Adding Characteristics using the Add Trace Characteristics Dialog Box

You can add characteristics to a selected trace by selecting from the Add Trace Characteristics dialog box.

Follow this procedure to add additional characteristics to a selected trace:

1. Select a trace in a report plot or legend.
2. Select Report 2D > Trace Characteristics, or right-click a trace.
3. Select All. The Add Trace Characteristics dialog box appears.

   

4. Select the Category. The available categories depend on the plot, and the selecting of a category displays its associated functions.
   

   Category	Functions
   Recent	Displays the most recent functions used, sorted by the time they were added.
   Favorites	Displays all favorites. The defaults are max, min, and pk2pk.
   All	Displays all available functions.
   Math	avgabs, integ, integabs, max, mean, min, pk2pk, pkavg, ripple, rms, rmsAC, stddev, sum, variance, XatYMax, XatYMin, XatYVal, XWidthAtYVal, YatXMax, YatXMin, YatXVal
   PulseWidth	pulsefall9010, pulsefront1090, pulsefront3090, pulsemax, pulsemaxtime, pulsemin, pulsemintime, pulsetail50, pulsewidth5050, pw_minus, pw_minus_avg, pw_minus_max, pw_minus_min, pw_minus_rms, pw_plus, pw_plus_avg, pw_plus_max, pw_plus_min, pw_plus_rms
   Overshoot/ Undershoot	overshoot, overshootAbs, undershoot, undershootAbs
   TR & DC	crestfactor, deadtime, delaytime, distortion, formfactor, fundamentalmag, risetime, settlingtime
   Error	iae, ise, itae, itse
   Period	per, pmax, pmin, prms
   AC	gainmargin, phasemargin, gaincrossover, phasecrossover, lowercutoff, uppercutoff, bandwidth, peakgain, peakgainfreq
   Radiation	lSidelobeY, rSidelobeY, lSidelobeX, rSidelobeX, xdb10Beamwidth, xdb20Beamwidth
   Eye Measurements	EyeLevelZero, EyeLevelOne, EyeAmplitude, EyeHeight, EyeSignalToNoise, EyeOpeningFactor, EyeWidth, EyeJitterP2P, EyeJitterRMS, EyeRiseTime, EyeFallTime, MinEyeWidth, MinEyeHeight
   TDR	Shunt_C_in_pF, Series_L_in_nH

   
   

For a selected function, the Add Trace Characteristics dialog box displays the function’s purpose in a text field. For a list of functions and their definitions, see the table in Defining Traces Using Range Functions.

5. Some categories and functions call for you to specify one or two additional values in a table. Click Save as Default to save these values. The Default column shows a Y if there is a saved default value for the function.

   

6. Select the Current sticky range overrides saved default check box if you do not want the range value in the table to change when the function selection is changed; in this case, the current range value becomes the sticky range. If the check box iscleared, the range value is updated from the saved default values and becomes a new sticky range.
7. Click Add Trace Characteristic to add the specified characteristics to the trace.
8. Click Close.

Related Topics 

Adding a Characteristic to a Trace

Adding Trace Characteristics to your Favorites

Removing All Trace Characteristics

Adding a Recently Used Trace Characteristic

Adding a Trace Characteristic from Favorites