Operating basics
Quick tutorial: Instrument help system
The instrument help system allows you to access information about speci
fi
c menu
items and instrument functions when you need help. You can access and navigate
this help system using front panel buttons and knobs, and following on-screen
instructions as they appear. The individual help topics may contain links to other
topics, as well. These can be accessed by following the on-screen instructions.
How to access the
instrument help system
You can follow the steps described here to access the instrument help system.
1.
Push the front-panel Help button
to display the help screen.
2.
Turn the general purpose knob to
move the highlight from one link
to another.
3.
Push the Show Topic bezel button
to display the topic corresponding
to the highlighted link.
4.
Push the Index bezel button to
display an Index page.
5.
Push the Exit bezel button or any
front-panel button to remove the
Help text from the screen and
return to the graphic or parameter
display.
Ways to access and
navigate the instrument
help system
Push the Help button to display information (topic) about the last menu
displayed on the screen.
Turn the general purpose knob to move from page to page within a displayed
topic.
Push the Index bezel button to view the Help index page.
Push the Page Up or Page Down bezel buttons to search for the index page
that contains the topic you want to view.
Turn the general purpose knob to highlight a help topic in the index.
Push the Show Topic bezel button to display the topic from the index page.
Push the Utility button and then the Language bezel button to choose the
language in which you want the Help topics, bezel menus, and on-screen
messages to appear.
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AFG2021 Quick Start User Manual