Operating Basics
18 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual
or not alarms are enabled through the Alarm menu); and the “E”
icon will appear when an error is detected.
Figure 7: The SDA601 “Watching” Display
4. Review the condition list on the SDA601 LCD by pressing the B
key until you reach the END OF LIST message. Use Y to scroll
back up the list as desired. The Watch review list will “time out”
if more than 3.5 seconds pass without a key press. Press Enter to
return to the last-displayed item; press Y to move up the list and
display the previous item; press B to display the next item
“down” the list.
5. If you have a video monitor connected to the AUX output, you
may review the condition list on the OSD. Toggle the OSD On
with the Insert On/Off key, then page the OSD up and down with
the Y / B keys.
Restarting a Watch session — Pressing Watch during a Watch ses-
sion will restart the Watch mode, resetting the elapsed time counter
and the printer page count to zero.
Stopping a Watch session — The current Watch session will end
when you press Analyze or enter the Watch menu. After the analysis,
or on leaving the Watch menu, you may begin a new Watch session
by pressing Watch.
Pausing a Watch session — A Watch session is temporarily sus-
pended when you invoke any other SDA 601 menu (besides the
Watch menu). Data collection continues, but OSD and printer up-
dates are suspended. When you exit the menu by pressing a rectan-
gular key, the OSD will update to include all events during the time
spent in the menu.