Saving A Reference Measurement; Loading Existing Reference - Viavi 8100 V2 Series User Manual

Chapter 13 CD measurements using phase shift method
CD Reference measurement

Saving a reference measurement

When the reference measurement of the broadband source has been
completed, you can save the result on the hardidsk or disk of the Base Unit
used (8000 V2 or 6000/6000A Platform).
Proceed as follow:
1 Click on the F
2 Select
3 Enter a filename for this reference, or click on
The file has the extension ".OCD", but differs from the CD measure-
ment result files as it only contains the reference points (the informa-
tion on the upper part of the screen are different). See
measurements" on page

Loading existing reference

The last reference acquisition performed with the Base Unit may be
different than the reference used by the curve one.
In this case, the Acquisition Ref. menu will be different than the Curve
Menu, in the Reference setup page.
You can replace one reference by the other, using specific softkeys:
- Load Ref From
actually open will be used for the next acquisitions.
- Update Trace With Ref.: apply the reference parameters to the loaded
curve.
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button
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Setup
Trace: the reference which has been used for the curve
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Default Filename.
"Storing CD