Front Panel; Initial Turning On - Acom 1200S Installation, Operation And Maintenance Manual

User's Manual | ACOM 1200S | 1.8-54 MHz Linear Power Amplifier

Front Panel

3.2.
a) POWER button
Please, see
Figure 3-1 Front panel - Controls and Readouts
When the rear panel mains rocker switch is turned on, push and hold the POWER button for 1-2 seconds to
start the amplifier up. In order to turn off the amplifier, push the POWER button to go back to low-energy
STANDBY mode.
b) LED indicator above the POWER button
Please, see
Figure 3-1 Front panel - Controls and Readouts
When lit red and the screen is dark, the amplifier is in low-energy STANDBY mode and may be turned on by
pushing the POWER button.
When you want to fully disconnect the mains power, switch off also the rear-panel rocker switch (see
2-2 Rear panel - Connections
become inoperative.
c) Functional buttons
Please, see
Figure 3-1 Front panel - Controls and Readouts
These six functional buttons are for manual (local) control of the amplifier. The function of each button is
indicated on the display above it. Depending on the displayed menu, the buttons may have different
functions (soft key).
d) A high resolution, 24-bit color display showing the operating information.
Please, see
Figure 3-1 Front panel - Controls and Readouts

Initial Turning On

3.3.
In order to start up the amplifier, push and hold the front panel POWER button for one or two seconds.
About ten seconds later (boot sequence) the display will flash and show the basic screen with the amplifier
information (see
Figure 3-2 Basic screen without ACOM 04AT antenna tuner assigned
The amplifier may start in either STANDBY or OPERATE mode depending on AUTO OPERATE user settings
(see Section
4.1.c) AUTO OPERATE user settings
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, Pos. (3)). The front-panel red LED should go off and the POWER button will
).
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, Pos. (a).
, Pos. (b).
, Pos. (c).
, Pos. (d).
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