.
(4) Restart the instrument and then insert the USB to check it.
(5) If it is still in abnormal use, please contact with SIGLENT.

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