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8. UTILITIES menu
The
UTILITIES
menu allows you to set up preferences in the analyzer. The screen displays these
options:
A. PRINTER TYPE
B. LANGUAGE
C. DATE & TIME
D. SET DATE FORMAT
E. EDIT STRING NAME
F. SET WARN/FAIL %
G. LOW VOLTS
H. CONTRAST
I. MAIN MENU
Table 9 describes these options.
Table 9. UTILITIES menu options
Option
Description
PRINTER TYPE
Type of printer you are using to print test results to:
•
HP82240B
•
IRDA
The default is the IRDA printer, which is included in the
Essential
CTE-1500 kit.
LANGUAGE
Language the screen displays text and results in:
•
ENGLISH
(USA)
DATE & TIME
Current date and time set in the formats from the
SET DATE FORMAT
option.
SET DATE FORMAT
Formats for the date and time:
•
MM/DD/YY
(month/day/year) and a 12-hour clock or
DD/MM/YY
(
day/month/year)
with a 24-hour clock
The default is the current date and time in Central Standard Time (CST). The
default format is
MM/DD/YY
with a 12-hour clock.
EDIT STRING NAME
Name of the string you can edit with numbers or characters.
SET WARN/FAIL %
Percentages of the reference value for a jar and string that are thresholds to indicate
test results that fall below them. A
?
is displayed as a warning and a
!
is displayed if
the jar or string is failing.
The defaults for a jar and string in-service:
•
JAR FAIL: <60%
•
JAR WARN: <70%
•
STRING FAIL: <60%
•
STRING WARN
:
<
70%
LOW VOLTS
Threshold amount of low voltage for a string. The defaults are:
•
2.1 V for a 2 V jar
•
6.3 V for a 6 V jar
•
12.6 V for a 12 V jar
The analyzer will use a
!
to indicate a value below this threshold.
CONTRAST
Contrast between the screen and text.
