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Using Menus A System Instrument menu and a variety of other instrument menus (depending
on installed instruments) are available from the terminal interface. These menus
incorporate the most used functions but do not provide access to the complete
functionality of an instrument. If a particular function is not available from a
menu, you can type the corresponding Common Command or SCPI command
string and execute it from the terminal interface. See “Executing Commands”
later in this chapter for more information.
When you select an instrument, you are assigning the terminal interface to that
instrument. This means that any menu operations, commands executed or
recalled, errors displayed, etc. pertain only to that instrument. Terminal
interface operation of an instrument is independent from other instruments and
independent from the remote operation of the instrument. To operate another
instrument from the terminal interface, you must select that instrument.
A 60-Second Menu
Tutorial
Following the power-on sequence or a system reset, the screen shows the Select
an instrument menu (see Figure 3-2). This menu allows you to select one of the
instruments listed.
The menu select and menu control function keys (usually labeled f1 - f8 on their
key caps) are defined by eight function labels located across the bottom of the
terminal screen. Once you learn how these keys operate, using the menus is easy
(key labels are shown in bold text in this chapter):
To select a displayed menu choice, press the function key (f1 - f5) which
corresponds to the function key label.
• When there are more than five menu choices, function key f6 becomes
labeled MORE. 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.
• Whenever the screen is requesting information (input prompt) such as
Enter the device’s logical address, just type the information and press
Return (may be Enter on a terminal emulator).
If you pressed 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 PRV_MENU.
Note: Typical instruments shown. Actual choices depend on installed instrument
Figure 3-2. "Select an instrument" Menu
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