Using the Operating Panel (Continued)
Instruction pages
Instruction pages instruct the operator to carry out a particular action. The Enter key is pressed to
acknowledge that the action has been carried out.
Example of an instruction page
Operating panel keys
The operating panel has the following keys:
•
Numerical keys 0-9.
•
Function keys Del, Next, Menu, On/Off and Enter.
•
Arrow up (
▲
) and arrow down (
▼
) key.
•
Arrow left and minus key (-
◄
) and arrow right and decimal point (
►
.) key.
The numerical
0 key
has two functions:
•
To enter the numerical value 0.
•
To stop the antenna from turning after operating the arrow left (-
◄
) or arrow right (
►
.) key.
The
Del key
has three functions:
•
To step back to a higher level in the menu structure.
•
To delete a character or a number of characters when in a modify page (back space
function).
•
Escape function.
The
Next key
is used to step through the different pages of categories which contain more than
one data or modify page. These pages have ‘>N’ displayed in the bottom right hand corner to
indicate that more pages in the same category exist. An exception here is the Operate display
pages which show the position data.
In Instruction pages the last instruction page also shows ‘>N’ in the bottom right hand corner. In
this case pressing Next causes a return to the (sub) menu page above.
Pressing the
Menu key
makes the operating panel display the station’s or beacon’s Main Menu. It
can be pressed at any moment and acts as an escape key.
The
On/Off key
is not functioning and so does not act as an on/off switch.
The
Enter key
is used to:
•
Enable new data to be entered or to enable selection of a value.
•
To accept new data entered.
The
Arrow up
(
▲
) key is used to:
•
Move the cursor ‘<’ up if there are more parameters that can be chosen from.
•
Step through possible parameter values in a modify page.
The
Arrow down
(
▼
) key is used to:
•
Move the cursor ‘<’ down if there are more parameters that can be chosen from.
•
Step through possible parameter values in a modify page.
The
Arrow left
(-
◄
) key has the following functions:
•
To turn the antenna counter clockwise (Mobile and Fixed Station only).
Note:
Pressing twice in quick succession when the antenna is turning makes the antenna turn
faster.
•
To enter a minus sign when entering numbers.
The Arrow right (
►
.) key has the following functions:
•
To turn the antenna clockwise (Mobile and Fixed Station only).
Note:
Pressing twice in quick succession when the antenna is turning makes the antenna turn
faster.
•
To enter a decimal point when entering numbers.
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