DETAILED OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS |
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PDM
PDM Operator's Manual Version 2.4a • September 2019
System menu
System menu
}Brightness
Contrast
Time Zone
Time/Date More‘
Press
Î
to scroll to more Options
Time Format More“
Password
}Screen Saver
Press
¨
to scroll to more Options
System menu options
Brightness
Select a value for the LCD display
Contrast
Select a value for the LCD display
Time Zone
Select a time zone when Network Time Protocol (a feature that
automatically sets PDM’s internal clock, described on
page 26
) has been selected in the
Net
menu. Choose from the four named US time zones, with or without Daylight Sav-
ings Time, or any internationally used offset from Greenwich Mean Time.
Time/Date
Set the current time and date manually, when Network Time Proto-
col is not being used.
Why bother setting the clock? Because PDM’s PD-Alert function uses time and date to
identify audio log files.
Time Format
Select
12 Hour
(AM/PM) or
24 Hour
(“Military time”).
Screen Saver
Use
¨
and
Î
to set how many minutes of inactivity will pass before
PDM’s LCD display goes dark. Or choose
Never
, if you want the screen to remain lit at
all times
1
.
Password
Lets you change the password required to access the web remote
control. The factory default is
pdmwebBxxx
, where
xxx
is the software module number
of your system. Use up/down arrows to change the character value, left/right arrows to
change fields.
•
Valid characters include upper and lower case letters, numbers and spaces
between characters. Note that spaces at the end of a character string are re-
moved.
•
PDM passwords are designed to prevent unauthorized access via the net-
work. They are visible from PDM’s front panel menus.
Note: In previous PDM software, the System Menu also included
RS
-
232
and
External
Clock
Offset
. These functions now appear only on the Web interface (
page 35
).
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Leaving the screen lit at all times can shorten the life of the LCD’s backlight.
System menu options
Brightness
Select a value for the LCD display
Contrast
Select a value for the LCD display
Time Zone
Select a time zone when Network Time Protocol (a feature that automatically
sets PDM’s internal clock, described on
page 33
) has been selected in the
Net
menu.
Choose from the four named US time zones, with or without Daylight Savings Time, or any
internationally used offset from Greenwich Mean Time.
Time/Date
Set the current time and date manually, when Network Time Protocol is not
being used.
Why bother setting the clock? Because PDM’s PD-Alert function uses time and date to
identify audio log files.
Time Format
Select
12 Hour
(AM/PM) or
24 Hour
(“Military time”).
Screen Saver
Use
¨
and
Î
to set how many minutes of inactivity will pass before PDM’s
LCD display goes dark. Or choose
Never
, if you want the screen to remain lit at all times.
Password
Lets you change the password required to access the web remote control. The
factory default is
pdmwebBxxx
, where
xxx
is the software module number of your system.
Use up/down arrows to change the character value, left/right arrows to change fields.
n
Valid characters include upper and lower case letters, numbers and spaces between
characters. Note that spaces at the end of a character string are removed.
n
PDM passwords are designed to prevent unauthorized access via the network. They
are visible from PDM’s front panel menus.
Note: In previous PDM software, the System Menu also included
RS
-
232
and
External
Clock
Offset
. These functions now appear only on the Web interface (
page 44
).
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