Agilent Technologies 8163B User Guide

Power Measurement How to Measure Power
100 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
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/B 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 65 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 57.
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.
Figure 57 Output Trigger Mode

Agilent Technologies 8163B Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	8163B
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English