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EasyScopeIII for DS60M10
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Issue Date: 2019-03-22

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Table of Contents
1Introduction.................................................................... 5
2Installing EasyScopeIII .................................................. 6
2.1 Windows ................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Installing the software ............................................................................... 6
2.1.2 Installing the USB Driver ............................................................................ 8
2.2 Mac OS...................................................................................... 9
3Scope Mode ................................................................... 12
3.1 Overview................................................................................. 12
3.2 Features.................................................................................. 12
3.3 Front Panel Functions ............................................................. 13
3.3.1 Run/Stop and Single Buttons .....................................................................13
3.3.2 Time Base Settings ...................................................................................14
3.3.3 Volts/div Settings .....................................................................................15
3.3.4 GND .......................................................................................................15
3.3.5 Trigger Settings .......................................................................................17
3.3.6 AC/DC Coupling .......................................................................................19
3.3.7 Invert .....................................................................................................20
3.3.8 XY ..........................................................................................................20
3.3.9 Slider......................................................................................................21
3.3.10 FFT Display..............................................................................................21
3.3.11 Meter A and Meter B .................................................................................24
3.3.12 Cursors ...................................................................................................25
3.3.13 Upsampling .............................................................................................27
3.3.14 Auto Set..................................................................................................29
3.4 Menu Functions....................................................................... 29
3.4.1 File Menu ................................................................................................29
3.4.2 Screen Menu............................................................................................29
3.4.3 Tools Menu ..............................................................................................32
3.4.4 Display Options ........................................................................................34
3.4.5 Help Menu ...............................................................................................34
3.5 Error Messages ....................................................................... 35
3.5.1 Please Connect DS60M10 HS Scope............................................................35

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3.5.2 For XY Mode, both Channel A and B should be on .........................................35
3.5.3 Please run scope first................................................................................35
3.5.4 Cannot start scope ...................................................................................35
4Logger Mode ................................................................. 36
4.1 Overview................................................................................. 36
4.2 Features.................................................................................. 37
4.3 Front Panel Functions ............................................................. 37
4.3.1 Start Button.............................................................................................37
4.3.2 Stop Button .............................................................................................38
4.3.3 Sample Interval .......................................................................................38
4.3.4 Channel Enable buttons.............................................................................39
4.3.5 Slide bar .................................................................................................40
4.3.6 Scale Panel ..............................................................................................40
4.4 Toolbar Buttons ...................................................................... 40
4.4.1 Open Chart..............................................................................................40
4.4.2 Save Chart ..............................................................................................40
4.4.3 Print Chart Area .......................................................................................40
4.4.4 Copy Chart to Clipboard ............................................................................41
4.4.5 Zoom In/Out............................................................................................41
4.4.6 Cursors ...................................................................................................41
4.4.7 TestMode Waveform .................................................................................44
4.4.8 Memo Window .........................................................................................44
4.4.9 Info Window ............................................................................................44
4.4.10 X-Control Window.....................................................................................44
4.4.11 Y-Control Window.....................................................................................44
4.5 Sub Panel Functions................................................................ 45
4.5.1 Memo Window .........................................................................................45
4.5.2 Info Window ............................................................................................46
4.5.3 X-Control Window.....................................................................................46
4.5.4 Y-Control Window.....................................................................................47
4.6 Menu Functions....................................................................... 48
4.6.1 File Menu ................................................................................................48
4.6.2 Run Menu................................................................................................49
4.6.3 Edit Menu ................................................................................................49
4.6.4 View Menu...............................................................................................53
4.6.5 Window Menu ..........................................................................................55

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4.6.6 Help Menu ...............................................................................................55
4.6.7 Mode Menu ..............................................................................................55
4.7 Technical Support ................................................................... 56
5Contact Information...................................................... 57
Appendix A - List of Figures & Tables................................. 58
List of Figures ................................................................................. 58
List of Tables ................................................................................... 59
Appendix B - Revision History............................................ 60

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1Introduction
EasyScopeIII is an easy to use but powerful Digital Sampling Oscilloscope application program for the
USB Instruments DS60M10.
Figure 1- EasyScopeIII GUI

