Boonton 4500B Peak Power Meter - Manual (Page 35)

Boonton 4500B RF Peak Power Analyzer
Getting Started 3-1
3. Getting Started
This chapter will introduce the user to the Model 4500B. The chapter will identify objects on the front and rear panels,
identify display organization, list the initial configuration of the instrument after reset, demonstrate how to calibrate the
sensors, and provide practice exercises for front panel operation. For additional information you should see Chapter 4
"Operation."
3.1 Organization
Subsection 3.2 Operating Controls, Indicators and Connections identifies the control features and connections on the front
and rear panels.
Subsection 3.3 Monitor Display describes the data fields in the standard (graphic mode) display.
Subsection 3.4 Initialization explains how to turn the instrument on for the first time, connect a sensor, set the instrument up
for operation, and initialize it to a known state. See Table 3-3. for initialized parameters and their values.
Subsection 3.5 Calibration is critical to the proper operation of an instrument. The Model 4500B comes with a 1 GHz level
programmable calibrator. Before making any measurement the sensor(s) must be calibrated.
Subsection 3.6 Practice Exercises for power measurements, in pulse mode. Pulse mode operation requires an internal or
external trigger event.
Subsection 3.7 Practice Exercises for statistical power measurement.
3.2 Operating Controls, Indicators and Connections
Figures 3-1 and 3-2 illustrate the controls, indicators and connectors on the front and rear panels, respectively, of the
standard instrument. Refer to Table 3-1 for a description of each of the illustrated items. Connectors indicated by an asterisk
(*) may be front or rear-mounted, depending on the option selected. The function and operation of all controls, indicators and
connectors are the same on the standard and optional models.