Getting Started
30 Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement 
System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
This chapter introduces the features of the Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, 
the Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, and the Agilent 8166A 
Lightwave Multichannel System. Here you will find a quick description of the 
instrument, how to use the user interface and how to perform a simple sample 
session.
The central element of the instrument is the Agilent 8163A Lightwave 
Multimeter, the Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, and the 
Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel System mainframes. You customize the 
instrument using plug-in modules and changeable fiber-connector interfaces. You 
can use this instrument as a tunable laser source and also to take associated 
measurements.