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2Installing EasyScopeIII
EasyScopeIII can be installed on both Windows and Mac OS. This section guides the users through the
process of installing the application on each operating system.
2.1 Windows
2.1.1 Installing the software
Before connecting the instrument to the PC, EasyScopeIII program should be installed. The software can
be downloaded royalty-free from the Connective Peripherals website:
https://www.connectiveperipherals.com/products/usb-instruments/usb-oscilloscope/ds60m10.html
Start the installation by double-clicking the installation package. The following screen will appear.
Figure 2- Setup Wizard - Welcome
Click on the “Next” button to bring the License Agreement screen.
Figure 3- Setup Wizard –License Agreement

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If you agree with the terms and conditions of the Licence Agreement, click on “I Agree” button, else
click on “Cancel” button. Agreeing on the terms and conditions will bring to the following screen.
Figure 4- Setup Wizard –Installation Location
Select the directory where you wish to install the EasyScopeIII software. A default directory is shown on
the screen. Click the “Install” button to continue the installation process.
Figure 5- Setup Wizard –Installation Progress
As shown above, a progress screen will appear as the files are being installed. Installation may take few
seconds. Upon successful installation, the following screen will appear.

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Figure 6- Setup Wizard –Installation Complete
2.1.2 Installing the USB Driver
Before using EasyScopeIII the USB driver needs to be installed. This is done by plugging the instrument
into a spare USB port on the PC. The instrument should be plugged into a USB hub port of your PC or
alternatively, a self-powered USB hub (one that has its own power supply).
If this is the first time that the instrument has been plugged in, Windows will request the USB drivers for
your product and will display a Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box. The example below is for
Windows Vista but the procedure is very similar for other Windows versions.
Connect the instrument to a spare USB port on the PC or self-powered hub. The following screen will
appear to begin guiding you through the driver installation.
Figure 7- New Hardware Found UI
Select “Locate and install driver software (recommended)”. Wait for few minutes for the device
driver to be installed. If it’s successful, the following popup will appear."

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2.2 Mac OS
The USB driver for Mac OS is embedded within the software. As a result, no separate installation for the
driver is needed.
To install EasyScopeIII on Mac OS, the following steps should be followed. The example below is for Mac
OS X Mountain Lion but the procedure should be very similar for other Mac OS versions.
By default, MAC OS may not allow unsigned third-party applications to be installed. In order to overcome
this restriction, the security settings need to be changed.
Click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen and choose System Preferences.
Next, click on Security & Privacy icon.
Figure 8- System Preference Window
To edit the security settings, click the padlock icon in the bottom left of the window.
Figure 9- Security & Privacy Window
The Mac credentials will need to be confirmed before the settings can be changed, enter them and hit
Unlock.

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Figure 10- System Preference Window –Unlock screen
On the following screen, under the options for "Allow applications downloaded from", click on the
"Anywhere" radio button. Upon clicking, a confirmation window will be displayed, click on "Allow From
Anywhere".
Figure 11- Security & Privacy Window
After the security settings have been changed, EasyScopeIII can be installed on the Mac. Download the
royalty-free installer EasyScopelll.dmg from the Connective Peripherals website:
https://www.connectiveperipherals.com/products/usb-instruments/usb-oscilloscope/ds60m10.html
After the download is completed, double click on the file to unpack it.

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Figure 12- EasyScopeIII app Icon
Copy EasyScopelll.app to Applications folder to complete the installation.
Figure 13- Applications Folder

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3Scope Mode
3.1 Overview
The Scope screen is split into several functional areas as shown in the picture below. The sections that
follow illustrate how to use the settings to control the functions of the instrument.

