Introduction - Agilent Technologies E4418B User Manual

Power Meter Operation

Introduction

Introduction
This chapter describes the parameters which configure the power meter to make
measurements and help you determine settings to optimize performance. This chapter
contains the following sections:
• "Battery Operation (Option 001)", on page 2-3
• "Zeroing and Calibrating the Power Meter", on page 2-7.
• "Calibrating the Power Meter", on page 2-8.
• "Making Measurements with the Agilent E-Series Power Sensors", on
page 2-15.
• "Making Measurements with the Agilent 8480 Series Power Sensors", on
page 2-17.
• "Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables", on page 2-19.
• "Making Measurements using Frequency Dependent Offset Tables", on
page 2-27
• "Setting the Units of Measurement", on page 2-32.
• "Selecting Units of Measurement from the Softkeys", on page 2-33.
• "Making Relative Measurements", on page 2-34.
• "Setting the Resolution", on page 2-35.
• "Setting Offsets", on page 2-36.
• "Setting Averaging", on page 2-38.
• "Measuring Pulsed Signals", on page 2-41.
• "Setting Measurement Limits", on page 2-43.
• "Selecting a Digital or Analog Display", on page 2-49.
• "Setting the Range", on page 2-52.
"Configuring the Remote Interface", on page 2-53.
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• "Recorder Output", on page 2-59.
• "Saving and Recalling Power Meter Configurations", on page 2-61.
• "How Measurements are Calculated", on page 2-63
• "Presetting the Power Meter", on page 2-64.
• "Self Test", on page 2-66.
• "Operator Maintenance", on page 2-73.
• "Contacting Agilent Technologies", on page 2-74.
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