User`s guide

5- 22 Agilent B2900 User’s Guide, Edition 2
Front Panel Operations
Controlling the Measurement Function
4. Set the measurement mode. For details, see “Setting the Measurement Mode” on
page 5-20.
5. Set the sweep source. For details, see “Setting the Sweep Output” on page 5-12.
6. Press the View key to display the Graph view.
7. Press the On/Off switch for channel 1 or 2 (Ch1 or Ch2).
The output of the Source value starts. While the switch is turned green, the
output continues and changes in setting values are immediately reflected in the
output.
8. Press the Trigger key.
The sweep measurement is performed and the measurement result is displayed
in a graph.
Setting the Measurement Trigger Parameters
For details on this function, see “Trigger System” on page 6-27.
1. Press the View key to display the Single view.
2. Press the Show Trigger assist key to display the Trigger parameters. For details
on the parameters, see
“Trigger parameters” on page 4-15.
3. Move the field pointer to the Trigger field.
4. Press the rotary knob to change the pointer status to EDIT.
5. Press the AUTO, SYNC, TIMER, or MANUAL assist key to set the trigger
type. The pointer status is changed to MOVE.
6. Move the field pointer to the trigger parameter setup field (Count, Delay, Period,
or Trigger in the Measure column).
7. Press the rotary knob to change the pointer status to EDIT.
8. Enter the trigger count (Count), trigger delay time (Delay), trigger period
(Period), or trigger source (Trigger).
9. Press the rotary knob or assist key to fix the setting value.
10. Repeat steps 6 to 9 for all parameters.
NOTE If you want to set the trigger parameters in detail, select the MANUAL trigger type
and use the Trigger Configuration dialog box opened by pressing the Trigger >
Config function keys. See “Trigger key group” on page 4-35.