Agilent Technologies 86038B User Manual page 346

insertion loss 51
installation 28
installing remote client 141
instrument
preset 98
returning for service 326
warm-up 35
internal thermal regulator 100
Introduction 80
ISM1-A 25
J
jpg file format 95
K
key functions 44
keyboard, connecting 29
L
Lab View programming example 203
lambda icon 112
LAN connection 138
laser
classifications 26
safety 26
setup 112
length
measurements 56, 106
normalization 76
Length commands 243
M
making a measurement 47
marker
position 121
search 122
search criteria 122
setup 121
to center 123
to reference position 123
measure control functions 132
Measure menu 115
measurement
length 106
method 57
modes 77
noise 62
progress indicator 115
reducing error 111
repeatability 61
resolution 65
Measurement Range commands 247
measurement range, setting 106
measurements 51
fiber 85
346
length 56
optimized 51
polarization dependant loss 56
selecting types of 104
theory of 59
modulation phase shift method 57, 61
modulator bias 74, 75
modulator bias problems 294
mouse, connecting 29
mouse-only functions 130
multiple graphs 129
multi-wavelength meter
firmware revision 290
installation 31
problems 288, 295
settings 99
wavelength correction 76
N
Narrowband Filter or DWDM Wavelength Routing
Devices 90
network settings, how to change 139
networking 138
next trace selection 129
noise declaration 343
noise, reducing 110
normalization
customizing 107
initiating 115
problems 294
selecting ports 117
setting measurement range 107
Normalization Range commands 249
O
object select 130
offset GD trace 123
offset GD trace to zero 121
operation verification 35
optical modulator bias 74, 75
optical modulator bias problems 294
optimizing measurements 51
P
pan zoom 131
parts list 28
PDLA Remote Programming 212
peak excursion 122
peak marker 122
performance verification 35
phase dynamic accuracy 74, 75, 115
phase wrapping 63
phase wrapping errors 61
pit marker 122
Agilent 86038B Photonic Dispersion and Loss Analyzer, Second Edition
polarization dependant loss 56
polarization mode dispersion 54
polarization scanner 59
port selection 106
ports, selecting for normalization 117
preset display 99
preset states 98
print 96
printer port 34
Printing commands 255
printing data 96
programming example
C# 187
Excel 200
Lab View 203
VB 6.0 168
VB.NET 178
Q
Quick Setup 47, 104
R
real time port monitor 101
examples 102
rear panel connections 32
recall data 95
reducing measurement error 111
reference level position 120
reference level, setting 120
regulatory information 343
remote client, installation 141
repeat sweep 114
resetting the instrument 98
resolution 108
Resolution commands 256
resolution, increasing 65
Results commands 260
returning for service 326
RF modulation frequency
maximum values 64
setting 108
ripple 298
amplitude accuracy 68
GD or insertion loss 52
ripple error, sideband separation 69
S
Safety
Cleaning 304
safety 24
safety considerations 26
safety information 24
safety symbols 24