Functions and Measurements
Making a Basic Measurement
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Making a Basic Measurement
This section provides information on basic operations. It
assumes that you are familiar with the front and top panel
buttons and keys, and display annotations of your analyzer.
If you are not, please refer to “Front Panel Overview” on
page 4 and “Rear Panel Overview” on page 9.
For more details on making measurements, please refer to
“Key Reference” on page 101”.
Using the Front Panel
This section provides you with the information on using the
front panel of the spectrum analyzer.
Entering Data
When setting the measurement parameters, there are several
ways to enter or modify the value of the active function:
Knob Increments or decrements the current value.
Arrow Keys Increments or decrements the current value by a step unit.
Numeric Keys Enters a specific value. Then press the desired terminator
(either a unit softkey, or [Enter] hardkey).
Unit Softkeys Terminate (enter) a value with a unit softkey from the menu.
Enter Key Terminates an entry when no unit of measure is required, or
the instrument uses the default unit.
ESC Key To delete
the current input digit prior to entering the value.
Using Softkeys
Softkeys are used to modify the analyzer function parameter
settings. Some examples of softkey types are:
Toggle Turn on or off an instrument state.
Submenu Displays a secondary menu of softkeys, {More}.
Choice Selecting from a list of standard values or filenames.
Adjust Highlights the softkey and sets the active function.
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