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
Configuring the Remote Interface
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RS232/RS422
With RS232 selected as the serial interface the power meter
communicates through the serial port with single ended drivers and
receivers. With RS422 selsected, the serial port uses balanced drivers and
receivers.
The power meter acts as a DTE device.
To select RS232 or RS422 as the remote interface press ,
, , or .
RS232/422 Connector
The serial port connector is a 9 pin male D-type wired as shown in
Figure 2-18.
Figure 2-18: RS232/422 Pin Assignment
System
Inputs
Remote Interface
Select Interface RS232 RS422
Pin RS232 RS422
1DCD CTS-
2Rx Rx-
3Tx Tx+
4 DTR Tx-
5GND GND
6DSR Rx+
7RTS RTS+
8CTS CTS+
9RI RTS-
1 2
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6
7
8
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