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EXFO FTB -5240S/5240BP Optical Spectrum Analyzer for FTB 500 (NS-1434) User Manual

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Setting Up the Instrument in Drift Mode

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FTB-5240S/5240BP

Setting Up Acquisition Parameters

To set parameters in the Acquisition tab:
1.
From the main window, select the Acquisition tab.

2. Press Trial Scan to perform a trial acquisition.

When a trial acquisition is running in the module, the Start button is
disabled. You are notified that the acquisition is in progress in the status
bar.

The trial scan is performed using the analysis setup parameters. When
the acquisition is complete, the resulting acquisition shall be displayed
in the WDM Graph tab and Channel Results tab. The Channel History
tab shall display results as if only time 0:00 was available. The other
drift mode tabs shall be empty (Dashboard, Channel Graph).