HP 8153A - The Logging Application; Samples

While the application is running, the result Held shows the sample, and the
character field shows the time remaining until the application finishes. After all
the samples have been taken, the RUN operation-indicator switches off.
(Pause! suspends the running of the application. You can restart it by pressing
(Pause! a second time. When you have pressed pause, you can look at the
parameters set for the application in the Measure mode. You select parameters
with and (p^.
[Exec! stops the application running.
The Logging Application
In the Logging application the instrument makes a number of consecutive
samples. The user specifies the number of samples. Consecutive samples are
samples where one begins as soon as the previous one has finished.
When you select the Logging application the character field shows LOGGING.
This application has several parameters. SAMPLES sets the number of samples
that are to be taken. AUTODUMP enables or disables the automatic plotting or
printing of the samples when the application finishes. START determines the
conditions that have to be met before the application starts taking samples.
THRESHLD sets the threshold power that must be crossed before the application
starts taking samples. All the other parameters (Wavelength, Tavg, etc.) use the
values given to them in measure mode.
Press (Edit! to look at, or edit the parameters. After pressing (Edit ! , you can select
parameters using (Next! and (Prev ! . While you are editing a parameter, the EDIT
operation-indicator lights.
The total time for the logging application consists of the averaging time and the
time to process the sample. That is, a sample is only taken after the previous
sample has been taken and processed.
The processing time depends on a number of factors including the system
configuration. If any applications or measurements are running in the other
channel, the processing time between samples may vary.
On printer or plotter outputs, the total time given for the logging application
includes both the averaging and the processing time.
SAMPLES
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