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Using the Multi-Wavelength Meter
Changing the Units and Measurement Rate
Continuous or single measurements
The Agilent 86120B continuously measures the input spectrum at the front-
panel
OPTICAL INPUT
connector. Whenever measurements are being acquired,
an asterisk (*) is displayed in the display’s upper right corner. When you
switch between normal and fast update modes the rate that the asterisk blinks
changes.
You can specify that the instrument perform a measurement only when the
front-panel
Single
key is pressed. This is the single-acquisition measurement
mode, and it is useful for capturing and preserving data. After capturing the
data, you can display it using many of the procedures included in this chapter.
You can return to continuous measurement mode at any time by pressing the
Cont
key.
To select single measurement acquisition
•Press the
Single
key.