EXFO FTB -5240S/5240BP Optical Spectrum Analyzer for FTB 500 (NS-1434) - Manual (Page 399)

Managing Results
Optical Spectrum Analyzer 391
Managing EDFA Test Results
3. Under Default channel settings, modify the following parameters as
needed:
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Clear the Activate default channel selection, to use the currently
defined channel for analysis. This reduces the analysis time by
eliminating the peak detection over the complete spectral range.
The peaks outside the defined channel will not be detected or
analyzed.
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Channel width (GHz or nm): indicates the limit inside which the
power values will be considered in the channel.
For default channels, the channel width that sets the limits of the
channel, should be the same as the channel distance or smaller
(channel distance is defined while creating a channel list). If the
channel width is not compatible with the channel spacing, either a
single peak may be found for two distinct channels and two
analysis would be performed and displayed for that peak, or, it is
possible that two peaks may be found within the same channel
and be considered as one multi-peak signal. With this result, you
can use markers to find the spacing between adjacent channels or
to find the channel width.