Setting Logging Parameter - Agilent Technologies 8163A User Manual

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Auto-ranging mode is not available from the <Range Mode> menu. If
you wish to use the auto-ranging mode, see "The Stability
Application" on page 237.
11 Move to <Range> and press Enter.
12 If you have chosen <common> as the <Range Mode>, move to a
range setting and press Enter.
If you have chosen <individual> as the <Range Mode>, a screen
displaying all the selected Power Meter channels and their
corresponding range settings is displayed. For each selected Power
Meter channel, press Enter, move to a range setting, and press
Enter.
N O TE If you have chosen <individual> as the <Range Mode> and want to
access the screen displaying all the selected Power Meter channels
and their corresponding range settings from the Logging Setup
screen, move to [Range], press the [Edit] softkey.
13 Move to <Ref Mode>, press Enter, move to one of the following
referencing modes:
– <Value>, you set a reference value using <Ref>, see step 14,
– <First Sample>, the first sample for each channel of the logging
function is selected as the reference value for all subsequent
measurements for that channel,
– <Channel 1>, the value that Channel 1 measures is updated as the
reference value for each set of power measurements (thus, each
data value for channel 1 will be 0 dB), and
press Enter.
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These settings only have an effect when you choose <dB> as the
<Pwr unit>. See step 8 or step 22.
14 If you have chosen <Value> as the <Ref Mode>, move to <Ref>, press
the [Edit] softkey, enter a value for the reference, and press Enter.

Setting Logging Parameter

15 Move to [Samples], press Enter, enter an integer value between 1
and 4000, and press Enter.
16 Move to <AvgTime>, press Enter, move to an averaging time period,
and press Enter.
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The Logging Application