Front and Rear Panel Features

Front Panel Overview

2.1 Front Panel Overview

This section provides information on the analyzer’s front panel, including:

•Front Panel Connectors and Keys, see below

•“Display Annotations” on page 30

2.1.1 Front-Panel Connectors and Keys

1

Viewing Angle keys adjust the display so that it can be optimally viewed from

 

different angles.

2

Esc. The Esc (escape) key cancels any entry in progress. Esc will abort a print (if

 

one is in progress) and clear error messages from the status line at the bottom

 

of the display. It also clears input and tracking generator overload conditions.

3

Menu keys are the unlabeled keys next to the screen. The menu key labels are

 

the annotation on the screen next to the unlabeled keys. Most of the labeled

 

keys on the analyzer front panel (also called front-panel keys) access menus of

 

keys having related functions.

4

FREQUENCY Channel, SPAN X Scale, and AMPLITUDE Y Scale are the three large

 

keys that activate the primary analyzer functions and access menus of related

 

functions. The secondary labels on these keys (Channel, X Scale, and Y Scale)

 

are used in some measurements.

5

CONTROL functions access menus that adjust the resolution bandwidth, adjust

 

the sweep time, and control the analyzer display. They also set other analyzer

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