Output Button
The output button enables/disables the pulse output.
Menu Button
This button is for navigating the PDG-2520 menus.
Enter Button
Used for variables that will be permanently stored in the unit or require setup times internal to the
Up Arrow Button
The UP ARROW button allows the user to go up in any particular menu to change selections. If the user is at the top selection it will wrap back around to the bottom selection.
Down Arrow Button
The DOWN ARROW button allows the user to go down in any particular menu to change selections. If the user is at the bottom selection it will wrap back around to the top selection.
X10 Button
The X10 button is used when varying parameters that have exponents that can change by a power of 10. By pressing the X10 button the user can increment the exponent within its acceptable range. This allows the user to quickly set the parameters, without having to excessively scroll the encoder wheel. The X10 button functions with the following commands:
Set Pulse Width 1, 2, 3, and 4
Set Delay 1, 2, 3, and 4
Set Frequency (*Note: if depressed while dialing in frequency it will increase the frequency at a much higher rate)
Set Counters/Bursts/Packets
The X10 button is effectively a 10X multiplier. For example, when setting frequency, the resolution of the encoder wheel is three digits (i.e. 1.00Hz, 10.0Hz, 100Hz, 1.00KHz). Therefore without adjusting the range, the encoder wheel must be turned many times to increase the frequency from 1Hz to 100Hz. However if the frequency is set to 1.00Hz, if the X10 button is pressed once, it changes to 10.0Hz. If it is pressed twice, it changes to 100Hz.
Setting the delay and pulse width is similar to setting frequency. For example, to set the delay to 300ns, set the delay to 25ns, press the
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