Getting Started

Getting Acquainted with the Analyzer

Message block is the space on the screen where MEAS UNCAL and the asterisk (*) appear. If one or more functions are manually set (uncoupled), and the amplitude or frequency becomes uncalibrated,

MEAS UNCAL appears. (Use &TO COUPLE) and AUTO ALL to recouple functions.) The asterisk indicates that a function is in progress.

Softkey labels are the annotation on the screen next to the unlabeled keys. Most of the labeled keys on the cable TV analyzer front panel (also called front-panel keys) access menus of related softkeys.

Softkeys are the unlabeled keys next to the screen.

[FREQUENCY), (SPAN), and (AMPLITUDE) are the three large dark-gray keys that activate the primary cable TV analyzer functions and access menus of related functions.

INSTRUMENT STATE functions affect the state of the entire cable TV analyzer. Self-calibration routines and special-function menus are accessed with these keys. The green (Mj key resets the cable TV analyzer to a known state. The m key accesses the current operating mode of the cable TV analyzer and allows you to change to any operating mode available for your cable TV analyzer. All cable TV analyzers have two modes of operation, the cable TV analyzer mode (indicated by Cable 111 AMALYZER ) and spectrum analyzer mode

(indicated by SPECTRUM ANALYZER ).

m and CRECALL) save and recall traces, states, limit-line tables, amplitude correction factors, and programs to or from a memory card. (SAVE) and @ZZiKj also save and recall traces, states, limit-line tables, and amplitude correction factors to or from the cable TV analyzer memory.

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If you wish to reset the cable TV analyzer configuration to the state it was in when it was originally shipped from the factory, use DEFAULT COMFIG. Refer to the DEFAULT CONFIG softkey description in Chapter 6 for more information.

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