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User Manual
Rev. 1.0 - 27/10/06
TEX500-LCD & TEX1000LIGHT
5.3 Operation
NOTE: For better clarity, only the typical screens of
TEX1000LIGHT
are reported
below.
TEX500-LCD
screens look the same except that full scale values are
different.
1) Power on the exciter (sect. 6.1 - [11]) and ensure that the ON light turns on
(section 6.1 - note [1]). Equipment name should appear briefly on the display,
quickly followed by modulation and forward power readings (Menu 1), provided
that the exciter is delivering output power.
Menu 1
1b) To
modify power level setting
, hold down the
ENTER
button until opening
the
power setup menu
.
The edit screen will look like this:
Menu 2
Next to
SET
indication, a bar provides a graphic display of preset output power.
The filled portion of the bar is proportional to set power level.
Example
100% output power
Full bar
≅
1000W output
(mod.TEX1000LIGHT)
≅
500W output
(mod.TEX500-LCD)
50% output power
Half-full bar
≅
500W output
(mod.TEX1000LIGHT)
≅
250W output
(mod.TEX500-LCD)
25% output power
Quarter-full bar
≅
250W output
(mod.TEX1000LIGHT)
≅
125W output
(mod.TEX500-LCD)
The bottom line provides instantaneous power reading (997W for
TEX1000LIGHT
shown here); press button to increase level, press to decrease it. When
you have achieved the desired level, press
ENTER
to confirm and exit the
default
menu
. Please note that the setting is stored automatically; in other words, if you
press
ESC
or do not press any keys before the preset time times out, the latest
power level set will be retained.
