Applications The Pmax Curve
260 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
On-Screen Messages
The messages listed in the table below may appear at the top of the
screen during the PACT application.
The Pmax Curve
What is the Pmax Curve ?
The Pmax Curve shows the maximum laser output power for your
Tunable Laser module across the wavelength range of your Tunable
Laser module.
Table 15 PACT Application On-Screen Messages
Agilent 8163A/B
Message
Agilent 8164A/B
Message
Description
SLck SLock
The Tunable Laser module is locked. No measurement is pos-
sible until you unlock the module, see “How to Lock/Unlock
the High-Power Laser Sources” on page 64 for details.
RiLck RILock
The Remote Interlock Connector of your mainframe is open.
No measurement is possible until the connection at the Re-
mote Interlock Connector closes, see “The Remote Interlock
(RIL) connector” on page 291 for details.
NoH No Head
There is an Optical Head Interface module inserted in the
mainframe that does not have an Optical Head connected to
it. No measurement is possible using this channel until you
either:
• reconnect an Optical Head or
• deselect this Optical Head channel as a power
measurement channel.
NoD No Data
No data has been measured or measurement is not yet fin-
ished. You cannot access the Analysis Screen yet. Printout
and file operations are not yet possible.
Set Settling
A Tunable Laser module is settling. The instrument is busy
and no measurement can be performed yet.
NoR No Ref
No reference sweep has been performed. Loss will be calcu-
lated using nominal laser power as a reference.