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User Interface Reference
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The Optical Multiport Power Meter allows you trigger the instrument to
perform tasks and to output trigger signals to external measurement
instruments using the rear panel BNC connectors.
1
Go to Settings -> Measurement Settings
2
Set the Trigger configuration
By default, the trigger level at the external trigger connector is active
high. This means when a trigger rises above the high TTL level (rising
edge), a trigger is accepted.
You can select three modes of triggering from the trigger configuration
menu:
•
Disabled - to disable the trigger connectors.
•
Default - to enable the trigger connectors.
•
Pass Through - an input trigger will generate an output trigger. This
lets you trigger another instrument almost simultaneously.
3
Set the input trigger functions
The power meter ports can be configured individually to respond to an
input trigger by:
•
Ignore (IGN) - The trigger is ignored.
•
Single Measurement (SME) - The trigger causes a single power
measurement to be made.
•
Complete Measurement (CME) - The trigger will cause an active
measurement function like logging to begin and continue until
completed.
•
Multiple Measurement (MME) - Similar to Complete Measurement,
the first hardware trigger starts the function and if LOOP is not 1,
then multiple functions will be performed without waiting for further
triggers.
•
Threshold (THR) - The input trigger allows to specify the minimum,
maximum threshold values along with the threshold units and
pre-trigger value.
4
Set the output trigger functions
The power meter ports can be configured individually to generate
output triggers for the following events:
•
Disabled (DIS) - No triggers are generated.
•
Meas. Started (MEAS) - An output trigger is generated when a
power measurement begins.
•
Avg Time Over (AVG) - An inverted trigger is generated for each
measurement sample.
Keysight N774-C & 8162-C Series User's Guide
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