The workspace is like a multi-lay ered desk top where you can dis play and or -
ga nize the con trol pan els you are us ing for a par tic u lar set of tests.
Panels can be placed on any workspace page, and can be du pli cated on
more than one page. An con trol panel that ap pears on more than one page is
sim ply a re dun dant dis play, for your con ve nience. The set tings and re sults
shown on re dun dant pan els are iden ti cal, and a change made on one page is re -
flected on the oth ers.
The 2700 series panels
The in ter ac tion be tween the con trol soft ware and the 2700 se ries in stru ment
is through con trol and mea sure ment win dows called pan els. These can be
thought of like the phys i cal con trol pan els of ten found on con ven tional test
and mea sure ment equip ment, with range, func tion and trig ger con trols, ON
and OFF switches, lin ear ad just ment pots and slid ers, nu mer i cal me ter read -
outs, bar me ters, X-Y wave form dis plays, graphs and so on.
The 2700 se ries pan els are avail able through menu com mands, toolbar
icons and key board short cuts.
You can con trol your 2700 se ries in stru ment from just one or two soft ware
pan els, if that’s all your mea sure ment re quires. A more typ i cal test might in -
volve four or five pan els; a com pli cated test, per haps six or seven.
Chapter 4: 2700 Series Control Software The 2700 series panels
22 Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument
Figure 13. The 2700 series workspace.