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Section III
BASIC SETUP AND OPERATION
FRONT-PANEL VS. WEB INTERFACE SETUP
Instructions in this Section cover initial setup of the 531N using
the front-panel buttons and LED readouts.
Anything that can be done from the front panel of the 531N
may also be accomplished using the Web interface. Moreover,
many additional features and measurement options are afford-
ed by networking the 531N. But as tempted as the user may be
put the 531N on his network right away, we stress the im-
portance of first becoming familiar with the unit ‘manually,’
and then proceed with the more comprehensive remote control
capabilities. In a good many installations, the 531N can, and
will be, used without a network connection, as indeed it has
been over the years of its manufacture prior to a networking
utility being added.
We thus recommend starting with front-panel setup, as this
method not only gives the immediate gratification of a hands-
on experience, but is necessary for initiating network connectiv-
ity in the first place.
PANEL CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
The following overview of the Model 531N front panel is keyed
to the coded front-panel photographs that appear on the next
couple of pages, with an even more detailed ‘guided tutorial’
following this initial introduction. To the conscientious reader,
much of the information presented in this section may seem
redundant, appearing both in the overview and in the tutorial.
We have anticipated that an impatient user might miss valuable
tips in either one part or the other, and thus apologize in ad-
vance for explanations that may seem unnecessary, redundant
or belittling of the reader’s common sense.
The 531N front panel is split into two sections for discussion.