Section
4-7M13
PERFORMANCE CHECK
INTRODUCTION
This
section
outlines the procedure
for
checking the
performance
of the
7M13
Readout Unit. This
procedure assumes that the associated
test instruments
are wo
r
k
i
n
g
properly.
TABLE
4-1
Recommended
Test
Equipment
Description
Usage
Recommended
Type
Oscilloscope
Necessary
for using the
7M13.
It
A
n
y
Tektronix
7000
series oscil-
must
be
equipped
with
a readout
loscope
equipped
with
readout.
system_
Camera
For
use
in
checking
the remote
Any
T
e
ktr
o
n
i
x
C-50
series camera.
(optional)
camera count advance.
PERFORMANCE
CHECK PROCEDURE (Refer
to
Fig.
1-2.)
The 7M13 Readout Unit must
be
plugged into the
T
ek
tr
o
ni
x
7000-series
mainframe
for
these
performance
checks.
Both the mainframe and
the
r
e
ado
ut unit
should
be
a
l
l
o
w
ed
to warm
up
for about
20
minutes
after power is applied. Make sure the mainframe readout system
is
turned
on_ Once the warm-up
period is completed, the unit
should be
ch
ec
k
ed
as follows:
1.
Select the channel
1
WRITE
position by
p
r
es
s
i
n
g
the
UPPER
pushbutton.
2.
Press the
ERASE
pushbutton
to clear the
selected
channel.
3.
Press,
one at
a
time, the first ten character pu
sh
b
u
tto
ns
(two to
p horizontal
rows).
Each
character
should appear
in
the
display in
the
o
rd
er
it
was selected.
4.
Press
the
ERASE
pushbutton
to
clear
the display.
5.
Repeat
step
3
selecting the
next
ten character
buttons.
Erase the display,
then,
select the
next
ten
character
buttons and
so
on till all characters and
symbols have
been displayed in channel
1.
6.
Press the
ERASE
pushbutton.
7.
Check
the
SPACE
pushbutton
by
alternately selecting characters and spaces to fill all
ten positions in
the display.
8.
Press the
ERASE
pushbutton.
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