Owon VDS6104P User manual

, a product of Lilliput
4-CH VDS6000 Series PC Oscilloscopes
(VDS6074/A, VDS6104/A, VDS6104P)
User Manual
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Warranty
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Table of Contents
I. General Safety Requirements .................................................................................................５
II. Safety Terms and Signs ..........................................................................................................６
III. PC Configuration Requirements ........................................................................................... ９
IV. Communication Interface Introduction ...................................................................................... １０
V. How to Communicate the Device with PC ................................................................................ １１
i. software installation solution ................................................................................................. １１
ii. to install NI-VISA driver ......................................................................................................... １１
iii. to install PC Software ........................................................................................................... １８
iv. to work PC Software ............................................................................................................. １８
v. to communicate the device with PC ....................................................................................１８
VI. Operation Interface of PC Software .......................................................................................... １９
VII. Device Operation ........................................................................................................................ ２２
i. how to set the probe compensation .....................................................................................２２
ii. how to set the vertical system from PC software ............................................................. ２２
iii. how to set the horizontal system from PC software ........................................................２４
iv. how to set the trigger system from PC software .............................................................. ２４
v. how to set channel from PC software .................................................................................２７
vi. how to use automatic measurement ..................................................................................２９
vii. how to set sampling mode ..................................................................................................３１
viii. how to use cursor measurement ...................................................................................... ３４
ix. how to set the display system .............................................................................................３６
x. how to change utility setting ................................................................................................. ３７
xi. how to use main action button ............................................................................................３９
xii. how to use socket connection ............................................................................................４０
xiii. how to use LAN communication interface ...................................................................... ４４
xiv. how to work WiFi with PC software ..................................................................................５２
VIII. Technical Specifications ............................................................................................................５９
IX. Appendix ........................................................................................................................................ ６４
Appendix A. Device Accessory List .........................................................................................６４
Appendix B. Device Maintenance ........................................................................................... ６５

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I. General Safety Requirements
! Before using the device, Lilliput strongly recommend to browse “Safety Warnings” carefully and completely, so as to
avoid any possible human body injury, or any damages to the device, or its accessories, or communicating facility. !
Safety Warnings
i. The device only been allowed to work within specified application scenario.
ii. Before communicating the device with PC, please refer to user manual to familiarize the allowed rating
value completely.
iii. Making sure the allowed rating value of all terminals been well-followed, so as to avoid any potential
short circuit or electric shock.
iv. NO direct human body touch with any naked conductor of device when working the device. The naked
conductor covers joints, connecting probe tip, communication interface, and others.
v. No further operation is allowed provided any undetermined failure appears when working the device,
better to seek the assistance of qualified technicians.
vi. DO NOT work the device in humid environment.
vii. DO NOT work the device in the explosive atmospheres.
viii. Keep the device in good ventilation environment, and always keep the device surface clean and dry.
ix. Better to send the device to qualified technicians for necessary maintenance.

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II. Safety Terms and Signs
Safety Terms
Terms in this user manual. It covers,
Warning which indicates the condition or the operation may cause body injury or permanent
life loss.
Caution which indicates the condition or the operation may cause device damage, or its
accessory damage, or communicated facility damage.
Terms on the device. It covers,
Danger which indicates the operation may result in the immediate human body injury.
Warning which indicates the operation may result in potential human body injury.
Caution which indicates the operation may result in potential damage to the device, or its
accessory, or communicating facility.
Safety Signs
Signs on the device. It covers,
Hazardous Voltage
(please refer to user manual for
further details)
Protective Earth Terminal
Chassis Ground
Communication Interface Ground

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To avoid possible human body injury, and / or device damage, and / or its accessory or communicating
facility damage, before working the device, Lilliput strongly recommend to read the following safety
information,
Warning
To avoid any potential short circuit or electric shock, DO use the power adapter of original local standard,
or recommended by Lilliput.
Warning
The channels of the device is non-isolated electrically. When working the device, to avoid possible short
circuit, the ground of two probes are NOT allowed to connect to 2 different non-isolated DC level.
The illustration of the device’s built-in ground wire connection -
When the device communicating with PC via USB communication interface (with PC powered by AC
power source), the illustration of the ground wire connection -
It is NOT allowed to measure AC power when the device been powered by AC power source through the
adapter, or when the device powered by PC through USB connection cable (via USB communication
interface of PC, with PC powered by AC power source).

