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

Power Meter Operation
Setting Offsets
Agilent E4418B User’s Guide 2-37
2. The power meter displays the offset value in a pop up window.
Modify this offset (see below) as desired.
■ Use or to modify the digit on which the cursor is
currently positioned.
■ Use or to move to other digits.
3. To confirm your choice press .
4. is automatically set to “On” when a value is
entered using .
Display offsets can be disabled and re-enabled simply by pressing
.
The display offset is a function of the window. That is, if you have selected
a two window display each can have its own offset.
Figure 2-8 displays the effects of the channel and display offsets on the
power meter’s displayed reading.
Figure 2-8: Effect of Offsets on a Channel Measurement
† Channel Offset entered using , , .
†† Display Offset entered using , .
dB
Offset Off On
Offset
Offset Off On
Ch Input with
Ch Input
Ch
Offset
†
Display
Offset
††
READING
ON POWER
METER
DISPLAY
Ch Input with Ch Offset and
Ch Offset
Display Offset
System
Inputs
Input Settings Offset
Rel
Offset
Offset
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