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Chapter 1 Getting Started

 

Operating the Counter

 

When you press the (right-arrow) key, the flashing annunciator ( )

 

changes direction, and the current setting for the Reference Oscillator

 

(INT [internal] or EXT [external]) flashes. This indicates that you can now

 

change this setting. Use either the up-arrow key or the down-arrow key to

 

change the setting.

 

If there are more than two settings available for the currently selected

 

function, you can cycle through the available settings by repeatedly

 

pressing either the up-arrow key or the down-arrow key. For example, to

 

change the setting for the Baud rate for the serial port, use the sequence

 

on the next page.

 

Press either the Enter key or the left arrow key to accept the currently

 

displayed setting. The Enter key accepts the setting and exits the Menu;

 

the left arrow key accepts the setting but does not exit the Menu. Use the

 

left arrow key to accept a setting if you want to change additional menu

 

settings. The Clear key reverses an unaccepted setting change.

 

You navigate to and adjust the remaining settings available in the Menu

 

in the manner described above. The Menu also contains some items that

 

provide information only (no settings are required [or possible] for these),

 

such as Battery Voltage, Operation Hours, and information that identifies

 

the Counter (Agilent model number, firmware version number, serial

 

number, and installed option codes). These menu options and the ones

 

described below are shown in “The Front Panel Menus at a Glance” on

 

page 1-4.

 

There is also a menu item called Preset and one called Do Self Test. If you

 

press the Enter key while PRESET is displayed, all of the Counter’s

 

settings are returned to the factory-default settings. If you press Enter

 

while DO SELF TEST is displayed, the Counter repeats the tests that are

 

normally performed when the Counter is first turned on.

 

 

NOTE

Remember to terminate each value you change in any of the menu options

 

by pressing the Enter key or the left arrow key. You can abort a change to

 

any menu option while the Menu is displayed by pressing the Reset/Local

 

key or the Clear key. Both keys nullify any changes you made to the

 

current menu option, but they do not affect any changes to other menu

 

options. The Clear key terminates the current menu session, but the

 

Reset/Local key does not.

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53151A, 53150A, 53152A specifications

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