On-Screen Messages; The Pmax Curve; What Is The Pmax Curve - Agilent Technologies 8163A User Manual

Applications
Agilent 8163A/B
Message
SLck
RiLck
NoH
NoD
Set
NoR
260

On-Screen Messages

The messages listed in the table below may appear at the top of the
screen during the PACT application.
Table 15 PACT Application On-Screen Messages
Agilent 8164A/B
Message
SLock
RILock
No Head
No Data
Settling
No Ref

The Pmax Curve

What is the Pmax Curve ?

The Pmax Curve shows the maximum laser output power for your
Tunable Laser module across the wavelength range of your Tunable
Laser module.
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User's Guide, Fourth Edition
Description
The Tunable Laser module is locked. No measurement is pos-
sible until you unlock the module, see "How to Lock/Unlock
the High-Power Laser Sources" on page 64 for details.
The Remote Interlock Connector of your mainframe is open.
No measurement is possible until the connection at the Re-
mote Interlock Connector closes, see "The Remote Interlock
(RIL) connector" on page 291 for details.
There is an Optical Head Interface module inserted in the
mainframe that does not have an Optical Head connected to
it. No measurement is possible using this channel until you
either:
• reconnect an Optical Head or
• deselect this Optical Head channel as a power
measurement channel.
No data has been measured or measurement is not yet fin-
ished. You cannot access the Analysis Screen yet. Printout
and file operations are not yet possible.
A Tunable Laser module is settling. The instrument is busy
and no measurement can be performed yet.
No reference sweep has been performed. Loss will be calcu-
lated using nominal laser power as a reference.
The Pmax Curve