Status/Analysis Area - JDS Uniphase SWS15100 User Manual

Channel Selection
All available channels are shown in the list on the left of the screen. To select all channels, press
the >> key. To deselect all channels, press the << key. To select a particular channel, highlight
the channel in the list on the left and press the > key. To highlight one or more channels from the
list box, use a combination of the <Shift> or <Ctrl> key and the left mouse button or the arrow up
or down key. The channel is moved to the list on the right. To deselect a channel, highlight it in
the list on the right and press the < key.
Channels must be selected to make any measurements on devices attached to them. Also,
analysis can be performed only on selected channels.
If the selected channel does not appear on the list, click the Refresh button. The list of available
channels is updated.
Stopping and Starting Acquisition
The Start Acquisition and Stop Acquisition buttons are for collecting or stopping the collection of
new data.

Status/Analysis Area

The Status/Analysis area, shown in Figure 66, is used to display the status of the system, as
well as the current value of important system parameters.
The status area contains the following text boxes:
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Last Polarization State—displays the last polarization state acquired. Valid polarization states
that appear in the text box are S0, S1, S2, S3, S4, and Unknown. Unknown appears when
the Start Acquisition button is first clicked or when the Last Polarization State is out of range.
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Polarization Done List—used for PDL and averaging. The Polarization Done List is not
available in Insertion Loss Mode, except in the averaging and the reference measurement.
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Average Done Count—used only for averaging. This box displays the number of traces
averaged.
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Progress bar—displays square boxes along the bar when the system is collecting data.
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Status—displays the status of the system with parameters such as:
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Idle—when the SWS is not doing anything significant
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Progress—when data is collected
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Display—when data is processed for display on the screen
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Figure 66: Status Area