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2 Introduction
Components
well as a variety of other important information. It also helps the user select
functions using the soft-keys. Figure 3 shows an example of how the display
might look. The various parts of the display are described following.
Figure 3 Typical Display
Primary display window
The primary display window presents the most recent measurement. It is lo-
cated at the top-center of the screen as shown in Figure 3. It displays numbers
with up to ten digits. The unit of measurement is shown to the right of the mea-
surement value. With some measurements a multiplier such as μ, m, k, or M
may appear in front of the unit character. The area to the right of the primary
display window indicates the input channel of the displayed measurement. The
channel is identified by device name and channel number.
Measurement status
The area immediately below the primary display window shows the status of
the current measurement. The measurement mode is shown after "MEA-
SURE:". This will be "OFF" if measuring is disabled, "ON" if measuring is
continuous, or the measurement count if the measurement mode is COUNT
(see Section 5.1.1). The input channel number of the measurement in process is
indicated on the right after "INPUT:".
Time
The time is displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in Fig-
ure 3. The time is displayed in 12-hour format (1–12 hours) with hours, min-
utes, and "AM" or "PM". The time is maintained even when power is off. You
are able to set the time and date (see Section 5.5.2).
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