AR 1000TP8G18 Series, Operating And Service Manual

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Model 1000TP8G18
Rev - 15
Menu screens - The screens at the highest level are called menu screens. There are five menu screens. At
power on, the MENU 1 screen is displayed. Each of the menu screens has the soft key S4 labeled MORE. The
MORE key (S4) causes the next menu screen to appear. From MENU 5, MORE causes MENU 1 to reappear.
In short, MORE permits scrolling through the menu screens. The EXIT key returns display to MENU 1 from
any other menu screen.
The menu screens display system status and parameter levels. They are configured as follows:
MENU FUNCTION
MENU 1 Forward power (watts or dBm)
Reverse power (watts, dBm, or % forward power)
Duty
System status (if a latched fault exists, MENU 1 is displayed with the system shutdown message)
MENU 2 Forward power Average (watts or dBm)
Reverse power Average (watts, dBm, or % of forward power)
Duty
System status
MENU 3 Console hours (active when AC power is on)
Operate hours (active when HV is on)
MENU 4 Inside cabinet temperature (°C or °F)
TWT baseplate temperature (°C or °F)
MENU 5 Heater voltage (Ef)
Heater current (If)
Collector voltage (Eb)
Grid voltage (Eg)
Cathode voltage (Ek)
Helix current (Iw)
Help Screens - On each of the menu screens, soft key S3 is labeled HELP. If S3 is selected, a message
describing the functions of that screen will be displayed. Use the ADJUST knob to scroll through the
message. The EXIT key will return you to the screen from which the help screen was called.
Setup Screens - From MENU 2, S1 (labeled SETUP) selects the first of several setup screens, SETUP 1. This
allows the user to manually shut off the heater power supply and put the HPA into Sleep Mode. Pressing S1
(SET) toggles between On and OFF. Pressing MORE brings up the SETUP 2 screen. This toggles display of
temperature parameters between Fahrenheit and Celsius degrees. Pressing S1 (SET) changes the selection.
The setting displayed when the screen is exited will be retained. Pressing MORE again brings up the SETUP
3 screen, which allows a choice of displaying forward power in watts or dBm. Pressing MORE again brings
up SETUP 4, which allows a choice of watts, dBm or % of forward power for displaying reflected power.
Pressing MORE again brings up SETUP 5, which allows entering the desired number of alarm beeps and the
desired beep volume. S1 (SET) toggles between parameters, and the adjust knob is used to enter the data.
Pressing MORE again brings up SETUP 6, which allows the IEEE-488 address to be set. Pressing MORE
again brings up SETUP 7, which allows setting the auto heater off time delay in 30 minutes intervals up to 3
hours. S1 (SET) changes the settings. Pressing MORE returns you to SETUP 1. EXIT returns you from any
of the setup screens to MENU 2.
The Sleep Mode feature allows the user to selectively shut off the heater module of the power supplies. This
can be done manually through the front panel or remotely via the computer interface. This is typically used