Agilent Technologies 8163A - How to Use Output Triggering

How to Measure Power Power Measurement
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
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5 Press Enter.
You can generate input triggers in any of the following ways:
• trigger the Input Trigger Connector on the rear panel of your instrument,
• set <Trigger Configuration> to <Loopback> so that an output trigger
automatically generates an input trigger, or
• use the
:TRIGger GPIB command, see your mainframe’s Programming Guide.
How to Use Output Triggering
You can configure Agilent 8163A Series Power Meter modules to output a trigger
when the instrument performs certain tasks.
To set your module’s Output Trigger Configuration:
1 See “How to Set the Trigger Configuration” on page 62 for how to configure
the trigger connectors.
2 Move to the Power Meter channel and press the [Menu] softkey.
3 Move to <Output Trigger Mode>, by using the cursor key, and press Enter.
You will see the screen in Figure 59.
4 Move to one of the following, by using the cursor key:
– <Averaging Time Over>, a trigger is output when the averaging time period
of a measurement finishes.
– <Meas Started>, a trigger is output when the averaging time period of a
measurement begins.
– <Disabled>, the output trigger mode is disabled.
5 Press Enter.
Figure 59 Output Trigger Mode