Front Panel Interface 9; Front Panel Navigation; General Description Of Navigation In The Plm; Pinging Modules In The Dlc Plm Edition Software From The Plm - Lab.gruppen PLM Series Operation Manual

9.1 Front Panel Navigation

9.1.1 General description of navigation in the
PLM
The majority of PLM functions can be controlled and/
or monitored via the front-panel LCD display screen
and associated switches and LEDs.
The control system has two basic modes – METER
MODE and MENU MODE. METER mode has three
possible views, called HOME VIEW, MODULE
VIEW and TEMPERATURE VIEW. Each view offers
different information about the PLM's configuration
and performance and permits control of different
parameters. The three views can be scrolled through
with the METER button.
Home View
Module View
Temperature View
Figure 9-1: Meter Modes
The PLM always powers up in METER MODE,
HOME VIEW. See section 9.1.11 for full details of
the three METER MODE views.
MENU MODE is selected by pressing the MENU
button. The screen display changes to the "top page"
of the menu "tree", which lists the various submenus
available. Selection of the submenu required can
then be made by pressing the soft button adjacent
to it. In some cases, further "levels" of submenus
are offered first, but with very few button presses
the parameter adjustment level is reached, when

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individual PLM parameters are listed and are available
for adjustment via the rotary encoder. See section
9.12 for a full description of MENU MODE and the
various submenus available therein.
Warnings about fault conditions or other extreme
operating states are given primarily by the tricolor
LEDs within the eight soft buttons around the screen;
a simultaneous textual description is shown on the
display, adjacent to the button. A full description of
the various warning indications is given in section
9.10.2. In general, LEDs to the left of the display will
indicate problems with the PLM or its inputs, while
those to the right indicate problems with the power
output channels. Note that the same LEDs indicate
mute statuses of inputs and outputs when MUTE
ENABLE mode is selected.
PLM Inputs
Figure 9-2
9.1.2 Pinging Modules in the DLC PLM Edition
software from the PLM
When a large system comprising multiple PLMs is
in use, it may be desirable to positively identify a
particular Module in the DLC PLM Edition software.
To achieve this, it is possible to Ping (or 'highlight') a
Module on the PC directly from the PLM.
The PLM should be in METER mode for this function
to operate.
Press the soft button adjacent to the chosen Module's
input display, and the corresponding Module label on
the DLC PLM Edition software will highlight in yellow
text. If the Module is yet to be placed within the work
area then the Module scroll bar will scroll to place
the highlighted Module mid-screen.
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