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Chapter 1 Getting Started

The Front Panel Indicators at a Glance

The Front Panel Indicators at a Glance

The front panel includes three LED indicators. These are listed and described in the following table.

Indicator

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Standby indicator is lit whenever the Main ~

 

 

 

Power switch on the rear panel is turned ON, and

 

POWER

the POWER switch on the front panel is OFF (out).

 

During Standby, most of the instrument’s circuits do

 

 

 

 

 

 

not receive power. However, the timebase and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

cooling fan are powered so that the temperature in

 

Standby

the timebase components remains stable, and if the

 

Battery option is installed, the battery-charging

 

 

 

 

 

 

circuits are powered. When you press the POWER

 

 

 

switch on the front panel, the Standby indicator goes

 

 

 

off, and all of the Counter’s circuits receive power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the LED indicator between the arrow keys

 

 

 

flashes, the arrow keys can be used to navigate and

 

 

 

change values in menus.

 

 

 

When you make a change in a menu, always press

 

 

 

the Enter key to save the setting and exit the menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gate LED indicator flashes to indicate the rate

 

FREQ

at which measurements are triggered. The flash rate

 

 

Gate

of the LED varies with the settings of the

 

 

 

 

 

measurement rate (Rate key) and the measurement

 

Chan

resolution (Resol key). The flash rate of the LED

 

Select

provides a rough indication of the number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

measurements that are being taken in a given period

 

 

 

of time.

 

 

 

 

It is normal for the fan in the Counter to run when the Counter is in Standby mode. Power is supplied to the timebase whenever the

Main ~ Power switch is on to maintain long term measurement reliability, and the fan helps maintain timebase temperature stability.

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Agilent Technologies 53152A, 53150A, 53151A manual Front Panel Indicators at a Glance, Indicator Description

53151A, 53150A, 53152A specifications

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