Tektronix TDS 524a

<p>Hi&lt;br&gt; Just looking for some advice. I recently purchased a TDS 524a scope without probes. I am trying to test it's functionality with a P6100&amp;#160; but am unable to get a trace/signal from the probe calibration output. Is this dedicated to a P6139 probe? If I feed in an external test signal a trace is displayed correctly.&lt;br&gt; Thank you&amp;#160;&lt;br&gt; JK</p>

Hello,<br> <br> While the P6100 isn't the best probe to use with the TDS524A due to the probe's compensation range being 10-35pf and the TDS's input capacitance being at the edge of its range 10pf.&#160; There should still be a signal, but it will appear distorted.&#160;<br> <br> In this case the probe compensation port might be non functional.&#160; If possible, consider using a second known good oscilloscope to measure your TDS524A's compensation test point.&#160;&#160;