HP 8153A - Running the Plot Application

Running the Plot Application
Ih run the application, press f Execl . You cannot run the application if
you are editing parameters. While the application is running, the RUN
operation-indicator lights.
If you try to run the plot without samples or with invalid samples, the message
NO DATA, or DATA ?, shows in the character Held. The application does not run.
After the plot has finished, the RUN operation-indicator switches off.
(Exec ) stops the application running. The message ABORTED shows in the
character field.
Reading the Plot
Figure 3-7 shows a sample plot. The areas on this figure are:
■ The HP logo and the instrument number.
■ The type of record application that produce the samples. This is one of
STABILITY, LOGGING, or MAN LOGG.
■ The comment. The message set up in the Plot application is included here on
the plot.
■ The first column of data contains the parameters set in Measure mode. These
are T avg, the averaging time, Cal Fact the calibration factor, Wvl, the
wavelength, and Reference, the reference power-level. The reference is not
included when the samples were taken as absolute values.
■ The second column of data contains the parameters set in Menu mode for
the application. These are T total, the period for which the application
was taking samples, and Samples, the number of samples taken. Also in this
column is the data and time at which the record application was run.
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. On the plott, the total
time given for the logging application includes both the averaging and the
processing time.
Local Control • Menu Mode 3-1B