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Chapter 4 System set-up
Principle of the set-up menus
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The procedures described below usually use the direction keys. When the instrument
is equipped with a mouse or/and a touch screen:
- the user must adapt the text to the option used; which means that for touch screen
and mouse, the user must directly click on the desired field.
- to edit a string of characters, the key of the equipemnt must sometimes be used.
Principle of the set-up menus
A set-up can be displayed or modified while an acquisition or measure-
ment is in progress. The parameters that cannot be modified are greyed
out. The menu thus gives all the possible options.
– To move from one parameter to another, use the direction keys
and . When a parameter is selected, its possible values are
shown to the right of the parameter.
– To modify the value of a parameter, use the direction keys and
to highlight the option selected.
– To leave a set-up menu the user can press any of the keys below
the screen or the menu key
Exit .
Configuring the instrument
Since the instrument can be equipped with a range of modules and plug-
ins, a variety of functions are possible. Before carrying out a particular
measurement, it is therefore necessary to select the function or functions
required for it
If a module has been changed, the instrument configuration menu will
automatically be displayed as soon as the power is switched on.
The functions of Reflectometry, Visible Source (VFL), Power Measure-
ment (Radiometry) are not mutually exclusive: several functions can be
active at once.
To configure the instrument, proceed as follows:
– Press the H
OME
button.
The functions available on the instrument are represented graphi-
cally by icons.