Mportant – EXFO PM-1600 High-Speed Power Meter User Manual

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Programming Acquisitions

PM-1600

Programming Triggered Acquisitions

If you want to set the duration of the acquisition instead of the number of
points, skip step 6.

6. To set the number of points for the acquisition,

6a. Use the up/down or left/right arrow keys to select Points.

6b. Press ENTER to access the points edit box.

6c. Use the left/right arrow keys to select the desired digit and the

up/down arrows to increase or decrease the flashing value. Then
confirm by pressing ENTER. See table on page 45 for the
maximum number of points that can be set. As you change the
number of points, the duration is automatically set as a function of
the sampling rate.

7. To set the duration of the acquisition,

7a. Use the up/down or left/right arrow keys to select Duration.

7b. Press ENTER to access the duration edit box.

7c. Use the left/right arrow keys to select the flashing digit of the

duration and the up/down keys to increase or decrease the
flashing digit. You can enter a duration from 00h00m01s to
99h59m59s. As you change the duration, the number of points is
automatically set as a function of the sampling rate.

7d. Confirm the duration by pressing ENTER.

8. Enable the acquisition as explained in Programming Timed

Acquisitions on page 46. The TG marker will be displayed when the
trigger is activated.

Note: It is not possible to set the duration when programming a high-rate,

triggered acquisition.

MPORTANT

Starting an acquisition erases all acquisition data in memory.