Performance Tests Performance Test Instructions
342 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
2 Switch on the mainframe and wait until it has booted.
Testing Hard keys
3 Press Config. You should see the Configuration menu.
4 Press Aux. You should hear a “beep” and the Configuration menu
should disappear.
5 Press Appl. You should hear a “beep”.
6 Press Help. You should hear a “beep”.
7 Press Preset, the green hardkey. An egg-timer icon should be
displayed while all parameters are set to their default values. The
Overview Screen showing all channels should appear.
8 Press Channel several times.
The highlighted field on the display should toggle between the
channels you have inserted a module into.
Testing the Softkeys and the Cursor Key
9 Press the right arrow of the cursor key several times.
Check the fields on the display being highlighted one after another.
10 Press the left arrow on the cursor key several times.
Check the fields on the display being highlighted one after another.
11 Press the up arrow on the cursor key several times.
Check the fields on the display being highlighted one after another.
12 Press the down arrow on the cursor key several times.
Check the fields on the display being highlighted one after another
13 Using the cursor key, move to the power parameter, [P], of the
Power Sensor module.
Testing the Softkeys and the ENTER Key
14 Press [Menu]. The menu should appear.
15 Press [Close]. The menu should disappear.
16 Press [Details]. The details screen should appear. You should see
the [Cal], [Ref], and [Range] parameters in addition to [P] and [λ].
If you use the Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement System, you
will also see the [Range Mode], [AvgTime], and [MinMax Mode]
parameters.