HP 86037B, Instruction Manual

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Quick Start
Operation—at a glance
Operation—at a glance
The HP 86037B is a complete solution for measuring chromatic dispersion in
fiber-optic cables, dispersion compensating devices, gratings, and other com-
ponents. The system performs near-end measurements where there is access
to both ends of a test device at the same location.
Your HP 86037B should have already been installed by an HP engineer. If in
the future, you should need to review the installation procedures, refer to
Chapter 6, “Installation” .
Learn about your system
• To learn how to make measurements, read “A Quick Tour” on page 1-4 .
• If your measuring grating based devices, read “Measuring Grating Devices”
on page 1-11 .
• To learn about chromatic dispersion theory, refer to “Chromatic Disper-
sion–theory and management” on page 7-8. Also, refer to Fiber Optic Test
and Measurement a Hewlett-Packard Professional Book available from
Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-534330-5).
• To learn about available support options, refer to “HP Support and Mainte-
nance” on page 5-18 .
• The HP 86037B system uses the Windows NT®
*
operating system. To learn
about Windows NT, refer to your Microsoft®
†
Windows NT User’s Guide .
Single band versus dual band systems
This chapter describes how to operate both the single band and dual band ver-
sions of the HP 86037B. With a few minor exceptions, their operation is identi-
cal. Some of the figures in this chapter show features only found on the dual
band systems. If you’re using a single band system, simply ignore the features
which are not found on your system.
*. Windows NT® is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
†. Microsoft® is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.