Starting The Measurement; Checking The Measurement Conditions; Powermeter Display; Powermeter Settings Display - Agilent Technologies HP E5574A User Manual

Figure 5-2
Figure 5-3
The same setting of
"T avg" is used by the
"Insertion Loss"
application.
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Measuring Power
Measuring Absolute and Relative Power

Starting the Measurement

1 Press A to activate the "Select Applications" menu.
PPL
2 Choose "Powermeter".
The OLA begins to measure the optical power received by the
optical head(s).

Powermeter Display

Checking the Measurement Conditions

1 If not already done, check the general instrument settings by
pressing P
RESET
Press P
REVIOUS
2 Press S
ETTINGS

Powermeter Settings Display

Average Time The parameter "T avg" shows the length of the
time interval during which the power value is averaged. You can
change the size of this interval by repeatedly pressing
76
(see section 1.6 "Getting Started" on page 31).
to return to the Powermeter screen.
to check or change the measurement conditions.
A .
VERAGE