Menu Structure; Menu Navigation; Logging Out Of The Menu System - GE MDS SD Series Reference Manual

Starting Information
Screen
Using the Main Menu
Making Menu
Changes
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6.2 Menu Structure

The transceiver menus are arranged in a hierarchal format based on the
major tasks that can be performed. An overall view of the menu system
is shown in Figure 25.

6.3 Menu Navigation

When you first log in to the menu system, the Starting Information
Screen appears with a summary of current operating conditions.
Pressing from this screen takes you to the Main Menu, which is the
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entry point for all transceiver menus.
Individual menus are selected from the Main Menu by typing the letter
shown to the left of the entry. When the chosen menu appears, settings
may be viewed or changed as applicable. In most cases, pressing the
key moves the screen back one level in the menu tree.
ESCAPE
When you arrive at a menu with user-controllable parameters, you select
menu items by pressing the associated letter on the keyboard. If there is
a user-definable value, the field clears to the right of the menu item and
a flashing cursor appears. you then type the value you wish to use.
Follow this action by pressing the
you make a mistake or change your mind before pressing the
simply press to restore the previous values.
ESCAPE
In some menus, when you type a letter to select a parameter, a message
appears at the bottom of the screen stating that the available choices may
be cycled by pressing your keyboard's spacebar. When the desired
option appears, press the
a mistake or change your mind before pressing the
press to restore the previous values.
ESCAPE

6.4 Logging Out of the Menu System

To exit the menu system, press
be terminated.
NOTE: To maintain security, it is best to log-out of the menu system
as soon as you are done working with it. If you do not log out,
the session automatically ends after 10 minutes of inactivity.
If the activity timer expires when the diagnostic link is set to
ON, no prompt will be visible for logging back in to the menu
system. If this happens, press the
half-second intervals to obtain the login prompt.
key to apply the change(s). If
ENTER
key to apply the selection. If you make
ENTER
from any menu. The menu session will
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ENTER
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key,
ENTER
key, simply
ENTER
key a few times at