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How to Use the Buttons and Screens Accutome A-Scan Plus Buttons
Soft Menu Buttons
There is a series of buttons directly below the Accutome
display. The buttons offer soft menu selections and
change from screen to screen.
There are three types of soft menu selection:
Buttons that perform a single action
Buttons that toggle
Buttons that display other screens or soft
menus
Buttons that Toggle between Two Selections
Soft menu buttons that toggle cause the Accutome to
switch between one state and another; e.g. on the
Measure Screen the button under the Running/Frozen
selection toggles the waveform between active and
frozen. The active choice is highlighted in reverse video.
Buttons that Display Other Screens or Soft Menus
Soft menu buttons that have an ellipsis... to the right of
the selection will display another screen or soft menu.
Accutome A-Scan Plus Knob
The large knob, located at the bottom of the right side of
the Accutome A-Scan Plus is for selecting and activating
fields and changing the parameters of the active field.
How the Knob Works
When a field on any screen requires data, you move
around on the screen and select the field by rotating the
knob until you have arrived at the appropriate field.
When a field is selected there will be a solid black border
around it. Also, when you move from one field to
another, the field that is to become active flashes.
Once you have selected a field and you want to enter or
change the data in the field, press on the knob. Pressing
the knob causes an action. In this case it activates the
field. After you have entered or changed data in a field, if