User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Legal Information
- Equipment Operation
- General Safety Considerations
- Regulatory Information
- List of Related Publications
- Agilent TechnologiesE4418B Options
- About this Guide
- Getting Started
- Power Meter Operation
- Introduction
- Battery Operation (Option 001)
- Zeroing and Calibrating the Power Meter
- Making Measurements with the AgilentE-Series Power Sensors
- Making Measurements with the Agilent8480 Series Power Sensors
- Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables
- Making Measurements using Frequency Dependent Offset Tables
- Setting the Units of Measurement
- Selecting Units of Measurement from the Softkeys
- Making Relative Measurements
- Setting the Resolution
- Setting Offsets
- Setting Averaging
- Measuring Pulsed Signals
- Setting Measurement Limits
- Selecting a Digital or Analog Display
- Setting the Range
- Configuring the Remote Interface
- Recorder Output
- Saving and Recalling Power Meter Configurations
- How Measurements are Calculated
- Presetting the Power Meter
- Self Test
- Operator Maintenance
- Contacting Agilent Technologies
- Menu Reference
- Error Messages
- Specifications

Menu Reference
Front Panel Menu Reference "Meas/Setup" Menu
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The softkey menu structured to this hardkey affects the currently selected
window. Press to select the upper or lower measurement window on
the power meter’s display. The window which is selected is highlighted by
a shadowed box, and the set up you create is implemented in this window.
Press this hardkey to access the “Meas Setup” menu. This menu allows
you to set up a variety of conditions in the currently selected
measurement window, for example: an analog or digital display,
measurement limits, resolution and channel selection.
•
Press this softkey to access a menu which allows you to select
digital or analog displays, set the resolution and set the limits for
the analog display.
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Press this softkey to toggle between an analog and digital
display. Refer to “Selecting a Digital or Analog Display”, on
page 2-49 for further information.
■
Press this softkey to access a menu which allows you to enter
the maximum and minimum scale limits shown on the analog
display.
◆
Press this softkey to enter the maximum scale value shown
on the analog display.
◆
Press this softkey to enter the minimum scale value shown
on the analog display.
•
Press this softkey to choose from four levels of resolution. The
resolution can be specified in dB or digits depending on the
measurement suffix used. The suffix used is the one which is
selected in the menu. These four levels (1, 2, 3, 4)
represent:
1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 dB respectively if the measurement suffix is
dBm or dB.
1, 2, 3 or 4 significant digits respectively if the measurement suffix
is W or %.
Meas
Setup
Display Format
Meter Dgtl Anlg
Anlg Mtr Scaling
Max
Min
Resolution 1 2 3 4
dBm/W
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