10.2 Description of the graphical menu- VF- Display
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10.2 Description of the graphical menu- VF- Display
The graphical menu is used to graphically display oset values
1
between a given input signal
2
and the oscillator
of a GPS card. The program can be started with the
↑
button in the corresponding status menu. Furthermore, a
list of various osets for the input signals respectively is available in the MRS status function. To access it please
press the
↓
button if you are in the main menu (where the current time is displayed).
The main menu of the Lantime (where time and date in the selected time zone are displayed).
F1
F1
UTC Thu, 01.01.2011
12:00:00
Choose Reference Time
↓
, MRS Management, MRS Status and Setup, and eventually MRS Status. Now you
can choose whether the numerical osets of all available input signals should be displayed or if a graphical display
program should start. If the graphical option is selected you have to choose one of the input signals as a reference.
By pressing buttons
↑
and
↓
one can change among several reference signals and select one by pressing the
OK button. In the graphic mode one can choose among four dierent display options how the oset of a given
reference signal shall be displayed (online mode, full graph, statistics and scrolling mode).
The cursor position and consequently the option selection can be modied with the
↑
and
↓
buttons. In the
upper right corner one can nd the selected reference source signal, which oset is graphically displayed. With
the OK or
→
button the selected graphical mode can be started.
Main menu of the graphical display with various options:
show online mode
-> show full graph <-
show statistics
show scrolling mode
show online mode
-> show full graph <-
show statistics
show scrolling mode
GPS
GPS
[ESC]
[ESC]
Each of these modes contains an information menu accessed by F1. One can nd here some current status
information as well as selection buttons and options of the current mode. With the ESC button one can always
return to the menu on the upper level.
1
Oset: an oset is a time dierence between two systems. In our example, the oset is time dierence between a given input
signal and an oscillator, which disciplines its local clock.
2
Input signals: GPS, PTP, PPS, NTP, TCR, FRQ- which of these input signals are available can be identied from the numerical
status (Numerical Status)
LANTIME M600 MRS
Date: 31st July 2014
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