Figure 14- Oscilloscope Mode GUI
1. Horizontal Slide Bar.
2. XY Mode.
3. FFT Display.
4. Channel Settings.
5. AC/DC Coupling.
6. Adjust Ground Reference.
7. Display Trace.
8. Invert Data.
9. Hardware Indicator.
10. Hardware List Refresh.
11. Auto Set Function.
3.2 Features
Easy to use visual display
F.F.T. (Fast Fourier Transform) display
2 oscilloscope channels
Advanced trigger settings including edge and pulse triggering
Delayed time base function
External trigger
Integrated digital volt meters
Auto Set function
Time base from 100 ns/div to 200 ms/div

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Input ranges from 0.025 V/div to 5 V/div
Cursor markers for voltage measurement
Cursor markers for time / frequency measurement
Save oscilloscope screens to Windows BMP files
Saves previously selected Gain, Time Base, Trigger Settings.
Export most recent oscilloscope traces to a CSV file
Screen printout facility
AC/DC coupling support
Support for x1 and x10 probes
Persistence mode display
Upsampling
3.3 Front Panel Functions
3.3.1 Run/Stop and Single Buttons
Before running the scope, select the hardware from the combo box as shown below.
This combo box shows “No Hardware found” when no hardware is connected and the name of the device
when Hardware is connected. The Refresh button on the right of the combo box can be clicked to update
the hardware list.
On starting the scope, the program is in idle mode and displays two buttons on the bottom toolbar with
the captions "Single" and "Run". In order to display a trace on the oscilloscope you need to click on either
of the "Run" or "Single" buttons.
On clicking the "Run" or "Single" buttons captured data will be displayed on the screen providing that the
trigger conditions are met or auto trigger is enabled and the trace display buttons are active.
The "Run" button is used to continuously capture and display data. When the "Run" button is clicked, the
capture / display begin and the caption of the button changes to "Stop". Please refer to the figure below.
The "Single" button is not active as the two functions are mutually exclusive. To stop the capture, click
on the "Stop" button and the oscilloscope will change back into idle mode.
The "Single" button captures one screen's worth of data then returns the program to idle mode. When
the "Single" button is clicked, the instrument waits on the trigger conditions being met before updating
the display with a single buffer of data and the caption of the "Run" button changes to "Stop".
The "Single" button is "greyed-out" as the function is currently running. If the instrument does not
trigger, it can be returned to idle mode by clicking the "Stop" button.
The last captured data buffer will remain displayed on the screen as long as the user does not change
any of the oscilloscope settings. If desired, the screen display can be saved to a WindowsBitmap (.bmp)
format file, exported to a comma separated values (.csv) file for analysis using third party programs or
can be printed by any printer connected to the P.C. These subjects are dealt with in later topics.

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An alternative to the Run / Stop button is provided through the File Menu at the top of the application
screen. Click on "File" to select the drop down menu as shown in the figure below.
Click on "Run" or "Stop" as desired. Clicking on "Exit" will quit the EasyScope application.
3.3.2 Time Base Settings
The time base settings are adjusted by clicking on the rotary switch in the Time base Panel. There are 20
possible settings ranging from 200 ms/division to 100 ns/division.
The knob can be rotated by the left mouse button (click and drag) or the arrow buttons on the keyboard.
Figure 15- Time based settings
Please note, at the lower speed settings there will be a noticeable delay between clicking on the "Run"
button and the trace appearing on the oscilloscope screen. This is because the sampling (conversion) rate
is low and it takes more time to capture a buffers worth of data.
The time base setting changes the sampling rate of the oscilloscope. The sampling rate is displayed below
the plot window.
The time base setting value is also updated below the plot window as shown in the box below.

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3.3.3 Volts/div Settings
The input gain is adjusted by clicking on the Volts/Div rotary switch on each of the channel settings
control panels as shown below. Channels A and B have independent gain settings.
The knobs can be rotated by the left mouse button (click and drag) or the arrow buttons on the
keyboard.
Figure 16- Volts/div Settings
There are 8 gain settings available. Please note that if a gain setting is too high for the input signal,
clipping will occur. To avoid clipping, select a larger voltage scale.
In addition, the settings depend on if the oscilloscope probe used is an x1 (1MΩ input impedance) or a
x10 (10MΩ input impedance). If an x10 oscilloscope probe is used then enable the X10 setting by clicking
on the X10 button located below the rotary switch. This will re-scale the switch.
The current gain setting is also displayed at the bottom right of the oscilloscope grid for both the
channels as shown in the figure below.
3.3.4 GND
The ground (0V) reference is shown by a small arrow on the left hand side of the screen. The colour of
the arrow matches the colour of the trace display. The default colours are yellow for channel A and red
for channel B as shown below.

