Viavi CAA06M, User Manual

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Analysis
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You can easily find a peaks or valley on the trace, 4 peaks or valleys, and peak or valley between two
markers. When a zoom zone is selected, you will have a different set of menus.
Finding a peak or valley
1 Tap the peak search menu, ( ) on the side bar.
2 Select one of the Peak screen keys to do tasks as needed, from the following choices:
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Peak : Searches for the highest peak on the trace.
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Next Peak : Searches for the second highest peak on the trace.
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Next Peak Left : Searches for the highest peak to the left from the current position.
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Next Peak Right : Searches for the highest peak to the right from the current position.
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Valley : Searches for the lowest peak (valley) on the trace.
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Find 4 Peaks/Valleys : Searches for four peaks or valleys with four Normal markers from M1 to M4
regardless of the previous marker setting. If you tap the Find 4 Peaks/Valleys , the Always
Peak/Valley automatically changes to Off.
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Always Peak/Valley : Searches for the highest peak or valley on the trace automatically every time
the trace is refreshed.
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Peak/Valley Between 1 : Searches for the highest peak or valley in between M1 and M2 and
automatically assigns M5 if there are M1 and M2 on the trace.
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Peak/Valley Between 2 : Searches for the highest peak or valley in between M3 and M4 and
automatically assigns M6 if there are M3 and M4 on the trace.
Finding a peak or valley in zoom zones
1 After selecting any of the zoom zones enabled on the screen, Tap the peak menu, lower M on the
side bar for the zoom zones.
2 Same choices as above ( Peak to Peak/Valley Between 2 ) for each zoom zone are supported.
Displaying traces
You can write, capture, and load to 6 traces on the measurement display simultaneously.
Adding a trace
1 Tap Trace in the Menu ( ) key on the side bar. By default, the instrument sets the first trace,
Trace 1 on and displays " T1 W ".