Crystal Vision
Using the front panel
DEC104S User Manual R1.0
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Navigating the display
The functions assigned to control panel keys are:
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DEVICE – enters Device menu to select a card or show cards available /
enter Panel setup when held down during power up / shows frame status when
pressed from Statesman mode
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CAL – Enter or leave Statesman mode / enter panel diagnostics mode when
held down during power up / updates the display
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Asterisk – enters board rename menu from the Device menu
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F1 to F4 – soft keys, function assigned within each menu
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HOME – moves the display to the home menu
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ENTER – accept current selection
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Upward arrow – used to move up the menu structure / enter lock panel menu
from the Device menu
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Rotary control – shaft encoder used to select options or variable data
Menu numbering scheme
This manual uses a simple menu numbering convention based on the sequence of keys
required to reach each menu from the top level home menu. For example, menu 1.1.2 is
reached from the home menu by pressing F1, then F2. Menu 1.2.3 is reached by pressing
F2 and then F3.
Note:
Please refer to the Crystal Vision Control Panel manual for details of the Panel Setup,
Lock Panel and Diagnostic menus.
Selecting the DEC104S
To select a particular card in a frame, press the DEVICE key to go to the Device menu.
The top line of the display will show ‘Available Cards X’, where X is the number of
cards that have responded so far to the polling request.
The available cards menu
Rotate the shaft encoder and the bottom row will display the successfully polled cards by
name and location or slot number
In the example above, the card displayed is located in the first frame in slot number 1.
When the desired card is selected press the ENTER key to access that card’s HOME
menu.
