Getting Started
How to Change the Value of a Parameter
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Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement
System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
How to Change the Value of a
Parameter
What follows is a description of the various ways of changing the value of
parameters. Examples in which particular parameter values are changed are given
with the parameter descriptions.
Parameters can be either:
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continuous, you may choose any value within a given range, or
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discrete, you may choose a value from a menu.
How to Select a Parameter
You can select the parameter from the following screens:
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from the Details screen, after pressing the [Details] softkey,
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from the Menu screen, after pressing the [Menu] softkey, or,
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for the Agilent 8163A and Agilent 8164A, from the Overview screen.
To start editing a parameter, you move to it and:
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press the
Enter
hardkey,
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press the [Edit] softkey,
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press the Modify Knob (if you are using the Agilent 8164A), or,
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for numerical parameters only, type a digit on the numerical keypad (if you are
using the Agilent 8164A).
How to Accept the New Value of a
Parameter
When you have changed the value of a parameter, to accept this change:
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press the
Enter
hardkey,
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press the [OK] softkey,
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or, press the Modify Knob (if you are using the Agilent 8164A).
These keys all perform the same purpose. All references to pressing
Enter
throughout this User’s Guide, refer to one of these three actions.