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Warning
When the device input is getting through the voltage larger than 42 Vp-p (30Vrms), or on circuit of
4800+VA, to avoid any potential short circuit or electric shock -
i. DO use probes and adapter come along with the original device, or those ones recommended by Lilliput.
ii. Before working the device, DO check probes and accessories carefully to see whether any mechanical
damages exists, making sure probes and accessories in normal-working status.
iii. When device in non-working condition, to remove probes and accessories firstly, then put them in
suitable places.
iv. When working the device in CAT II environment,
DO NOT get the 40+ V input voltage from earth surface through any non-isolated input;
DO NOT get the 40+ V input voltage of dropout voltage through any non-isolated input
v. DO NOT input the voltage larger than the rated one, especially when probe attenuation set in 1:1, since
the voltage from probe tip will go through to the device itself.
vi. NO NOT contact the exposed part of metal BNC terminal directly by hand or any other human body
part.
vii. DO NOT insert any metal object into device connectors.
- Note -
i). The rated voltage mentioned in point v. is the fixed value of working voltage, matching VACrms / 50 - 60Hz under AC sine
wave application, and VDC under DC sine wave application;
ii). CAT II indicates local level for electrical appliance and portable device.

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III. PC Configuration Requirements
Minimum System Requirement -
CPU:
Pentium® 4/ 2.4 GHz
Internal Memory:
1GB
Effective Hard Disk Space:
1GB
Recommended System Requirement -
CPU:
Pentium® Dual-Core/ 2.4 GHz
Internal Memory:
2GB
Effective Hard Disk Space:
2GB
Other Requirement -
Operating System:
Windows 11, or Windows 10 /
8 / 7 / Vista / XP (32-bit, or
64-bit)
macOS 10.15.x / 10.14.x /
10.13.x
Communication Interface:
USB 2.0, or USB1.1; LAN
LCD Resolution:
1024 x 768, or above

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IV. Communication Interface Introduction
Figue IV-1. Communication Interface of the Device
1. CH1: for signal input
2. CH2: for signal input
3. CH3: for signal input
4. CH4: for signal input
5. power input: for AC-DC adapter
6. USB host: for Wi-Fi extension
7. USB device (type-C): for PC communication
Note: when the device powered by PC USB connection cable (via USB communication interface of PC, with PC powered by
AC power source), without adapter connection, the input current should reach 1.5A or above.
8. LAN: for PC communication within network
9. Built-in Signal (3.3 V/1 kHz) Output: for probe compensation

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V. How to Communicate the Device with PC
to communicate the device with PC, it’s a must to install software firstly.
i. software installation solution
i). full installation
Target user(s): general PC oscilloscope user(s), and programmer(s) gets secondary development
need
Installation process -
On the basis that NI-VISA driver or similar VISA driver already worked normally onto PC, to install
“VDS6000Series_PC_Software.exe” from accompanying CD which comes along with the device.
Provided no proper VISA driver found onto target PC, as first step, to install
“ni-visa_19.5_online_repack.exe*” from accompanying CD which comes along with the device.
*. This .exe file will instruct the users to download NI-VISA driver, and the users could choose necessary NI package
kit in the process as well.
The second step is to run “VDS6000Series_PC_Software.exe”.
Note: According to the user preferences, different version NI-VSA available via -
visiting www.ni.com through web browser, type “NI-VISA” onto search column, click NI-VISA Download web linkage from
searching results, in accordance with the PC operation system and its version, to choose preferred suitable NI-VISA
version.
ii). simple installation
Target user(s): general PC oscilloscope user(s)
Installation process -
To install Runtime version NI-VISA driver from accompanying CD which comes along with device
firstly, after that, to run “VDS6000Series_PC_Software.exe”.
iii). minimum installation
Target user(s): PC oscilloscope user(s) who only need to communicate the device with PC via direct
network cable (no requirements for USB communication)
Installation process -
To run “VDS6000Series_PC_Software.exe” from accompanying CD which comes along with device
directly.
Note: The user(s) may refer to xii.how to use socket connection for “when the device communicates with PC by
direct network cable”.
ii. to install NI-VISA driver
To assure PC software running normally, and smoothly, it is a must to install NI-VISA driver firstly.
Note: On condition that NI-VISA driver, or similar VISA driver already worked normally onto the target PC, step ii could be
skipped.
To run from accompanying CD which comes along with
device, to start NI-VISA driver installation,

１２
click “Yes” to continue, and following window comes,
dot-tick "I accept the above license agreement", then "Next",

１３
another “Next”, to enter into NI Package Manager processing window,
then this window,
later, when following window appears,

１４
to select additional items you may wish to install,
via scroll bar, to select more necessary options,

１５
from here,
dot-tick "I accept the above 2 license agreements", again "Next",
until this window,
dot-tick "I accept the above 2 license agreements" for another time, and another "Next",

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to welcome “Review” window,
via “Next”,
to get access to NI-VISA installation,
one more “Next”,

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to make your decision at this window,
then press “Ok” to finish the whole process,
this window indicates the successful installation,
to reboot the PC through mouse-clicking “Reboot Now”
After PC restarts, the NI-VISA driver been installed onto target PC successfully.

