Keysight Technologies 8163A, User Manual

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Tunable Lasers 5
How to Use Triggers
Some Tunable Laser modules allow you to trigger the instrument to
perform tasks and to output trigger signals to external measurement
instruments.
How to Use Input Triggering
You can configure your Tunable Laser module to perform certain tasks
when you apply a trigger to the Input Trigger Connector.
To set your module’s Input Trigger Configuration:
1 See
How to Set the Trigger Configuration on page 68 for how to
configure the trigger connectors.
2 Move to the Tunable Laser channel and press [Menu].
3 Move to <
Input Trigger Mode >, by using the cursor key, and press
E
NTER
. You will see the screen in Figure 93 on page -164.
CAUTION
A maximum of 5 V can be applied as an external voltage to the Input
Trigger connector.
Take care not to use the Trigger Output connector or the Remote
Interlock connector for modulation. Do not apply an external voltage to
these connectors.