Chapter 3
Powermeter and VFL
Using the power meter
ONA-800 Getting Started Guide
April 2022
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When
Keep Result
is pressed, a measurement result is displayed in the table.
•
The
X
softkey deletes all the results displayed in the table.
•
If the Alarm function has been activated, any result that exceeds the selected
thresholds appears in red in the table. Otherwise, the results are shown in green
in the table.
•
Results in the table are kept when the instrument is switched off.
Commands of the power meter parameters
When the Power meter function is selected, the following softkeys are available on the
results page:
•
Wavelength
— Selects the wavelength
•
Unit
— Choice of the unit
On the results page, the following actions are available:
•
Standard Reference
— Selects the current result as a reference value to
measure the insertion of a link. This reference is displayed under the measure
-
ment result until a new reference is performed.
•
Keep Result
— Keeps the result on the corresponding line of the table.
•
Clear Table
— Deletes all the results displayed in the table.
Clear Table
appears
as an
X
.
Performing a measurement
The Powermeter is started as soon as the function is activated in the
Home
menu.
Power measurement
The following procedure describes how to perform a power measurement.
To perform a power measurement
1
Connect the light source to be tested to the Powermeter connector, as described
in
“Connection to the power meter and VFL” on page 32
.
2
In the configuration menu, choose the units
–
dBm
–
dB
–
Watts.
CAUTION
Power measurement is automatically updated. The value <-60dB is displayed
when the laser is switched off and if the source output is looped on to the power
meter input.
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