2-6 Smart Switch 1800 4. 0 User Guide , Rev 0 1
Moving Thro ugh the Menu s
To select a menu item, press the letter to the left of the item.
To return to the next higher menu from a lower-level, press [F3].
To move from operations under one Main Menu entry to operations under another
entry, you must return to the Main Menu. The easiest way is to press [F3] repeatedly
until the Main Menu is displayed.

Prompts

Within the menu operations, there are two kinds of prompts:
●Information prompts – respond by typing the requested information, then
pressing [Enter].
●Yes/no prompts – respond by pressing [Y] or [N].
Throughout this manual are tables of valid and default valu es. To specif y a default (if
one exists), press [Enter] in response to a prom pt.
Pressing [Enter] when it is not required may cause the next

prompt to automatically select the default choice.

On-Line H elp

Most scr een men us disp lay a pr ompt ca lled Option:. Pr essing [?] in response to this
prompt will usually display a list of options. To make a selection, press either the
function key shown preceding the desired option or the character preceding the
desire d me nu item . Th e lis t of optio ns v aries , depe nding on wh at m enu is dis played ;
all the options are described below. (Function key equivalents on an async terminal
keypad are listed on page 2-8 .)
F1: Select Another Record or Redisplay/Refresh:
Next Record—displays the first prompt that appeared on your screen after you
made you r menu selecti on, so you can s p ecify a noth e r record .
Redisplay/Refresh—refreshes a display with updated information.
F2: Next Record or Remote Refresh:
Next Record—displays the next sequential record on your screen for verif ication ,
modification, or deletion.
Remote Refresh—refreshes a remote display.
F3: Exit menu—return s you to t he previ ous menu , savi ng any cha n ges you have ma d e
Some m enus ha ve two s et s of val ue s: Database and System Memory.
Changes will affect only the database, unless you press [F7] before
pressing [F3]. (This will update the system memory.) Database and
System memory values are described on page 4- 2 for Node Defaul ts
and page 6-3 for Ports.