User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Legal Information
 - Equipment Operation
 - General Safety Considerations
 - Regulatory Information
 - List of Related Publications
 - Agilent TechnologiesE4418B Options
 - About this Guide
 - Getting Started
 - Power Meter Operation
- Introduction
 - Battery Operation (Option 001)
 - Zeroing and Calibrating the Power Meter
 - Making Measurements with the AgilentE-Series Power Sensors
 - Making Measurements with the Agilent8480 Series Power Sensors
 - Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables
 - Making Measurements using Frequency Dependent Offset Tables
 - Setting the Units of Measurement
 - Selecting Units of Measurement from the Softkeys
 - Making Relative Measurements
 - Setting the Resolution
 - Setting Offsets
 - Setting Averaging
 - Measuring Pulsed Signals
 - Setting Measurement Limits
 - Selecting a Digital or Analog Display
 - Setting the Range
 - Configuring the Remote Interface
 - Recorder Output
 - Saving and Recalling Power Meter Configurations
 - How Measurements are Calculated
 - Presetting the Power Meter
 - Self Test
 - Operator Maintenance
 - Contacting Agilent Technologies
 
 - Menu Reference
 - Error Messages
 - Specifications
 

Menu Reference
Front Panel Menu Reference "System/Inputs" Menu 
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Press this softkey to select the serial port for remote 
operation using the RS422 Standard.
■
Press this softkey to access a menu which allows you to either 
configure the GP-IB interface or the serial interface 
(RS232/RS422).
◆
Press this softkey to access a menu which allows you to set 
the GP-IB address.
❖  
Press this softkey to set the GP-IB address of your power 
meter between 0 and 30. The default value is 13. A pop up 
window appears on the screen. Use the  ,  ,   
and   hardkeys to change the value. To confirm your 
choice press  . Refer to “GP-IB Address”, on 
page 2-53 for further information.
◆
Press this softkey to access a menu which allows you to set 
baud rate, word size, parity, number of stop bits, pacing and 
echo for the serial interface.
❖
Press this key to set the serial interface baud rate. The 
default value is 9600. A pop up window appears on the 
screen giving a range of values (50,75,110,150, 300, 1200, 
1800, 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 19.2K, 38.4K, 
57.6K or 115.2K).
❖
Press this softkey to set the serial interface word length. A 
pop up window appears on the screen giving a selection of 
7 or 8.
❖
Press this softkey to set the serial interface number of stop 
bits. A pop up window appears on the screen giving a 
selection of 1 or 2.
❖
Press this softkey to enable /disable parity and set the 
parity type for the serial interface. A pop up window 
RS422
Configure Interface
GP-IB
GP-IB Addr
Enter
Serial
Baud Rate
Word Size
Stop Bits
Parity
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