Switching The Front Panel Display To Configuration Mode; Use Of Control Buttons In Configuration Mode; Making Changes To Radio Functions; Access Level Screen - GE MDS 4790M Installation And Operation Manual

Displaying the
individual menu
screens
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When the selection arrow points to the desired menu, press the right or left
arrow buttons to cycle the display through the screens of that menu. Each
button press displays a new screen, until the entire menu has been traversed and
the menu directory is redisplayed.
To return to the menu directory from any menu screen, press the
or down arrow button once. Pressing any of these buttons twice displays the
start-up screen.

Switching the Front Panel Display to Configuration Mode

As previously explained, the front panel display has two modes, "safe" mode
and configuration mode. The front panel display is normally in safe mode. To
activate configuration mode:
1. From the start-up screen, press the down arrow button to display the menu
directory.
2. On the menu directory screen, press the right arrow button to display the

Access Level screen.

3. Press the button to initiate a change to radio operation.
ENTER
4. Press the down arrow button to display the other access level,
5. Press the button to save the change.
ENTER

Use of Control Buttons in Configuration Mode

In configuration mode, the control buttons have additional functions:
• —Starts and ends a change to radio functionality (enables
ENTER
arrow buttons to be used for selections instead of navigation).
• —Cancels the current radio functionality selection before
ESCAPE
the button is pressed a second time.
ENTER
• Up/down arrow buttons (
available choices. Pressing the
choice is displayed reconfigures the radio using that setting.

Making Changes to Radio Functions

1. When an individual menu screen is displayed, press the
The message
change pending
tells the system that the next series of arrow button presses are to make
on-screen selections, not display menu screens.
2. Most options are either words ("enabled," "disabled") or numbers. The
instructions below apply in most situations; if not, the method for choosing
an option is detailed in the screen description.
Word options. To display all choices when the options are words, press the
up or down arrow button.
Numeric options. If the option is more than one digit, first select the digit to
change: press the left or right arrow
cursor ( _ ) under the digit to be changed. (For example, to change "30" to
"40," move the underscore under the "3.") Then press the up or down
arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number. Or hold down the arrow
button to scroll choices more rapidly.
3. Press the ENTER button again when the desired choice is displayed. (Or
press the ESCAPE button to cancel the change.) The message
indicating that the change was successfully made.
MDS 4790M (MPT 1411) I/O Guide
)—Cycles through a display of
button when a particular
ENTER
appears at the bottom of the screen. This
button to move the underscore
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, up
ESCAPE
.
USER
button.
ENTER
appears,
done