Agilent 4155B/4156B User’s Guide Vol.2, Edition 5 4-37
Making a Measurement
Knob Sweep Measurements
To copy knob sweep setups
Select SETUP COPY primary softkey. This copies knob sweep setups to the
MEASURE: SWEEP SETUP and DISPLAY: DISPLAY SETUP screens. Then you
can see the setups on the screens, and use the setups for the normal sweep
measurement.
Note that the power compliance function is not available for the knob sweep
measurement. So the POWER COMP column is set to OFF.
Softkey Description
VAR1 SETUP Used to change VAR1 sweep source setup. The
following secondary softkeys are available:
SWEEP MODE Sets sweep mode to SINGLE or
DOUBLE.
POLARITY Sets polarity of VAR1 output to
POS, NEG, or BIPOLAR.
VAR1 RANGE Sets VAR1 sweep range. This
sets X-axis scale.
NO OF STEPS Sets number of sweep steps.
COMPLIANCE Sets VAR1 compliance value.
This sets Y-axis scale.
HOLD TIME Sets hold time.
STEP TIME Sets step time.
VAR2 SETUP Used to change VAR2 sweep source setup. The
following secondary softkeys are available:
VAR2 START Sets VAR2 sweep start value.
VAR2 STEP Sets VAR2 sweep steps.
VAR2 POINTS Sets number of sweep steps.
COMPLIANCE Sets VAR2 compliance value.
CONST SETUP Used to change CONST source setup. Secondary
softkeys are available for selecting CONST source.
Select a secondary softkey to change the CONST
source output value.