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3.1 Setup: An Overview
3.1.1 About the Remote Control
The displays can be controlled with the supplied remote control and with RS232 commands coming
from a "control" computer. It is generally faster and easier during initial setup to use the remote
control. This section is an overview of the remote control.
A remote control is provided with each unit,
although you will probably only need one of
them for the entire row of displays. If there are
lots of people around the displays, it is probably
a good idea to keep these out of sight to prevent
curious fingers from turning the units off,
changing the settings, and generally causing lots
of trouble.
The remote control operates like a TV or
VCR remote with IR (infra-red) signals. Aim the
remote at the remote sensor in the upper left
corner of the screen. When there are several
displays in a row, you may have to get close to
the unit you want to control. Otherwise you
find yourself affecting two or three units. There
is a way around this, which is explained below
under How to control only one unit.
To prevent burn-in (p. 2-2), a menu stays on
the screen for only 30 seconds after you last use
it. For the next two minutes after the menu goes
off, pressing any remote control button recalls
the menu you just used to the screen.
Many of the functions on the remote control
will seem obvious. Here is an explanation of the
main features:
• The
and
ON
OFF
panel on and off. OFF turns the panel off,
of course. The electronics has power and
the fans operate as long as there is power
and the circuit breaker on the power sup-
ply is on.
• The
button opens the main menu
MENU
on the screen. From this menu you high-
light an item with the up-down arrows.
Then press
ENTER
lighted selection.
• The
PREV MENU
menu and keeps the "parent" menu, if
there is one. If there isn't a parent menu,
this button removes the last menu.
•
has several actions which depend
ENTER
3 - 4
buttons turn the display
to activate the high-
button closes the current
on what is selected. In some cases, it se-
lects the highlighted item and opens the
next lower menu. If the highlighted item
is like this:
[ ] Buzzer Enable
with square brackets, it turns the feature
on or off.
• Seven of the main menu items have fast
access buttons that let you get to the fea-
ture immediately. These are in the upper
right corner of the remote.
• In general, the up-down arrow buttons
move through the menus, and the right-
left arrow buttons change the highlighted
value.
• The
and
ID
MON SEL
because their functions are not available
in the main menu.
How to control only one unit: The IR signal
from the remote radiates over a fairly broad
area, and it is sometimes hard to control just
one unit, especially if you are more than 10 feet
(3 m) back. To solve this, turn off the IR sensor
in the units you don't want to control. Get close
to the units you want to "turn off" and press
and press
MON SEL
ENTER
not respond to any commands except another
, which will turn it back on.
-
MON SEL
ENTER
Whenever the display detects any IR signal,
whether or not it comes from the remote con-
trol, the IR Activity LED flickers.
Document conventions: In this manual, but-
tons on the remote control will be printed in a
style like this:
Figure 2
and menu items that appear on the screen will
be printed like this:
Input Level
buttons are different
. Now that unit will
LEVEL
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