Measurement Procedure; General Information - Planar IT-14 Operating Manual

Before you start operating your IT-14 make sure to carefully read this Operating Manual as well as to
inspect the location of the controls and indicators of the Analyzer (Section 4.1).
To prepare your Analyzer for operation with the external power source, connect the Charger to the
connector located on the front panel of the IT-14 and then to the power source.
To prepare your IT-14 for operation in stand-alone mode, powered by the battery, push and hold the
key until the LCD backlight turns on.
The following message (see Figure 4.2.1) will appear on the screen:
The screen displays the name and model of the Analyzer. After approximately 1 second, the Analyzer
will open the main mode-selection menu (Figure 4.3.1), further referred to as "Main menu".
4.3

Measurement procedure

4.3.1 General information

The Analyzer features on-screen menu for selection of modes of operation. The icons of the menu
correspond to various functions. The Main menu (see Figure 4.3.1) will appear on the screen after the
Analyzer is powered up.
Figure 4.3.1
To change Main menu line press
4.3.2). To return back to the previous line press
with the functional keys F1, F2 and F3, which are under the required icons. To return to the Main menu from
the selected function, press
The Main menu contains 6 icons corresponding to the following functions:
a) LEVEL measurement ..........................................................................
b) SCAN measurement............................................................................
c) MER/BER measurement .....................................................................
d) Service menu.......................................................................................
e) Data manager menu............................................................................
f) PC connection .....................................................................................
When choosen
Figure 4.2.1
or arrow. You will see the following line of the Main menu (Figure
key.
from theMain menu, Service menu will appear on the screen (Figure 4.3.3), and
or arrow once again. Function of menu are selectable
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