Switching Optical Routes How to Use an Optical Switch module
206 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
How to Use an Optical Switch
module
The User Interface
The Overview Display Figure 128 is an Overview screen taken from an 8164A/B mainframe.
Figure 128 Optical Switch module, User Interface Overview display
Here:
– Slot 0 hosts a backloadable tunable laser,
– Slot 1 hosts an Agilent 81594A/S 2x2 non-blocking (crossover)
switch,
– Slot 2 hosts a return loss module.
The Optical Switch Details Display To display the full user interface for the Optical Switch module, as
shown in Figure 129, use the Cursor key to highlight the Optical
Switch slot, then press the [Details] softkey: