Power Meter Operation

Introduction

Introduction

This chapter describes the parameters which configure the power meter to make measurements and help you determine settings to optimize performance. This chapter contains the following sections:

•“Zeroing the Power Meter”, on page 2-3.

•“Calibrating the Power Meter”, on page 2-4.

•“Making Measurements with the HP E-Series Power Sensors”, on page 2-8.

•“Making Measurements with the HP 8480 Series Power Sensors”, on page 2-10.

•“Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables”, on page 2-13.

•“Setting the Units of Measurement”, on page 2-22.

•“Selecting Units of Measurement from the Softkeys”, on page 2-23.

•“Making Relative Measurements”, on page 2-24.

•“Setting the Resolution”, on page 2-25.

•“Setting Offsets”, on page 2-26.

•“Setting Averaging”, on page 2-28.

•“Measuring Pulsed Signals”, on page 2-30.

•“Setting Measurement Limits”, on page 2-32.

•“Channel Measurements”, on page 2-35.

•“Making Difference Measurements”, on page 2-36.

•“Making Ratio Measurements”, on page 2-37.

•“Selecting a Digital or Analog Display”, on page 2-38.

•“Setting the Range”, on page 2-41.

•“Configuring the Remote Interface”, on page 2-42.

•“Recorder Output”, on page 2-43.

•“Saving and Recalling Power Meter Configurations”, on page 2-45.

•“How Measurements are Calculated”, on page 2-47

•“Presetting the Power Meter”, on page 2-48.

•“Self Test”, on page 2-50.

•“Operator Maintenance”, on page 2-56.

•“Contacting Hewlett-Packard”, on page 2-57.

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HP EPM-442A User’s Guide