Agilent Technologies E4418B, User Manual

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2 Power Meter Operation
22 E4418B Power Meter User’s Guide
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 24
•
“Zeroing and Calibrating the Power Meter” on page 29.
• “Calibrating the Power Meter” on page 30.
• “Making Measurements with the Agilent E- Series Power Sensors and
N8480 Series Power Sensors (excluding Option CFT)”
on page 39.
•
“Making Measurements with the Agilent 8480 Series Power Sensors and
N8480 Series Power Sensors with Option CFT”
on page 41.
• “Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables” on page 44.
• “Making Measurements using Frequency Dependent Offset Tables” on
page 53
•
“Setting the Units of Measurement” on page 59.
• “Selecting Units of Measurement from the Softkeys” on page 60.
• “Making Relative Measurements” on page 61.
•
“Setting the Resolution” on page 62.
• “Setting Offsets” on page 63.
• “Setting Averaging” on page 65.
•
“Measuring Pulsed Signals” on page 68.
• “Setting Measurement Limits” on page 70.
• “Selecting a Digital or Analog Display” on page 76.
•
“Setting the Range” on page 79.
• “Configuring the Remote Interface” on page 80.
• “Recorder Output” on page 86.
•
“Saving and Recalling Power Meter Configurations” on page 88.
• “How Measurements are Calculated” on page 90
• “Presetting the Power Meter” on page 91.
•
“Self Test” on page 94.
• “Operator Maintenance” on page 101.