Tektronix 744A User Manual

Performance Verification Procedures

TDS 684A, TDS 744A, & TDS 784A Service Manual

Throughout these procedures the following conventions apply:

H Each test procedure uses the following general format:

Title of Test

Equipment Required

Prerequisites

Procedure

H Each procedure consists of as many steps, substeps, and subparts as required

to do the test. Steps, substeps, and subparts are sequenced as follows:

1. First Step

a. First Substep

H First Subpart

H Second Subpart

b. Second Substep

2. Second Step

H In steps and substeps, the lead-in statement in italics instructs you what to

do, while the instructions that follow tell you how to do it, as in the example
step below, “Initialize the oscilloscope” by doing “Press save/recall SETUP.
Now, press the main-menu button...”.

Initialize the oscilloscope: Press save/recall SETUP. Now, press the
main-menu button Recall Factory Setup; then the side-menu button OK
Confirm Factory Init.

H Where instructed to use a front-panel button or knob, or select from a main

or side menu, or verify a readout or status message, the name of the button or
knob appears in boldface type: “press SHIFT; then UTILITY, press the
main-menu button System until Cal is highlighted in the pop-up menu.
Verify that the status message is Pass in the main menu under the Voltage
Reference label.”

H Refer to Figure 4–1: “Main menu” refers to the menu that labels the seven

menu buttons under the display; “side menu” refers to the menu that labels