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In the figure below, the Channel A and B Ground cursors are shown on the left side of the plot area.
Initially the arrows for the both the channels are overlapped and “Overlapped” text is indicated. Please
refer to the figure below.
To adjust the ground reference setting, use the "GND" Slider on each channel control panel as shown in
the figure below. Each GND reference button will adjust the ground reference for that channel only. The
GND reference can be changed both in idle mode and in run mode.
The slider can be adjusted by the left mouse button (click and drag) or the arrow buttons on the
keyboard.

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3.3.5 Trigger Settings
Basic trigger settings are configured using the controls on the trigger panel as shown in the figure below.
Figure 17- Trigger Settings
Auto
Allows the scope to free-run and constantly collect data without waiting for a trigger event.
ChA
Forces the scope to wait on a trigger event on Channel A defined by the other trigger controls before the
display is updated.
ChB
Forces the scope to wait on a trigger event on Channel B defined by the other trigger controls before the
display is updated.
Triggered Indicator
The “Triggered” indicator shows whether the scope was triggered by the selected condition(s).
Trigger Modes
Edge Trigger
The default mode is edge trigger which can be set to trigger on a rising or falling edge using the front
panel. The default is the rising edge.
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The figure below shows a rising edge. The dotted blue line indicates the trigger point.
Figure 18- Rising Edge
The figure below shows a falling edge. The dotted blue line indicates the trigger point.
Figure 19- Falling Edge
Pulse Trigger
Pulse from this menu disables edge trigger and enables pulse trigger. The user must select either
Negative or Positive pulse from a sub menu as shown in the figure below.
The figure below shows the Pulse Width Trigger option.

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The user can then select options to trigger on a pulse of length greater than or less than the time
indicated by the horizontal slide bar. The value of the slide bar is displayed in the box above the slide bar
may be changed by clicking on and dragging the slider.
This triggering method can be an extremely useful tool for finding "glitches".
The Box that displays Pulse Width values is a read-only.
External Trigger
Forces the scope to wait on a level sensitive external trigger event. When this option is selected, the
High/Low button becomes visible as shown in the figure below.
This will cause the scope to trigger when the external trigger input signal is above or below the external
trigger level. Please note that this option uses the right hand BNC connector with the green LED.
The external trigger voltage is limited between -3.3V to 3.3V due to the Hardware.
Other Controls
Trigger Level Slider
Use the "Trigger Level" slider to set the desired trigger level voltage. The trigger level is shown as an
arrow with a "T" to the right of the oscilloscope screen and is displayed numerically beside the slider. The
colour of the "T" arrow matches the colour of the trace that has been selected as the trigger source. If
Ext trigger is selected, the "T" arrow colour is magenta.
Delay from Trigger
The Delay from Trigger option allows the data capture to be delayed from the trigger point by a specified
time by using the by using the Delay from Main Time Base slide bar.
The delay timer box that displays values is a read-only as shown in the figure below.
The delay range values are updated according to the time base settings.
3.3.6 AC/DC Coupling
AC/DC coupling is controlled by miniature relays inside the oscilloscope. To select AC or DC coupling click
on the AC/DC selector switch on each channel control panel. This will instruct the oscilloscope to change
the coupling from AC to DC or vice-versa for that channel.
DC coupling allows both DC and AC signals through, while AC coupling accepts only AC signals. If the
oscilloscope is AC coupled, then the DC portion of the waveform is blocked and only the AC portion is
displayed.

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As an example, the figure below shows AC coupling selected.
3.3.7 Invert
An invert button is located on each of the channel control panels.
Clicking the invert button has the effect of flipping the captured data about the ground reference value
for that channel.
3.3.8 XY
The XY button changes the trace display from a Voltage versus time (YT) format into a XY format. The XY
mode displays the voltage of channel A versus the voltage of channel B.
Channel A is mapped to the X-axis and Channel B is mapped to the Y-axis.
The screenshot below gives an example for the XY display of two sine waves that have the same
amplitude, frequency and differ by 90 degrees in phase.
Figure 20- XY Mode