HP 8153A - The Stability Application

Figure 3-4. Setup for a Record Application
Tb make a plot of the samples you need a HPGL plotter. To get a printout of
the samples you need a ThinkJet printer. If you are using a plotter or a printer,
it must be attached as the only device to the HP-IB connector on the back of
the instrument. The device address of the plotter must be set to 5. The device
address of the printer must be set to 1. To output to a printer or plotter, the
instrument HPIB State must be set to Talk Only (for instructions on how to do
this see “MODE” in Chapter 4).
Before you start a record application, make sure that you have set all the
measurement-parameters that you use. It is most important to make sure that
you have set T and A for the sensor. If you are already in Menu mode, you have
to return to Measure mode to set these parameters.
After p ressi ng ( R ecord 1 . you choose an application using (Record) , or (p^.
(Record) and (Next) choose the next of the record applications, (prev) chooses the
previous of the record applications. While you are in the record applications the
APPL operation-indicator lights. The application is displayed in the character
field of the selected channel.
The Stability Application
in the Stability application the instrument makes a number of evenly spaced
samples over a period specified by the user. The application first takes
consecutive samples of the power from the device under test (that is, the next
sample begins as soon as the previous one has finished). Some of this data is
then discarded so that the samples are evenly spaced over the whole of the
specified period. The maximum number of samples Is 500.
3-6 Local Control • Menu Mode