The Get Mf Lambda Scan Parameters Function; The Execute Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function; The Get Lambda Scan Result Function - Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual

Lambda Scan Applications
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel
System, Third Edition
Head are out of specification at 1550 nm. Remove the Power Meter
that is out of specification at 1550 nm from the mainframe.
2 If the Step Size is too small and results in a trigger frequency that is to
high for the installed Power Meters, the error "could not calculate a
sweep speed!" will be returned. Increase the Step Size.
3 If the chosen wavelength range is too large and Step Size is too small,
the error "too many datapoints to log!" will be returned. In this case,
reduce the wavelength range and/or increase the Step Size.

The Get MF Lambda Scan Parameters Function

The Get MF Lambda Scan Parameters
(hp816x_getMFLambdaScanParameters_Q) function returns all
parameters that the Prepare Multi Frame Lambda Scan
(hp816x_prepareMfLambdaScan) function adjusts or automatically
calculates.

The Execute Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function

The Execute Multi Frame Lambda Scan
(hp816x_executeMfLambdaScan) function runs a Lambda Scan
operation and returns an array that contains the wavelength values at
which power measurements are made.
That is, it executes an operation where a Agilent 8164A Lightwave
Measurement System with a back-loadable Tunable Laser module and up
to 100 Power Sensors installed, performs a wavelength sweep where the
Tunable Laser module and Power Sensors are coordinated with each
other.
Use the values returned from the Prepare Multi Frame Lambda Scan
(hp816x_prepareMfLambdaScan) function to set the parameters of the
Execute Multi Frame Lambda Scan (hp816x_executeMfLambdaScan)
function.

The Get Lambda Scan Result Function

The Get Lambda Scan Result (hp816x_getLambdaScanResult) function
returns for a given Power Meter channel a power value array and a
wavelength value array.
These arrays contains the results of the last Multi Frame Lambda Scan
operation.
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