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ES User’s Guide
Hardkey/Softkey Reference
A
Softkey in the
menu. This softkey is only available when using
internal or external broadband detectors. Periodically, this feature
compensates for external detector drift due to changes in temperature.
When this softkey is selected, the detector(s) are automatically zeroed
every five minutes.
CAUTION
Do not use
with an external source.
See
.
Softkey in the detection options menu. Select this softkey to make very
low frequency voltage measurements with the Auxiliary Input, located
on the rear panel of the analyzer.
See
“Making Measurements with the Auxiliary Input” on page 3-67
for
more information.
Access Keys:
or
,
Softkey in the
menu. Enters the averaging factor (number) in
powers of 2. Acceptable values are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64. The
default averaging factor is 16, the maximum is 64.
See
“To Reduce the Receiver Noise Floor” on page 5-10
for more
information on how averaging works.
Softkey in the
menu. Toggle to ON if you want to enable the
averaging function. Averaging reduces random noise by averaging the
measurement data from sweep to sweep.
See
“To Reduce the Receiver Noise Floor” on page 5-10
for more
information on how averaging works.
Hardkey in the CONFIGURE area. Displays the menu that allows
selection of averaging parameters as well as system bandwidth and
delay aperture selections.
See
“To Reduce the Receiver Noise Floor” on page 5-10
for more
information on how averaging works.
Autozero
CAL
Autozero
Manual Zero
Aux Input
MEAS 1
MEAS 2
More Detection Options
Average Factor
AVG
Average on OFF
AVG
AVG
Summary of Contents for HP 8712ES
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Page 17: ...ES User s Guide 1 1 1 Installing the Analyzer ...
Page 34: ...1 18 ES User s Guide Installing the Analyzer Preventive Maintenance ...
Page 35: ...ES User s Guide 2 1 2 Getting Started ...
Page 52: ...2 18 ES User s Guide Getting Started Performing the Operator s Check ...
Page 53: ...ES User s Guide 3 1 3 Making Measurements ...
Page 135: ...ES User s Guide 4 1 4 Using Instrument Functions ...
Page 159: ...ES User s Guide 4 25 Using Instrument Functions Using Markers Figure 4 15 Delta Marker Mode ...
Page 165: ...ES User s Guide 4 31 Using Instrument Functions Using Limit Testing Figure 4 16 Limit Lines ...
Page 224: ...4 90 ES User s Guide Using Instrument Functions Using an External VGA Monitor ...
Page 225: ...ES User s Guide 5 1 5 Optimizing Measurements ...
Page 246: ...5 22 ES User s Guide Optimizing Measurements Measuring Devices with Long Electrical Delay ...
Page 247: ...ES User s Guide 6 1 6 Calibrating for Increased Measurement Accuracy ...
Page 281: ...ES User s Guide 7 1 7 Front Rear Panel ...
Page 306: ...7 26 ES User s Guide Front Rear Panel Line Module ...
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Page 411: ...ES User s Guide 9 1 9 Specifications ...
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