Agilent Technologies 8163A User Guide

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Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
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Figure 1 USA Safety Labels (81655A, 81656A, 81657A) . . . . . . . 8
Figure 2 Non-USA Safety Labels (81655A, 81656A, 81657A) . . . . . . 9
Figure 3 USA Safety Labels (81640A, 81680A, 81682A, 81689A) . . . . . 9
Figure 4 Non-USA Safety Labels (81640A, 81680A, 81682A, 81689A) . . . . 10
Figure 5 The Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter Mainframe. . . . . . 31
Figure 6 The Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System Mainframe . . . 32
Figure 7 The Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel System Mainframe . . . 33
Figure 8 The Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System User Interface . . 34
Figure 9 The Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter User Interface . . . . . 35
Figure 10 The Agilent 8163A’s Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 11 The Agilent 8164A’s Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 12 The Agilent 8166A’s Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 13 The Cursor Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 14 The Modify Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 15 The Agilent 8163A’s Details Screen for a Power Sensor Channel . . . 40
Figure 16 The Agilent 8164A’s Details Screen for a Tunable Laser Channel . . . 41
Figure 17 The Agilent 8166A’s Details Screen for a Power Sensor Channel . . . 41
Figure 18 The Agilent 8163A/6A Menu for a Power Sensor Channel . . . . . 42
Figure 19 The Agilent 8164A Menu for a Power Sensor Channel . . . . . 42
Figure 20 The Agilent 8163A System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . 43
Figure 21 The Agilent 8164A System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . 43
Figure 22 The Agilent 8164A Help Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 23 The Agilent 8164A Help Index . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 24 The Applications Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 25 The First Digit Before the Decimal Point is Highlighted First . . . . 47
Figure 26 Averaging Time Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 27 Connecting the Instrument for the Sample Session . . . . . . 51
Figure 28 The Agilent 8163A/6A System Configuration Menu . . . . . . 55
Figure 29 The Agilent 8164A System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . 55
Figure 30 Entering a Contrast Value . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 31 Entering a Backlight Value . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 32 Editing the Date and the Time . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 33 Entering a GPIB Address . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 34 Selecting a Printer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 35 Unlocking the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 36 Changing the Triggering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 37 Enabling/Disabling the Foot Pedal . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 38 Slots with Installed Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 39 Viewing Information About a Module . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 40 Viewing Information About the Mainframe . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 41 Rear Panel of the Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System . . . 66
Figure 42 The Number of Digits Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 43 Selecting the Power Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 44 Referencing Another Channel . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 45 Module Channels that are Settling . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 46 Zeroing Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 47 Zeroing Fails, if the Power Meter Receives Input Light. . . . . . 79
Figure 48 Auto-Range Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Agilent Technologies 8163A Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	8163A
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English