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Using Menus You can access a System Instrument menu and a variety of other instrument
menus (depending on installed instruments) from the front panel. These menus
incorporate the most used functions but do not provide access to all of the
instrument commands. If a particular function is not available from a menu, you
can type the corresponding command string and execute it from the front panel.
See “Executing Commands” later in this chapter for more information.
When you select an instrument, you are assigning the keyboard and display to
that instrument. This means that any menu operations, commands executed or
recalled, errors displayed, etc. pertain only to that instrument. Front panel
operation of an instrument is independent from other instruments and
independent from the remote operation of the instrument. To operate another
instrument from the front panel, you must select that instrument.
A 60-Second Menu
Tutorial
Following the power-on sequence or a system reset the display shows the Select
an instrument menu (see Figure 2-2) which lets you select one of the instruments
listed.
The menu keys are located directly below the display. To select a displayed
menu choice, press the function key (f1 - f5) directly below the choice. This
chapter shows key labels in bold text.
• When there are more than five menu choices, an arrow appears on the
right side of the display. Press More to display the next group of choices.
By repeatedly pressing More you can display all groups of choices. After
you have displayed all groups of choices, pressing More again returns to
the first group of choices.
• When the display is requesting information (input prompt) such as Enter
the device’s logical address, just type the information and press Return.
If you press the wrong menu key and do not want to enter the
requested information, you can escape the input prompt and stay at
the same menu level by pressing ESC or Prev Menu.
If you make an incorrect entry in response to an input prompt, the
top line of the display will show an error message. When this
happens, just select that menu choice again (f1 - f5 keys), re-type the
correct information, and press Return.
Note: Typical instruments shown. Actual choices depend on installed instruments
Figure 2-2. Select an Instrument Menu
2-2 Using the Front Panel