Chapter 2 Quick Start

HP BenchLink/Arb Components

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar contains pull-down menus. Position your cursor over a

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menu item and click the mouse button to view the menu choices. You can also use the menus by holding the Alt key and typing the underlined letter of the menu choice (for example, Alt+F will display the File menu).

Toolbar

The Toolbar contains icons for quick display of dialog boxes and rapid execution of HP BenchLink/Arb commands. The icons on the Toolbar perform the same tasks as the pull-down menus in the Menu Bar, but do so with a single click.

Palette Bar

The Palette Bar provides quick access to tools used in creating and editing waveforms. Icons allow you to insert new waveform segments into the active waveform window, edit segments already in the waveform window, and to change the view of the waveform by zooming in or out.

Waveform Edit Windows

Waveforms created in HP BenchLink/Arb are displayed in waveform edit windows. Waveforms consist of one or more segments which can be created by inserting standard waveshapes, freehand drawing, line drawing, and performing mathematical operations. Segments can be combined to create virtually any arbitrary waveform you may need.

Wave View Window

The Wave View window allows you to view the entire waveform while you are creating and editing individual segments in the active waveform edit window. Any changes made to the waveform will be reflected in the Wave View window. For convenience, the Wave View window can be placed anywhere on your computer screen.

The Wave View window contains a sampled representation of the waveform, and as such, cannot display every waveform detail. Rather than a precise rendering of the waveform, the Wave View window gives a general ‘overview’ of the waveform.

Status Bar

The Status Bar provides brief descriptions of the Menu Bar and Toolbar items currently selected and provides specific waveform information depending upon the application mode. It appears at the very bottom of the HP BenchLink/Arb screen and dynamically changes as the various menu commands or modes are selected.

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