Saving A Reference Measurement; Loading Existing Reference - Viavi ODM V2 User Manual

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Saving a reference measurement

The reference measurement can be stored in the test set, so that it can be recalled later..
Proceed as follow:
1
Click on the Fast Report button
2
Press
Save button.
3
Enter a filename for this reference, or click on Default Filename.
The file has the extension ".AP", but differs from the AP measurement result files
as it only contains the reference points (the information on the upper part of the
screen are different). See

Loading existing reference

The last reference performed with the Base Unit may be different than the reference
used by the current results.
The test set reference can be replaced by the reference associated to a stored results.
to do so press the action key:
Load Ref From
open will be used for the next acquisitions.
The reference of a stored result can be updated using the reference stored in the
test set. Measurement will then be updated accordingly. To do so press the action
key: Update Trace With Ref.: apply the acquisition reference parameters to the
loaded curve.
Possible problem
The OBS-5XX (or other
source) is not switched on
The OBS-5XX (or other
source) battery is too low
Defective connections
"Saving the trace and generating a report" on page
Trace: the reference which has been used for the curve actually
User Manual
Chapter 3 Attenuation profile
Possible solution
Press the ON/OFF button to switch
on the source, verify if <Make refer-
ence> is still set to <Yes>, then repeat
step 5
Check if the LOW-BATT red led is
lighted. If yes, then recharge the bat-
tery.
Check that the cables are properly
connected, and the notches on the
connectors are correctly aligned.
700MAN902 Rev. 000
AP Reference Measurement
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