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Power Measurement How to Measure Power
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How to Use Triggers
Agilent 8163A/B Series Power Meter modules allow you trigger the
instrument to perform tasks and to output trigger signals to external
measurement instruments.
How to Trigger Power Measurements
You can configure Agilent 8163A/B Series Power Meter modules to
perform certain tasks when you apply a trigger to the Input Trigger
Connector.
You must prearm a measurement function before an action can be
triggered:
1 See “ How to Set the Trigger Configuration ” on page 69 for how to configure the
trigger connectors.
2 Move to the Power Meter channel and press the [Menu] softkey.
3 Move to <Input Trigger Mode>, by using the cursor key, and press Enter. You
will see the screen in Figure 56 .
Figure 56 Input Trigger Mode
For a Dual Power Sensor, you cannot set the averaging time of the slave
channel, channel 2, directly. By default, the averaging time of the slave
channel, channel 2, is the same value as that for the master channel,
channel 1. See Table 10 on page 107 for more details.
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