Performing A Power Meter (Source) Calibration Over The Rf Range - Agilent Technologies 8753ET User Manual

Performing a Power Meter (Source) Calibration Over the RF Range

1. Calibrate and zero the power meter.
2. Set the power meter's address:
SET ADDRESSES
ADDRESS: P MTR/GPIB
3. Select the appropriate power meter by pressing
displayed (Agilent 436A or Agilent 438A/437).
NOTE
The Agilent E4418B and E4419B (EPM) power meters have a "437emulation" mode which
can be used in this procedure by following these steps.
• If you are using an Agilent EPM power sensor and your network analyzer has firmware
revision 7.72 or greater:
a. Select the remote interface command set on the power meter by pressing the System
Inputs key and the following softkeys: Remote Interface, Command Set, SCPI
b. Skip step 4 and continue at step 5.
The power sensor factors are automatically read by the analyzer.
• If you are using an Agilent 848X-series power sensor or your network analyzer does not
have firmware revision 7.72 or greater:
a. Choose the 438A/437 selection on the network analyzer by pressing:
Local
POWER MTR [ ]
b. Select the remote interface command set on the power meter by pressing the System
Inputs key and the following softkeys: Remote Interface, Command Set, 437B
4. Press
Cal PWRMTR CAL
the correction factors as listed on the power sensor. Press
the frequency of the calibration factor in MHz)
calibration factor number)
Conversion Loss Using the Frequency Offset Mode
(where aa is the GPIB address of the power meter)
aa
POWER MTR [ ]
SET ADDRESSES
until it reads
LOSS/SENSR LISTS
M/
for each correction factor. When finished, press
x1 DONE
Making Mixer Measurements
until the correct model number is
POWER MTR: [438A/437]
CAL FACTOR
ADD FREQUENCY
CAL FACTOR nnn
x1
and enter
SENSOR A
(where fff is
fff
(where nnn is the
.
DONE
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