Tektronix OM4006D, User Manual

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Operating basics
Once the channel and power for each laser is set, turn on laser emission for each
laser by clicking on its Laser Emission button; the emission status is indicated
both by the orange background of the button and by the corresponding green LED
on the OM4000 instrument front panel.
The OM4000 user interface (OUI)
Double-click the OUI desktop icon to open the OM4000 user interface (OUI).
The OUI is a fl exible panel-based application. You can move panels within the
OUI application or drag and position panels from the OUI onto the Windows
Desktop. Clicking and dragging a panel title tab opens a positioning guide. Hold
down the left mouse button to position the window onto the positioning guide,
then release to organize the plots.
You can rescale Constellation and Eye plots by clicking on the relevant Plot icons
in the Controls panel (located by default on the left side of the OUI application).
The scale units are
√ W/div.
Use the Home tab to set up the plots to display. Click on a Display Format
icon in the Plot Tools bar and select a plot type from the menu to display plots
relevant to the selected icon. Or select a prede
fi ned plot layout from the Layout
bar to populate the OUI with parameter, control, and plot panels for the selected
measurement.
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