Peekel Instruments User manual PICAS V2.6.1
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General
At the LCD screen, three different groups of displays can be shown:
SYSTEM menu’s
CHANNEL menus
MEASURE display.
With the SYSTEM menus, the various settings of a DEVICE can be set. With the
CHANNEL menu’s, the behavior of each of the CHANNELS of a DEVICE can be set. The
MEASURE display is generally used when actually measuring. It shows 1 selected channel
in large figures and all other channel-outputs of a DEVICE selected in small figures.
For the SYSTEM- and CHANNEL-menu’s, the LCD screen is divided in 3 columns. At the
left are the various menu names, device- and channel number as selected by the
pushbuttons. In the middle are the specific functions, which belong to the menu, chosen
and at the right are the individual settings (fields). Some fields can be chosen or set by the
user, some cannot be changed and are dictated by the system.
The upper-left portion of the display shows the device as chosen by the –DEVICE+
pushbutton. With only one device in use (one PICAS instrument), this will always show “1”.
If more PICAS instruments are connected to the RS-485 bus, these other DEVICES can be
selected and displayed.
The next line shows the selected channel.
Each one of the 4 channels is selected with the -CHANNEL+ button.
The third line (the first in the next box) shows the active menu-, followed by the name of
that menu in the next line.
The menu of your choice is selected with the -MENU+ button. This will bring you through all
settings for the selected channel.
A quicker method is to use one of the short-cut keys 1...6 of the lower row of 14
pushbuttons. These will bring you directly to a specific channel-menu. The names of these
menus are also printed on these keys.
The keys ACTIONS, MEMORY, SYSTEM and set SET MEAS will bring you directly to one
of the system-menu.
Use the up/down-keys to go to the required line, indicated by a black cursor in front of the
name of that field in the middle column.
3.3.2 Fields
The column at the right of the LCD-display (largest area) shows the fields with the
parameters (settings) of the currently selected menu.
Selectable fields, which represent a pre-defined choice (like LANGUAGE in the
GENERAL system-menu) can be modified with the left/right keys.
Fields which represent actions (like CALIBRATION in the GENERAL channel menu) can
be activated by pushing the ENTER key. (Such a field shows <execute> and switches
temporarily to <wait> during when the action is being executed.
Adjustable fields require manually introduced numbers (like BRIDGE-VOLT in the
GENERAL channel menu) and can be set by pressing the ENTER key. This will move the
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