2.3.5 Stacking Do’s And Don’ts
• Do power off all scopes (remove USB lead) before connecting
and disconnecting scopes from the stack
• Don’t remove any scopes from the stack while the software is
running
• Don’t remove any scopes from the stack while any of them are
powered
• Don’t stack several scopes and leave one or more scopes un-
stacked…this configuration will ignore the un-stacked scopes
• Don’t short circuit any of the stack connector pins, or bend the
pins or use excessive force trying to mate the connectors
• Don’t probe or drive any of the stack connector signals
• Avoid touching the stack connector pins/signals during
stacking
• Do make sure that each stack connector is properly seated in
place before trying to stack another channel on top
• Don’t allow water or dirt etc to enter the scope via the stack
connector access hole
• Do remember that scopes in the stack are NOT isolated from
each other, they are only isolated from the USB ports. To
re-iterate, stacked scopes have their BNC connector bodies
connected together through the stack connector.
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