Agilent Technologies 53150A, 53152A, 53151A manual Summary of the Measurement Sequence

Chapter 2 Operating Your Frequency Counter

Summary of the Measurement Sequence

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Summary of the Measurement Sequence

1.Turn on the Main ~ Power switch on the back panel, and then press and release the POWER button on the front panel.

The internal Reference Oscillator receives power only when the

Main ~ Power switch is on. Therefore, the frequency of the reference signal may drift until the oscillator stabilizes. Specifications for the stability of the standard internal timebase and the optional Oven Timebase are provided in Chapter 3.

2.Connect the input signal to the appropriate input connector (Channel 1 or Channel 2).

3.Connect an external reference signal to the External Reference connector on the back panel (if desired).

4.Press the Chan Select key to select the input channel (if necessary).

5.Press the Display Power key if you need to measure power (Channel 2 only).

6.Press the frequency and/or power Offset On/Off keys to enable offset measurements (if desired), and then use the Freq Offset (Shift + Rate) and/or Pwr Offset (Shift + Avg) keys to enter the offset values.

7.Use the Resol, Rate, and Avg keys to configure the display.

8.Use the Menu (Shift + Reset/Local) key to set the reference-oscillator source, to select the Channel 1 low-pass filter, to configure the Counter’s response to frequency modulation, to enable and configure Power Correction, and/or to select a previously saved set of user settings.

9.If you intend to operate the counter remotely using the GPIB, use the GPIB (Shift + Resol) key to configure the GPIB.

10.If you intend to operate the counter remotely using the serial interface, use the Menu (Shift + Reset/Local) key to adjust the serial port Baud rate.

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