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Channel Labels

Now we focus on the left hand side of the UI, which is the channel label area. This is where we can manage all our channels, buses, and protocol decoders.

Channel Labels

What's displayed in the channel label area?

  • Channel names and numbers
  • Bus groupings
  • Protocol decode configurations
  • Signal activity indicators (if enabled)
  • Trigger conditions (if enabled)

Label Types

Digital Channel

Digital Channel

Analog Channel

Note

Only available for Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope series.

Analog Channel

Parallel Bus

Parallel Bus

Protocol Decoder

Protocol Decoder

For protocol decoders, there is a gear icon icon on the top-right corner of the label. Clicking on it will open the protocol decoder settings dialog.

Operations

Add channels

Once you click the Add Channel icon, a dropdown list pops up with the options you can add.

Add Channel

Delete channels

Select the labels to delete first, then click on the Delete Channel button to delete the selected labels.

Combine channels

Drag one label onto another to form parallel buses.

Customization

Left-click on a channel label to open the channel settings dialog.

Channel Settings

This allows you to:

  • Adjust the source for this channel label by selecting from the Signal dropdown list (it does not change the actual recorded data)
  • Rename the channel by editing the text field
  • Edit the display format
  • Edit the colors
  • Choose whether to use inverted display

Tip

Use descriptive names like "SDA", "Clock", "CS" instead of "CH0", "CH1" to make it easier to understand.

For protocol decoders, you can check the Suspend Decode checkbox to stop the decoder from analyzing the data when the waveform area refreshes.