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ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
Electronic Copy of LTI’s Impulse User’s Manual 8
th
Edition © October 1998
GETTING STARTED QUICKLY ................ 1
B
ASIC
I
MPULSE
P
ACKAGE
................................. 1
A
CCESSORIES
..................................................... 1
I
NSERTING THE
B
ATTERIES
............................... 2
P
OWERING
O
N AND
O
FF
.................................... 3
T
AKING A
M
EASUREMENT
................................ 4
THE ANATOMY OF THE IMPULSE ......... 6
S
ENSORS
............................................................ 6
S
IGHTING
S
COPE
................................................ 7
F
RONT AND
B
ACK
P
ANELS
................................ 7
INSTRUMENT OPTIONS AND
INDICATORS ................................................. 8
M
EASUREMENT
M
ODES
.................................... 9
M
EASUREMENT
M
ODIFIERS
............................ 10
I
NDICATORS
/ W
ARNINGS
................................ 11
S
ETTINGS
/ O
PTIONS
........................................ 12
E
RROR
C
ONDITIONS
........................................ 14
USING THE BUTTON PANELS ................ 15
SETTING UP FOR LEFT-HANDED
OPERATION................................................. 18
S
WITCHING THE
H
AND
S
TRAP
......................... 18
R
ECONFIGURING THE
B
UTTON
P
ANELS
.......... 19
TAKING A BASIC MEASUREMENT .......20
U
NGROUPING
S
ENSORS
- I
MPULSE
200............22
S
ETTING THE
S
COPE
D
OT
I
NTENSITY
...............23
S
ETTING THE
M
EASUREMENT
U
NITS
...............23
P
ERCENT
S
LOPE
...............................................24
R
ANGE
R
ESOLUTION
........................................24
P
OWER
C
ONSERVATION
I
NTERVALS
................24
T
URNING THE
B
EEPER
O
N AND
O
FF
.................26
TAKING A HEIGHT MEASUREMENT ...27
H
EIGHT
P
IVOT
O
FFSET
.....................................30
A
DDITIONAL
N
OTES
.........................................32
Calculating a Pivot Offset ...........................33
TAKING A MULTIPLE
MEASUREMENT..........................................34
D
IFFERENCE
M
EASUREMENTS
.........................34
C
UMULATIVE
M
EASUREMENTS
.......................36
TARGETING .................................................39
L
ISTENING TO THE
I
NSTRUMENT
......................40
A
IMING
P
OINT
..................................................41
S
ETTING THE
R
ANGE
O
FFSET
...........................42
S
ETTING A
G
ATE
W
INDOW
..............................43
Turning On the Gates ..................................44