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PDLINIT

Initialize PDL measurement.

N O T E

Only for use with HP 71451B Option 003, Swept Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) Kit.

Example

180

OUTPUT

723;"PDLINIT;"

Initialize PDL measurement.

 

190

PRINT "Press RETURN to Continue";

 

 

200

PAUSE;

 

 

Description

See Also

The PDLINIT command initializes the polarization dependent loss (PDL) measurement procedure. The traces are initialized to measure PDL, continuous sweep mode is activated, and the results are displayed as follows:

￿Trace A contains the detected signal.

￿Trace B contains the maximum signal.

￿Trace C contains the minimum signal.

PDL , PDLCALC, PDLDEV, PDL DEV?, PDLEXIT, PDLREV, PDL REV?, PDLSCALE, PDLSRC, PDL SRC?

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