Agilent Technologies 8166B User Guide

Table of Cont ents
20 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
On-Screen Messages 235
The Stability Application 237
How to Set Up a Stability Function 238
Selecting/Deselecting Power Meters 239
Setting Power Meter Parameters 240
Setting Stability Parameter 241
Running a Stability Application 242
Analysing a Stability Application 243
Setting Analysis Parameters 245
Viewing the Statistics for a Power Meter Channel 246
On-Screen Messages 246
The PACT Application 248
What is the PACT ? 248
How to Set Up PACT 248
Selecting a Tunable Laser Module 249
Selecting/Deselecting Power Meters 249
Setting Sweep Parameters 250
How to Measure the Reference 252
How to Perform a Loss Measurement 254
Analysing a PACT Measurement 258
On-Screen Messages 260
The Pmax Curve 260
What is the Pmax Curve ? 260
How to View the Pmax Curve 261
The Return Loss Application 262
Starting the Application 262
Measuring Return Loss 262
Measuring Return Loss and Insertion Loss 263
On-Screen Messages 263
Configuration 263
User Interface 264
Zero all 264
Edit 264
Cal 264
Show Cal 265
Measure 265
Menu 265
Recording Measurement Results 265
Printing Application Measurement Results 265
Saving Application Measurement Results to Diskette 268

Agilent Technologies 8166B Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	8166B
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English