Omega Vehicle Security HHTFO manual Using the backlight, Setup menu, Logging menu

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The Up and Down keys can be used to:

When inside a menu, to seleect a parameter

When a parameter is highlighted, to change its value

The Up key can be used to snap the present temperature value to the logging file

The Left and Right arrows can be used to:

When at the first menu level,, can be used to select one of the four main menu itemms

The Left arrow can be used to move up between menu levels

4.3Using the backlight

The backlight can be turned on and off by keeping the Esc key pressed while temporariily pressing the OK key. Note that the backlight has 3 levvels: 1) off, 2) dimmed level and 3) full on; you can scaan between these 3 levels by pressing the OK key multiplle times, while keeping the Esc key pressed.

When running from the battery, the b acklight is automatically turned off after 1 minute of keeypad inactivity.

4.4 The setup menu

This menu can be selected by pressiing the OK key twice. The screen should appear as folllows:

At this point, you can change units from oC to oF. To change to oF, first highlight oC by pressing the Right arrow or the OK key, and then you can use either the Up or Down arrow to navigate between the 2 values that this parameter can take. Once the desired parameter value is shown, press the OK key to confirm your selection. Then, pressing the Esc keyy twice will return you to the main screen.

A similar approach can be used to chhange the other parameters, which are available under this menu:

Unit (oC or oF)

Fast/Slow (scanning rate)1

Year

Month

Day

Hour (24 hour time format onnly)

Minute.

4.5The logging menu

Your HHTFO includes a very usefuul temperature-logging feature. Logging is done directly to a SD (older MMC cards also supported) flash card. These are the same type of cards as use with PDAs or digital cameras; they are inexpensive and can be purchased at any computer or office supply stores.

1The slow scanning rate is filtering thhe acquired temperature values before displaying themm.

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Contents Hhtfo Page Introduction Page Introduction Hhtfo product specifications VDCCalibration Unpacking OptionsInstalling batteries Quick IntroductionMaking your first meaasurements Hhtfo Thermometer Hardware Referennce Display descriptionKeypad operation Using the backlight Setup menuLogging menu File naming convention Format sub-menuEnable sub-menu Starting and stopping a logging sessionIcon definition Rate sub-menuPower jack Probe connector10 RS232 communication interface Using Temperature Probes DescriptionPage Using Hyper Terminal in Windows Serial Communication DescriptionRS-232 help menu Detailed description of RS-232 commands HHTFO101HHTFO111A Typical temperature reading sequence Error Codes Analog Out DescriptionInstalling FOB100-SOFT Getting started with FOB100-SOFTQuick tour of FOB100-SOFT Hardware and software requirementsWorking with the Configuration Window Adjusting a temperature offset Acquiring and viewing temperature data Logging temperature data to a fileYour mouse to widen this column Viewing temperature data Displaying temperature trendsDisplaying analog thermometers Displaying digital valuesDisplaying analog values dials FOB100 Console FOB100-SOFT functions Console help menuFile menu Find Instruments RefreshWindow menu Help Menu