Using the System Utilities Additional Information
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
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2 Move to the <GPIB Address> menu option and press Enter. You see a box
displaying the current GPIB address.
3 Enter an integer value between 0 and 30 into this box and press Enter. The
address is set to this value.
NOTE Avoid using 21as the GPIB address because this number is often the controller’s
default GPIB address.
How to Select the Printer Type
You can use a printer connected to the parallel port on the rear panel of your
mainframe, see “Input and Output Connectors” on page 216 for a diagram of
your mainframe’s rear panel.
You can print out any of the following information:
• a help screen, see “How to Get Help” on page 44,
• data from an application, see “Printing Application Measurement Results” on
page 194.
To select a printer type:
1 Press the Config hardkey.
2 Move to the <Printer Type> menu option and press Enter. You see a box, as
shown in Figure 34, displaying the following printer types:
– <HP PCL>, you can use any printer that uses the Hewlett-Packard Printer
Control Language Level 3 or higher, and
Figure 33 Entering a GPIB Address