Averaging; Single Or Continuous Measure - Keysight FieldFox B Series User Manual

Power Meter (USB/LAN) Mode - Option 302
USB and LAN Power Meter Settings

Averaging

Averaging is used to improve measurement accuracy in low power or noisy
power situations. Increased averaging improves measurement accuracy, but
also reduces measurement speed.
How to set Power Meter Averaging
— Press BW 2 or Meas Setup 4.
— Then choose from the following:

Single or Continuous Measure

This setting determines whether the FieldFox measures continuously or only
once each time the
power or to allow you to save or analyze a specific measurement.
This setting can be changed at any time without affecting calibration accuracy.
How to set Single or Continuous
— Press Sweep 3.
— Then choose one of the following:
You can also use Run / Hold +/- to toggle between Single and Continuous.
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— Averaging Auto Man Off
— Auto Allows the USB Power Sensor to use its Auto Averaging
settings. See the USB Power Sensor documentation for details.
— Man Manually enter an averaging count by setting Num Averages.
— OFF Performs NO averaging.
— Num Averages Sets the number of Power Meter readings to be
averaged before a valid reading is displayed. When the number is
changed, Averaging is automatically set to Man.
Single button is pressed. Use Single to conserve battery
— Single Automatically sets Continuous OFF and causes FieldFox to
make ONE measurement, then hold for the next
When a data trace is displayed, the entire trace is measured, then
holds. The Hold annotation changes to an arrow --> while the
measurement occurs.
— Continuous OFF ON
typical setting when battery power is not critical.
Makes continuous measurements. This is the
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Single key press.