Agilent Technologies E1300B, E1301B, 75000 SERIES B user manual Using Menus, Second Menu Tutorial

Using Menus

A60-Second Menu Tutorial

You can access a System Instrument menu and a variety of other instrument menus (depending on installed instruments) from the front panel. These menus incorporate the most used functions but do not provide access to all of the instrument commands. If a particular function is not available from a menu, you can type the corresponding command string and execute it from the front panel. See “Executing Commands” later in this chapter for more information.

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, errors displayed, etc. pertain only to that instrument. Front panel operation of an instrument is independent from other instruments and independent from the remote operation of the instrument. To operate another instrument from the front panel, you must select that instrument.

Note: Typical instruments shown. Actual choices depend on installed instruments

Figure 2-2. Select an Instrument Menu

Following the power-on sequence or a system reset the display shows the Select an instrument menu (see Figure 2-2) which lets you select one of the instruments listed.

The menu keys are located directly below the display. To select a displayed menu choice, press the function key (f1 - f5) directly below the choice. This chapter shows key labels in bold text.

•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. By repeatedly pressing More you can display all groups of choices. After you have displayed all groups of choices, pressing More again returns to the first group of choices.

•When the display is requesting information (input prompt) such as Enter the device’s logical address, just type the information and press Return.

If you press the wrong menu key and do not want to enter the requested information, you can escape the input prompt and stay at the same menu level by pressing ESC or Prev Menu.

If you make an incorrect entry in response to an input prompt, the top line of the display will show an error message. When this happens, just select that menu choice again (f1 - f5 keys), re-type the correct information, and press Return.

2-2 Using the Front Panel