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X.1 Unpacking the carton 5
X.2 Safety Warnings 5
X.3 Symbols used on the instrument 6
1. Instrument Layout 8
1.1 Overview of the PAT400 8
1.2 Instrument layout 9
1.3 Button functions 10
1.4 HOT KEY descriptions 10
1.5 Display information 11
1.6 Screen navigation 11
1.7 Text fields (free form box) and
Drop down boxes 11
1.8 Battery and fuse location,
fitting and replacement 12
2. Getting started 15
2.1 Switching ON the PAT400 15
2.2 HOME screen explained 17
2.3 Switching off the PAT400 17
3. Testing with a PAT400 18
3.1 Connecting an asset to the PAT400 18
3.2 Testing an asset 19
3.3 Test progress 24
3.4 Remote probe and clip 25
3.5 Short circuit assets 28
3.6 Aborting a test 29
3.7 Completion of testing 29
3.8 Test fail screen 29
3.9 Visual failure 30
3.10 Repair code 31
3.11 Cable compensation 32
3.12 WARNINGS 33
4. Using the memory 35
4.1 Important overview 35
4.2 Saving a test result 36
5. Adding assets to memory 38
5.1 Adding assets to memory
before testing 38
5.2 Copying the previously added asset 39
6. Editing and deleting assets and results 41
6.1 Editing asset data 41
6.2 Deleting assets 42
7. DATA – Test results and data transfer 43
7.1 Backup to USB memory stick 43
7.2 Importing / restoring data from
USB memory stick 44
7.3 Export results to CSV 46
7.4 Accessing test results 47
8. Test groups 50
8.1 Creating a test group 50
8.2 Allocating test groups to Hotkeys 52
8.3 Editing a test group 54
8.4 Deleting a test group 55
8.5 Repeated Tests 56
9. Quick test - QT 57
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