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Mode
One Port Insertion Loss Measurement
Mode
Select Trace 
Selects which trace the menu keys will affect. Press 
Select Trace until the number of the 
desired trace is underlined.
Update On/Off (View)
This key lets you turn 
Off active trace updating. That is, make it an inactive trace (or a 
stored trace). This does not affect whether the trace is visible or not. Use the 
Display 
Show/Blank key to change its visibility.
When a trace becomes inactive, the following things happen:
• Updates to the trace stop after the current sweep is complete. 
• The trace is displayed at half intensity (as long as it stays inactive)
• Inactive traces display across the entire x axis of the instrument. Their horizontal 
placement does not change even if x axis settings subsequently are changed, although 
y-axis settings will affect the vertical placement of data. 
• In most cases, inactive traces are static and unchanging; however, there are cases when 
an inactive trace will update, specifically:
— If data is written to that trace from a remote interface
— If trace data is loaded from mass storage
When a trace becomes active (
Update = On), the trace is cleared, the average count is reset, 
and the instrument prepares to begin a new sweep.
Preset Trace 1
State Saved The number of the selected trace is saved in Instrument State 
Range 1 | 2
Key Path
Trace/Detector, Select Trace 
Dependencies / Couplings Setting the trace type (even to the type it was already in) puts the 
trace in 
Update = On
Preset On for Trace 1; Off for 2
State Saved Saved in Instrument State 
Key Path
Trace/Detector, Update On/Off (View)