Models 707B and 708B 199BSwitching Matrix User's Manual
Section 2: Using the front-panel interface
707B-900-01 Rev. B / June 2013
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Exercise: Select crosspoint on slot 2, row C, column 3
To select the crosspoint that is on slot 2, at row C and column 3
1. When you are displaying slot 2, press the navigation wheel
. The red lights for that slot are
displayed.
2. Turn the navigation wheel
to go to row 2C.
3. Press the navigation wheel
to select the row. The red lights for each crosspoint in the row are
on, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 8: One row selected
On the Model 707B, if you scroll past the last row of any slot, you will go to the next slot.
4. After choosing the row, press the navigation wheel
. A column of red lights is displayed.
5. Turn the navigation wheel
to go to column 03. Note that scrolling through the columns will not
scroll through slots as scrolling through rows does.
6. Press the navigation wheel
or
ENTER
to select the column and row. This channel is now
displayed on the bottom display as
2C+03
.
7. To:
•
Open the channel: Press
OPEN
.
•
Close a channel without affecting any other channels: Select
CLOSE
.
•
Close a channel and open any other closed channels on the instrument: Select
CHAN
and select
EXCLOSE
. Press
ENTER
to close the selected channels.
•
Close a channel and open any other closed channels on the slot that contains the selected channel:
Select
CHAN
, and then select
EXSLOTCLOSE
. Press
ENTER
to close the selected channels.
Viewing the close or open status of a channel
Closed channels are shown separated by commas after the
CLS:
characters on the display of the
instrument. If no channels are closed, <none> is displayed here. If the list of closed channels extends
past one screen,
...
is displayed at the end of the line. Press
DISPLAY
to display the full list of
closed channels. Use the navigation wheel
to scroll through the list. After viewing the list, press
DISPLAY
twice to return to the main display.