Manual OperationCompatibility

The HP 8360 series synthesized sweepers are designed to be, in all but very few cases, a complete feature superset of the HP 8340/8341 synthesized sweepers. The most notable omissions are that the

HP 8360 series does not accept:

nline triggers (ie 50 or 60 Hz line frequency)

nan external leveling input from positive diode detectors

Front Panel Operation

The HP 8360 series uses a softkey menu driven approach toward accessing instrument functions versus a front panel key or shift key sequence as with the HP 8340/8341.

Instrument Preset Conditions. The factory defined preset conditions for the HP 8360 series are identical to those for the HP 8340/8341. The HP 8360 series also allows you to define a different set of preset conditions. Refer to “Changing the Preset Parameters,” in Chapter 1 for examples and more information. Table 3-6 illustrates the factory instrument preset conditions for the HP 8360 series and the HP 8340/8341. An instrument preset turns off all the functions and then sets the following:

Table 3-6.

Instrument Preset Conditions for the HP 6360/8340/8341

 

 

Function

Condition

 

Sweep

Mode

Full Span

 

 

Sweep

 

Continuous/Auto

 

Trigger

Free Run

 

 

Markers

All Off

 

 

 

Modulation

Off

 

 

1

Frecluencv Ster, Size

10% of span

 

 

Status

Bytes

Cleared

 

 

 

Leveling

Internal

 

 

RF Output

On

 

 

 

Power

Level

0 dBm

 

 

 

Power Step Size

10 dB

 

 

 

Power Sweep/Slope

0 dB

 

 

 

Storage Registers

Retain

current

values

 

HP-IB

Address

Retains

current

value

 

Status

Byte Mask

Unchanged

 

 

Extended Status Byte Mask Unchanged

 

 

Language Mode

Unchanged

 

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Specifications