Additional Displayed Information 1250 Frequency Response Analyzer
11-2 AMK/1250/3
11.1 THE STATUS KEY
11.1.1 INTRODUCTION
The STATUS key, in conjunction with the SELECT key, enables the user to examine,
but not alter, the current state of the controls and the existing parameter values in the
1250. Quantities displayed in lower case are usually those which the user has entered,
whereas those in upper case indicate the state of the instrument. In the details that
follow, where one of several different states may appear after a particular heading, all
the possible states are listed in the form: RUN/STOP/IDLE/etc.
The Status information is available under two headings, [MAIN] STATUS which includes
the Menus, and [OTHER] STATUS which covers the rest of the instrument. Nine soft
key titles are allocated, details of which are given in Sections 11.1.3 and 11.1.4. The
soft key titled "µP" gives information on the 1250 Central Processing Unit, as described
in Section 1.4.
11.1.2 USING THE KEY
To view the STATUS information, press the STATUS key. The Display will show:
[MAIN] STATUS with soft keys: GEN (i.e. Generator)
ANALYZER
SWEEP
DISPLAY
PLOTTER
If SELECT is pressed, the Display will change to:
[OTHER] STATUS SYNC (i.e. Synchroniser)
FN/PROG (i.e. Function/Program)
µP (i.e. the 1250 Central Processor Unit)
GPIB
Having selected the required STATUS group, press the relevant soft key. The format of
the information which now appears in the Display is referred to as a "page". Several
pages are available for each soft key. To step through the pages, successively operate
the SELECT key, (although in this case no square-bracket prompt is given).
Having obtained the required page, and verified the status of the parameter concerned,
press ENTER to retrieve the soft key display. Alternatively, to exit from the STATUS
mode completely, press the key for the next operation that is to be performed.
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