Touchscreen Display Operation - Fluke 5730A Sales Manual

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10.4. Touchscreen Display Operation

The 5730A touchscreen was designed to accommodate the legacy user of the 5700A and 5720A
calibrators. Much consideration was put into modernizing the front panel operation with the
touchscreen while not completely erasing 20+ years of muscle memory and familiar functional entry.
To that point, the paradigm of "number-multiple-function" and hand movement from left to right to
accomplish this order was chosen. All secondary functions of the calibrator were moved to the
touchscreen, with only hard keys used to accomplish the calibrator's primary functions left.
Unsettled Icon
Informs user to
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wait for signal to
stabilize
Hazardous Voltage Icon
Activated above 30 V
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One high level rule to remember with the 5730A touchscreen is this: If it's yellow, it's touchable.
There are a few exceptions, but for the most part, any font in yellow is a button. This holds for many
of the tables and options that pop up when you hit a "+" sign or a yellow dot next to the "auto
range" status. The five large button toolbar at the bottom of the screen features many of the
commonly used secondary functions, such as Boost and Wideband. These buttons change color and
text when touched to indicate current status.
The Setup Menu took the most work from a design standpoint. The new menu structure is set up to
be as "flat" as possible, meaning that a user should be able to get to any functional setup menu item
with 3 or fewer touches. The 5730A features all of the same setup menu items from its
predecessors, plus some additional ones, like Brightness.
Another new attribute of the Setup menu is the navigation toolbar, or "bread crumb," located along
the top of the Setup menu screen. This toolbar is effectively the "back" button. It allows you to
jump backwards as many levels as you want. Just touch the yellow font in whichever menu level you
prefer, and the 5730A will jump to that setup menu level. This provides additional flexibility in
operating the instrument, increasing productivity and speed of instrument setup.
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Auto/Locked
Range Button
Output
Secondary Function
Toolbar
Boost
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Wideband
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Guard/Sense status
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4-Wire Comp
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Aux Current
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Terminal
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