PMX40 RF Power Meter – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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4
Operation
This section presents the control menus and procedures for operating the PMX40 in the manual mode.
All the display menus that control the instrument are illustrated and accompanied by instructions for
using each menu item.
4.1
Manual Operation
In the manual mode, the instrument is controlled from the front panel by selecting items from a system
of displayed menus. To properly input commands and data using these menus, you should be familiar
with the menu conventions described in the next section.
4.2
Control Menus
The menus that control the PMX40 RF Power Meter are accessed from the top-level MAIN menu.
Display the MAIN menu by selecting the icon
on the display. The MAIN menu structure for Pulse
mode operations is illustrated in Figure 4-1.
Menus and parameters may be selected by using the front panel
◄
,
►
,
▲
,
▼
keys to browse and
using the
key to select the entry or by use of the touch screen.
The PMX40 RF Power Meter base model only permits two sensors to be active at any one time. With
the PMX40-4CH option, four sensors can be active at any one time. In the Menu Reference that follows
the designation "Channel#" is used to mean that all active channels have menus of this structure type
except for different colorization.
Some menus have mode-dependent properties. Typically, one or more menu boxes in a submenu may
change as the measurement mode is changed from Continuous to Pulse to Statistical. In the Menu
Reference that follows these menus are indicated for mode dependency.
Menus with more selections than what fits on the display can be scrolled with the touch screen or front
panel buttons.
Figure 4-1. Pulse Mode Main Menu
