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Measurement Operations & Settings
Root Layer Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Measurement Functions – The SENSe Subsystem . . . . . 85
Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A - Master and Slave
Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Signal Generation – The SOURce Subsystem . . . . . . . . .113
Signal Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
The INPut and OUTput commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
The table of wavelength-dependent offsets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Compatibility of the 81560A/1A/6A/7A modular attenuator family to
the 8156A attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Signal Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Triggering - The TRIGger Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Extended Trigger Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
This chapter gives descriptions of commands that you can use when you
are setting up or performing measurements. The commands are split up
into the following subsystems:
• Root layer commands that take power measurements, configures
triggering, and return information about the mainframe and it’s slots
• SENSe subsystem commands that control Power Sensors, Optical Head
Interface Modules, and Return Loss Modules.
• SOURce subsystem commands that control Laser Source modules, DFB
source modules, Tunable Laser modules, and Return Loss Modules with
internal laser sources.
• Signal Conditioing commands that control Attenuator modules.
• TRIGger subsystem commands that control triggering.