Agilent Technologies B user manual

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User’s Guide
Agilent 83485A/B
Optical/Electrical
Plug-In Module

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Agilent part number: 83485-90062 Printed in US A 2000 Notice . The information contained this document is subject change without notice . Agilent T echnologies makes no warranty of kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to , the implied warranties of merchantability tness for a particular purpose . Agilent T echnologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with furnishing, performance , or this material. R

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Safety Symbols following safety symbols are throughout this manual. F amiliarize yourself with each of the symbols its meaning before operating this instrument. caution sign denotes a hazard to the instrument. It calls to a C AU TI O N procedure which, if not correctly performed or adhered to , could result in damage to or destruction of the instrument. not proceed beyond a caution until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met. warning sign denotes a life-threatening hazard. It cal

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General Safety Considerations Before this instrument is switched on , make sure it has been properly W A R N I N G grounded through the protective conductor of ac power cable to a socket outlet provided with protective earth contact. interruption of the protective (grounding) conductor , inside or outside the instrument, or disconnection of protective earth terminal result personal injury . There are many points in instrument which can, if contacted, cause W AR N I N G personal injury . Be extre

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Assistance Product maintenance agreements and other customer assistance agreements available for A gilent T echnologies products. F or assistance , contact your nearest A gilent T echnologies Service . Sales and service oces Agilent T echnologies has sales and service oces located around the to provide complete support for Agilent T echnologies products .T o o btain servicing information or to order replacement parts , contact the nearest Agilent T echnologies Sales and Service ce O . In corr

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W arranty This Agilent T echnologies instrument product warranted against defects material and workmanship for a period of one from date of shipment. During the warranty period, Agilent T echnologies will, at its option, either repair or replace products which prove to be defective . F or warranty service o r repair , this product must returned a service facility designated Agilent T echnologies . Buyer shall prepay shipping charges to Agilent T echnologies and Agilent T echnologies shall shippi

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Contents Sales and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 1. Instrument a Glance Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men uand C v tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Agilen t 83485A/B Optical/Electrical Plug-In Mo dule F ron t f o the plug-in mo dule . . . . . . . . . . Getting b est p erformance . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing mo dule . . . . . . . . . . . . T rigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaning Connections for Accurate Measuremen . . . . T o clean a

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Channel Sk Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 Probe Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 3-16 External Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Complete Calibration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 4. Specications and Regulatory Information Sp ecications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 V ertical sp ecications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 vironmen sp . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 T rigger inpu

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Figures 1-1. Front panel of the plug-in module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1. Optical Channel Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2-2. Electrical Channel Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3. A typical Cal Status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1. Current Frame T emp condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 3-2. Plug-in calibration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 3-3. Oset Zero Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 3-4. Dark calibration menu . . . . . .

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Contents

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1 Instrument a Glance at The

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Instrument at a G lance What you’ll nd in this chapter This chapter describes: options accessories ke y conventions sed u in this front panel, rear panel and ke ys that do displa y on screen lightwave connector care Understanding information in this chapter will help successfully operate instrument. input circuits can be damaged by electrostatic ischarge d (ESD). C A U T I O N Therefore , avoid applying static discharges to the front-panel nput i connectors . Before connecting coaxial t

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The Instrument at a channel is calibrated 1310 nm and 1550 nm to provide both accurate display the received optical waveform in optical power units and measurement of the signal’s average power . In addition, the User Cal feature provides for consistent accuracy at any wavelength between 1200 nm and nm using a source power . Agilent 83485A optical/electrical plug-in module also a calibrated SONET/SDH reference receiver that is measured to comply ITU-TS (formerly CCITT) G.957 and Bellcore GR-253-

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Ordering information Agilent 83485A options Option 030 Built-in STM-1/OC-3 155 Mb/s SDH/SONET reference eceiver r Option 032 Built-in STM-4/OC-12 622 Mb/s SDH/SONET reference receiver Option 034 Built-in STM-16/OC-48 2.488 Gb/s SDH/SONET reference receiver Option 0B W A gilent 83485A/B Service Guide Option 0B1 A dditional set of user documentation Option 0B0 Deletes user documentation Option UK6 Measured performance Agilent 83485B options Option 001 Latest operating system rmware for the Agilen

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Instrument at a Glance Ordering nformation i Optional accessories Agilent 54006A 6 d probe Agilent 54008A 2 2 ns delay line Agilent 54118A 5 00 o t 18 GHz trigger Agilent 10086A ECL terminator SMA (f-f) adapter , Agilent part number 1250-1158 SMA 50 termination, Agilent part number 1810-0118, 1 each APC 3.5 (f-f) , Agilent part number 1250-1749 APC 2.4 (f-f) , Agilent 11900B APC 2.4 to 3.5 (f-f) adapter , Agilent 11901B Agilent 81000AI Diamond HMS-10 connector interface Agilent 81000FI FC/PC/SP

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Menu and Conventions keys labeled Trigger , Disk, Run all examples of front-panel keys . Pressing some front-panel keys accesses menus of functions that displayed along the ight r side of the display screen. These menus called softkey menus . Softkey menus list functions other than those accessed directly by the front-panel keys . T o activate a function on softkey menu, press unlabeled immediately next the annotation on the screen. The unlabeled keys next to the annotation on display called sof

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Instrument at a Glance Menu a nd K ey value , use general purpose knob located below the front-panel Measure section. 1-7 the Conventions The

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Agilent 83485A/B Optical/Electrical Plug-In Module Agilent 83485A/B optical/electrical plug-in modules two of several plug-in modules a vailable for the Agilent 83480A, 54750A mainframes . Their main features a re: Integrated, calibrated optical channel. Optical channel includes switchable SONET/SDH lter . Electrical measurement channel. 2.5 GHz trigger channel. Both optical electrical measurement channels aveh user selectable bandwidths of 12.4 or GHz. ( A gilent 83485A only ) 30 G