Operating basics
Overview of instrument
operation
When operating
the instrument from the front panel, there are three top-level
menus. P ressing the BACK button several times will always return the instrument
display to one of these m enus. The top-level menus are: Status, System Config,
and Channel. The Channel menu readout always displays one of the channels,
such as "CH1 ELSW NTSC".
Press the up (▲)ordown(▼) arrow buttons to cycle between the three top menus.
In the Channel menu, press the left (◄)orright(►) arrow button to cycle through
the installed channels.
In the desired top-level menu or channel, press the ENTER button to go into
that selection, then use the navigation arrows to browse to various items and to
select options. Press the ENTER button to make a change, or to allow editing on
Text strings and numeric fields.
Menu displays. The LCD display uses various symbols to help you navigate the
menus and make selections:
Carriage return. As shown below, when a carriage return symbol appears in
the right bottom corner of a display, this indicates that you can either press
the ENTER button to access a submenu or that you need to press the ENTER
button to m ake a setting change.
Bullet. As shown above, when a bullet symbol appears as the first character
on the bottom line of the display, this indicates that there are multiple setting
se
lections available and that the displayed selection is the currently selected
setting. Press the left or right arrow buttons to view other possible selections
and p ress the ENTER button to implement a setting change.
Left and right arrows. As shown below, when left and right arrows appear
on the far right side of the display, this indicates that you can view more
diagnostic or event readouts using the left and right arrow buttons.
Indentation. As shown above, whe n right-arrow characters appear as the first
characters on the top line of the display, this indicates that you have entered
a submenu. The number of right-arrow characters represents the number of
times you need to press the BACK button to return to the top-level menu.
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