Agilent Technologies 85330A To Use the Front Panel, About the Softkeys Menus Utility Keys

About the Softkeys Menus

Utility Keys

Manual Operation

To Use the Front Panel

To Use the Front Panel

This is an overview of main front panel features. For more information, refer to “Using the Front Panel” in Chapter 2 of the Agilent 75000 Series B Mainframes Agilent E1300A and E1301A/B User’s Manual

The front panel contains:

•A 2-line by 40 character display

•A QWERTY keyboard, plus utility keys mentioned below

•Five software-controlled display softkeys

The 85330A’s softkey menus behave differently than those in a network analyzer or microwave receiver. Each of the top-level menu items {SYSTEM} {85330A} and {IBASIC} (IBASIC is present only if the IBASIC option is installed) are treated as if they were independent instrument personalities. When you leave a certain menu and return to it later, you start at the exact point you left off.

For example:

1.Press [Select Instr] {85330A} and press {CLOSE}.

2.Now leave the 85330A menu by pressing [Select Instr] {SYSTEM}.

3.Return to the 85330A menu by pressing [Select Instr] {85330A}. Notice that

the CLOSE function reappears, not the top level of the 85330A menu.

[Select Instr]

This presents the two different instrument personalities, SYSTEM and 85330A. When you select an instrument, you are assigning the keyboard and display to that instrument. This means that any menu operations, commands executed or recalled, error displayed, for example. pertain only to that instrument. Front panel operation of an instrument is independent from other instruments and independent of the remote operation of the instrument.

[Prev Menu]

This key presents the previous softkey menu.

[More]

When there are more than five menu choices, an arrow appears on the right side of the display. Press [More] to display the next group of choices. This key also displays the next 40 characters in a long display message.

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