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Before Starting Measurements
• Keys Other Than the Character Keys
• BS: Deletes the character before the entry position.
• INS: Switches between insert and overwrite mode. During insert mode, the
INSERT indicator on the keyboard illuminates. When a new character is
entered in insert mode, the new character is placed at the entry position
and all following characters are moved backward.
• CLR: Clears all displayed characters. On the keyboard used to enter the file
name and comment, RESET on the front panel can also be used to
achieve the same result.
• CAPS: Switches between uppercase and lowercase.
• SPACE:Enters a space.
• ENT: Enters the displayed characters.
• Number of Characters and Types That Can Be Used
Item Number of Characters Characters That Can Be Used
Date/Time Specified number 0 to 9 (/, :)
Equation 1 to 50 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
Unit 1 to 8 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
File name 1 to 8 characters 0-9, A-Z, %, _, ( ) (parentheses), – (minus sign)
Comment 0 to 25 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
Server name 0 to 40 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
User name 0 to 40 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
Password 0 to 40 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
E-mail address 0 to 40 characters Characters that are displayed on the keyboard
and spaces
(the @ character cannot be entered consecutively.)
Note
File names are not case-sensitive. Comments are case-sensitive. In addition, the following file
names cannot be used due to limitations of MS-DOS.
AUX, CON, PRN, NUL, CLOCK, COM1 to COM9, and LPT1 to LPT9
3.14 Entering Values and Character Strings