DayTronic 3500 Series, Instruction Manual

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SETUP MODE
Your 3500 Series instrument's "setup configuration" can be fully established via
the front-panel push buttons—including the NUMERIC BUTTONS described in
Section 1.e. For configuration setup by means of MNEMONIC COMMANDS
issued to the instrument through its RS-232/485 Interface, see Section 3.b, below.
When you press
you will first be asked for the current SECURITY CODE if a nonzero code has
already been specified. If it has not, you will be given a chance to enter one (see
below for the full procedure).
Once the correct nonzero security code has been entered (if called for) and you
have either changed the code or kept it as it is, the "Setup" display shown in Fig.
1(b) will appear. Note that the limit status indicators are no longer "live." They will
be updated, however, each time the LCD display changes.
Once in the "Setup" display, you can press any of the illuminated buttons and fol-
low the steps given below to define the pertinent setup parameter(s). There is no
necessary setup sequence.
To exit SETUP MODE while the "Setup" display (Fig. 1(b)) appears, just press the
SETUP button again. If no setup parameters have been changed since you last
entered SETUP MODE, you will return immediately to the RUN-TIME ("live" data)
MODE. If, however, one or more setup parameters have been changed, the new
parameter value(s) will now be automatically saved. The unit will tell you this by
displaying the word "SAVING" for a few seconds:
You will then be returned to RUN-TIME ("live" data) mode with the
new setup configuration fully in effect.
If you press SETUP while within a given setup-button sequence ("COM,"
"RANGE," "CAL," etc.), you will return to the "Setup" display (Fig. 1(b)). You can
now either choose another setup button or exit SETUP MODE altogether by
pressing
SETUP once again. If you haven't changed any setup values since you
last entered SETUP MODE, you will immediately return to a "live" data display. If
you have made changes, these will be saved before you return to "live" data.
In general, keeping your finger on a given setup button ( COM, RANGE, CAL, FIL-
TER , etc.) will cycle you through all pertinent setup parameters. When you come
to the one you want to view and edit, just press ENTER to see that parameter's
existing value.
REMEMBER: AFTER CHANGING THE DISPLAYED VALUE OF A GIVEN SETUP
PARAMETER, YOU MUST PRESS
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