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iii. to install PC Software
To run “VDS6000Series_PC_Software.exe” from accompanying CD which comes along with device
directly, to install PC software accordingly.
iv. to work PC Software
Via short-cut to PC software from the desktop of target PC, double-click “VDS6000 Series PC DSO” to
start the software.
v. to communicate the device with PC
The user(s) gets 2 options to communicate the device with PC: through USB communication port, or
through LAN port.
to communicate the device with PC through USB communication port
After powering the device via AC-DC adapter, its status indicator lights red for seconds.
Via USB connection cable (type-C), through matching communication interface, to connect the device
with PC. When the status indicator lights green, PC software detects effective USB port, mouse-click the
detected option to communicate the device with PC.
to communicate the device with PC through LAN port
2 solutions available to communicate the device with PC through LAN port -
Solution 1. By socket connection, upon with the combination of IP address and port, please refer to
xii. how to use socket connection from VII. Device Operation.
Solution 2. By adding LAN/LXI network device, please refer to xiii. how to use LAN communication
interface from VII. Device Operation, and xiv. how to work WiFi with PC software from VII. Device
Operation.

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VI. Operation Interface of PC Software
1.
Status Indicating Area: please refer to “Status Details List”
2.
Main Display Area
3.
Red Pointer: to indicate the horizontal position of one conditioned trigger
4.
Violet Pointer: to indicate the trigger position in the recorded data
5.
Time Range measured by certain cursor measurement
6.
Auto Set: please refer to xii. how to use main action button
7.
Run/Stop: please refer to xii. how to use main action button
8.
Single Trigger: please refer to xii. how to use main action button
9.
Back to Home of Function Menu
10.
Hide the current menu
11.
Voltage Range measured by certain cursor measurement
12.
Red Pointer: the trigger level position of Channel 1;
Yellow Pointer: the trigger level position of Channel 2;
Blue Pointer: the trigger level position of Channel 3;
Purple Pointer: the trigger level position of Channel 4

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Via dragging Red / Yellow / Blue / Purple Pointer upwards or downwards, to adjust the trigger level position of Channel
1 / 2 / 3 / 4.
13.
Function Menu: to hide/show it via mouse-clicking ; each side-bar icon matches
corresponding function, please refer to Home of Function Menu for details -
14.
Shortcut to back to default factory settings, please refer to "Default" ;
Shortcut to export signal data, please refer to "Pause & Export" ;
Shortcut to switch between 3-window / 1-window VIEW. When working in 3-window VIEW, the
upper-left window is for XY mode.
Shortcut to hide/show Function Menu
15.
Trigger extension window, please refer to iv. how to set the trigger system from PC software
16.
Sample and Period extension window, please refer to
iii. how to set the horizontal system from PC software
17.
Channel extension window for Channel 4, please refer to ii. how to set the vertical system from PC software
18.
Channel extension window for Channel 3, please refer to
ii. how to set the vertical system from PC software
19.
Channel extension window for Channel 2, please refer to
ii. how to set the vertical system from PC software
20.
Channel extension window for Channel 1, please refer to ii. how to set the vertical system from PC software
21.
Measurement Details extension window for Channel 1 / 2 / 3 / 4, please refer to
vi. how to use automatic measurement
22.
Cursor Measurement extension window, please refer to ix. how to use cursor measurement
23.
Purple Pointer: to show the grounding base point (zero point) of Channel 4; provided no Yellow
Pointer comes, it means Channel 4 is off.
24.
Blue Pointer: to show the grounding base point (zero point) of Channel 3; provided no Red Pointer
comes, it means Channel 3 is off.
25.
Yellow Pointer: to show the grounding base point (zero point) of Channel 2; provided no Yellow
Pointer comes, it means Channel 2 is off.
26.
Red Pointer: to show the grounding base point (zero point) of Channel 1; provided no Red Pointer
comes, it means Channel 1 is off.
27.
The Displayed Area of Input Signal from Channel 1.