Agilent Technologies 8166B User Guide

List of Figures
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition 27
List of Figures
Figure 1 Class 1 Safety Label - Agilent 81650A/51A/52A/54A/11A/12A/13A/14A . 9
Figure 2 Class 1M Safety Label - Agilent 81655A/6A/7A, 81662A/3A/81480B/82B/
81640B/42B/80B/82B/72B/49A/89A/89B . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 3 The Agilent 8163B Lightwave Multimeter Mainframe . . . . . . 35
Figure 4 The Agilent 8164B Lightwave Measurement System Mainframe . . . . 36
Figure 5 The Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System Mainframe . . . 37
Figure 6 The Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement System User Interface . . 38
Figure 7 The Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter User Interface . . . . . 39
Figure 8 The Agilent 8163B’s Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 9 The Agilent 8164A/B’s Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 10 The Agilent 8166A Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 11 The Cursor Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 12 The Modify Knob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 13 The Agilent 8163B’s Details Screen for a Power Sensor Channel . . . . 45
Figure 14 The Agilent 8164A/B’s Details Screen for a Tunable Laser Channel . . . 46
Figure 15 The Agilent 8166A Details Screen for a Power Sensor Channel . . . . 46
Figure 16 The Agilent 8163B/6B Menu for a Power Sensor Channel . . . . . 47
Figure 17 The Agilent 8164A/B Menu for a Power Sensor Channel . . . . . . 48
Figure 18 The Agilent 8163B System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 19 The Agilent 8164A/B System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . 49
Figure 20 The Agilent 8164A/B Help Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 21 The Agilent 8164A/B Help Index . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 22 The Applications Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 23 The First Digit Before the Decimal Point is Highlighted First . . . . . 54
Figure 24 Averaging Time Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 25 Connecting the Instrument for the Sample Session . . . . . . . 57
Figure 26 The Agilent 8163B/6B Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 27 The Agilent 8164A/B System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . 61
Figure 28 Entering a Backlight Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 29 Editing the Date and the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 30 Unlocking the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 31 Changing the Triggering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 32 Enabling/Disabling the Foot Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 33 Entering a GPIB Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 34 Selecting a Baudrate for the Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 35 Module Update mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 36 Selecting a Printer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 37 Slots with Installed Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 38 Viewing Information About a Module . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 39 Viewing Information About the Mainframe . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 40 Rear Panel of the Agilent 8164B Lightwave Measurement System . . . 75
Figure 41 The Number of Digits Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 42 Selecting the Power Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 43 Referencing Another Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 44 Module Channels that are Settling . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 45 Zeroing Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 46 Zeroing Fails, if the Power Meter Receives Input Light. . . . . . . 88

Agilent Technologies 8166B Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	8166B
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English